URM: Mentoring Year-round in Biological Engineering, Science and Technology (MY BEST at University of California, Riverside)

摘要加州大学河滨分校的NSF URM项目名为“MY BEST @ UCR”（加州大学滨江分校生物工程、科学与技术全年指导），是一个全年性的项目，旨在为理工科本科生提供参与生物工程研究的机会。这个URM计划将激励参与的学生攻读生物科学和工程的研究生学位。 该计划的广泛目标是实现更多来自代表性不足背景的学生攻读生物科学和生物工程博士学位和职业，并增加国家科学和技术劳动力的多样性。在我最好的@ UCR URM的学生将开发增加的热情和欣赏他们的能力来进行研究，有坚实的本科研究经验，为走向他们在生物科学和工程的高级学位的途径，并大大增加他们的互动和指导由国家和国际公认的教师谁做生物工程领域的研究，如生物传感器的发展，细菌粘附、微流体、运输现象、细胞信号传导和细胞机电学。我最好的@ UCR的具体战略，使我们能够实现这些目标是捕获在其6部分结构：1）我们利用教师参与者积极招募潜在的我最好的学生; 2）引入选定的我最好的学生到我们的密集的八周暑期实习在参与实验室; 3）延长我最好的学生的研究工作在整个即将到来的学年; 4）为我最好的学生提供积极和持续的研究指导; 5）为我最好的学生提供参加专业发展研讨会的机会，以帮助他们准备研究生考试（GRE），选择研究生课程，并提供如何申请研究生院的信息;和，6）不断评估我最好的学生的成功，并利用这些信息来改善计划。要了解更多关于我最好的@ UCR，请访问我们的网站www.engr.ucr.edu/mybest。

ABSTRACTThe NSF URM at the University of California-Riverside called MY BEST @ UCR (Mentoring Year-round in Biological Engineering, Science and Technology at University of California, Riverside) is a year-round program that will provide opportunities for undergraduate students majoring in science and engineering to participate in bioengineering research. This URM program will motivate the participating students to pursue graduate degrees in biological sciences and engineering. The broad goals of the program are to achieve greater numbers of students from underrepresented backgrounds pursuing PhDs and careers in the biological sciences and bioengineering, and to increase the diversity of the Nation's science and technology workforce. Students in the MY BEST @ UCR URM will develop increased enthusiasm and appreciation for their ability to perform research, have solid undergraduate research experiences as pathways for moving towards their advanced degrees in biological science and engineering, and substantially increase their interactions with and mentoring by nationally and internationally recognized faculty who do research in biological engineering in areas such as biosensor development, bacterial adhesion, microfluidics, transport phenomena, cell signaling, and cell electromechanics. The specific strategy of MY BEST @ UCR that allow us to achieve these goals is captured in its 6-part structure: 1) We utilize faculty participants to actively recruit potential MY BEST students; 2) Induct selected MY BEST student into our intensive eight-week summer internships in participating laboratories; 3) Extend the MY BEST student's research effort throughout the upcoming academic year; 4) Provide active and ongoing research mentoring of MY BEST students; 5) Provide opportunities for MY BEST students to participate in professional development workshops to assist them in preparing for the Graduate Records Exam (GRE), choosing a graduate program, and providing information on how to apply to graduate school; and, 6) Continuously evaluate the success of MY BEST students and use this information to improve the program. To learn more about MY BEST @ UCR please visit our website at www.engr.ucr.edu/mybest.