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

华盛顿大学博塞尔分校(UWB)的这个面向本科生的研究体验(Research Experience，REU)网站是下一代健康监测系统，具有灵活的电子设备、新颖的算法和安全的通信，将吸引不同的本科生参与跨学科和协作研究，由在生物医学工程、信号处理和数据安全方面拥有不同但互补专业的教职员工监督。这个REU网站的主要目标之一是增加女性、代表性不足的少数民族和第一代学生参与电气工程和计算机科学的本科生研究。这些研究项目的首要主题是推进开发可靠、低成本和舒适的健康监测设备的技术，这些设备具有通过互联网传输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聚了技术创新，导致医疗设备开发取得了长足进步，提高了医院服务的护理效率、质量和疗效。研究项目将为学生提供发展他们的研究技能的机会，让他们接触到跨学科、协作、尖端和可接触的研究。每组学生将致力于一个特定的项目，同时与其他小组合作解决更大的问题。REU现场项目每年将有10名参与者参与，与设计了跨学科和协作研究项目的敬业而热情的教职员工一起进行为期10周的有益的夏季研究体验。REU Site计划项目的主要目标是开发可靠和舒适的健康监测设备，具有远程数据访问的实时通信能力，从而实现对患者的远程护理。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工作。预计每个项目将由两名学生组成一个小组进行工作。这些项目对本科生来说是可以接触到的，同时也是当代的研究问题，具有潜在的新解决方案，可能会导致出版。此外，该计划将强调对学生进行研究的基础知识的培训。根据这一目标，每周将举行关于摘要写作、研究道德和演讲等主题的专业发展研讨会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.