REU Site: Biomedical Engineering in Simulations, Imaging, and Modeling (BME-SIM)

这个生物医学工程模拟，成像和建模（BME-SIM）本科生研究经验（REU）网站，在东卡罗莱纳大学（ECU），将提供高质量的研究经验，本科生，特别是针对妇女，代表性不足的少数民族，和学生的家庭机构提供有限的研究机会。这个REU的教育目标将通过多学科的方法使用模拟，成像和建模作为一个共同的线程来完成。由于人类受试者和动物的使用有限，计算研究模型的普及程度有所增加。 此外，随着个性化医疗的趋势刺激了从细胞到器官再到整个系统的跨尺度模型的开发和改进，多尺度建模正在集成到临床决策支持中。将REU学生暴露于创新研究将提高他们对研究生院的认识，并最终增加STEM研究生院的管道。拟议的REU计划还将加强他们的STEM职业道路，提高学生作为科学家或工程师的身份，并提高他们的沟通技巧。学生的研究项目有可能大大改善生物医学工程模型的开发，这将减少对人类和动物数据的依赖，并加快创新。这些模型将有许多不同的应用，例如：计算运动过程中作用在人体上的载荷，模拟实验对象无法安全执行的任务，以及模拟血管中的血流。该计划的其他好处包括改善与ECU合作机构教师的联系。通过REU项目，学生将接触到前沿研究，利用先进的计算模型与生物医学工程的应用。BME-SIM项目的目标是为学生提供高质量的研究体验，特别是那些在他们的家乡机构研究机会有限或来自科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生。在课程结束时，学生应该更好地了解如何进行研究，提高对研究生院的认识，澄清和加强STEM职业道路，并更好地识别工程师/科学家。此外，该计划的一个新重点将提供培训，以提高学生的沟通技巧。为了实现这些计划目标，参与者将通过与家庭机构导师合作，参与超过10周的夏季研究经验。为了确保广泛的申请人库，学生招聘将开始在ECU合作机构，其中包括几个区域HBCUs和社区学院，为代表性不足的少数民族，退伍军人和低社会经济地位的学生群体。该计划的毕业生将更好地了解研究生院，并在研究生院申请过程中具有竞争力，增加STEM管道的多样性。

This Biomedical Engineering in Simulations, Imaging, and Modeling (BME-SIM) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, at East Carolina University (ECU), will provide high quality research experiences to undergraduate students, specifically targeting women, underrepresented minorities, and students whose home institutions provide limited opportunities for research. The educational goals of this REU will be accomplished through a multidisciplinary approach using simulations, imaging, and modeling as a common thread. The popularity of computational research models has increased due to limited use of human subjects and animals. Furthermore, as the trend towards personalized medicine spurs the development and refinement of models across scales from cells, to organs, to entire systems, multiscale modeling is becoming integrated into clinical decision support. Exposing REU students to innovative research will increase their awareness about graduate school and ultimately increase the STEM graduate school pipeline. The proposed REU program will also strengthen their STEM career paths and increase student's identities as scientists or engineers, and improve their communication skills. The student research projects have the potential to substantially improve the development of models in biomedical engineering which will reduce reliance on human and animal data, and expedite innovation. These models will have many different applications, for example: calculating loads acting on the human body during movement, simulating tasks that cannot safely be performed by experimental subjects, and simulating blood flow through vessels. Additional benefits from this program include improved connections to faculty at ECU partner institutions. Through the REU program students will be exposed to cutting edge research utilizing advanced computational models with applications in biomedical engineering.The goal of the BME-SIM program is to provide a quality research experience to students, especially those who have limited opportunities for research at their home institution or come from groups underrepresented in science and engineering. At the end of the program students should have a better understanding of how to conduct research, increased awareness of graduate school, clarification and reinforcement of STEM career path, and greater identification as engineer/scientist. Additionally, a new focus of this program will provide training to improve students' communication skills. To achieve these program goals participants will be engaged for longer than the 10 week summer research experience by collaborating with home institution mentors. To ensure a broad applicant pool, student recruitment will begin at ECU partner institutions which include several regional HBCUs and community colleges which serve underrepresented minority, veteran and low-socioeconomic status student populations. Graduates of the program will gain a better understanding of graduate school and be competitive in the graduate school application process increasing diversity in the STEM pipeline.