REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Biomedical Devices at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

STEM领域的学生需要接触研究和项目经验，这些研究和项目经验将STEM的元素结合在一起，这些元素基本上基于科学和数学，使用技术工具来实现工程解决方案，并在展示社会影响的背景下进行。不断发展的生物医学工程领域提供了一个适当和有效的框架，在这个框架中实施一个高影响力的本科研究项目来解决这一需求。利用生物医学设备技术领域的现有研究实力，由工程教育和中心部门支持的为期三年的REU计划（暑期基地）将重点为本科生提供生物医学设备方面的深入研究经验。以生物医学设备为重点，项目主题包括机器人、医疗工具设计、植入设备、成像、组织工程等。这项拟议的研究被列为机构优先领域，并被视为科学和技术发现的增长领域。目标是：1)为生物医学设备领域的本科生提供跨学科的研究经验，50%的项目参与者是代表性不足的少数民族和/或来自研究项目有限的机构的学生；2)培养参与者成为独立研究者的技能；3)为参与者提供更广阔的视野，了解学术界和工业界的研发活动；4)拓展学员在创业和其他专业发展领域的技能和知识。一些预期的结果是：1)激发对生物医学工程和相关STEM领域的职业兴趣；2)提高与会者对研发在商业部门中的作用及其与国家利益的关系的理解；3)激发人们对创意和技术商业化的兴趣。研究成果和教育成果将由学生作为主要或共同作者发表。这种平衡和多样化的暑期经历将影响下一代科学家和工程师，使他们在未来的职业生涯中做出重大贡献。

Students in STEM fields need exposure to research and project experience tying together the elements of STEM - fundamentally based in science and math, using technology tools to achieve engineering solutions - in a context demonstrating societal impact. The growing area of biomedical engineering provides an appropriate and effective framework in which to implement a high-impact undergraduate research program addressing this need. Leveraging an existing research strength in the area of biomedical device technologies, a three-year REU program (summer site) supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers will focus on providing an intensive research experience in biomedical devices for undergraduate students. With a focus on biomedical devices, the project topics include robotics, medical tool design, implanted devices, imaging, tissue engineering, and so forth. This proposed research is classified as an institutional priority area and is seen as a growth area for scientific and technological discovery. The objectives are to: 1) provide interdisciplinary research experiences to undergraduate students in the area of biomedical devices, with 50% of the program participants being underrepresented minorities and/or students from institutions with limited research programs; 2) foster participants' skills in becoming independent researchers; 3) provide participants with a broader view of research and development activities in academia and industry; and 4) expand participants' skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship and other areas of professional development. Some of the anticipated outcomes are: 1) stimulate career interest in biomedical engineering and related STEM fields; 2) improve participants' understanding of the role of research and development in the commercial sector and its relation to national interests; and 3) stimulate interest in commercialization of ideas and technology. Research results and educational outcomes will be published with students as lead or co-authors. This balanced and diverse summer experience will influence the upcoming generation of scientists and engineers to make substantial contributions in their future careers.