REU Site: Molecular & Cellular Bioengineering

马里兰州大学（UMD）生物工程系将与美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）器械和放射卫生中心的科学和工程实验室办公室合作，以扩大REU现场计划的范围和深度。该计划的目标是介绍十名本科生与工程和科学背景，涉及生物工程在分子和细胞水平的多样化的研究环境。该计划旨在促进该领域内基于团队的跨学科研究。参与者将有机会在研究，开发和评估阶段参与生物医学设备的开发。潜在的本科生将从化学，生物化学，物理，生物，化学和工程招聘。每个学生将与一名研究生和一名教师导师配对，他们将密切监督研究进展。每个REU学生将有一个主要的研究任务，无论是在UMD或FDA。参加者须参加有关基本实验室安全、专业及工程道德、技术交流及科学/工程研究生课程的专业发展研讨会。他们还将做两次口头报告，并提出最后的研究论文。除了专业发展活动，学生将参加两次实地考察当地生物技术公司或当地实验室和各种社会活动。在夏季结束时，所有参与者将在为期两天的REU研究日期间介绍他们的成就。最后，REU网站的评估将在REU计划的最后几天以及每个学生参加该计划后的一年进行。拟议活动的广泛影响是什么？招聘工作将集中在分子和细胞生物工程研究水平有限的机构的本科生。该计划将扩大学生对新兴技术和趋势的了解，为研究生学习或职业生涯做好准备。

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) will collaborate with the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to broaden the scope and depth of the REU site program. The objective of the program is to introduce ten undergraduate students with engineering and science backgrounds to a diverse research environment involving bioengineering at the molecular and cellular level. This program with promote team-based and cross-disciplinary research within this field. The participants will be afforded an opportunity to be involved in the development of biomedical devices at the research, development, and evaluation stages. Potential undergraduate students will be recruited from chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biology, chemistry and engineering. Each student will be paired with a graduate student and a faculty mentor, who will closely supervise the research progress. Each REU student will have a primary research assignment either at UMD or FDA. Participants will be required to attend professional development seminars on basic laboratory safety, professional and engineering ethics, technical communication, and graduate studies in science/engineering. They will also make two oral presentations and present a final research paper. In addition to the professional development activities, the students will participate in two field trips to local biotechnology companies or local laboratories and a variety of social activities. At the end of the summer all participants will give a presentation of their accomplishments during a two day long REU Research Day. Finally, evaluation of the REU Site will occur in the final days of the REU program as well as one year after each student's participation in the program. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? Recruitment efforts will be focused on undergraduates from institutions with limited levels of molecular and cellular bioengineering research. The program will expand the student's knowledge of emerging technologies and trends, preparing them for graduate studies or a professional career.