REU Site: Training in Emerging Biomedical Optics and Imaging Approaches

REU网站：由阿肯色州大学主办的新兴生物医学光学和成像方法培训旨在让本科生在生物医学工程系教师的指导下从事科学研究。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显著增长，但本科生研究的机会相对有限。研究经验使学生能够应用他们通过课堂获得的知识，教他们独立的科学研究，发展动手技能，并为他们在科学和工程职业生涯做好准备。 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。该计划的目的是教学生独立的科学研究和指导本科生-那些谁否则不会有导师的机会-追求在科学和工程，特别是在不断增长的生物医学光学领域的职业生涯。学生将通过专业发展研讨会系列获得专业观点，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提供生物医学工程或相关领域的研究生课程以及科学家和工程师的职业生涯。 REU网站：在新兴的生物医学光学和成像方法培训在阿肯色州的大学将提供科学研究的机会，在该地区的学生谁缺乏这样的机会，教学生宝贵的动手研究技能在生物医学光学和成像领域，并准备学生在科学和工程的职业道德接地。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显著增长，但本科研究的机会相对有限。超过一半的学生将来自STEM领域代表性不足的群体，如女性，美洲原住民，西班牙裔和非洲裔美国学生。该网站将提供财政和学术平台，汇集缺乏这些机会的学生，从缺乏生物医学研究项目的周边地区的学院和大学招募。 除了严格的课程，本科研究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通过课堂获得的知识，教他们独立的科学研究，发展动手技能，并为他们在科学和工程职业生涯做好准备。 学生将在光学仪器开发或应用现有尖端光学成像或光谱方法的基础科学领域的最先进的生物医学研究实验室中被分配独立的假设驱动项目。学生将学习生成实验假设，设计和进行实验，并分析和交流他们的研究结果。 学生将通过专业发展研讨会系列获得专业观点，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在生物医学工程或相关领域的研究生学习以及科学家和工程师的职业生涯做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，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.