38th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference

南方生物医学工程会议（SBEC）的指导委员会将于8月25日至28日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举办一次会议，讨论生物医学科学和工程的快速发展的跨学科领域。本次会议大力支持和促进学生的研究参与，特别是那些资金不足，代表性不足或无法参加会议的学生。会议的使命是鼓励学生追求该领域的前沿研究。NSF的资金将专门用于支持会议注册费及其其他相关费用（例如，物流和旅行等）对于URM研究人员来说。来自多所大学的8至10名代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生将获得支持参加本次会议。这些学生将在会议上提交论文和海报，他们的摘要将发表在SBEC会议记录的年度问题上。技术摘要：该奖项将增加第38届南方生物医学工程会议（新奥尔良，LA; 2022年8月25日至28日）上代表性不足的少数民族（URM）社区的参与。本次会议的目标包括交流知识，同时获得对生物医学科学和工程领域的进步更好的视角，并讨论临床医生和研究人员面临的问题。几个主题包括生物材料及其在植入物，组织工程，药物输送等方面的应用，将帮助研究人员，工程师和临床医生在创新技术和医疗保健的人性化方面找到平衡。在保持对学生参与的重视，SBEC将提供最佳论文和演讲奖给本科生，研究生和专业学生。将收集学生的评价，以评估和总结参加这次会议的影响。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Non-technical Abstract:The Steering Committee of the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC) will host a conference meeting from August 25th to 28th in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of biomedical science and engineering. This conference strongly supports and promotes the research engagement of students, especially ones who are not well-funded, under-represented, or otherwise not likely to be able to attend conferences. The mission of the conference is to encourage students to pursue cutting-edge research in the field. NSF funding will be used exclusively to support conference registration fees and their other related costs (e.g., logistics and travel, etc.) for URM researchers. Eight to ten underrepresented minority (URM) students from multiple universities will be supported to attend this conference. These students will present papers and posters at the conference, and their abstracts will be published in the yearly issue of SBEC proceedings.Technical Abstract: This award will increase the participation from underrepresented minority (URM) communities at the 38th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (New Orleans, LA; August 25-28, 2022). The goals of this conference include exchanging knowledge while gaining a better perspective on the advances in the field of biomedical science and engineering, and discussing the issues faced by clinicians and researchers. Several topics including biomaterials and their applications in implants, tissue engineering, drug delivery etc., presented at this conference will help researchers, engineers, and clinicians find balance between innovative technology and the human side of medical care. In keeping with the emphasis on student participation, the SBEC will provide best paper and presentation awards to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Student testimonials will be collected to assess and summarize the impact of attending this conference.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.