Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Quality of Life Technology (QoLT)

匹兹堡大学的REU研究中心项目为期三年，是生活质量技术（QoLT）工程研究中心（ERC）的一部分。QoLT ERC的愿景是通过智能设备和系统改变因衰老或残疾而功能下降的人的生活。QoLT ERC是卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）和匹兹堡大学之间的独特合作伙伴关系，整合了CMU在智能系统设计、实施和技术转让方面的优势，以及匹兹堡大学在健康科学和老龄化研究方面的优势。该QoLT REU Site计划的目标是：第一章招收一个高度积极性和多样化的本科生群体，并激发他们对技术和工程作为学科和工具的影响，作者，特别是在帮助人们和改善社会方面; 2）让本科生参与QoLT的跨学科研究，以了解如何将人类功能联系起来（生理，物理，社会和认知）的智能设备和系统的设计，帮助和与人互动; 3）增加为研究生学习和QoLT相关领域的职业生涯做好充分准备的本科生人数;（4）开展有针对性的征聘工作，使代表性不足的群体成为模范参与者;特别是，在一个实施例中，残疾学生和来自种族和少数民族群体的学生。QoLT REU网站将重点招收STEM中的弱势学生（少数民族、残疾学生和来自研究机会有限的学校的学生），并为他们提供全面的培训经验。预计学生将离开该计划与兴奋感有关的技术和工程，批判性思维，并进行QoLT研究的过程的深刻理解。学生将成为项目的积极参与者和创新者，这些项目旨在通过系统级工程努力解决现实世界的问题。学生将横向思考和设计真实的系统，使在智力和情感上强大的方式，这是QoLT上下文的独特优势的差异。

This three year renewal REU Site program at the University of Pittsburgh is part of the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Engineering Research Center (ERC). The vision of the QoLT ERC is to transform the lives of people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disability through intelligent devices and systems. The QoLT ERC is a unique partnership between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Pittsburgh, integrating CMUs strength in the design, implementation, and technology transfer of intelligent systems, and Pitts' strength in health sciences and aging research.The objectives of this QoLT REU Site program are to: 1) Enroll a highly motivated and diverse group of undergraduate students and excite them about technology and engineering as disciplines and as tools to be influenced and authored, especially with respect to helping people and improving society; 2) Engage undergraduate students in cross-disciplinary research in QoLT to gain an 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; 3) Increase the number of undergraduates who are well-prepared for graduate studies and professional careers in QoLT-related fields; and 4) Employ targeted recruitment efforts to achieve exemplary participation of underrepresented groups; in particular, students with disabilities and students from racial and ethnic minority groups.The QoLT REU Site will place an emphasis on recruiting disadvantaged students in STEM (racial minorities, students with disabilities, and students from schools with limited research opportunities) and provide them with a comprehensive training experience. Students are expected to leave the program with a sense of excitement about technology and engineering, a critical mindset, and a deep understanding of the process of conducting QoLT research. Students will be active participants and innovators in projects designed to address real-world problems with systems-level engineering efforts. The students will think laterally and design real systems that make a difference in an intellectually and emotionally powerful way, which is the unique strength of the QoLT context.