REU site: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED)

为期三年的REU网站项目：工程与医学交界处的研究(ENGMED)由莱斯大学主办。近几十年来，由于颠覆性的新技术正在改变我们研究、诊断和治疗人类疾病的方式，我们的生活质量发生了戏剧性的变化。这些技术包括细胞工程以创造活疗法；使用新的生物兼容材料来再生因疾病失去的组织；创建机器人和患者-设备接口以实现治疗自动化并提高人类性能；以及应用人工智能来诊断和治疗疾病。ENGMED的总体目标是促进参与高质量的合作研究，激发参与者对从事支持工程与科学或翻译研究之间的研究的职业的兴趣。ENGMED每年将为10名参与者提供与生物医学研究环境相关的活动、文化和期望的全面图景，提供演讲、参观、研讨会和进入莱斯大学和相关设施的机会。该项目的领导力和职业发展部分将使学生掌握生物医学工程研究之外的技能，包括科学沟通和时间管理。后续学年活动将是发展多尺度同伴支持和指导网络的一部分，该网络将吸引和支持REU学生，使其远远超过他们特定的REU暑期经历。为期三年的REU网站项目：工程与医学交界处的研究(ENGMED)由莱斯大学主办。ENGMED的总体目标是促进参与高质量的合作研究，激发参与者对从事支持工程与科学或翻译研究之间的研究的职业的兴趣。为了实现这一点，REU项目导师将指导参与者工程领域如何通过教师指导的协作研究经验影响其他学科。这些领域包括：i)细胞和分子工程；ii)生物材料和组织工程；iii)机器人和治疗设备；以及iv)机器学习和生物信息学。REU的另一个重点是开展基于团队的合作研究项目，这将使学生掌握一套强调沟通和跨学科培训重要性的技能。此外，ENGMED将通过提供讲座、参观、研讨会和访问赖斯和相关设施，为与会者提供与生物医学研究环境相关的活动、文化和期望的全面图景。该项目的领导力和职业发展部分将使学生掌握生物医学工程研究之外的技能，包括科学沟通和时间管理。后续学年活动将是发展多尺度同伴支持和指导网络的一部分，该网络将使学生参与和支持远远超出他们特定REU暑期经历的活动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 REU Site project: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED) is hosted by Rice University. Recent decades have seen a dramatic transformation in our quality of life because of disruptive new technologies that are changing the way we study, diagnose, and treat human diseases. These technologies include the engineering of cells to create living therapies; the use of new biologically compatible materials to regenerate tissue lost to disease; the creation of robotics and patient-device interfaces to automate therapy and enhance human performance; and the application of artificial intelligence to diagnose and treat disease. The overarching goal of ENGMED is to foster participation in quality collaborative research, sparking participants’ interest in pursuing careers that support research at the interface between engineering and scientific or translational research. ENGMED will provide ten participants each year with a comprehensive picture of the activities, culture, and expectations associated with biomedical research settings by offering talks, tours, workshops, and access to both Rice University and related facilities. Leadership and professional development components of the program will equip students with skills that reach beyond the lens of biomedical engineering research, including scientific communication and time management. Follow-on academic year activities will be part of developing a multi-scale network of peer support and mentorship that will engage and sustain REU students well beyond their specific REU summer experiences. The three-year REU Site project: Research at the interface between engineering and medicine (ENGMED) is hosted by Rice University. The overarching goal of ENGMED is to foster participation in quality collaborative research, sparking participants’ interest in pursuing careers that support research at the interface between engineering and scientific or translational research. To achieve this, the REU program mentors will instruct participants on how areas of engineering can impact other disciplines through collaborative faculty-mentored research experiences. These areas include: i) cellular and molecular engineering; ii) biomaterials and tissue engineering; iii) robotics and therapeutic devices, and iv) machine learning and bioinformatics. Another focus of the REU is working in team-based collaborative research projects, which will equip students with a skill set that emphasizes the importance of communication and interdisciplinary training. Additionally, ENGMED will provide participants with a comprehensive picture of the activities, culture, and expectations associated with biomedical research settings by offering talks, tours, workshops, and access to both Rice and related facilities. Leadership and professional development components of the program will equip students with skills that reach beyond the lens of biomedical engineering research, including scientific communication and time management. Follow-on academic year activities will be part of developing a multi-scale network of peer support and mentorship that will engage and sustain students well beyond their specific REU summer experiences.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.