IRES: International Research Experience for Students in Micro Medical Manufacturing (IRES-MMM) with the University of North Carolina and Laser Zentrum Hannover

IRES：与北卡罗来纳大学和汉诺威激光中心合作的微医疗制造学生国际研究经验 (IRES-MMM)

• 批准号: 0936110
• 负责人: Roger Narayan
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-15 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0936110&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; International; Research; Experience; Students

This award is funded under the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The medical industry increasingly relies on knowledge of novel materials and fabrication processes in order to develop replacements for biological tissues as well as advanced medical devices. Rapid prototyping technologies have attracted significant interest for use in fabricating biomedical and dental devices out of biocompatible materials. This proposal supports the development of a research and education program between the University of North Carolina/North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and the research group led by Professor Boris Chichkov at the Department of Nanotechnology at Laser Zentrum Hannover, which will fully and systematically assess the structural and functional properties of medical devices created using a rapid prototyping process known as two photon polymerization. Twenty-one students from the University of North Carolina/North Carolin State joint program and Florida International University will participate in the proposed International Research Experience for Students program. Groups of seven students, including four undergraduate students and three graduate students, will fabricate inorganic-organic hybrid materials, mosquito-like microneedles for transdermal drug delivery, and patient-specific breast prostheses using the two photon polymerization system at Laser Zentrum Hannover over seven-week periods in Summer 2010, Summer 2011, and Summer 2012. In addition, the principal investigator will develop a new capstone course that will prepare the students for their research at Laser Zentrum Hannover, and students will be able to participate in industrial internships when they return to the United States.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。医疗行业越来越依赖新材料和制造工艺的知识，以开发生物组织的替代品和先进的医疗设备。快速成型技术在利用生物兼容材料制造生物医学和牙科设备方面吸引了极大的兴趣。这项提案支持北卡罗来纳大学/北卡罗来纳州立大学生物医学工程联合系与汉诺威激光中心纳米技术系Boris Chichkov教授领导的研究和教育项目的发展，该项目将全面和系统地评估使用称为双光子聚合的快速原型工艺制造的医疗设备的结构和功能特性。来自北卡罗来纳大学/北卡罗来纳州立大学和佛罗里达国际大学的21名学生将参加拟议的学生国际研究体验计划。由七名学生组成的小组，包括四名本科生和三名研究生，将在2010年夏季、2011年夏季和2012年夏季在汉诺威激光中心使用双光子聚合系统制造无机-有机杂化材料、用于经皮给药的蚊形微针以及针对患者的乳房假体。此外，首席调查员将开发一门新的顶石课程，为学生在汉诺威激光中心的研究做准备，学生回到美国后将能够参加工业实习。