American Student Placements and Internships in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE)

Principle Investigators: Rory Cooper, Ph.D./Co-PI: Alicia Koontz, Ph.D.

May 1, 2006-April 31, 2009 (new funding pending)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site - Quality of Life Technology (QoLT REU program)

Principle Investigator: Ding Dan, Ph.D.

May 2008-April 2011

The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program is designed to provide funding to support undergraduate students in engineering or technical fields in a mentored research experience.

American Student Placements in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE) focuses its Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program on research in the rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology fields.

The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center's (QoLT ERC) vision is to transform lives of people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disability through intelligent devices and systems. The primary objectives of the QoLT REU program are to excite undergraduate students about technology and engineering, engage them in cross-disciplinary research in QoLT to gain understanding of how to relate human functions (physiological, physical, social, and cognitive) to the design of intelligent devices and systems that aid and interact with people, expand their knowledge of emerging technologies in QoLT, and prepare them for graduate studies or professional careers in QoLT.

To learn the latest updates on our undergraduate programs, please visit our internships website.