REU Site: BIOSENSE - Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems for the Development of Biomedical Applications and Devices at Northeastern University

伯纳德·M.由东北大学（NU）领导的NSF工程研究中心（ERC）戈登地下传感和成像系统中心（Gordon-CenSSIS）将实施一项为期三年的REU站点计划，名为BIOSENSE。该项目将在NU与附属机构马萨诸塞州总医院进行协调。BIOSENSE REU计划将吸引8名本科生参与研究，涉及将地下传感和成像技术用于现实世界的生物医学应用。这些研究项目将允许学生参与三个不同但相互关联的领域之一：1）基础生物学或医学研究; 2）开发产品以满足生物医学市场的特定需求; 3）将基本概念从学术实验室转移到临床环境的转化研究。学生将参加研讨会，研讨会和会议，使他们接触到先进的研究课题，为他们准备研究生院，提高他们的演讲技巧，并鼓励他们在科学和数学领域的兴趣时间表。 参与者将在专门为REU计划创建的讨论板上以及教师导师进行的每周会议上交流他们的研究重点。 REU参与者还将被要求在夏季课程结束时进行最后的演讲。 BIOSENSE REU计划将在NU为学生提供公寓式住房，这将使他们有机会相互联系并促进队列体验。 此外，为了增进学生和教师之间的友谊和同事关系，我们还计划在暑假期间举办一些社交活动。BIOSENSE将把招聘工作的重点放在少数民族服务机构的学生上，如位于马亚圭斯的波多黎各大学、莫尔豪斯学院和斯佩尔曼学院。 外联工作将扩大到社区大学学生。 这个REU网站程序模型将在网上提供，作为其他支持本科生的资源。REU学生将在医院临床环境中花费专门的时间，亲身体验他们的研究可能产生的影响。 该计划将鼓励和激励参与者追求研究生教育。

The Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (Gordon-CenSSIS) an NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) led by Northeastern University (NU) will implement a three-year REU Site program named BIOSENSE. This program will be coordinated at NU with an affiliate institution, Massachusetts General Hospital. The BIOSENSE REU program will engage 8 undergraduate students in research that involves the use of subsurface sensing and imaging techniques for real-world biomedical applications. The research projects will allow students to be involved in one of three distinct but interconnected areas: 1) basic biological or medical research; 2) development of a product to meet specific needs in the biomedical marketplace; and 3) translational research moving the basic concepts from the academic laboratory to the clinical setting. The students will attend a schedule of seminars, workshops and meetings which expose them to advanced research topics, prepare them for graduate school, improve their presentation skills, and encourage their interest in science and math areas. Participants will communicate their research highlights on a discussion board created specifically for the REU program and at weekly meetings that the faculty mentors conduct. REU participants will also be required to make a final presentation at the end of the summer program. The BIOSENSE REU program will provide apartment-style housing at NU for the students which will give them an opportunity to connect with each other and to foster the cohort experience. In addition, several social activities are planned during the summer with the goal of building friendships and collegiality between the students and faculty mentors.What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?BIOSENSE will focus recruitment efforts on students from minority-serving institutions, such as, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Morehouse College and Spellman College. Outreach efforts will be extended to involve community college students. This REU Site program model will be made available on-line as a resource for others supporting undergraduates. REU students will spend dedicated time in the hospital clinical environment to experience first-hand the impact that their research can have. The program will encourage and motivate participants to pursue graduate education.