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

这个为期三年的更新本科生研究经验（REU）网站：内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）的生物医学设备本科生研究机会，将为本科生提供精心准备的研究项目的深入研究经验，主题包括机器人，医疗仪器设计，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。这一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来自全国各地缺乏强大研究机会的机构的科学/工程专业学生，尤其是代表性不足的学生。生物医学工程研究在全国范围内被视为科学技术发现的一个增长领域。为了吸引和留住下一代多样化的、有才华的工程师，在展示社会影响的背景下，为本科生提供将STEM要素结合在一起的研究经验至关重要——STEM基本基于科学和数学，利用技术工具实现工程解决方案。这一点在工程领域尤为重要，因为传统的本科培训侧重于产生应用成果，而学术上的严谨则需要假设驱动或基于需求的研究来产生突破，两者之间存在互补平衡。不断发展的生物医学工程（BME）领域提供了一个适当和有效的框架，在这个框架中实施一个高影响力的本科研究计划，以满足这一需求。UNL将在为期10周的暑期项目中接待9名REU学生。拟建项目的目标是：1)为生物医学设备领域的本科生提供跨学科的研究经验；2)通过提供系统的研究方法指导，使参与者有信心成为独立的研究人员；3)为参与者提供更广阔的视野，了解学术界和工业界的研发活动；4)拓展参与者在学术与产业合作方面的技能和知识，如技术转移和创业。结构化的研究活动将辅以专业发展活动，包括本科生研究专题讨论会，旨在为参与者的STEM职业做好准备。预计REU的参与者将以主要或共同作者的身份发表研究成果，项目成果将在工程教育期刊上传播，以使其他机构受益。

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.