RII: Enhancing Alabama's Research Capacity in Nano/Bio Science and Sensors

摘要提案编号：eps -0814103提案题目：RII：增强阿拉巴马州？目标：这项研究基础设施改善奖将促进阿拉巴马州核心研究机构之间建立全州范围的伙伴关系，以提高纳米/生物科学和分子传感器新兴领域的研发竞争力。这一伙伴关系旨在促进合作研究，并通过四个中心促进多学科教育。每个中心都旨在支持和培训与国家一致的关键纳米和生物技术创新领域的新教师、员工和学生。美国经济发展的优先事项概述了州长？年代?计划2010年?。项目重点：塔斯基吉大学领导的中心将开发和表征新的可生物降解纳米结构材料；奥本大学领导的研究中心将利用生物模型来确定适应自然和人为环境挑战的机制；阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校领导中心将开发新的光学和分子传感技术；阿拉巴马a&m大学领导的中心将使用纳米图案和纳米制造技术来控制结构-性能关系，以便为特定应用量身定制材料性能。该中心的另一个作用是整合每个中心的研究成果，以促进以创新为基础的经济发展。这些中心将确保生命科学和工程之间的信息和技术相互转移，以促进这两个领域的新研究。生物学的发现将阐明生命系统的结构和功能原理，这些原理可以作为纳米材料设计和合成的先驱模板。同样，纳米尺度检测、量化和纳米工程的进步将为生命科学开辟新的前沿。更广泛的影响这些中心将在全州范围内建立基础设施，促进合作，建立伙伴关系，培养未来的stem劳动力，提高科学素养，并开发新的经济机会。该中心的研究可能会对环境、国土安全和工业过程控制产生重大影响。

AbstractProposal Number: EPS-0814103Proposal Title: RII: Enhancing Alabama?s Research Capacity in Nano/Bio Science and Sensors Institution: Alabama A&M UniversityGoals: This Research Infrastructure Improvement award will facilitate the creation of a statewide partnership among Alabama core research institutions to enhance R&D competitiveness in the emerging area of nano/bio science and molecular sensors. This partnership is designed to foster collaborative research, and to stimulate multidisciplinary education through four centers. Each center is designed to support and train new faculty, staff, and students in key nano- and biotechnology innovation areas aligned with the state?s economic development priorities outlined in the governor?s ?Plan 2010?.Project Major Foci: The Tuskegee University led center will develop and characterize new biodegradable nanostructured materials; the Auburn University led center will use organismal models to identify mechanisms of adaptation to natural and man-made environmental challenges; the University of Alabama in Birmingham led center will develop new optical and molecular sensing technologies; and the Alabama A&M University led center will use nanopatterning and nanofabrication techniques to control structure-property relationships in order to tailor materials properties for specific applications. An additional role of this center will be the integration of the findings of each center to catalyze innovation based economic development. Intellectual MeritThe centers will ensure reciprocal transfer of information and technology between the life sciences and engineering to catalyze novel research in both fields. Biological discovery will elucidate structural and functional principles in living systems that can serve as templates for pioneering the design and synthesis of nanomaterials. Likewise, advances in nanoscale detection, quantification, and nanoengineering will open new frontiers in the life sciences. Broader ImpactsThe centers will establish statewide infrastructure that will foster collaboration, build partnerships, develop future STEM-enabled workforce, improve scientific literacy, and develop new economic opportunities. The centers research will likely have a major impact on the environment, homeland security, and industrial process control.