Bioengineering Research and Interdisciplinary Training – ESTEEMED (BRITE)

摘要 建议的“生物工程研究和跨学科培训”(BRITE) 该计划的重点是矫形术、假肢和康复 肯纳索州立大学的研究教育倡议，让学生参与到不同的 积极和有影响力的本科生研究经历的背景，使他们能够 拥有成功的工具，在学术界和工业界攻读博士学位，从事研究工作。 在四年期间，我们将招募代表性不足的少数群体、残疾人、 妇女以及经济和社会上处于不利地位的学生，并将他们暴露在 工程和临床发现激发了对研究的高度和持续的兴趣 问询。该项目将使学生沉浸在矫形术、假肢和 通过与辅助技术、临床轮换、教职人员的互动进行康复 辅导，一个Capstone项目，并在一个跨学科的研究团队中工作。在结束时， 在四年的计划中，我们将培训学生参与者基本的研究技能，他们将 做好充分准备，最终成为未来的技术创新者和领导者 具有更多样和更丰富的可能性视角的生物工程。 我们的目标是完成、衡量和评估以下主要目标：1)我们将招聘32名 学业成绩优异的高中生，来自目标群体中代表性不足的学生 通过与主要州政府建立伙伴关系拟议的研究培训计划 赞助的STEM教育计划，一个私立的佐治亚州STEM教育基金会，以及一个 地区高中STEM管理员。2)我们将实施积极的参与者保留 该计划将持续进行，并由学术成功咨询团队管理。3)我们会 通过以下核心提供激励、严谨和有影响力的研究培训体验 要素：暑期桥牌项目、暑期研究经验、荣誉项目、教师 导师关系和Capstone项目。4)受训者将积极参与跨学科的 研究团队。5)学生将获得专职的教师研究指导和职业生涯 为他们的研究生学习做好心理准备。6)学员将增加他们的研究 通过专门的指导和实践掌握能力技能。7)毕业的BRITE 参与者将获准进入与生物工程相关的硕士/博士课程。

ABSTRACT The proposed ““Bioengineering Research and Interdisciplinary Training – ESTEEMED" (BRITE) program, with an emphasis on Orthotics, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation represents a major research education initiative for Kennesaw State University to engage students with diverse backgrounds in positive and impactful undergraduate research experiences that empower them with tools of success to pursue PhD degrees for research careers in academia and industry. Over a four-year period, we will recruit underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, women and economically- and socially-disadvantaged students, and expose them to spheres of engineering and clinical discovery to provoke heightened and sustained interest in research inquiry. The program will immerse students into the clinical realm of orthotics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation through interactions with users of assistive technology, clinical rotations, faculty mentoring, a Capstone project, and work on an interdisciplinary research team. At the end of the four-year program, we will have trained student participants on essential research skills who will be well-prepared to eventually serve as the next technological innovators and leaders in bioengineering with more diverse and enriched perspectives of possibilities. We aim to accomplish, measure, and assess the following main objectives: 1) We will recruit 32 academically-outstanding high school students from the target underrepresented groups for this proposed research training program through partnerships with a major state government sponsored STEM education program, a private Georgia STEM education foundation, and a regional high school STEM administrator. 2) We will implement a vigorous participant retention plan that will be ongoing and administered by an Academic Success advisory team. 3) We will offer motivating, rigorous and impactful research training experiences through the following core elements: summer bridge program, summer research experience, honors program, faculty mentorship, and Capstone project. 4) The trainees will participate actively on an interdisciplinary research team. 5) The students will obtain dedicated faculty research mentoring and career counseling to ready them for graduate studies. 6) The trainees will increase their research competency skills through specialized instruction and practice. 7) Graduating BRITE participants will gain admission into masters/doctoral programs related to bioengineering.