2008 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
at UCR

Our students had a fantastic summer,
please see their final presentations
Information for BRITE 2008 is available.

BRITE scientific and engineering research is based on recent advances in recognizing
and exploiting genomic, proteomic, and metabolic patterns in cells. Research emphasis
will be conducted with the framework of an emerging field known as BioCellular
Engineering. BioCellular Engineering proposes to understand, identify and utilize patterns
of cellular organization as expressed in such structures as mitochondria, ribosomes,
perioxisomes, and the Golgi apparatus to provide coded instructions or blueprints of biological controls for new generations of bio-machines and bioprocesses. Other related bioengineering problems will also be addressed. BRITE disciplines and departments within this field include Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry.

Participating NSF REU BRITE students will be researchers. We emphasize the development of a complete set of research skills, which encompasses library searching, literature searches, research design/quality assurance, writing, and speaking. This experience will give BRITE students direct scientific and engineering research in current research topics . enough to understand how to design an experiment, obtain results, and analyze and present those results.

The BRITE Program in Bioengineering provides 16 students the opportunity to do research in fundamental science and engineering. If selected, you will join dozens of other undergraduate researchers on campus for a summer of fun and science.

Program dates are June 16– August 22, 2008. Students will receive a stipend of $4000 for this 10 week program.