Interdisciplinary Research Training in Assistive Technology (IGERT)

Principal Investigator/s: Rory A. Cooper, PhD; Christopher Atkins, PhD

Co-Investigator/s: Richard Simpson, PhD, ATP

Funding Source: NSF                                                                

$3,566,905

2003-2008

Pitt/CMU IGERT Website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/igert/

This IGERT will support PhD students at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) pursuing training and research in assistive technology. The focus of this IGERT is to support training and research that provides both a deep understanding of human needs and what technology can do to provide for those needs.  The merit of the proposed activity includes getting technical and clinical departments to talk to each other, understand each other’s thinking, and create a truly joint educational program. The IGERT program ensures that students gain exposure to basic technological research as well as the translation of research to clinical applications. IGERT continues to support 4-6 graduate students at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories each year.