REU Site: Engineered Materials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

加州大学圣迭戈分校雅各布斯工程学院的本科生研究体验(REU)网站为期三年，将专注于扩大工程系之间生物材料的研究实力，并让学生接触生物材料研究，重点是在组织工程和药物输送方面的应用。该网站将为来自传统上代表人数较少的群体的较低级别的本科生提供有限的研究机会，提供亲身实践生物材料研究经验、教师和近距离同行指导、在地方和全国会议上的研究报告，以及鼓励继续进行生物材料研究生培训的专业发展活动。在三年的时间里，这个REU项目将让本科生参加为期10周的密集暑期研究体验，重点是通过访问加州大学圣地亚哥分校最先进的设施、尖端研究项目和优秀的教师导师来生成新的生物材料知识。“新兵训练营”将在计划的第一周进行，以确保所有参与者都具备在研究经验中取得成功所需的必要基本技能。社区建设、专业发展活动、每周研究技能研讨会、以生物材料为基础的REU期刊俱乐部，以及出席和参与研究会议和专业会议都是REU网站的组成部分，将导致训练有素的本科生受到更好的培训，他们有很高的动力继续进行生物材料方面的研究生培训。

This three year renewal of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site from the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California-San Diego will focus on the expanding research strength in biomaterials across engineering departments and expose students to biomaterials research with a focus on applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery. This Site will provide lower-division, undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented groups, with limited research opportunities, with a hands-on biomaterials research experience, faculty and near-peer mentoring, research presentations at local and national meetings, and professional development activities that encourage continued graduate training in biomaterials. Over a three year period, this REU program will engage undergraduate students in a 10-week intensive, summer research experience focused on the generation of new biomaterials knowledge made possible through access to state-of-the-art facilities at UCSD, cutting-edge research projects, and accomplished faculty mentors. A "boot camp" will be conducted during the first week of the program to ensure that all participants have the necessary basic skills required to succeed in their research experience. Community building, professional development activities, weekly research skills workshops, a biomaterials-based REU journal club, and attendance and participation in research conferences and professional meetings are components of this REU Site and will result in better-trained undergraduate students who are highly motivated to pursue graduate training in biomaterials.