National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates
New Approaches to Engineering Cells, Tissues, & Organs
Program Dates: June 1 – August 7, 2020
The University of Maryland’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering, with support from the National Science Foundation, is offering exciting research opportunities in bioengineering for undergraduates who are interested in exploring new approaches to engineering cells, tissues, and organs.
The deadline for students to apply to this 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is Friday, February 14, 2020. Students are strongly encouraged to apply ahead of the deadline as admissions will be processed on a rolling basis.
Undergraduate students will be enlisted to investigate new engineering technologies for constructing and mimicking tissues and organs. Example projects include blood-brain-barrier-on-a-chip, preparing human brain phantoms with amyloid plaque models, 3D printing and microsystems for extracellular vesicle biomanufacturing, and molecular signaling in a gut-on-a-chip model.
Research projects will be hosted at University of Maryland or directly with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making this REU unlike any other available in the country.
Participants in this Bioengineering REU site will receive a $5,000 stipend for the 10-week research program, room and board, and the opportunity to support one of 18 projects focused on engineering technologies for constructing and mimicking tissues and organs. Even more, participants will showcase their work in the FDA’s annual research fair, where they will present their research to other undergraduate researchers as well as FDA technical staff, non-FDA scientists, and even the FDA Commissioner.
Additional information is available online. Please contact REU program co-directors Dr. Ian White and Dr. Kimberly Stroka at bioe-reu@umd.edu with any questi |
