REU Site: Interactive Biomaterials

非技术部分：锡拉丘兹大学互动生物材料REU网站的教育目标是：（1）通过在多学科，协作和开放的实验室环境中进行独立的生物材料研究项目，培养学生掌握前沿研究技术，（2）提供多方面的辅导机会和网络-积累经验，最终增加参与者在其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导师，创新的职业指导计划，互动的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。 该网站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生物材料科学与工程的职业生涯做准备。 与汉普顿路HBCU集群的伙伴关系将有助于扩大学生从机构的参与有限的研究机会，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在有意义的本科研究。 REU网站的一个标志性元素是职业指导计划，专注于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。在REU网站提供给学生的研究项目将推进基础科学知识的领域，包括形状记忆聚合物，刺激响应聚合物，药物输送，细菌生物膜的控制，细胞生物材料相互作用，金属生物材料的电化学、组织工程和交互生物材料的分子建模。 这些假设驱动的多学科研究项目利用了锡拉丘兹生物材料研究所教师的集体专业知识，在许多情况下，促进了跨教师实验室，学术部门和机构的合作研究。 该网站团队是高素质的指导本科生在他们的实验室，并有大量的设施和设备在他们的处置培训这些学生在尖端的研究和分析技术。

NON-TECHNICAL PART: The educational objectives of the Interactive Biomaterials REU Site at Syracuse University are: (1) to 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 mentors, an innovative career mentoring program, interactive laboratory tours with REU student-led demonstrations, student research presentations, team building activities, and social events. This site aims to engage undergraduate students in meaningful and stimulating research and 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. A partnership with the Hampton Roads HBCU Cluster will help to broaden the participation of students from institutions with limited research opportunities, women, and underrepresented minorities in meaningful undergraduate research. A signature element of the 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.TECHNICAL PART: The research projects available to students in the REU site will advance fundamental scientific knowledge in areas that include 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. These hypothesis-driven, multidisciplinary research projects draw upon the collective expertise of the faculty of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, and, in many cases, foster collaborative research across faculty laboratories, academic departments, and institutions. The site team is highly qualified to mentor undergraduate students in their laboratories and has a vast array of facilities and equipment at their disposal for training these students in cutting edge research and analytical techniques.