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IGERT: MultiScale Transport in Environmental and Physiological Systems (MultiSTEPS)

IGERT：环境和生理系统中的多尺度传输 (MultiSTEPS)

基本信息

批准号：
0966125
负责人：
Mark Stremler
金额：
$ 230万
依托单位：
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-07-01 至 2017-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0966125&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
IGERT MultiScale Transport Environmental Physiological

项目摘要

Transport processes such as fluid motion in biological systems at cellular, organismal and environmental levels are a key aspect of such challenges as targeted drug delivery, preventing cancer cell metastasis, and controlling pathogen spread through the biosphere. The discovery, analysis, and solution of critical issues in biological transport requires a new generation of truly interdisciplinary researchers who are educated in both engineering and biology, who merge these perspectives, and who can communicate effectively with fellow researchers, policy makers, and the public. The MultiSTEPS Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program establishes a sustainable framework of interdisciplinary research and education that will prepare future leaders of academic and industrial research to collaborate on, analyze and solve emerging problems in transport that are at the intersection of the engineering and biological sciences. Trainees advance through a systematic multi-step process of interdisciplinary coursework, peer interaction, community development and cross-disciplinary research experiences, including formal training in ethics and professional development. Training involves cross-disciplinary education through coursework and teaching experiences, community-building interactive seminars, interdisciplinary research rotations, international research opportunities, interaction with industry, and a unique internal collaborative grant competition among the trainees. Building upon the resources of Virginia Tech's Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, the MultiSTEPS program will recruit and retain a diverse population of future innovators and equip them with the multidisciplinary intellectual tools and methods necessary to tackle complex and challenging problems in human health, and sustainable agricultural and environmental practices. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

生物系统中在细胞、有机体和环境水平上的流体运动等运输过程是靶向药物输送、预防癌细胞转移和控制病原体在生物圈中传播等挑战的一个关键方面。生物运输中关键问题的发现、分析和解决需要新一代真正的跨学科研究人员，他们受过工程和生物学教育，融合这些观点，并且能够与其他研究人员、政策制定者和公众进行有效沟通。 MultiSTEPS 综合研究生教育和研究培训 (IGERT) 计划建立了一个可持续的跨学科研究和教育框架，将为未来的学术和工业研究领导者做好准备，以合作、分析和解决工程和生物科学交叉领域的交通运输中出现的问题。学员通过跨学科课程、同行互动、社区发展和跨学科研究经验的系统性多步骤过程取得进步，包括道德和专业发展方面的正式培训。培训涉及跨学科教育，包括课程作业和教学经验、社区建设互动研讨会、跨学科研究轮换、国际研究机会、与行业的互动以及学员之间独特的内部协作资助竞赛。 MultiSTEPS 计划以弗吉尼亚理工大学增强工程多样性中心的资源为基础，将招募和留住多元化的未来创新者，并为他们配备必要的多学科知识工具和方法，以解决人类健康以及可持续农业和环境实践中复杂且具有挑战性的问题。 IGERT 是一项 NSF 范围内的计划，旨在应对美国博士生教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，对所选学科有深厚的知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革。