IGERT: NanoPharmaceutical Engineering and Science

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖代表了罗格斯大学，新泽西理工学院和波多黎各大学在马亚圭斯的共同努力，以实现工程，化学，制药和食品科学的合成，以开发纳米制药工程和科学博士培训计划。纳米药物是一个新兴的科学和技术领域，包括纳米技术在健康相关目标中的应用，吸引了学术界、政府和工业界的极大兴趣。基于纳米技术的药物输送为增加药物开发工具箱带来了巨大的希望。该计划的智力价值和目标是为学员提供强大的科学基础，以便研究设计和开发各种基于纳米技术的生物相容性产品，从而改善药物输送。来自工程，化学，食品科学和制药的技能和方法的临界质量将被整合，以建立一个尖端的多学科培训计划，重点是了解纳米制药产品，材料和工艺。 实验，计算和理论方法的系统应用将用于开发药物纳米材料，基于纳米技术的药物递送机制和将纳米药物材料纳入具有受控特性的工程复合材料所需的过程的预测性理解。该项目的更广泛影响包括纳米药物的开发和扩大对这一新领域的参与。 将在多个层面上实施一项积极的计划，招募和留住科学和工程领域的各种学生。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award represents a joint effort by Rutgers University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez to achieve a synthesis of engineering, chemistry, pharmacy, and food science in order to develop a doctoral training program in nanopharmaceutical engineering and science. Nanopharmaceuticals is an emerging area of science and technology comprising applications of nanotechnology for health-related goals that has attracted enormous interest by academics, government, and industry. Nanotechnology-based drug delivery holds enormous promise for increasing the pharmaceutical development toolbox. The intellectual merit and goal of this program is to impart trainees with a strong scientific foundation for carrying out research into the design and development of a wide array of nanotechnology-based biocompatible products that can improve drug delivery. A critical mass of skills and approaches from engineering, chemistry, food science, and pharmaceutics will be integrated to establish a cutting-edge multi-disciplinary training program focusing on understanding of nanopharmaceutical products, materials, and processes. Systematic application of experimental, computational, and theoretical methods will be used to develop a predictive understanding of drug nanomaterials, nanotechnology-based drug delivery mechanisms, and processes required to incorporate nanoscopic drug materials into engineered composites with controlled properties. Broader impacts of this project include the development of nanopharmaceuticals and broadening participation in this new field. An aggressive plan for recruitment and retention of a diverse group of students in science and enginering will be carried out at multiple levels. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.