REU Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials

为期三年的本科生研究经验(REU)网站：科罗拉多大学，工程智能生物材料由科罗拉多大学博尔德大学化学和生物工程系主办。该项目将支持每年夏天10名本科生与教职员工和研究生一起进行研究，以创造和分析智能生物材料。该项目将通过对生物分子、细胞和组织与聚合物材料相互作用的新理解和控制来推动科学进步。项目团队将招募更多优秀和多样化的学生，特别是没有研究机会或研究机会有限的两年制和四年制大学的学生。参与者将参与三个团队研究项目中的一个，每周一次关于研究行为和专业发展的午餐和学习研讨会，一个夏季结束的研讨会，有海报演示和奖项。REU计划的技术重点是化学和生物工程研究，以提供创新和可持续的解决方案，以应对国内和全球在健康和材料方面的挑战，例如用于伤口愈合、组织替换、生物检测和定向递送疫苗和治疗药物的新型生物材料。该项目的另一个目标是激励学生完成科学或工程学士学位，然后进入研究生院和/或研究生涯。为期三年的本科生研究经历(REU)网站：科罗拉多大学，工程智能生物材料由科罗拉多大学博尔德大学化学和生物工程系主办。REU计划的目标是(1)吸引更多的优秀和多样化的学生，(2)在社区内为学生群体发展一个社区，(3)通过教师导师、研究生导师、同行倡导者和PI或Co-PI的多层次指导，提供鼓舞人心的研究经验。这些活动将包括大量参与三个团队研究项目之一、关于研究行为和专业发展的每周午餐和学习讲习班、夏季结束时的研讨会和海报演示和奖项，以及在博尔德和附近山区的社会活动。招生目标包括超过一半的学生来自研究机会有限的机构，超过一半的学生完成的大学学位不超过两年，重点是为代表性不足的学生提供服务的机构。学生们将在三个相关的团队中工作：(1)团队生物材料(细胞与智能生物材料的集成)，(2)团队生物分子生物材料(生物分子与智能生物材料的集成)，以及(3)团队智能粒子(更好地促进健康的活性微粒)。例如，了解与材料的相互作用如何控制生物细胞的功能，如何通过将生物分子和合成分子结合起来创建稳定的材料，以及如何为各种任务合理地设计智能生物制品。计划的影响是激励这些学生完成科学或工程学士学位，然后进入研究生院和/或从事研究工作。这一奖项反映了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。

The three-year project Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials is hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. The program will support 10 undergraduate students each summer doing research alongside faculty members and graduate students to create and analyze smart biomaterials. This project will promote the progress of science through new understanding and control of the interactions of biological molecules, cells, and tissues with polymeric materials. The project team will recruit an expanded pool of outstanding and diverse students, particularly students from two-year and four-year colleges with no or limited research opportunities. Participants will engage in one of three team research projects, weekly lunch-and-learn workshops on research conduct and professional development, a summer-end symposium with poster presentations and awards. The technical focus of the REU program is chemical and biological engineering research to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to national and worldwide challenges in health and materials, such as new biomaterials for wound healing, tissue replacement, biodetection, and targeted delivery of vaccines and therapeutics. Another goal of the project is to inspire students to complete science or engineering bachelor’s degrees and then pursue graduate school and/or research careers.The three-year project Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials is hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. The objectives of the REU program are to (1) attract an expanded pool of outstanding and diverse students, (2) develop a community within a community for the student cohort, and (3) provide inspirational research experiences with multilayered mentoring by a faculty mentor, a graduate mentor, a peer advocate, and the PI or Co-PI. The activities will include significant participation in one of three team research projects, weekly lunch-and-learn workshops on research conduct and professional development, a summer-end symposium with poster presentations and awards, and social activities in Boulder and the nearby mountains. Recruitment goals include over half of the students from institutions with limited research opportunities and over half of the students having finished no more than two years of their college degree, with a focus on institutions serving underrepresented students. Students will work in three related teams: (1) Team Living Biomaterials (integration of cells with smart biomaterials), (2) Team Biomolecular Biomaterials (integration of biomolecules with smart biomaterials), and (3) Team Smart Particles (active microparticles for better health). Examples include understanding how interactions with materials control biological cell function, how stabilized materials can be created from combining biological and synthetic molecules, and how smart bioparticles can be rationally designed for a variety of tasks. The intended impact is that these students be inspired to complete science or engineering bachelor’s degrees and then pursue graduate school and/or careers with research components.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.