REU Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials

该项目为期三年，由科罗拉多大学博尔德分校化学与生物工程系主办，项目地点：科罗拉多大学工程智能生物材料。该项目每年夏天将支持10名本科生与教师和研究生一起进行研究，以创建和分析智能生物材料。该项目将通过对生物分子、细胞和组织与高分子材料相互作用的新认识和控制，促进科学的进步。项目团队将招募更多的优秀和多样化的学生，特别是来自两年制和四年制大学的学生，他们没有或只有有限的研究机会。参与者将参与三个团队研究项目中的一个，每周午餐和学习研究行为和专业发展的研讨会，一个带有海报展示和奖励的夏末研讨会。REU项目的技术重点是化学和生物工程研究，为国家和世界范围内的健康和材料挑战提供创新和可持续的解决方案，例如用于伤口愈合的新生物材料，组织替代，生物检测以及疫苗和治疗的靶向递送。该项目的另一个目标是激励学生完成科学或工程学士学位，然后攻读研究生院和/或研究事业。该项目为期三年，由科罗拉多大学博尔德分校化学与生物工程系主办，项目地点：科罗拉多大学工程智能生物材料。REU项目的目标是(1)吸引更多的优秀和多样化的学生，(2)为学生群体建立一个社区中的社区，(3)通过教师导师、研究生导师、同伴倡导者和PI或Co-PI的多层次指导，提供鼓舞人心的研究经验。这些活动将包括三个团队研究项目之一的重要参与，每周关于研究行为和专业发展的午餐和学习研讨会，一个带有海报展示和奖励的夏末研讨会，以及在博尔德和附近山区的社会活动。招聘目标包括一半以上的学生来自研究机会有限的机构，一半以上的学生完成不超过两年的大学学位，重点是为代表性不足的学生提供服务的机构。学生将在三个相关的团队中工作：(1)团队活生物材料（细胞与智能生物材料的整合），(2)团队生物分子生物材料（生物分子与智能生物材料的整合），(3)团队智能粒子（促进健康的活性微粒）。例子包括了解与材料的相互作用如何控制生物细胞功能，如何通过结合生物和合成分子创建稳定的材料，以及如何为各种任务合理设计智能生物颗粒。预期的影响是，这些学生受到启发，完成科学或工程学士学位，然后攻读研究生院和/或从事研究工作。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。

The three-year project Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials is hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. The program will support 10 undergraduate students each summer doing research alongside faculty members and graduate students to create and analyze smart biomaterials. This project will promote the progress of science through new understanding and control of the interactions of biological molecules, cells, and tissues with polymeric materials. The project team will recruit an expanded pool of outstanding and diverse students, particularly students from two-year and four-year colleges with no or limited research opportunities. Participants will engage in one of three team research projects, weekly lunch-and-learn workshops on research conduct and professional development, a summer-end symposium with poster presentations and awards. The technical focus of the REU program is chemical and biological engineering research to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to national and worldwide challenges in health and materials, such as new biomaterials for wound healing, tissue replacement, biodetection, and targeted delivery of vaccines and therapeutics. Another goal of the project is to inspire students to complete science or engineering bachelor’s degrees and then pursue graduate school and/or research careers.The three-year project Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: University of Colorado, Engineering Smart Biomaterials is hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. The objectives of the REU program are to (1) attract an expanded pool of outstanding and diverse students, (2) develop a community within a community for the student cohort, and (3) provide inspirational research experiences with multilayered mentoring by a faculty mentor, a graduate mentor, a peer advocate, and the PI or Co-PI. The activities will include significant participation in one of three team research projects, weekly lunch-and-learn workshops on research conduct and professional development, a summer-end symposium with poster presentations and awards, and social activities in Boulder and the nearby mountains. Recruitment goals include over half of the students from institutions with limited research opportunities and over half of the students having finished no more than two years of their college degree, with a focus on institutions serving underrepresented students. Students will work in three related teams: (1) Team Living Biomaterials (integration of cells with smart biomaterials), (2) Team Biomolecular Biomaterials (integration of biomolecules with smart biomaterials), and (3) Team Smart Particles (active microparticles for better health). Examples include understanding how interactions with materials control biological cell function, how stabilized materials can be created from combining biological and synthetic molecules, and how smart bioparticles can be rationally designed for a variety of tasks. The intended impact is that these students be inspired to complete science or engineering bachelor’s degrees and then pursue graduate school and/or careers with research components.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.