REU Site: Interactive Biomaterials

REU 网站：互动生物材料

• 批准号: 1156942
• 负责人: Julie Hasenwinkel
• 金额: $ 29.81万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interactive; Biomaterials

This three year REU Site program at Syracuse University will engage undergraduate students in research focused in the area of interactive biomaterials. The objectives of this REU Site program are to: (1) train students in leading edge research techniques through independent biomaterials research projects in a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and open laboratory environment; (2) to provide multifaceted mentoring opportunities and network building experiences that ultimately increase the likelihood that participants will pursue graduate education in their chosen discipline; and (3) to train students to be effective communicators of their research to their peers and the scientific community. These goals will be accomplished through participation in independent, interactive biomaterials research projects in faculty laboratories, one-on-one mentoring from faculty advisors and graduate student coaches, an innovative career mentoring program, interactive laboratory tours with REU student-led demonstrations, student research presentations, team building activities, and social events. This program aims to engage undergraduate students in meaningful and stimulating research, educational and social experiences as a means of increasing their enthusiasm and preparation for future graduate level study and careers in biomaterials science and engineering. The research projects available to students in the REU program will advance fundamental scientific knowledge in the areas of shape memory polymers, stimulus-responsive polymers, drug delivery, control of bacterial biofilms, cell-biomaterial interactions, electrochemistry of metallic biomaterials, tissue engineering, and molecular modeling of interactive biomaterials.The REU Site program will broaden the participation of students from institutions with limited research opportunities, women, and underrepresented minorities in meaningful undergraduate research, strengthened by the Hampton Roads HBCU Cluster Partnership. A signature element of the proposed REU site is a career mentoring initiative, focused on both industrial and academic career paths at the PhD level, which emphasizes the importance and benefits of graduate education in STEM disciplines. The best practices of this REU site will be broadly disseminated via the web and educational publications, with an aim to produce models for replication at future REU sites.

锡拉丘兹大学为期三年的REU网站计划将吸引本科生参与交互式生物材料领域的研究。该REU网站计划的目标是：（1）通过在多学科，协作和开放的实验室环境中独立的生物材料研究项目，培养学生领先的研究技术;（2）提供多方面的指导机会和网络建设经验，最终增加参与者在他们所选择的学科中接受研究生教育的可能性;以及（3）培养学生成为他们的研究与同龄人和科学界的有效沟通者。这些目标将通过参与独立的，互动的生物材料研究项目在教师实验室，从教师顾问和研究生教练，创新的职业指导计划，互动实验室图尔斯参观与REU学生主导的演示，学生研究演示，团队建设活动和社会活动的指导。该计划旨在让本科生参与有意义和刺激性的研究，教育和社会经验，以提高他们的热情和为未来研究生水平的学习和职业生涯做准备。在REU计划提供给学生的研究项目将推进形状记忆聚合物，刺激响应聚合物，药物输送，细菌生物膜控制，细胞生物材料相互作用，金属生物材料电化学，组织工程，REU Site计划将扩大来自研究有限机构的学生的参与，机会，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在有意义的本科研究，由汉普顿道路HBCU集群伙伴关系加强。拟议的REU网站的一个标志性元素是职业指导计划，重点是博士水平的工业和学术职业道路，强调STEM学科研究生教育的重要性和好处。该可再生能源股网站的最佳做法将通过网络和教育出版物广泛传播，目的是为可再生能源股今后的网站提供可复制的模式。