NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Korea

这一行动资助路易斯安那州立大学的迈克尔·大卫·文森特于2012年夏天在韩国蔚山的蔚山国家科学技术研究所(UNIST)开展了一项研究项目，题为“制造基于聚合物的高密度芯片实验室”。主持这项研究的科学家是赵润昆博士。该研究项目的智能优点是在芯片实验室聚合设备中使用高通量筛选(HTS)。制造横向尺寸低至约500纳米的致密的流体通道系统。与100多个流体通道相结合，正在制定和测试其同时成像不同生化反应的能力。这种装置有望在工业上有许多应用，特别是在合成具有生物活性的化合物方面。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍各自所在地的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及了解社会、文化和语言。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。

This action funds Michael David Vincent of Louisiana State University to conduct a research project, entitled "Fabrication of a polymer-based high density lab-on-a-chip," during the summer of 2012 at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. The host scientist is Yoon-Kyoung Cho, Ph.D.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is to use high-throughput screening (HTS) in a lab-on-a-chip polymeric device. The fabrication of a dense system of fluidic channels with lateral dimensions down to approximately 500 nm. combined with more than 100 fluidic channels is being formulated and tested for its ability to simultaneous image different biochemical reactions. Such a device promises to have many applications in industry, particularly in the synthesis of compounds with biological activity. Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.