REU Site: Biomolecular and Biomechanical Interactions

南卡罗来纳大学的这项为期三年的REU现场项目将为10名本科生参与者提供为期10周的夏季动手研究体验，重点是“生物分子和生物力学相互作用”的主题，以探索与基本生物现象有关的相互作用。将招收对生物医学应用感兴趣并主修工程学或基础科学学科的学生。教师导师将来自工程与计算学院(CEC)的三个系和医学院(SOM)的两个系。除了研究项目，学生们还将参加一系列每周活动，以补充和丰富他们的研究经验。这些活动包括向学生介绍常用生物医学研究技术的动手工作坊，以及关于生物医学研究政策、知识产权和沟通技能的信息性演讲。整个暑期的社交活动将有助于在参与者、研究生和教师导师之间培养社区意识。在暑期结束时，参与者将以海报和口头陈述的形式介绍他们的研究成果。这些报告将与生物医学工程学会(BMES)年会等技术会议上使用的格式一致，以便该项目的学生将准备好向更广泛的研究社区传播他们的成果。拟议的活动有哪些更广泛的影响？招聘工作将结合专业网络、互联网资源和学生会议场所进行。重点将放在少数族裔学生占学生总数很大比例或学生通常没有机会从事研究的学院和大学招聘。该计划的参与者将被鼓励继续研究生学习和研究事业。

This three year REU Site program at the University of South Carolina will provide 10 undergraduate participants with a 10 week summer hands-on research experience focused around the theme of "Biomolecular and Biomechanical Interactions" to explore interactions involved in fundamental biological phenomena. Students will be recruited who have an interest in biomedical applications and majoring in either an engineering or basic science discipline. Faculty mentors will come from three departments within the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) and two departments within the School of Medicine (SOM). In addition to the research projects, students will be engaged in a series of weekly activities that will complement and enrich their research experience. These activities include hands-on workshops that introduce the students to common biomedical research techniques and informative presentations on biomedical research policies, intellectual property, and communication skills. Social activities throughout the summer will help foster a sense of community among the participants, graduate students, and faculty mentors. At the end of the summer the participants will present their research findings in the format of both a poster and an oral presentation. These presentations will be consistent with the format used at technical conferences, such as the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting, so that students in the program will be prepared to disseminate their results to the broader research community. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? Recruitment efforts will be conducted by a combination of professional networks, internet resources and student conference venues. Emphasis will be placed on recruiting from colleges and universities at which minority students represent a large fraction of the student population or where students would not typically have the opportunity to engage in research. Participants in the program will be encouraged to pursue graduate studies and research careers.