REU Site: Wellman-HST Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics

REU 网站：Wellman-HST 生物医学光学夏季研究所

• 批准号: 1358296
• 负责人: Seok (Andy) Yun
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts General Hospital
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Wellman; HST; Summer

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The Wellman-HST Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics, a new REU site supported by the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers, will admit ten undergraduate students to work on cutting-edge research on biomedical optics. Students will pursue full-time laboratory research for nine weeks from June to August at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. It provides a highly multidisciplinary environment at the interface of laboratory innovations and real-world applications. The faculty with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, and engineering will serve as mentors. A variety of research projects are offered in diverse, yet cohesive, themes in the field of biomedical optics, with emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches that integrate optical physics and engineering with biological questions and medical problems. The research program will enhance the ability of students to undertake interdisciplinary research on a broad range of cutting-edge topics including optical coherence tomography, bio-integrated photonic devices, cell lasers, biomechanics, and photodynamic therapy. Students who produce significant results will be identified and encouraged to submit abstracts to annual conferences with full travel supports. In addition to research, students attend lectures, seminars, and professional development workshops on presentation, ethics, and intellectual properties. All student participants are accommodated in the dormitory at the MIT campus in close proximity to the labs and lecture sites, and they participate in various social activities. Stipends and travel supports will be provided. The vibrant summer program will make their summer experience go way beyond what could be provided by a typical research experience in a single lab. NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:Biomedical optics is a rapidly growing field, well poised to impact biological sciences and human health. Students will witness how innovative research in the lab can help solve real-world problems and thus provide tangible benefits to the society we live in. This experience will help students gain a broader and deeper perspective on research and possibly further motivate the students to pursue a future in interdisciplinary science and engineering. Interactions with mentors provide role models to the students while helping them evaluate their own future career paths. The REU site will also have a positive impact on faculty mentors by fostering active interactions and collaborations. Students will interact with overseas summer students in other ongoing international programs, building global networks. In turn, by providing positive experiences, this interaction can increase the international recognition of science and engineering in the U.S. by attracting talented undergraduates from overseas to the U.S. for higher education. The REU site is well positioned to become a national and international model for highly interdisciplinary and intense summer research experiences for undergraduates.

技术摘要：Wellman-HST 生物医学光学夏季研究所是一个新的 REU 站点，由 NSF 工程教育和中心部门支持，将招收 10 名本科生，从事生物医学光学的前沿研究。学生将从六月到八月在马萨诸塞州总医院的韦尔曼光医学中心进行为期九周的全日制实验室研究。它在实验室创新和实际应用的界面上提供了高度多学科的环境。具有物理、化学和工程学背景的教师将担任导师。生物医学光学领域提供各种不同但具有凝聚力的主题的研究项目，重点是将光学物理和工程学与生物问题和医学问题相结合的多学科方法。该研究项目将提高学生对广泛的前沿课题进行跨学科研究的能力，包括光学相干断层扫描、生物集成光子器件、细胞激光器、生物力学和光动力疗法。取得重大成果的学生将被识别并鼓励向年度会议提交摘要，并提供全额旅行支持。除了研究之外，学生还参加有关演讲、道德和知识产权的讲座、研讨会和专业发展研讨会。所有学生参与者都住在麻省理工学院校园的宿舍里，靠近实验室和讲座地点，并参加各种社交活动。将提供津贴和旅行支持。充满活力的暑期项目将使他们的暑期体验远远超出单个实验室的典型研究体验所能提供的。 非技术摘要：生物医学光学是一个快速发展的领域，有望影响生物科学和人类健康。学生将见证实验室的创新研究如何帮助解决现实世界的问题，从而为我们生活的社会带来切实的好处。这种经历将帮助学生获得更广泛、更深入的研究视角，并可能进一步激励学生追求跨学科科学与工程的未来。与导师的互动为学生提供了榜样，同时帮助他们评估自己未来的职业道路。 REU 网站还将通过促进积极的互动和合作对教师导师产生积极影响。学生将在其他正在进行的国际项目中与海外暑期学生互动，建立全球网络。反过来，通过提供积极的经验，这种互动可以吸引海外有才华的本科生到美国接受高等教育，从而提高美国科学和工程的国际认可度。 REU 站点完全有能力成为国内和国际本科生高度跨学科和密集的夏季研究体验的典范。