REU Site: Engineered Materials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

REU 网站：用于组织工程和药物输送的工程材料

• 批准号: 1559781
• 负责人: Adam Engler
• 金额: $ 32.65万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Engineered; Materials; Tissue

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.

加州大学圣地亚哥分校雅各布斯工程学院本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站为期三年更新，重点是扩大各工程系生物材料的研究实力，让学生接触到生物材料研究，重点关注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性不足的群体的低年级本科生提供有限的研究机会、生物材料研究实践经验、教师和近同行指导、在地方和国家会议上的研究演示以及鼓励研究生继续进行生物材料培训的专业发展活动。 在三年的时间里，REU 项目将让本科生参与为期 10 周的强化暑期研究体验，重点是通过使用 UCSD 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。该计划的第一周将举办“训练营”，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、基于生物材料的 REU 期刊俱乐部以及出席和参加研究会议和专业会议是该 REU 网站的组成部分，并将培养出受过更好培训的本科生，他们非常积极地接受生物材料方面的研究生培训。