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

德克萨斯农工大学(TAMU)的这项为期三年的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，以及生物技术和生物医学中的系统生物学研究。该计划的目标是：1)每年从校外招收10名本科生，重点是从代表性不足的群体中招聘学生；2)向以前几乎没有研究经验的学生开放新的研究机会，提供对研究方法、自律、团队整合、报告和交流新知识的见解；3)提供就读研究生院的好处、申请过程的信息，并鼓励学生进入化学工程研究生院；4)使REU学生能够与来自北京清华大学、中国和哥伦比亚波哥大的洛斯安第斯大学的访问本科生互动，他们参与了现有的系级项目；5)为REU学生、TAMU研究生、来访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发表文章的机会。REU学生将参与开发基于生物分子和生物体的下一代产品和工艺。招生工作将针对那些通常可能没有这样机会的个人，特别是女性、代表性不足的少数族裔和第一代大学生，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示范项目，解决了本科生接触研究的问题，以及对进入研究生院的途径的认识。这个网站是由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助的。

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.