PARTICIPANT HIGHLIGHT – Elizabeth Gianino – 2015 PROGRAM

Leidong Mao / July 30, 2015 / Comments Off / 2015 Program, 2015 Projects, Highlights, Participants

Elizabeth Gianino says she likes to know her work this summer at UGA could have a direct impact on people’s health. Elizabeth, a junior at Wake Forest University, is one of ten scholars from across the U.S. conducting research in the UGA College of Engineering as part of its Nanotechnology and Biomedical Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Working with faculty mentors Cheryl Gomillion and Hitesh Handa, Elizabeth is part of team trying to develop antibacterial biomaterial scaffolds to help treat bone fractures through tissue engineering.

Written by Mike Wooten

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The REU program will provide an interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of micro-/nano-technology and biomedicine to undergraduate students from other institutions, leveraging the diverse interdisciplinary expertise, resources, and training opportunities in this area at University of Georgia (UGA).

Students will participate in interdisciplinary research projects that apply micro-/nano-technology to specific biomedical questions. Each REU student will be co-mentored by paired faculty from the nanotechnology and biomedical disciplines on a collaborative research project. In addition to a total-immersion, hands-on research experience, students will participate in enriching activities that will include ethics-in-science workshop; weekly career development seminars; research seminars; educational field trips; participation in conferences in nanotechnology and biomedicine.

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