BME REU 2025

IMPORTANT: REU applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Application review will begin on February 1, 2025.

Anticipated program dates are 5/27/2025-8/1/2025. Final dates will be announced soon.

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

Mobile number

Demographic Information

Legal Sex

Another Legal Gender

Female

Male

Non-binary

If not listed, please state identity here:

Citizenship Status (You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident to participate)

US Citizen

Permanent Resident of the US

Dual Citizen (one of which is US citizenship)

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

Answering the next two questions is voluntary; the information you provide will not be used in a discriminatory manner. These questions comply with the U.S. Department of Education's standards for ethnic and racial data collection.

Are you hispanic or latinx? (optional)

Yes

No

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

Academic Background

Have you attended a community college previously?

Yes

No

Do you attend a community college currently?

Yes

No

Where will you get your current degree?

CEEB

When do you expect to graduate with your current degree?

If you will complete your associates degree at a community college in Spring 2024 and are accepted into the WPI Bioengineering REU Program, you will be asked to confirm where you are transferring into in Fall 2024.

If you are graduating with your associates, where are you continuing for your bachelor's degree?

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

GPA in your Major

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 REU research area below.

Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine (antimicrobial coatings, vascular engineering, tissue engineering – muscle, in vitro disease modeling - cancer, drug delivery, bacterial biofilm modeling, fibrin threads)

Biomechanics (cellular mechanics, head injury, bone remodeling, tissue mechanics)

Biosignaling, Instrumentation, and Imaging (portable sensors, traumatic brain imaging, cellular imaging, ultrasound guidance, robotics)

Please select if you prefer one or more of these types of lab experiences:

Provide description of "other" desired lab experience: (limited to 50 characters including spaces)

Briefly elaborate your interests. Useful responses here including project topics from the WPI REU website https://wp.wpi.edu/reu-bme/projects/ (400 characters including spaces)

What are your career goals and what steps have you taken to make these goals happen? (1200 characters including spaces)

What do you hope to get out of participating in the WPI BME REU program? (1200 characters including spaces)

Statement of Purpose (Limit: 250 words)

Please explain how participating in WPI's REU will help you reach your academic goals. Please also describe work you have done that has prepared you to participate in this summer program.

References

Please ask two references to send letters of recommendation to gr-wpibmereu@wpi.edu with "REU Recommendation" in the subject line.

At least one reference should be a university instructor from your home institution (where you are currently going to school).

REU applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be reviewed starting February 1, 2025.