IRES: U.S. - Belgium Bioengineering Collaboration with International Research Experience for Students

约翰霍普金斯大学（JHU）将与比利时校际微电子中心（IMEC）合作，通过纳米科学和医学科学的接口项目，为美国本科生和研究生提供为期三年的国际研究经验计划。 在国外为期十周的实习期间，学生将在JHU研究人员和IMEC同行的指导下开展合作研究项目。 在比利时实习之前，学生参与者将通过与约翰霍普金斯大学的研究小组合作或在实验室工作来做准备，在那里他们可以开发与正在进行的JHU-IMEC项目相关的基本技术技能。 通过这个平衡良好的合作研究计划，以及密集的早期职业学生参与，主要研究员和他的比利时同行打算追求导致治疗性聚合物纳米颗粒药物递送和医学诊断的生物工程进展的结果。美国-比利时学生国际研究经验（IRES）重点是生物工程，并结合了JHU在生物医学科学和纳米技术和微加工互补IMEC专业知识的互补优势。作为国际合作伙伴，IMEC提供：（1）最先进的微细加工设施和人员配备，（2）一个完善的生命科学研究小组，致力于寻找将纳米电子应用于医疗保健的方法，以及（3）多元化，国际化和多元文化的研发环境。 来自不同背景的美国学生将参与该计划，他们将接触到全球经济中的团队合作，并将在具有重大潜在社会影响的研究领域接受培训。

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) will team with the Belgian Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Centre (IMEC) to provide a three-year program of international research experience for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students through projects at the interface of nanoscience and medical science. During ten-week internships abroad, students will work on cooperative research projects, mentored by JHU researchers and counterparts at IMEC. Prior to their internships in Belgium, student participants will prepare by spending the academic year working with a research group at Johns Hopkins University or in a laboratory where they can develop essential technical skills that are relevant to an ongoing JHU-IMEC project. Through this well balanced, collaborative research program with intensive, early career student engagement, the principal investigator and his Belgian counterparts intend to pursue results that lead to bioengineering advances in therapeutic polymer-nanoparticle drug delivery and medical diagnostics, with the long-term goal of improving future healthcare technologies.The US-Belgian International Research Experience for Students (IRES) focuses on bioengineering and combines the complementary strengths of JHU in biomedical sciences and complementary IMEC expertise in nanotechnology and microfabrication. As the international partner, IMEC offers: (1) state-of-the-art microfabrication facilities and staffing, (2) a well-established life sciences research group dedicated to finding ways to apply nano-electronics to healthcare, and (3) a diverse, international and multicultural R&D environment. The U.S. students, recruited from diverse backgrounds, who are involved in this program will be exposed to teamwork in the global economy and will be trained in a research field that has significant potential societal impact.