REU Site: Materials and Systems Biology Research in Biotechnology and Biomedicine

这个为期三年的REU网站计划在得克萨斯州A M大学（TAMU）将从事本科生的研究，重点是化学工程方法的材料科学和系统生物学研究在生物技术和生物医学。该计划的目标是：1）每年从校外招收10名本科生，重点是从代表性不足的群体中招收学生; 2）为以前很少或没有研究经验的学生提供新的研究机会，提供研究方法，自律，团队整合，报告和交流新知识的见解; 3）提供有关参加研究生院的好处，申请过程的信息，并鼓励学生参加化学工程研究生院; 4）使REU学生能够与来自中国北京清华大学和波哥大安第斯山脉大学的访问本科研究人员进行互动，哥伦比亚谁参加现有的部门计划; 5）提供REU学生，TAMU研究生，访问国际本科研究人员和教师导师之间的社区建设机会;以及6）为REU学生提供与导师一起发表论文的机会。REU学生将参与开发基于生物分子和生物体的下一代产品和工艺。招聘工作将针对那些通常可能没有这样的机会的人，特别是女性，代表性不足的少数民族和第一代大学生，这将为提高德克萨斯州A M大学研究和教育基础设施的多样性做出重大贡献，并增加非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔工程师和科学家的产量。该项目为不同人群创建了一个模型程序，该程序解决了本科生对研究的接触以及对进入研究生院途径的认识。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。

This three year REU Site program at Texas A&M University (TAMU) will engage undergraduate students in research focused on chemical engineering approaches to materials science and systems biology research in biotechnology and biomedicine. The objectives of the program are to: 1) Annually recruit ten undergraduates from off-campus with an emphasis on recruitment of students from underrepresented groups; 2) Open new research opportunities to students who have had little or no previous research experience, providing insights into research methodologies, self-discipline, team integration, reporting and exchanging new knowledge; 3) Provide information on benefits of attending graduate school, the application process, and encourage students to attend graduate school in chemical engineering; 4) Enable interactions of the REU students with visiting undergraduate researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Columbia who participate in existing departmental programs; 5) Provide community building opportunities among REU students, TAMU graduate students, visiting international undergraduate researchers, and faculty mentors; and 6) Provide opportunities for REU students to present and publish with faculty mentors.The REU students will participate in developing the next generation of products and processes based on biological molecules and organisms. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to those individuals who may not normally have such an opportunity, particularly women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation college students, which will make a significant contribution toward enhancing the diversity of the research and education infrastructure at Texas A&M University and toward increasing the production of African American and Hispanic engineers and scientists. This project creates a model program for diverse populations that addresses the exposure to research by undergraduates as well as awareness of the pathway to graduate school. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.