Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Application deadline: February 6, 2006
Please read all of the instructions before filling out the online application

About the program
The Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues (GTEC) offers a summer program, Research Experience for Undergraduates, funded by the National Science Foundation. The program is in Atlanta, GA with opportunities for research in the laboratories of Georgia Tech and Emory University. This program allows students to integrate engineering and molecular and cell biology in the following areas:

• cardiovascular substitutes such as blood vessels and heart valves,

• orthopaedic applications such as bone and cartilage development,

• metabolic, secretory organs, such as bioartificial pancreas,

• neural tissue engineering, such as cell replacement and innervation.

Students who are accepted into the program will receive a list of the summer's projects for review.

Download the 2005 REU flyer!

Meet our 2005 REU students here!

This is a 10-week experience beginning May 22, 2006, and continuing through July 26, 2006. 

Selection criteria include:

• Research interest

• Academic record

• Recommendation letters

In order to make these experiences available to a wider population of students, the REU program is not available to Georgia Tech and Emory students.

Students will receive:

• $3500 stipend for the summer

• paid housing in Georgia Tech dorms

• valuable research experience in a major tissue engineering facility

Students are expected to spend 40 hours a week in the laboratories. They perform research on projects proposed by graduate students and approved by faculty advisors. These projects have definite goals for the undergraduates to accomplish. The students are active participants in the research group and attend seminars. They complete the program with an oral presentation and a written report.

Program Requirements:

1. Junior or Senior standing as of May 2006 (in selected cases Sophomore standing is considered), majoring in engineering or the sciences with an interest in bioengineering and/or bioscience (Students who have received their bachelor's degrees and are no longer enrolled as undergraduates are not eligible.)

2. GPA greater than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

3. Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents

Application Procedures:

1. Submit online application

   Within the online application, write a one-page essay describing the following:
   

   • Your interest in this program

   • Your academic and career goals

   • Your expectations for the program

   • What you would bring to the program

2. Submit three letters of recommendation
   
   

3. Submit an official transcript to:

Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues
Georgia Institute of Technology
315 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Attention: Shawna Young Garcia

Application deadline is February 6, 2006.

For more information, contact:
education@ibb.gatech.edu