REU Site: Training in Emerging Biomedical Optics and Imaging Approaches

REU网站：新兴生物医学光学和成像方法培训由阿肯色大学主办，旨在吸引本科生在生物医学工程系教师的指导下进行科学研究。最近，在阿肯色州和周边地区，学生对生物医学工程领域的兴趣有了显著的增长，但本科研究的机会相对有限。研究经验使学生能够应用他们在课堂上获得的知识，教会他们独立的科学研究，培养动手技能，并为他们在科学和工程领域的职业生涯做好准备。学生将从该地区缺乏生物医学工程研究项目的学院和大学，以及在STEM中代表性不足的少数群体中招募。该项目旨在教授学生独立的科学研究，并指导本科生——那些本来没有导师机会的人——在科学和工程领域，特别是在生物医学光学领域追求职业生涯。学生将通过专业发展系列研讨会获得专业视角，并与校园内的其他研究人员一起参与跨学科的专业发展活动。该项目将为来自不同背景的本科生准备生物医学工程或相关领域的研究生学习，以及成为科学家和工程师的职业。REU网站：阿肯色大学新兴生物医学光学和成像方法培训将为该地区缺乏此类机会的学生提供科学研究机会，教授学生在生物医学光学和成像领域有价值的动手研究技能，并为学生在科学和工程领域的职业生涯做好准备。最近，在阿肯色州和周边地区，学生对生物医学工程领域的兴趣有了显著的增长，但本科生的研究机会相对有限。超过一半的学生将来自STEM领域代表性不足的群体，如女性、印第安人、西班牙裔和非洲裔美国学生。该网站将提供财务和学术平台，将缺乏这些机会的学生聚集在一起，从缺乏生物医学研究项目的周边地区的学院和大学招聘。除了严格的课程外，本科生研究也是生物医学工程本科教育的一个组成部分。研究经验使学生能够应用他们在课堂上获得的知识，教会他们独立的科学研究，培养动手技能，并为他们在科学和工程领域的职业生涯做好准备。学生将被分配到最先进的生物医学研究实验室，从事光学仪器开发或基础科学领域的独立假设驱动项目，应用现有的尖端光学成像或光谱学方法。学生将学习产生实验假设，设计和进行实验，分析和交流他们的研究结果。学生将通过专业发展系列研讨会获得专业视角，并与校园内的其他研究人员一起参与跨学科的专业发展活动。该项目将为来自不同背景的本科生准备生物医学工程或相关领域的研究生学习，以及成为科学家和工程师的职业。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The REU Site: Training in Emerging Biomedical Optics and Imaging Approaches hosted by the University of Arkansas aims to engage undergraduate students in scientific research under the mentorship of faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Recently, in the state of Arkansas and the surrounding region, there has been significant growth in students’ interest in the field of biomedical engineering, but relatively limited opportunities for undergraduate research. Research experience allows students to apply their knowledge gained through the classroom, teaches them independent scientific research, develops hands-on skills, and prepares them for a career in science and engineering. Students will be recruited from colleges and universities in the region that lack a biomedical engineering research program, as well as from minority groups underrepresented in STEM. The program is intended to teach students independent scientific research and guide undergraduate students—those who would otherwise not have the mentorship opportunity—to pursue a career in science and engineering and specifically, in the growing field of biomedical optics. Students will gain professional perspectives through a professional development seminar series, and engage in interdisciplinary professional development activities with other researchers on campus. The project will prepare undergraduate students from various backgrounds for graduate studies in biomedical engineering or a related field as well as career as scientists and engineers. The REU Site: Training in Emerging Biomedical Optics and Imaging Approaches at the University of Arkansas will provide scientific research opportunities for students in the region who lack such opportunities, teach students valuable hands-on research skills within the field of biomedical optics and imaging, and prepare students for an ethically grounded career in science and engineering. Recently, in the state of Arkansas and the surrounding region, there has been significant growth in the students’ interest in the field of biomedical engineering, but relatively limited opportunities for undergraduate research. More than half of the students will come from underrepresented groups in STEM fields such as women, Native American, Hispanic, and African American students. The site will provide both the financial and scholarly platform to bring together students who lack these opportunities, recruiting from colleges and universities of the surrounding areas that lack biomedical research programs. In addition to rigorous coursework, undergraduate research is an integral part of the biomedical engineering undergraduate education. Research experience allows students to apply their knowledge gained through the classroom, teaches them independent scientific research, develops hands-on skills, and prepares them for a career in science and engineering. Students will be assigned independent hypothesis-driven projects in state-of-the-art biomedical research laboratories in fields of optical instrumentation development or basic science applying existing, cutting-edge optical imaging or spectroscopy methods. Students will learn to generate experimental hypotheses, design and carry out experiments, and analyze and communicate the results of their research. Students will gain professional perspectives through a professional development seminar series, and engage in interdisciplinary professional development activities with other researchers on campus. The project will prepare undergraduate students from various backgrounds for graduate studies in biomedical engineering or a related field as well as career as scientists and engineers.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.