A National Urban Model for Minority Undergraduate Biome*

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议倡议的总体目标是增加 少数民族生物医学工程专业本科生 一个由政府资助的少数民族服务机构与 资源有限、私人医学研究卓越的机构 机构职能体系 这一举措还将作为国家城市模式， 多机构合作教育少数民族学生 生物医学科学 这项工作将建立在两个特殊的机会 惠特克基金会的奖项-一个建立纽约中心， 生物医学工程（NYCBE）在学院（1994-97）和其他 在这一领域设立一个新的博士课程（1997-2000年），并获得 阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会将组建一个财团，这将大大提高 少数民族博士生1997-2001年）。 该计划将提供基于以下内容的综合生物医学工程培训： 课程和研究。 课程要求将包括完成一个 15-学分集中在生物医学工程或完成一个新的 建议生物医学工程学士学位课程。 参与的学生将被分配到一个实验室。 他们将成为 科学家，工程师和医生团队的一部分，并将参加 团队合作、沟通和管理的多学科方面， 关键技能，研究生生物医学工程师将需要作为一个 专业. 学生将被提供的研究项目是一个不可分割的 在植入物/组织等领域正在进行的研究工作的一部分 界面，软组织矫形生物力学，生物矿化 过程，可吸收植入物系统，生物医学成像，blosignal 处理和仪器，生物膜现象，以及受控药物 release. 最后，学生将参加旨在提高 他们的领导能力，并为他们准备研究生院。 为实现我们的总体目标，我们提出以下五个具体建议 目标： 1.发展生物医学综合本科学位课程 在少数民族服务机构工作 2.显著增加本科研究经验的数量， 少数民族学生。 3.加强我们现有的非常成功的斯隆计划，以鼓励和 为少数民族学生攻读博士学位做好准备。在生物医学工程中。 4.将我们现有的暑期外展计划扩展到市中心高中 学校 5.与当地开发实习和合作教育机会 生物医药产业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed initiative is to increase the number of minority undergraduate students trained in biomedical engineering by building on an existing partnership between a publicly funded minority-serving institution with limited resources and preeminent private medical research institutions. This initiative will also serve as a national urban model for multi-institutional cooperation in educating minority students in the biomedical sciences. This effort will build upon two Special Opportunity Awards from the Whitaker Foundation - one to establish a New York Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) at the college (1994-97) and the other to create a new doctoral program in this field (1997-2000) - and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to form a consortium that will greatly enhance the production of minority Ph.D.'s in this field (1997-2001). The program will offer an integrated biomedical engineering training based on coursework and research. Course requirements will include the completion of a 15-credit concentration in biomedical engineering or the completion of a newly proposed baccalaureate degree program in biomedical engineering. Participating students will be assigned to a laboratory. They will become part of a team of scientists, engineers and physicians and will participate in the multidisciplinary aspects of teamwork, communication and management, critical skills which the graduate biomedical engineer will need as a professional. Students will be offered research projects that are an integral part of the ongoing research efforts in areas such as implant/tissue interfaces, orthopaedic biomechanics of soft tissue, biornineralization processes, absorbable implant systems, biomedical imaging, blosignal processing and instrumentation, biomembrane phenomena, and controlled drug release. Finally, students will participate in activities designed to improve their leadership skills and prepare them for graduate school. To achieve our overall goal, we propose the following five specific objectives: 1. Develop a comprehensive undergraduate degree program in biomedical engineering at a minority-serving institution. 2. Significantly increase the number of undergraduate research experiences for minority students. 3. Enhance our existing highly successful Sloan Program to encourage and prepare minority students to pursue the Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. 4. Greatly expand our existing summer outreach program to inner-city high schools. 5. Develop internships and cooperative education opportunities with local biomedical industry.