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

在杰出科学技术研究中心(CREST)的支持下，杰克逊州立大学将通过材料设计方面的研究和教育，为代表不足的少数族裔(URM)参与者提供机会，使其成为下一代STEM创新者。该项目的目的是(A)显著改善和扩大该机构在3D打印纳米复合材料方面的研究和教育能力，以及(B)增加加入下一代美国科学家的URM学生的数量。该项目将为来自杰克逊州立大学和其他当地K-12学校的少数族裔参与者提供机会，获得从STEM研究经验到正式和非正式课程和会议的全面STEM教育。杰克逊州立大学的跨学科教师导师将合作一个与3D可打印纳米复合材料的合理设计有关的研究项目，这将在部署下一代设备方面为社会提供巨大的好处。研究活动将包括(I)设计新的战略，利用自然启发的多肽开发下一代纳米复合材料，以及(Ii)开发3D打印的自然启发纳米复合材料。该项目的目标也与杰克逊州立大学正在进行的发展计划非常一致，以成为该地区最重要的纳米结构材料制造中心之一。CREST HBCU-Rise奖项支持历史悠久的黑人学院和大学发展研究能力，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。

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.