Conference: 41st Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Troy, NY, April 17-19, 2015

该项目支持第41届东北生物工程会议（NEBEC），该会议将于4月17日至19日在纽约特洛伊的伦斯勒理工学院举行。国家科学基金将用于资助本科生和研究生的注册费用。工程技术的快速发展促进了人们对生物学的理解，并为生物医学问题提供了新的变革性解决方案。NEBEC将提供一个多学科论坛，以便在各级传播生物医学工程方面的这些进展，并促进跨学科障碍的知识共享。会议是一个讨论研究和教育新方向、新思想和新方法的开放论坛。会议上介绍的知识将以电子方式收集，并通过摘要书籍、CD rom和电气与电子工程师学会网站广泛传播。妇女广泛参与组织委员会和会议计划；来自未被充分代表的少数民族和妇女的学生和调查人员将被鼓励参加。本提案由工程理事会化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统部门的生物医学工程项目和数学和物理科学理事会材料研究部的生物材料项目共同资助。第41届东北生物工程年会将重点介绍生物工程研究的新兴领域，包括生物医学成像、干细胞和再生医学、生物催化和代谢工程、生物机械和芯片器件、生物力学、生物材料、系统生物学和合成生物学、组织工程、生物医学系统建模和控制等方面的进展。此外，会议的研讨会将重点关注行业参与和公众倡导，以满足帮助将基础研究转化为临床治疗的重要倡议。对于学生来说，创业也是一个令人兴奋的领域，他们比以往任何时候都更加意识到生物医学发展的商业潜力。在伦斯勒理工学院举行的第41届东北生物工程年度会议，作为一个培养下一代生物工程本科生、研究生和博士后的传统会议，将汇集许多受人尊敬的研究人员，向学生通报和启发生物医学科学的进展和研究机会。

PI: Hahn, Juergen Proposal Number: 1505094This project supports the 41st Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC) which will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, from April 17-19. NSF funds will be used to subsidize the cost of undergraduate and graduate student registration. Rapid advances in engineering are facilitating an enhanced understanding of biology and providing novel transformative solutions to biomedical problems. The NEBEC will provide a multidisciplinary forum for dissemination of these advances in biomedical engineering at all levels, and facilitate the sharing of knowledge across interdisciplinary barriers. The conference serves as an open forum for discussion of new directions, ideas and approaches in research and education. The knowledge presented at the conference will be captured electronically and broadly disseminated via abstract books, CD ROMS, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers website. Women are extensively involved in the organizing committee and conference program; students and investigators from underrepresented minorities and women will be encouraged to attend. This proposal is co-funded by the Biomedical Engineering Program in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division in the Engineering Directorate, and by the Biomaterials Program in the Division of Materials Research in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.The 41th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference will highlight emerging areas of bioengineering research, including advances in Biomedical Imaging, Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering, BioMEMS and On-Chip Devices, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology, Tissue Engineering, and Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems. In addition, workshops at the conference will focus on industry participation and public advocacy to satisfy an important initiative to help translate basic research into clinical treatments. Entrepreneurship is also an exciting area for students, who more than ever are aware of the commercial potential of biomedical developments. As a conference rich in tradition for educating the next generation of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students in bioengineering, the 41st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will bring together a number of respected researchers to inform and inspire students about progress and research opportunities in the biomedical sciences.