HBCU-RISE: Improving Research and Educational Infrastructure for 3D Printable Nanocomposites for Biotechnology Application

在科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）科学与工程研究基础设施（RISE）计划的支持下，杰克逊州立大学将为代表性不足的少数民族（URM）参与者提供机会，通过材料设计的研究和教育成为下一代STEM创新者。该项目的目的是（a）显著提高和扩大该机构在纳米复合材料3D打印方面的研究和教育能力，（B）增加URM学生加入下一代美国科学家的人数。该项目将为来自杰克逊州立大学和其他当地K-12学校的少数民族参与者提供机会，以获得全面的STEM教育，包括STEM研究经验，正式和非正式的课程和会议。杰克逊州立大学跨学科教师导师将合作开展一项与3D可打印纳米复合材料的合理设计有关的研究项目，该项目将为社会在部署下一代设备方面带来巨大利益。研究活动将包括：（i）设计新策略，用于开发使用自然启发的肽的下一代纳米复合材料;（ii）开发3D打印的自然启发的纳米复合材料。该项目的目标也符合杰克逊州立大学正在进行的发展计划，成为该地区最重要的纳米结构材料制造中心之一。CREST HBCU-RISE奖项支持历史上黑人学院和大学的研究能力的发展，这些学院和大学提供科学和工程学科的博士学位。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。

With support from the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) program, Jackson State University will provide opportunities for underrepresented minority (URM) participants to become next generation STEM innovators through research and education on design of materials. The purposes of this project are to (a) significantly improve and expand the institution's research and educational capability on the 3D printing of nanocomposites and (b) to increase the number of URM students that join the next generation of US scientists. The project will provide minority participants from Jackson State University and other local K-12 schools the opportunity to acquire a comprehensive STEM education with components ranging from STEM research experiences to formal and informal lessons and conferences. Jackson State University interdisciplinary faculty mentors will collaborate on a research project pertaining to the rational design of 3D printable nanocomposites, which will provide tremendous benefit for society in terms of deploying next-generation devices. The research activities will include (i) designing new strategies for the development of next generation nanocomposite materials using nature-inspired peptides and (ii) development of 3D printed nature-inspired nanocomposites. The goals of this project also align well within the ongoing developmental plan of Jackson State University to become one of the region’s foremost centers on nanostructured materials manufacturing. The CREST HBCU-RISE awards support the development of research capability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines.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.