IRES Track 1: US-Italy Bio and Electronic Advanced Material Systems (IRES-BEAMS)

NSF IRES BEAMS项目将通过推进科学技术、培养美国学生成为应对全球挑战的领导者、影响人们的健康和社会福祉来解决国家的利益。该项目的意义在于培养美国学生提高对医疗诊断、癌症治疗、组织工程、药物输送平台、可穿戴和柔性传感器、可食用电子产品、能源效率、视力恢复和实时生物监测至关重要的生物和电子设备和材料。NSF IRES BEAMS项目要解决的基本问题包括为科学家和工程师提供对材料和设备解决方案的理解，以实现持续的技术创新；为科学家和工程师提供跨学科研究“工具箱”，使他们能够站在开发新型生物和电子系统的最前沿；培养科学家和工程师具有创造性、文化和全球意识，展示领导力和诚信，并采用以团队为中心的方法解决远远超出国界的问题。IRES-BEAMS项目将利用南佛罗里达大学（USF）领先的研究机构、意大利国家研究委员会聚合物、复合材料和生物材料研究所（IPCB）和意大利纳米科学技术中心（IIT-CNST）之间的协同研究、教育和指导，建立在与材料和设备专家已有的合作基础上。该计划将解决生物和电子设备材料方面的科学挑战，引领患者依从性和生物监测、再生疾病、可穿戴和柔性传感器以及许多其他医疗保健技术平台，这些技术平台需要推进人类，为未来的流行病做好准备，并提高生活质量。将采用几种策略来吸引参与者，并积极招募来自NSBE、SHPE、SWE、USF REU、NSF佛罗里达-乔治亚LSAMP、USF NSF FGLSAMP博士桥、USF斯隆UCEM和佛罗里达a&m大学的NSF CREST的不同参与者。学生、教师和全球合作伙伴将在全球范围内参与多样化的思想和创新，并促进专业网络、学术合作和资助提案。在先进材料系统领域培养全球技术领导者将解决许多工程方面的重大挑战，并在国家需要的领域培养高技能的国内劳动力。为了支持这一努力，IRES-BEAMS计划（美国-意大利生物和电子先进材料系统学生国际研究经验）侧重于生物和电子设备的先进材料。IRES-BEAMS利用了南佛罗里达大学先进材料生物和集成研究（AMBIR）小组和意大利国家研究委员会-聚合物，复合材料和生物材料研究所（CNR-IPCB）以及意大利纳米科学技术中心（IIT-CNST）之间正在进行的研究和指导计划，两者都是意大利十大研究机构之一。IRES-BEAMS项目的具体目标是：培养学生的“全球能力”，团队合作和领导技能，使他们能够弥合文化差异并在跨国团队中有效合作。扩大学生参与国际研究，以提高他们的全球参与度，并为尖端的研究生课程（硕士，博士）做好准备。建立共同感兴趣的合作研究项目，以促进新的长期合作伙伴关系、资助提案、未来高影响力的出版物、专利和学生培训机会。在国际科学家的指导下，为学生，特别是那些历史上代表性不足的背景的学生提供最先进的生物和纳米电子学研究培训，以促进多元化，未来具有全球意识的劳动力和先进制造业的智力优势。IRES-BEAMS项目解决了在生物和纳米电子学学科融合的基础和应用研究中使用的先进材料的转型影响。项目将集中在两个总体主题：生物器件（CNR-IPCB）和电子器件（IIT-CNST）的微/纳米尺度纤维的设计和制造。将采用若干策略，每年从不同学科招收6名美国学生，重点是培训未被充分代表的少数族裔参与者。将努力从目标项目和学生组织中确定本科生和研究生，包括NSBE、SHPE、SWE、USF REU、NSF LSAMP、NSF佛罗里达-乔治亚桥博士、USF斯隆UCEM和FAMU的CREST，以招募三组学生。IM对学生、教师和全球合作伙伴都是互利的。学生将获得电流体动力学技术（efdt）的接触和培训，并有机会在全球范围内参与多样化的思想和创新。AMBIR， IPCB和CNST实验室将收集新数据，表征材料，分析数据，制造设备并在同行评审期刊（MRS， ACS， IEEE， Advanced materials等）上发表发现，这对所有人都有好处。IRES-BEAMS项目将影响工程教育、学生成功、协作创新以及地方、国家和国际层面的功能化材料开发。国际参与的好处将加强学生的全球互联性和意识、文化和语言培训、“课堂之外的相对开放，以拥抱和促进多样性”、STEM职业准备和学生赋权。IRES-BEAMS将利用网站、双周博客、演讲、出版物、伦理观点、社交媒体（Twitter、Facebook和YouTube）和K-12外展（EXPO）向科学和非专业受众进行传播。评估和评估工作将捕捉到材料研究对设备制造的影响和对学生专业发展的纵向影响。与工程全球准备指数子量表相一致的其他评估将提供有关教师和学生研究、指导和专业发展技能的进一步数据。IRES-BEAMS的参与者将被要求在每年的大学研究日和地方/国家研究研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，教育成果将在STEM教育会议/论文集/期刊（教育前沿，ASEE，理解干预措施扩大科学职业参与等）上发表/展示。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Part 1The NSF IRES BEAMS program will address the interest of the nation by advancing science and technology, developing U.S. students as leaders to address global challenges, and impacting people’s health and societal well-being. The significance of the program is to train U.S. students to enhance bio and electronic devices and materials important for healthcare diagnostics, cancer therapies, tissue engineering, drug delivery platforms, wearable and flexible sensors, edible electronics, energy efficiency, vision restoration, and real-time biological monitoring. The fundamental issues to be addressed by the NSF IRES BEAMS program includes providing an understanding of materials and device solutions to scientists and engineers for continued technological innovation; equipping scientists and engineers with an interdisciplinary research “toolbox” that will enable them to be at the forefront in developing novel bio and electronic systems; and preparing scientists and engineers to be creative and culturally and globally aware, to demonstrate leadership and integrity, and to use team-focused approaches to solve problems that stretch far beyond national boundaries.The IRES-BEAMS Program will leverage synergistic research, education, and mentoring thrusts between leading research facilities at the University of South Florida (USF), the National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), and the Italian Institute of Technology Center for Nano Science and Technology (IIT-CNST), building upon pre-existing collaborative efforts with experts in materials and devices. This program will address scientific challenges for bio and electronic device materials leading the way for patient compliance and biological monitoring, regenerative disease, and wearable and flexible sensors, and many other healthcare technology platforms needed to advance humanity, prepare for future pandemics, and improve quality of life. Several strategies will be employed to engage participants and to proactively recruit diverse participants from NSBE, SHPE, SWE, USF REU, NSF Florida-Georgia LSAMP, USF NSF FGLSAMP Bridge to Doctorate, USF Sloan UCEM, and Florida A&M University’s NSF CREST. Students, faculty, and global partners will engage in diverse thought and innovation on a global level and foster professional networks, academic collaborations, and funding proposals.Part 2Preparing global technology leaders in the area of advanced material systems will address many of the grand challenges of engineering and foster a highly-skilled, domestic workforce in areas of national need. To support this effort, the IRES-BEAMS Program (US-Italy International Research Experience for Students for Bio and Electronic Advanced Material Systems) focuses on advanced materials for bio and electronic devices. IRES-BEAMS leverages ongoing research and mentoring initiatives between the Advanced Materials Bio and Integration Research (AMBIR) group at the University of South Florida and the National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (CNR-IPCB), and the Italian Institute of Technology Center for Nano Science and Technology (IIT-CNST), both among Italy’s top ten research organizations. The specific objectives of the IRES-BEAMS program are: Develop student “global competency”, teamwork, and leadership skills that will enable them to bridge cultural differences and collaborate effectively within multinational teams Expand student participation within international research to enhance their global engagement and preparedness for cutting-edge graduate programs (M.S., PhD.) Establish collaborative research projects of mutual interest to facilitate new long-term partnerships, funding proposals, future high-impact publications, patents, and student training opportunitiesProvide students, particularly those from historically underrepresented backgrounds, with state-of-the art research-training in bio and nano electronics under the mentorship of international scientists to promote a diverse, globally-aware workforce in future and advanced manufacturing Intellectual Merit. The IRES-BEAMS program addresses transformational impacts of advanced materials utilized for fundamental and applied research in bio and nano electronics at the convergence of disciplines. Projects will be focused on two overarching themes: Design and Fabrication of Micro/Nano Scaled Fibers for BIO devices (CNR-IPCB) and ELECTRONIC devices (IIT-CNST). Several strategies will be used to recruit 6 U.S. students per year from diverse disciplines with an emphasis on the training of underrepresented minority participants. Efforts will identify undergraduate and graduate students from targeted programs and student organizations, including, NSBE, SHPE, SWE, USF REU, NSF LSAMP, NSF Florida-Georgia Bridge to Doctorate, USF Sloan UCEM, and FAMU’s CREST to recruit three cohorts. The IM will be mutually beneficial to students, faculty, and global partners. Students will gain exposure and training on electro fluid dynamic techniques (EFDTs), opportunities to engage in diverse thought and innovation on a global level. AMBIR, IPCB, and CNST labs will collect new data, characterize materials, analyze data, fabricate devices and publish findings in peer-reviewed journals (MRS, ACS, IEEE, Advanced Materials, and others), a benefit to all.The IRES-BEAMS program will impact engineering education, student success, collaborative innovation, and functionalized materials development on the local, national, and international levels. The benefits of international engagement will strengthen a students’ global interconnectedness and awareness, cultural and language training, “comparative openness beyond the classroom to embrace and promote diversity”, STEM career readiness, and student empowerment. IRES-BEAMS will utilize websites, biweekly blogs, presentations, publications, ethical perspectives, social media (Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube), and K-12 outreach (EXPO) for dissemination to both scientific and lay audiences. Assessment and evaluation efforts will capture the impact of materials research on devicefabrication and longitudinal impact on student professional progression. Additional evaluations, aligned with subscales of the engineering global preparedness index, will provide further data on faculty and student research, mentoring, and professional development skills. IRES-BEAMS participants will be required to present their research annually during university research days and local/national research symposiums, and educational outcomes will be published/presented in STEM educational meetings/ proceedings/journals (Frontiers in Education, ASEE, Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Careers,and others).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.