REU Site: Molecular & Cellular Bioengineering

马里兰大学费舍尔生物工程系(UMD)将与美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)设备和放射健康中心的科学和工程实验室办公室合作，以扩大REU SITE计划的范围和深度。该项目的目标是将十名具有工程和科学背景的本科生介绍到涉及分子和细胞水平的生物工程的不同研究环境中。这一计划将促进该领域基于团队和跨学科的研究。参与者将有机会在研究、开发和评估阶段参与生物医学设备的开发。潜在的本科生将从化学、生物化学、物理、生物、化学和工程专业招收。每名学生将与一名研究生和一名教师导师配对，他们将密切监督研究进展。每个REU学生都将在UMD或FDA有一个主要的研究任务。参加者将被要求参加有关实验室基本安全、专业和工程道德、技术交流和科学/工程研究生学习的专业发展研讨会。他们还将做两次口头报告，并提交一份期末研究报告。除了专业发展活动外，学生还将参加两次实地考察当地生物技术公司或当地实验室的活动，以及各种社会活动。在暑期结束时，所有参与者将在为期两天的REU研究日期间展示他们的成就。最后，对REU网站的评估将在REU计划的最后几天以及每个学生参与该计划一年后进行。拟议的活动有哪些更广泛的影响？招聘工作将集中在分子和细胞生物工程研究水平有限的机构的本科生。该项目将扩大学生对新兴技术和趋势的知识，为他们的研究生学习或职业生涯做好准备。

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) will collaborate with the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to broaden the scope and depth of the REU site program. The objective of the program is to introduce ten undergraduate students with engineering and science backgrounds to a diverse research environment involving bioengineering at the molecular and cellular level. This program with promote team-based and cross-disciplinary research within this field. The participants will be afforded an opportunity to be involved in the development of biomedical devices at the research, development, and evaluation stages. Potential undergraduate students will be recruited from chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biology, chemistry and engineering. Each student will be paired with a graduate student and a faculty mentor, who will closely supervise the research progress. Each REU student will have a primary research assignment either at UMD or FDA. Participants will be required to attend professional development seminars on basic laboratory safety, professional and engineering ethics, technical communication, and graduate studies in science/engineering. They will also make two oral presentations and present a final research paper. In addition to the professional development activities, the students will participate in two field trips to local biotechnology companies or local laboratories and a variety of social activities. At the end of the summer all participants will give a presentation of their accomplishments during a two day long REU Research Day. Finally, evaluation of the REU Site will occur in the final days of the REU program as well as one year after each student's participation in the program. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? Recruitment efforts will be focused on undergraduates from institutions with limited levels of molecular and cellular bioengineering research. The program will expand the student's knowledge of emerging technologies and trends, preparing them for graduate studies or a professional career.