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REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Biomedical Devices at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

REU 网站：内布拉斯加大学林肯分校生物医学设备本科生研究机会

基本信息

批准号：
1659777
负责人：
Gregory Bashford
金额：
$ 36.4万
依托单位：
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-05-15 至 2021-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659777&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Undergraduate Research Opportunities

项目摘要

This three year renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Biomedical Devices at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), will provide an intensive research experience for undergraduate students in carefully prepared research projects with topics such as robotics, medical instrument design, implanted devices, biomedical imaging, tissue engineering, and related biomedical engineering device areas. This research experience offers two emphasis areas - devices for diagnostics and sensing and devices for therapeutics and intervention. Targeted student participants include science/engineering majors, especially underrepresented students, from institutions across the nation that lack strong research opportunities. Biomedical engineering research is seen as a growth area for scientific and technological discovery nationally. To attract and retain the next generation of diverse, talented engineers, it is critical to provide undergraduates with research experiences that tie together the elements of STEM - fundamentally based in science and math, using technology tools to achieve engineering solutions - in a context demonstrating societal impact. This is particularly important in the engineering field, where a complementary balance exists between traditional undergraduate training, which focuses on producing applied results, and the academic rigor of hypothesis-driven or needs-based research required to generate breakthroughs. The growing field of biomedical engineering (BME) provides an appropriate and effective framework in which to implement a high-impact undergraduate research program addressing this need. UNL will host nine REU students over a 10-week summer program. The objectives of the proposed project are to: 1) provide interdisciplinary research experiences to undergraduates in the area of biomedical devices; 2) give participants confidence to become independent researchers by providing systematic instruction in research methodology; 3) provide participants with a broader view of research and development activities in academia and industry; and 4) expand participants' skills and knowledge regarding academic-industry partnerships, such as technology transfer and entrepreneurship. Structured research activities will be complemented by professional development activities including undergraduate research symposia, designed to prepare participants for STEM careers. It is expected that REU participants will publish research results as lead or co-authors, and project outcomes will be disseminated in engineering education journals for the benefit of other institutions.

这三年的更新研究经验本科生（REU）网站：本科生在内布拉斯加州林肯大学（UNL）的生物医学设备的研究机会，将提供一个密集的研究经验，为本科生在精心准备的研究项目与主题，如机器人，医疗器械设计，植入设备，生物医学成像，组织工程和相关的生物医学工程设备领域。该研究经验提供了两个重点领域-诊断和传感设备以及治疗和干预设备。目标学生参与者包括科学/工程专业，特别是代表性不足的学生，来自全国各地缺乏强大的研究机会的机构。生物医学工程研究被视为国家科学和技术发现的增长领域。为了吸引和留住下一代多样化的有才华的工程师，至关重要的是为本科生提供将STEM元素联系在一起的研究经验-基本上基于科学和数学，使用技术工具来实现工程解决方案-在展示社会影响的背景下。这在工程领域尤其重要，在传统的本科生培训（侧重于产生应用成果）与产生突破所需的假设驱动或基于需求的研究的学术严谨性之间存在互补平衡。生物医学工程（BME）的不断增长的领域提供了一个适当和有效的框架，在其中实施高影响力的本科研究计划，以满足这一需求。UNL将在为期10周的暑期课程中接待9名REU学生。该项目的目标是：1）为本科生提供生物医学设备领域的跨学科研究经验; 2）通过提供研究方法的系统指导，让参与者有信心成为独立的研究人员; 3）为参与者提供学术界和工业界研究和开发活动的更广阔视野;以及4）扩大学员在学术与产业伙伴关系方面的技能和知识，如技术转让和创业精神。结构化的研究活动将由专业发展活动补充，包括本科生研究研讨会，旨在为参与者的STEM职业做好准备。预计REU参与者将作为主要作者或共同作者发表研究成果，项目成果将在工程教育期刊上传播，以使其他机构受益。