IRES: U.S. - Belgium Bioengineering Collaboration with International Research Experience for Students

约翰霍普金斯大学（JHU）将与比利时校际微电子中心（IMEC）合作，通过纳米科学和医学科学的接口项目，为美国本科生和研究生提供一个为期三年的国际研究经验项目。在为期十周的海外实习期间，学生将在JHU的研究人员和IMEC的同行的指导下进行合作研究项目。在比利时实习之前，学生参与者将花一学年的时间与约翰霍普金斯大学的一个研究小组或实验室一起工作，在那里他们可以培养与JHU-IMEC正在进行的项目相关的基本技术技能。通过这个平衡良好的合作研究项目，以及密集的早期职业学生参与，首席研究员和他的比利时同行打算在治疗性聚合物纳米颗粒药物输送和医学诊断方面取得生物工程进展，并以改善未来医疗保健技术为长期目标。美国-比利时学生国际研究经验（IRES）侧重于生物工程，并结合了JHU在生物医学科学方面的互补优势和IMEC在纳米技术和微制造方面的互补专业知识。作为国际合作伙伴，IMEC提供：(1)最先进的微加工设备和员工；(2)一个完善的生命科学研究团队，致力于寻找将纳米电子学应用于医疗保健的方法；(3)一个多元化、国际化和多元文化的研发环境。参与该项目的美国学生来自不同背景，他们将接触到全球经济中的团队合作，并将在具有重大潜在社会影响的研究领域接受培训。

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) will team with the Belgian Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Centre (IMEC) to provide a three-year program of international research experience for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students through projects at the interface of nanoscience and medical science. During ten-week internships abroad, students will work on cooperative research projects, mentored by JHU researchers and counterparts at IMEC. Prior to their internships in Belgium, student participants will prepare by spending the academic year working with a research group at Johns Hopkins University or in a laboratory where they can develop essential technical skills that are relevant to an ongoing JHU-IMEC project. Through this well balanced, collaborative research program with intensive, early career student engagement, the principal investigator and his Belgian counterparts intend to pursue results that lead to bioengineering advances in therapeutic polymer-nanoparticle drug delivery and medical diagnostics, with the long-term goal of improving future healthcare technologies.The US-Belgian International Research Experience for Students (IRES) focuses on bioengineering and combines the complementary strengths of JHU in biomedical sciences and complementary IMEC expertise in nanotechnology and microfabrication. As the international partner, IMEC offers: (1) state-of-the-art microfabrication facilities and staffing, (2) a well-established life sciences research group dedicated to finding ways to apply nano-electronics to healthcare, and (3) a diverse, international and multicultural R&D environment. The U.S. students, recruited from diverse backgrounds, who are involved in this program will be exposed to teamwork in the global economy and will be trained in a research field that has significant potential societal impact.