REU Site: Imaging and Mechanics-based Projects on Accidental Cases of Trauma (IMPACT)

REU 网站：关于意外创伤病例的基于成像和力学的项目 (IMPACT)

• 批准号: 1950281
• 负责人: Ashley Weaver
• 金额: $ 41.13万
• 依托单位: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Imaging; Mechanics; based

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Imaging and Mechanics-based Projects on Accidental Cases of Trauma (IMPACT) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFSM) offers multidisciplinary biomedical engineering opportunities aimed to improve the fundamental understanding of trauma and injury. Aligned with their vision to build a diverse and robust STEM workforce training program, objectives emphasize training, educating, mentoring, and inspiring underrepresented students to pursue biomedical research and careers. Students, including those from underrepresented groups, will gain a fundamental understanding of injury research, develop critical thinking skills to grow as independent researchers, and be encouraged to pursue educational and career opportunities in biomedical research. The REU research will benefit society through development of predictive models for injury; advancements to military, automotive, sports, and spaceflight safety; and improvements to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to prevent, mitigate, and treat injuries and associated sequela. Research findings will be disseminated via video snapshots, publications, conference abstracts, presentations, patents, and reports authored by REU students, with the goal of promoting STEM research and careers to hundreds of students who attend the summer symposium, visit the website, or interface with the REU students presenting at national conferences and their undergraduate colleges.The goals of the ten-week summer REU program are to (1) Offer biomedical engineering research training to students, and teach them medical imaging and biomechanics techniques, which they will apply to investigate mechanistic, physiological, anatomical, and other fundamental factors related to accidental trauma; (2) Educate students on the research process, research ethics, dissemination of findings through publication and presentation, and the societal implications of their research, through hands-on training paired with seminars focusing on biomedical research and professional development topics; (3) Cultivate mentoring relationships between REU participants, graduate students and faculty mentors that extend beyond the duration of the REU, providing support, guidance, and encouragement to the REU participants as they develop into more confident and independent scientific researchers; and (4) Foster an interest in biomedical engineering research within underrepresented groups and students with limited opportunities for STEM research, which will impact the career plans of the REU participants, and hundreds of students reached through the program's widespread dissemination campaign. Each summer, 12 REU participants will receive hands-on research training that encourages them to make creative contributions to research projects culminating in the dissemination of their work in the form of a podium presentation at the end-of-summer symposium, and a poster presentation at a national conference. The intended impact of the REU site is to impart training on engineering research and the research process, cultivate lasting mentoring relationships, and foster an interest in STEM research and higher education in the REU students and the broader community.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.

本科生（REU）网站的研究经验：维克森林大学医学院（WFSM）的意外创伤病例（IMPACT）的成像和力学为基础的项目提供了多学科的生物医学工程机会，旨在提高对创伤和损伤的基本理解。与他们建立多元化和强大的STEM劳动力培训计划的愿景相一致，目标强调培训，教育，指导和激励代表性不足的学生从事生物医学研究和职业。学生，包括那些来自代表性不足的群体，将获得伤害研究的基本了解，发展批判性思维能力，成长为独立的研究人员，并鼓励追求生物医学研究的教育和职业机会。REU的研究将通过开发损伤预测模型，促进军事、汽车、体育和航天安全，以及改进诊断和治疗方法来预防、减轻和治疗损伤及相关后遗症，从而造福社会。研究结果将通过视频快照，出版物，会议摘要，演示文稿，专利和REU学生撰写的报告进行传播，目的是向数百名参加夏季研讨会的学生推广STEM研究和职业生涯，访问网站，或与REU学生在全国会议和他们的本科院校介绍接口。为期十周的夏季REU计划的目标是（1）为学生提供生物医学工程研究培训，并教授他们医学成像和生物力学技术，他们将应用这些技术来研究与意外创伤相关的机械，生理，解剖和其他基本因素;（2）教育学生研究过程，研究道德，通过出版和演示传播的结果，以及他们的研究的社会影响，通过实践培训与侧重于生物医学研究和专业发展主题的研讨会配对;（3）培养REU参与者，研究生和教师导师之间的指导关系，延伸到REU的持续时间之外，为REU参与者提供支持，指导和鼓励，因为他们发展成为更自信和独立的科学研究人员;和（4）在代表性不足的群体和STEM研究机会有限的学生中培养对生物医学工程研究的兴趣，这将影响REU参与者的职业规划，并通过该计划的广泛传播活动影响数百名学生。 每年夏天，12个REU参与者将接受实践研究培训，鼓励他们对研究项目做出创造性贡献，最终以夏季结束时的讲台演讲形式传播他们的工作专题讨论会，并在全国会议上展示海报。REU网站的预期影响是传授工程研究和研究过程的培训，培养持久的指导关系，并培养REU学生和更广泛社区对STEM研究和高等教育的兴趣。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。