{"331121":{"#nid":"331121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Immersive Robotics Experience Inspires Future Engineers","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis story originally appeared on the National Science Foundation\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/science_nation\/index.jsp\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EScience Nation website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/science_nation\/producers\/obrien.jsp\u0022\u003EMiles O\u2019Brien\u003C\/a\u003E, Science Nation Correspondent\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca title=\u0022Meet the Producer Marsha Walton\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/science_nation\/producers\/walton.jsp\u0022\u003EMarsha Walton\u003C\/a\u003E, Science Nation Producer\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege students from across the U.S. are getting an opportunity that is unavailable to many of them on their own campuses\u2014the chance to program robots. The students are taking part in a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE for short.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis particular SURE program is at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/cgi-bin\/goodbye?http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u2019s an immersive robotics research experience that is designed to attract underrepresented students into graduate school in the fields of engineering and science. IRIM associate director of research Ayanna Howard says the projects\u2014such as programming a robot to serve food to a person with a disability\u2014are also meant to enlighten the students about the various applications of robotics and the multidisciplinary aspects of the research. She says the students also develop more confidence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the hands-on technology, the students also get advice on how to apply to and pay for graduate school. SURE is supported by the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/reu_search.jsp\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;program, and co-funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) in partnership with the NSF REU program and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/div\/index.jsp?div=EEC\u0022\u003ENSF\u0027s Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research in this episode was supported by NSF award\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca title=\u0022Award abstract\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1263049\u0022\u003E#1263049\u003C\/a\u003E, REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Underrepresented students are more likely to pursue graduate school after summer undergraduate research experience."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2014-10-06 10:17:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:11","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"331161":{"id":"331161","type":"image","title":"NSF\u2019s Science Nation","body":null,"created":"1449245114","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:14","changed":"1475895041","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:41","alt":"NSF\u2019s Science Nation","file":{"fid":"200365","name":"sciencenationlogo_560w.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sciencenationlogo_560w_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sciencenationlogo_560w_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19804,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sciencenationlogo_560w_0.jpg?itok=kaffr6kP"}}},"media_ids":["331161"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/0KkvPiTZXak","title":"Science Nation Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/sure.robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"SURE Program in Robotics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/science_nation\/index.jsp","title":"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/science_nation\/index.jsp"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11526","name":"Andrea Thomaz"},{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"10664","name":"charles isbell"},{"id":"2157","name":"Charlie Kemp"},{"id":"114601","name":"Press Release"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"170650","name":"Summer Undergraduate Research Experience"},{"id":"170731","name":"SURE Program"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003EIRIM Marketing Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-8551\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}