IRES: Track II: Advanced Study Institute: Using Nanotechnology for Fabricating New Biomaterials and Next-Generation Electrodes

能量储存和生物医学工程是科学研究的两个前沿领域，需要使用纳米加工。在这个项目期间，将有三个高级研究机构ASIS(每年一个)向研究生介绍纳米材料的新制造工艺，并举例说明与其他领域的研究人员有效合作是多么重要。每年，10名高级美国研究生将在剑桥大学(UC)和亚历山大-弗里德里希大学厄兰根-纽伦堡(FAU)度过16天，参加前者的电极制造和后者的生物医学植入的讲座/实验室。除了接触学术界，学生们还将参观电池公司和医学院。与两个截然不同的领域的顶尖科学家互动，学生将确定如何将材料科学和生物工程领域联系起来，以及制造方面的强大背景如何导致跨学科研究。对于研究生来说，这将是一次独特的体验，让他们拓展自己的视野。最有希望的下一代锂离子电池电极是由纳米结构复合材料组成的，而最有希望的组织工程支架也具有纳米结构。然而，储能和生物材料社区并没有密切联系，尽管有能力将类似的材料用于这两种应用。目前的高等研究院的新奇之处在于，它将向学生展示如何从一个领域获得洞察力，以促进另一个领域的发展，而不是让学生接触特定的工程领域。尽管将描述许多制造技术，但重点将放在制造新的纳米复合材料上。在制造了这些材料之后，学生们将检验它们诱导骨再生的能力(在FAU)，以及它们作为锂离子电池阳极的用途(在加州大学)。因此，这些学生将通过与世界知名机构的合作，在能量存储和组织工程方面获得新的成果。该项目将对锂离子电池的微型化、提高医疗设备的生物兼容性以及美国的研究生教育体系产生重大影响。许多外展活动将在佛罗里达州的小学和高中进行。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，认为值得支持。

Energy storage and biomedical engineering are two areas in the forefront of scientific research that require the use of nanofabrication. The three advanced study institutes, ASIs, (one each year) that will take place during this project are to introduce graduate students to new fabrication processes for nanomaterials, and also to exemplify how important it is to collaborate efficiently with researchers from other fields. Each year, ten advanced US graduate students will spend sixteen days at the University of Cambridge (UC) and the Alexander-Friedrich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), attending lectures/labs on electrode fabrication in the former and biomedical implants in the latter. In addition to being exposed to academia, the students will also visit battery companies and medical schools. Interacting with leading scientists in two distinctly different areas, the students will identify how the fields of materials science and bioengineering can be bridged, and how a strong background in fabrication results into interdisciplinary research. This will be a unique experience for graduate students, allowing them to expand their horizons. The most promising next-generation electrodes for Li-ion batteries are comprised of nanostructured composites, while the most promising scaffolds for tissue engineering also have a nanostructure. However, the energy storage and biomaterials communities are not in close contact despite the ability to use the similar materials for both applications. The novelty of the present Advanced Study Institute is that instead of exposing the students to a particular engineering field, it will show them how they can obtain insight from one field in order to advance another. Although numerous fabrication techniques will be described focus will be given on fabricating new nanocomposite materials. After fabricating such materials, the students will examine their ability to induce bone-regeneration (at FAU), as well as their use as anodes in Li-ion batteries (at UC). The students will therefore obtain new results in energy storage and tissue engineering by collaborating with world-known institutions. The impact of this project will be significant in the miniaturization of Li-ion batteries, and increase in biocompatibility of medical devices, but also in the graduate education system of the US. Numerous outreach activities will be performed in elementary and high schools throughout FloridaThis 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.