2009 ASPIRE and QoLT REU Website
Tentative Schedule
Feb 15: Applications due
April 1: Applicants selected and notified
May 26: Program begins
July 31: Program ends
Last year's schedule is below. All events, locations, and instructors are subject to change but will give you an idea of what to expect in the 10 week timeframe.
Week 1
May 27: Orientation at QoLT Headquarters
Welcome Picnic and Campus Tours, William Pitt Union Patio & Lawn
May 28: Medical Aspects of Disability Lecture by Dr.
Collins, Room 4060 Forbes Tower
Lunch, Tour, & Talk of the South Side RERC
May 29: Introduction to Assistive Technology Lecture by
Dr. Pearlman, Room 4060 FT
Quality of Life Technology Overview by Dr. Kanade, CMU Newell Simon Hall
Tour of CMU Robotics Institute
May 30: Statistics Lecture & Activity by Drs. Niyonkuru
and Brewer
HERL Tour
Wheelie Workshop by Garrett Grindle and students
Week 2
June 5: Research Interns' Welcome Picnic by the Pitt
Office of Experiential Learning
June 7: Pittsburgh Pirates Game & Tailgate provided by
the Graduate Students
Week 3
June 11: Interns 2008 Kick-Off Event at South Side Works, American
Eagle HQ
Week 4
June 20: Ethics Forum sponsored by Pitt Office of Experiential
Learning
June 21: Interns 2008 Program Service Project
Week 5
June 25: Blueroof Technologies Field Trip
Dinner & Pirates Vs. Yankees Game
Week 6
July 4: University Holiday
Week 7
July 9: Interns 2008 Program Service Project
July 10: Interns 2008 Program Service Project
July 11: Pirates Vs. Cardinals Game (Fireworks Night) by Pitt Office
of Experiential Learning
July 12: Interns 2008 Program Service Crawl & BBQ
Week 8
July 17: Interns 2008 Program 'Intern Idol' Event
July 18: Career Workshop, University of Pittsburgh
Week 9
July 22: Interns 2008 Program Kayaking
July 23: HERL Student Presentations
July 24: 'Robot 250' Tour
July 25: Duquesne University Undergraduate Research Symposium
Week 10
July 31: Students' Research Symposium
August 2: Move Out Day