REU Site: Summer Engineering Research Experiences in Diabetes for Undergraduates

提案：0852048PI名称：Eric breyreu对糖尿病网站的更新奖励将支持10名本科生在伊利诺伊理工学院（ITT）进行为期3年的为期10周的夏季研究体验。该计划的主要目标是：1)让学生在研究导师的指导下完成具有挑战性的糖尿病相关工程项目；2)展示设计实验，分析数据和提出解决假设的结果的能力；3)通过讲座、外展和临床设施参观，使学生接触到他们研究的更广泛的健康影响；4)将道德讨论和培训融入学生体验的各个方面。为了在这个项目中建立学生和导师之间的积极关系，我们计划了一些社会活动。这些活动包括每周午餐、学生/教师野餐、体育赛事之旅，以及为美国糖尿病协会日营做志愿者工作。总的来说，这些经历将激发本科生对工程研究的兴趣，并特别强调对糖尿病领域顶尖研究人员的需求。美国有超过1800万人患有糖尿病。虽然目前还不存在治愈方法，但生物医学工程正在为理解和治疗这种疾病及其许多并发症提供重要的进展。2005年，ITT成立了一个独特的多学科中心——糖尿病研究与教育工程中心。普利兹克生物医学科学与工程研究所（Pritzker Institute for Biomedical Science and Engineering）旗下的ECDRE。ECDRE的目标是利用工程技术来增加对糖尿病及其并发症的了解和治疗。此外，ECDRE是美国第一个专注于糖尿病的工程中心。ITT生物医学工程系将与ECDRE合作，为这个夏季REU项目提供基础。pi将针对来自生物医学工程研究机会有限的机构的本科生，重点关注妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参加这个REU暑期项目。通过开展与一种影响美国1800多万人的疾病相关的研究项目，pi有可能在影响工程师职业生涯的同时促进对这一疾病的理解。

Proposal: 0852048PI Name: Eric BreyThis renewal REU award for a site focused on diabetes will support ten undergraduates for three years in a ten-week summer research experience at the Illinois Institute of Technology (ITT).The primary goals of this program are to: 1) have students complete challenging diabetes-related engineering projects with research mentors; 2) demonstrate the ability to design experiments, analyze data, and present results that address a hypothesis; 3) expose students to the broader health implications of their research with lectures, outreach, and tours of clinical facilities; and 4) integrate ethics discussion and training into all aspects of the student experience. In order to build positive relationships between students and mentors in this program several social activities have been planned. These include weekly lunches, a student/faculty cookout, trips to sporting events, and performing volunteer work for the American Diabetes Association Day Camp. These experiences will stimulate the interests of undergraduates in engineering research, in general, and specifically emphasize the needs for top-notch researchers in the field of diabetes.More than 18 million people in the United States have diabetes. While a cure does not currently exist, biomedical engineering is providing important inroads to understanding and treating the disease and its many complications.In 2005, ITT established a unique multi-disciplinary center, the Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education?s (ECDRE) under the umbrella of the Pritzker Institute for Biomedical Science and Engineering. The objective of the ECDRE is to use engineering techniques to increase understanding and treatment of diabetes and its complications. Also, the ECDRE is the first engineering center in the U.S. to focus on diabetes. The Biomedical Engineering Department at ITT in collaboration with the ECDRE will provide the foundation for this summer REU programThe PIs will target undergraduates from institutions were Biomedical Engineering research opportunities are limited, with a focus on women and underrepresented minorities for participation in this REU summer program. By conducting research projects related to a disease that affects more than 18 million people in the United States, the PIs have the potential to advance understanding while influencing engineers in their career.