REU site: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED)

为期三年的REU Site项目：工程与医学（ENGMED）之间的接口研究由莱斯大学主办。近几十年来，我们的生活质量发生了巨大的变化，因为颠覆性的新技术正在改变我们研究，诊断和治疗人类疾病的方式。这些技术包括细胞工程以创建活体疗法;使用新的生物相容性材料来再生因疾病而丢失的组织;创建机器人和患者-设备界面以自动化治疗并提高人类表现;以及应用人工智能来诊断和治疗疾病。ENGMED的总体目标是促进参与高质量的合作研究，激发参与者对追求支持工程与科学或转化研究之间接口研究的职业的兴趣。ENGMED每年将通过提供会谈，图尔斯，研讨会和访问莱斯大学和相关设施，为10名参与者提供与生物医学研究环境相关的活动，文化和期望的全面图片。该计划的领导力和专业发展部分将使学生掌握超越生物医学工程研究透镜的技能，包括科学沟通和时间管理。后续的学年活动将是发展一个多规模的同行支持和指导网络的一部分，该网络将吸引和维持REU学生远远超出他们的具体REU夏季经验。 为期三年的REU Site项目：工程与医学（ENGMED）之间的接口研究由莱斯大学主办。ENGMED的总体目标是促进参与高质量的合作研究，激发参与者对追求支持工程与科学或转化研究之间接口研究的职业的兴趣。为了实现这一目标，REU计划导师将指导参与者如何通过合作教师指导的研究经验，工程领域可以影响其他学科。这些领域包括：i）细胞和分子工程; ii）生物材料和组织工程; iii）机器人和治疗设备;以及iv）机器学习和生物信息学。REU的另一个重点是在基于团队的合作研究项目中工作，这将使学生具备一套强调沟通和跨学科培训重要性的技能。此外，ENGMED将通过提供会谈，图尔斯，研讨会以及使用水稻和相关设施，为参与者提供与生物医学研究环境相关的活动，文化和期望的全面了解。该计划的领导力和专业发展部分将使学生掌握超越生物医学工程研究透镜的技能，包括科学沟通和时间管理。后续学年活动将是发展一个多规模的同行支持和指导网络的一部分，该网络将吸引和维持学生远远超出他们的具体REU夏季经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

The three-year REU Site project: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED) is hosted by Rice University. Recent decades have seen a dramatic transformation in our quality of life because of disruptive new technologies that are changing the way we study, diagnose, and treat human diseases. These technologies include the engineering of cells to create living therapies; the use of new biologically compatible materials to regenerate tissue lost to disease; the creation of robotics and patient-device interfaces to automate therapy and enhance human performance; and the application of artificial intelligence to diagnose and treat disease. The overarching goal of ENGMED is to foster participation in quality collaborative research, sparking participants’ interest in pursuing careers that support research at the interface between engineering and scientific or translational research. ENGMED will provide ten participants each year with a comprehensive picture of the activities, culture, and expectations associated with biomedical research settings by offering talks, tours, workshops, and access to both Rice University and related facilities. Leadership and professional development components of the program will equip students with skills that reach beyond the lens of biomedical engineering research, including scientific communication and time management. Follow-on academic year activities will be part of developing a multi-scale network of peer support and mentorship that will engage and sustain REU students well beyond their specific REU summer experiences. The three-year REU Site project: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED) is hosted by Rice University. The overarching goal of ENGMED is to foster participation in quality collaborative research, sparking participants’ interest in pursuing careers that support research at the interface between engineering and scientific or translational research. To achieve this, the REU program mentors will instruct participants on how areas of engineering can impact other disciplines through collaborative faculty-mentored research experiences. These areas include: i) cellular and molecular engineering; ii) biomaterials and tissue engineering; iii) robotics and therapeutic devices, and iv) machine learning and bioinformatics. Another focus of the REU is working in team-based collaborative research projects, which will equip students with a skill set that emphasizes the importance of communication and interdisciplinary training. Additionally, ENGMED will provide participants with a comprehensive picture of the activities, culture, and expectations associated with biomedical research settings by offering talks, tours, workshops, and access to both Rice and related facilities. Leadership and professional development components of the program will equip students with skills that reach beyond the lens of biomedical engineering research, including scientific communication and time management. Follow-on academic year activities will be part of developing a multi-scale network of peer support and mentorship that will engage and sustain students well beyond their specific REU summer experiences.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.