REU Site: A Multidisciplinary Research Experience in Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices

肯塔基大学为期三年的REU网站：工程生物接口和设备的多学科研究经验将为工程生物接口和设备领域的二年级、三年级和四年级本科生提供研究和教育经验。这一领域的重点是与生物系统相互作用并促进预期响应的建筑的新颖设计。这些先进的体系结构有许多应用，包括组织工程、传感系统和药物输送。学生将从包括工程、生物、化学、物理和数学在内的各种本科学科招生，这些学科来自许多没有这些学科研究生课程的地区性学院和大学。将特别努力在少数群体机构和少数群体和妇女组织的全国会议上进行招聘，如女工程师协会和全国黑人工程师协会。学生将与教师和研究生密切合作。具体目标包括：1)通过参与与生物工程接口和设备相关的研究项目，为学生提供真正的跨学科指导和研究培训；2)通过研讨会、实地考察以及与研究生和教职员工的互动，激发学生对科学和工程博士职业的兴趣；3)通过参与研究、期刊俱乐部、内部演讲和科学会议，培养学生的独立性和自信心。肯塔基大学为期三年的REU网站：工程生物接口和设备的多学科研究经验将为工程生物接口和设备领域的二年级、三年级和四年级本科生提供研究和教育经验。长期以来，研究生物系统的研究人员和创造新型工程合成建筑的研究人员之间的这种跨学科互动的必要性一直被认为是一个重要的研究领域。这些先进的体系结构有许多应用，从组织工程到传感系统，再到药物输送，这些体系的成功开发不仅取决于通过纳米技术开发新型合成体系、自组装和杂交系统的专业知识，还取决于这些界面与细胞和蛋白质等生物系统的相互作用。该计划向学生介绍这一令人兴奋的多学科领域，他们将有机会了解构成研究基础的三个跨学科研究主题：1)“新颖的生物活性建筑”，2)“界面上的细胞/蛋白质相互作用”，以及3)“集成到设备中”。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，被认为是值得支持的。

The three-year REU Site: A Multidisciplinary Research Experience in Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices at the University of Kentucky will provide research and education experience for rising sophomore, junior and senior undergraduates in the area of Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices. This area focuses on the novel design of architectures that interact with biological systems and promote a desired response. These advanced architectures have numerous applications including tissue engineering, sensing systems, and drug delivery. Students will be recruited from various undergraduate disciplines including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics from numerous regional colleges and universities that have no graduate programs in these disciplines. Special efforts will be made to recruit at minority institutions and national meetings of minority and women organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers. Students will work closely with faculty and graduate students. Specific objectives include 1) providing the students with true interdisciplinary mentoring and research training through their participation in a research project related to Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices 2) stimulating the students’ interests in Ph.D. careers in science and engineering through seminars, field trips, and interactions with both graduate students and faculty, and 3) developing the students’ independence and confidence through participation in research, journal clubs, in house presentations and scientific meetings. The three-year REU Site: A Multidisciplinary Research Experience in Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices at the University of Kentucky will provide research and education experience for rising sophomore, junior and senior undergraduates in the area of Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices. The need for this cross-disciplinary interaction between investigators working on biological systems and those creating novel engineered synthetic architectures has long been recognized and emphasized as an important area of research. These advanced architectures have numerous applications ranging from tissue engineering, to sensing systems, to drug delivery and successful development of these systems will depend on expertise not only in developing novel synthetic architectures through nanotechnology, self-assembly and hybrid systems but also on the interactions of these interfaces with biological systems such as cells and proteins. This program introduces students to this exciting multidisciplinary area where they will have the opportunity to learn about three cross-disciplinary research themes that form the foundation of the research 1) “Novel Bioactive Architectures”, 2) “Cell/Protein Interactions at Interfaces”, and 3) “Integration into Devices”.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.