NSF CREST Center for Nano & Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices (CNBMD)

诺福克州立大学（NSU）的一个科学团队将启动一个纳米和生物启发材料和设备中心（CNBMD），为医学、环境和可再生能源领域的一系列相关高影响力应用进行前沿研究。该中心的研究成果将对诊断和治疗产生巨大影响；促进健康和环境诊断方面的变革，例如神经疾病，包括阿尔茨海默病？年代的疾病。该中心的研究方向将集中在纳米技术的快速发展，对纳米科学的基础和应用方面都有很强的洞察力。CNBMD将把来自大学、工业和国家实验室的工程师、物理学家、化学家、材料科学家和生物学家聚集到一个多学科平台上，不仅探索纳米材料的基础和应用方面；同时，还要实施教育、推广和指导计划。在中心获得的知识？美国的研究项目将转移到科学家、工程师、教育工作者和学生的广泛社区，并将丰富关键技术。在五年的时间里，CNBMD将提供纳米和生物技术方面的教育和实践培训，为更大的研究团体提供基础设施支持，并将在新大和其他机构之间建立联系。多学科CNBMD的协同研究和教育活动将深刻影响属于科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）少数群体的学生。CNBMD将为扩大一个总体基础设施提供动力，以促进和支持跨学科奖学金，这是一个机构优先事项，因为新大的定位是提高其能力，培养多样化的人口，成为全球科学和工程界的领导者。这一多尺度项目将包括：1)对新一代工程纳米材料特性的变革性研究；2)开发能够实现新型设备和最终新技术的材料；3)基于前沿研究成果开发一系列教育项目。该项目引入了与NSU生物技术和生物医学科学中心的新合作，这将使两个小组都受益。更广泛的影响纳米技术在生物医学、能源和环境传感应用中的发展和实施具有巨大的社会影响。纳米技术有可能大大提高许多现有消费品和工业产品的有效性，并可能对从疾病诊断和治疗到环境修复等新产品的开发产生重大影响。在中心获得的知识？美国的研究项目将转移到科学家、工程师、教育工作者和学生的广泛社区，并将丰富关键技术。在纳米材料和器件领域，教育和培训多样化的新一代科学家将取代学术界和研究实验室中退休的研究人员。在五年的时间里，CNBMD将提供纳米和生物技术方面的教育和实践培训，为更大的研究团体提供基础设施支持，并将在新大和其他机构之间建立联系。多学科CNBMD的协同研究和教育活动将深刻影响属于科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）少数群体的学生。CNBMD将为扩大一个总体基础设施提供动力，以促进和支持跨学科奖学金，这是一个机构优先事项，因为新大的定位是提高其能力，培养多样化的人口，成为全球科学和工程界的领导者。

A scientific team from Norfolk State University (NSU) will initiate a Center for Nano- and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices (CNBMD) to perform cutting edge research for a range of relevant high-impact applications in medicine, environment, and renewable energy. The research outcomes of this Center will have a tremendous impact on diagnosis and treatments; enabling transformation in health and environmental diagnostics, with for example neural disorders, including Alzheimer?s disease.The research direction of this Center will focus on fast-moving development in nanotechnologies with strong insight into both fundamental and applied aspects of nanoscience. CNBMD will bring together, engineers, physicists, chemists, materials scientists and biologists from universities, industry, and national laboratories to a single multidisciplinary platform, not only to explore both fundamental and applied aspects of nano-materials; but also, to implement education, outreach and mentoring initiatives. The knowledge gained within the Center?s research programs will be transferred to a broad community of scientists, engineers, educators, and students and will enrich key technologies. During its five-year span, the CNBMD will provide education and hands-on training in Nano- and Bio-technology, infrastructure support to a larger research community, and will establish links between NSU and other institutions. The synergistic research and education activities of the multidisciplinary CNBMD will profoundly impact students belonging to minority groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). CNBMD will provide the impetus for the expansion of an overarching infrastructure to foster and support interdisciplinary scholarship, an institutional priority, as NSU positions itself to increase its capacity to prepare a diverse population to become leaders in the global scientific and engineering community.Intellectual MeritThe proposed multi-scale effort will feature 1) Transformative research on the properties of new generations of engineered nano-materials, 2) Development of materials that will enable a new class of devices and ultimately new technologies, and 3) Development of a range of education programs based on the findings of cutting edge research. The project introduces a new collaboration with the NSU Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Science, which will be of benefit to both groups.Broader ImpactThe development and implementation of nanotechnology for biomedical, energy and environmental sensing applications have tremendous societal impact. Nanotechnology has the potential to dramatically improve the effectiveness of a number of existing consumer and industrial products and could have a substantial impact on the development of new products ranging from disease diagnosis and treatment to environmental remediation. The knowledge gained within the Center?s research programs will be transferred to a broad community of scientists, engineers, educators, and students and will enrich key technologies. The education and training of a diverse and new generation of scientists, in the areas of nanomaterials and devices, will replace retiring researchers in academia and research laboratories. During its five-year span, the CNBMD will provide education and hands-on training in Nano- and Bio-technology, infrastructure support to a larger research community, and will establish links between NSU and other institutions. The synergistic research and education activities of the multidisciplinary CNBMD will profoundly impact students belonging to minority groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). CNBMD will provide the impetus for the expansion of an overarching infrastructure to foster and support interdisciplinary scholarship, an institutional priority, as NSU positions itself to increase its capacity to prepare a diverse population to become leaders in the global scientific and engineering community.