CARDIO4U

Cardiovascular Research, Development, and Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Undergraduates at WPI (CARDIO4U)

Summer Research for Undergraduates at WPI

IMPORTANT: REU applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted from 2/6/26 - 3/9/26.

Contact Information

Email Address

First Name

Preferred First

Middle Name

Last Name

Preferred Last Name

Birthdate

Mailing Address (please use permanent address and not your temporary campus/local address)

Country

Street

City

Region

Postal Code

At time of application, the student must be a United States citizen, or a foreign national holding a valid student, exchange or permanent resident visa, including an F-1, H1, H1B, J1, PR, TC or TN visa. What is your immigration status?

US Citizen

Foreign National Holding a Valid Visa (F-1, H1, H1B, J1, PR, TC or TN)

Which visa do you hold?

Mobile number

Voluntary Demographic Information

Legal Sex

Another Legal Gender

Female

Male

Non-binary

If not listed, please state identity here:

Are you a first generation college student?

We define first generation college student as an individual coming from a family where neither one of the parents or legal guardians completed a bachelor's degree.

Yes

No

Are you hispanic or latinx?

Yes

No

Regardless of your answer to the prior question, please indicate how you identify yourself. Check one or more.

Academic Background

Where will you get your current degree?

CEEB

What was your academic standing as of December, 2025?

If there is anything you would like to explain about your graduation date or the amount of time it has/will take you to complete your undergraduate education, please describe here. (Limit: 100 words).

Current GPA

GPA Scale

Major

Please specify

Second Major (if applicable)

Please specify

Transcripts

Please upload a copy of your college transcript. If you attended more than one university-level institution, please arrange all of your transcripts in chronological order and upload them in a single file at the link below.

Resume

Upload a copy of your resume in a single .pdf file.

Research Interests and Career Goals

Please select your top AHA research project listed below (full descriptions listed on the website https://wp.wpi.edu/aha-undergrad-training/):

Development of Three-Dimensional Cellular Migration Assay in Micro-scale Systems

Mechanical Characterization of anisotropically-aligned porous fibrin scaffolds to enhance myocardial tissue regeneration

Optimization of Cardiovascular Medical Devices using Digital Twin Modeling

Image-Guided Computational Modeling of Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Substrates

Characterizing human aortic endothelial cell barrier functions in a vessel mimicking microfluidic

3D-Printed Blood Vessels: Topography-induced Cell Resilience to Disturbed Flow

Briefly elaborate your interests in the selected project. Full project descriptions are listed on the website https://wp.wpi.edu/aha-undergrad-training/

What are your career goals and what steps have you taken to make these goals happen? How do you believe participating in WPI's AHA program will help you achieve these goals?

What do you hope to get out of participating in the WPI AHA Summer program?

References

Please provide the name and email addresses of two references below. Please have your references to send letters of recommendation to gr-cardio4u@wpi.edu with "REU Recommendation" in the subject line.

REU applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Reference 1 Name:

Reference 1 Email:

Reference 2 Name:

Reference 2 Email: