REU Site: University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials

eric H. chudler华盛顿大学工程生物材料（UWEB）的REU站点将在团队设置中向本科生展示生物学和工程界面的前沿研究，强调跨学科方法解决工程问题（如生物材料开发）的价值。每个本科生在进行研究项目时，将与一名研究生或博士后导师和一名教员组成一个合作团队。该团队将专注于一个UWEB项目，该项目是跨学科工程研究的一个很好的例子，并且与行业研究兴趣有联系。为了提高研究经验，学生将被要求：1)参加每周的交流课程和期刊俱乐部，涉及口头表达和写作技巧；2)写一篇期刊风格的研究报告供发表；3)在一个小型研讨会上口头和海报展示他们的暑期研究。重点将放在通过在传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）和少数族裔机构建立的招聘联系，从代表性不足的群体中招募学生。参与者将获得对生活质量具有重大且日益增长的全球影响的研究领域的宝贵知识（例如心脏瓣膜，髋关节，起搏器，牙科植入物，引流分流器，人工晶状体和心脏辅助装置）。

EEC-0647918Eric H. ChudlerThis award for an REU site at the University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) will expose undergraduate students to cutting-edge research at the biology and engineering interface in a team setting that stresses the value of interdisciplinary approaches to engineering problems such as biomaterial development. Each undergraduate will be a member of a collaborative team with a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow mentor and a faculty member as they undertake a research project. The team will focus on a UWEB project that is as a good example of interdisciplinary engineering research and one that has ties to industry research interests. To enhance the research experience the students will be required to:1)participate in a weekly communications course and journal club that deals with both oral presentation and writing skills, 2) write a journal style report of their research for publication; and 3) deliver an oral and poster presentation of their summer research in a mini-symposium session. Emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from underrepresented groups using established recruiting contacts at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and predominately minority institutions. Participants will gain valuable knowledge in an area of research that has significant and growing global impact on the quality of life (e.g. heart valves, hip joints, pacemakers, dental implants, drainage shunts, intraocular lenses, and heart-assist devices.