Seven students were hired for the 2024 summer research internship program created Georgia Tech's Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) in 2021. The summer program is an opportunity for students wanting real-world experience related to research and community engagement. For 2024, the internship program duration is 12 weeks (May 13th to August 2nd) and all Georgia Tech students were invited to apply. This year’s summer interns will receive up to $7,000 for a full-time internship paid bi-weekly.

The seven selected Georgia Tech students for IPaT’s 2024 summer research internship program, and projects, and their research mentors are:

• Sameer Arora, a computer science sophomore, who will work with Peter Presti, senior research scientist, on the prolonged exposure therapy iOS mobile app.
• Siddharth Jain, undergraduate student in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
• Seongjin Kim, an electrical engineering sophomore, who will work with Celeste Mason, research scientist, on a passive haptic learning and rehabilitation project.
• Nathan Lin, a computational media senior, who will work with Peter Presti and Brian Jones, principal research scientist, on the Aware Home smart bathroom project.
• Grace Littler, an architecture undergraduate, who will work with Jennifer DuBose, executive director of the SimTigrate Design Lab. The SimTigrate Design Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab using evidence-based design to improve the medical experience for patients and providers.
• Matthew Perry, a computer engineering junior, will work with the Aware Home researching gait speed and the smart bathroom.
• Shreya Sasmal, a computational media junior, who will be working with Kala Jordan, research scientist, and Maribeth Coleman, director of research for IPaT, on an augmented reality/artificial intelligence project.