REU Site: Materials and Systems Biology Research in Biotechnology and Biomedicine

德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）的这个为期三年的REU现场项目将吸引本科生进行研究，重点是材料科学的化学工程方法和生物技术和生物医学领域的系统生物学研究。该计划的目标是：1)每年从校外招收10名本科生，重点招收来自代表性不足群体的学生；2)为以前没有或很少有研究经验的学生提供新的研究机会，提供研究方法的见解，自律，团队整合，报告和交流新知识；3)提供读研究生的好处、申请流程等信息，鼓励学生读化学工程研究生；4)使REU学生与中国北京清华大学和哥伦比亚波哥大洛斯安第斯大学的访问本科研究人员进行互动，参与现有的部门项目；5)为REU学生、TAMU研究生、访问的国际本科生研究人员和教师导师提供社区建设机会；6)为REU学生提供与教师导师一起展示和出版的机会。REU的学生将参与开发基于生物分子和有机体的下一代产品和工艺。招聘工作将针对那些通常没有这样机会的人，特别是女性、未被充分代表的少数民族和第一代大学生，这将为增强德克萨斯农工大学研究和教育基础设施的多样性，以及增加非裔美国人和西班牙裔工程师和科学家的培养做出重大贡献。这个项目为不同的人群创建了一个模型项目，解决了本科生接触研究的问题，以及对研究生院道路的认识。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

This three year REU Site program at Texas A&M University (TAMU) will engage undergraduate students in research focused on chemical engineering approaches to materials science and systems biology research in biotechnology and biomedicine. The objectives of the program are to: 1) Annually recruit ten undergraduates from off-campus with an emphasis on recruitment of students from underrepresented groups; 2) Open new research opportunities to students who have had little or no previous research experience, providing insights into research methodologies, self-discipline, team integration, reporting and exchanging new knowledge; 3) Provide information on benefits of attending graduate school, the application process, and encourage students to attend graduate school in chemical engineering; 4) Enable interactions of the REU students with visiting undergraduate researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Columbia who participate in existing departmental programs; 5) Provide community building opportunities among REU students, TAMU graduate students, visiting international undergraduate researchers, and faculty mentors; and 6) Provide opportunities for REU students to present and publish with faculty mentors.The REU students will participate in developing the next generation of products and processes based on biological molecules and organisms. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to those individuals who may not normally have such an opportunity, particularly women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation college students, which will make a significant contribution toward enhancing the diversity of the research and education infrastructure at Texas A&M University and toward increasing the production of African American and Hispanic engineers and scientists. This project creates a model program for diverse populations that addresses the exposure to research by undergraduates as well as awareness of the pathway to graduate school. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.