REU Site: Next-generation health monitoring systems with flexible electronics, novel algorithms and secure communication.

这个研究经验的本科生（REU）网站，下一代健康监测系统与灵活的电子，新颖的算法和安全的通信，在华盛顿大学博瑟尔（UWB）将从事跨学科和协作研究的教师谁拥有不同的，但互补的专业在生物医学工程，信号处理和数据安全的监督本科生的多元化群体。这个REU网站的主要目标之一是增加妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和第一代学生在电气工程和计算机科学本科研究的参与。这些研究项目的首要主题是推进技术，以开发可靠，低成本和舒适的健康监测设备，这些设备具有通过互联网提供远程护理和云处理的实时数据等功能。多学科研究的最新进展汇集了技术创新，导致医疗器械开发取得了巨大进步，提高了医院服务的护理效率，质量和功效。研究项目将为学生提供机会，通过让他们接触到跨学科，协作，尖端和可访问的研究来发展他们的研究技能。每个小组的学生将致力于一个特定的项目，同时与其他小组合作，以解决一个更大的问题。REU网站计划将每年吸引10名参与者，与专门和热情的教师谁设计了跨学科和合作研究项目的奖励10周的夏季研究经验。REU Site项目的主要目标是开发具有实时通信能力的可靠和舒适的健康监测设备，用于远程数据访问，以便对患者进行远程护理。这些设备的开发需要在医疗设备、信号处理和数据安全领域进行合作研究。预计每个项目将由两名学生组成一个小组。这些项目是本科生可以访问的，同时，是当代研究问题，具有潜在的新颖解决方案，可以导致出版物。此外，该计划将强调学生在进行研究的基础训练。为了实现这一目标，每周将举办一次专业发展研讨会，主题包括摘要写作、研究伦理和演讲。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site, Next-generation health monitoring systems with flexible electronics, novel algorithms and secure communication, at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) will engage a diverse group of undergraduate students in interdisciplinary and collaborative research supervised by faculty members who have different but complementary specializations in biomedical engineering, signal processing and data security. One of the main objectives of this REU site is to increase the participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation students in undergraduate research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The overarching theme of these research projects is advancing the technologies for the development of reliable, low-cost and comfortable health monitoring devices having features such as delivering real-time data over the internet for distanced care and cloud processing. Recent advances in multidisciplinary research have brought together innovations in technologies, resulting in great strides in healthcare device development that has enhanced care efficiency, quality and efficacy in hospital services. The research projects will provide opportunities for the students to develop their research skills by exposing them to interdisciplinary, collaborative, cutting-edge, and accessible research. Each group of students will work on a specific project while collaborating with the other groups to solve a bigger problem.The REU Site program will engage 10 participants per year for a rewarding 10-week summer research experience with dedicated and enthusiastic faculty members who have designed interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects. The primary objective of the REU Site program's projects is to develop reliable and comfortable health monitoring devices with real-time communication capability for remote data access to allow distance-care of patients. The development of these devices requires collaborative research work in the areas of medical devices, signal processing and data security. It is expected that a group of two students will work on each project. The projects are accessible to undergraduate students and, at the same time, are contemporary research problems with potentially novel solutions that can lead to publications. In addition, the program will emphasize the training of students in the fundamentals of conducting research. In line with this goal, weekly professional development seminars will be conducted on subjects such as abstract writing, research ethics and presentations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.