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 通过建设培养生物医学工程专业的少数民族本科生 关于公共资助的少数群体服务之间的现有伙伴关系 资源有限且具有卓越的私人医学研究的机构 机构。这一倡议还将作为全国城市模式 新疆少数民族学生教育中的多院校合作 生物医学科学。这一努力将建立在两个特殊机会的基础上 惠特克基金会颁发的奖项之一-建立一个纽约中心 学院生物医学工程(NYCBE)(1994-97)和其他 在这一领域创建一个新的博士项目(1997-2000)--并获得 阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会成立一个财团，将极大地加强 少数民族博士S在该领域的研究成果(1997年-2001年)。 该计划将提供基于以下方面的综合生物医学工程培训 课业和研究。课程要求将包括完成 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员，并将参与 团队合作、沟通和管理的多学科方面， 毕业生物医学工程师需要的关键技能 很专业。学生将被提供研究项目，这些项目是不可或缺的 植入物/组织等领域正在进行的研究工作的一部分 界面，软组织的骨科生物力学，生物矿化 过程、可吸收植入系统、生物医学成像、血肿信号 加工和仪器、生物膜现象和受控药物 放手。最后，学生们将参加旨在改进的活动 他们的领导技能，并为他们的研究生做好准备。 为了实现我们的总体目标，我们提出了以下五个具体建议 目标： 1.发展生物医学综合本科学位课程 在一家为少数族裔服务的机构做工程。 2.显著增加本科生研究经验的数量 少数族裔学生。 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生物医学工程博士学位做好准备。 4.大幅扩展我们现有的暑期外展计划至市中心高中 学校。 5.与当地人发展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.