Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science

项目摘要─整体 博伊西州立大学是一所位于西部山区的新兴研究机构。在过去5年中，每年 研究奖励增加了58%，达到6500万美元以上。拟议中的Cobre的目标是 汇聚工程和生物分子科学(CEBS)旨在提高博伊西州立大学为 通过增加工程学和生物分子之间的融合来解决国家的医疗需求 科学研究。医疗保健的进步将继续依赖于更先进和更复杂的设备， 传感器和集成系统。全球医疗器械市场预计到2019年将增长到6035亿美元 2023年。为了这一进步，工程师和生物分子科学家必须密切合作，创造新的 跨学科研究领域。接受过外部学科培训的研究人员往往会带来新的视角、新的 方法和新技术应用于这一学科。整个计划的目的是(1)支持调查人员 在设备、传感器和系统方面的多学科协作研究中；(2)建立行政管理 支持融合研究的核心；以及(3)形成统一的制造、表征和测试 (事实)核心。Cobre将加强初级调查人员和CEBS的专业发展 通过举办赠款撰写和科学出版方面的培训讲习班，为相关研究人员提供培训。重要的是 将利用团队科学科学方面的融合培训讲习班来改善沟通 跨学科建立更强大的研究团队。工程学院现有的四个服务中心 将整合为事实核心，以减少冗余、提高财政可持续性并促进 生物医学工程的焦点。事实核心是创新的，因为它是以工程为基础的研究核心 这是对传统生物医学研究核心的补充。科布雷将支持试点项目和 FACT核心凭证刺激CEBS相关研究和使用FACT核心。总而言之，CEBS Cobre提供了一个框架，以支持工程师和生物分子之间的强大融合研究 科学家通过培训讲习班、指导、联网和使用新的工程核心设施。

PROJECT SUMMARY ─ OVERALL Boise State University is an emerging research institution in the Mountain West. In the past 5 years, annual research awards have increased 58% to more than $65 million. The objective for the proposed COBRE in Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science (CEBS) is to enhance Boise State’s ability to contribute to solving the nation’s healthcare needs by increasing convergence between engineering and biomolecular science research. Advancements in healthcare will continue to rely on more evolved and complex devices, sensors, and integrated systems. The global medical devices market is expected to grow to $603.5 billion by 2023. For this advancement, engineers and biomolecular scientists must collaborate closely and create new transdisciplinary research areas. Researchers trained in outside disciplines often bring fresh perspectives, new approaches, and new technologies to the discipline. The overall program aims are to (1) support investigators in multidisciplinary collaborative research in devices, sensors, and systems; (2) establish an administrative core to support convergent research; and (3) form a consolidated Fabrication, Characterization, and Testing (FaCT) core. This COBRE will strengthen the professional development of junior investigators and CEBS related researchers through training workshops in grant writing and scientific publication. Importantly, convergent training workshops in the Science of Team Science will be utilized to improve communication across disciplines to build stronger research teams. Four existing service centers in the College of Engineering will be consolidated into the FaCT core to reduce redundancy, improve fiscal sustainability, and promote a biomedical engineering focus. The FaCT core is innovative because it is an engineering-based research core that is complementary to traditional biomedical research cores. The COBRE will support Pilot Projects and FaCT core vouchers to stimulate CEBS related research and use of the FaCT core. In summary, the CEBS COBRE provides a framework to sponsor strong convergent research among engineers and biomolecular scientists through training workshops, mentoring, networking, and access to a novel engineering core facility.