NSF-NSC Summer Institute on BioSensing & BioActuation

生物传感-生物驱动（BSBA）是一个引人注目的新研究前沿，将对工程和生物学的传感/驱动科学和技术产生深远的影响。本项目为来自美国和台湾的早期职业研究人员和研究生建立了一系列的三个BSBA暑期学院（SI-BSBA）。SI-BSBA由PI和国立台湾大学张硕鸿教授共同主办，在美国由国家科学基金会资助，在台湾由国家科学委员会资助。暑期学院的目标是为来自不同背景的研究人员提供一个交流思想的平台，在高度跨学科的BSBA领域培养既懂工程又懂生物学的学生和研究人员，并促进美国和亚太地区研究人员在BSBA领域的国际合作。每个研究所将包括大约20名来自双方的学生/早期职业研究人员。SI-BSBA的活动包括在美国和台湾轮流举办的为期两周的BSBA暑期研修。我们将邀请来自BSBA领域的工程和生物学专家主讲传感/驱动技术的基础知识和生物学基础，以及最新的研究课题。将进行基本工程工具的动手实验室培训，如微纳米制造，从细胞水平到有机体水平的基本工具研究，以及BSBA组件，如神经网络和计算工具。SI-BSBA的影响将是重大而深远的，包括开发新的研究工具，改变现有的研究方法，并可能导致解决社会中一些最大的挑战，如环境，医疗保健，传感器网络和多功能材料。此外，与会者的国际经验将对下一代美国科学家和研究人员非常有价值。土木、机械和制造创新工程理事会与国际科学与工程办公室共同资助了该奖项。

BioSensing-BioActuation (BSBA) is a compelling new research frontier that will have profound impact on both engineering and biology in sensing/actuation science and technologies. This project establishes a series of three Summer Institutes on BSBA (SI-BSBA) for early career researchers and graduate students from the U.S. and Taiwan. SI-BSBA is jointly organized by the PI and Professor Shuo-Hung Chang of National Taiwan University and is funded in the U.S. by the National Science Foundation and in Taiwan by the National Science Council. The goals of the Summer Institute are to provide a platform for researchers from a diverse background to exchange ideas in the BSBA area, to train students and researchers in the highly interdisciplinary BSBA area who are knowledgeable in both engineering and biology, and to promote international collaborations in the BSBA area between researchers in the US and in Asian Pacific region. Each institute will include approximately twenty students/early career researchers from each side. SI-BSBA activities include a 2-week Summer Institute on BSBA alternately held in the US and in Taiwan. Experts in the BSBA area from engineering and biology will be invited to give lectures on the basics of sensing/actuation technologies and fundamentals of biology, as well as on the state-of-the-art research topics. Hands-on laboratory training of basic engineering tools such as micro- and nano-fabrication, basic tools from cellular level to organism level studies, and BSBA components such as neuron-networks and computational tools will be conducted. The impact of SI-BSBA will be significant and far-reaching, including developing new research tools, transforming the existing research methodologies, and potentially leading to solutions to some of the biggest challenges in society such as the environment, healthcare, sensor networks, and multi-functional materials. Furthermore, the international experiences of the participants will be extremely valuable to the next generation of US scientists and researchers. The Engineering Directorate Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation cofunded this award with the Office of International Science & Engineering.