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Priorities:Worcester polytechnic institute student priorities

2016-02-19T04:53:48Z

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<li>Test Kitchen<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>6-8 tangible milestones<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Add underclassmen to the team of “Chefs” to ensure the longevity of the organization.</li>
<li>Establish a community of at least 500 students before the Foisie Innovation Studio is finished</li>
<li>Develop x amount of self sustaining teams</li>
<li>Establish a consistent schedule of meetings with the general body and community</li>
<li>create an online interface for students to promote, develop, and finalize projects and ideas (Partnr)</li>
<li>Give students the chance to learn how to integrate Scrum Agile Business Practices into WPI curriculum and projects</li>
<li>Tap into the WPI MQP system by taking incompleted or projects in an early stage of development and supplying the teams.</li>
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<li>WPI Pitch Competition<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Garner interest within the faculty to find a faculty sponsor.</li>
<li>Use new faculty resources to organize test event with the student activities office.</li>
<li>Find local on campus sponsors to get prizes to offer students in the first event to excite them and increase participation</li>
<li>During the first event have a successful WPI alumni (in the business field) talk about successful pitches, and what they are composed of</li>
<li>After initial trial, seek out larger more well known corporate sponsors to give prizes and help run event, also increasing student interest.</li>
<li>Hold full scale event, with marketing from WPI to get the word out to students</li>
<li>Look for full scale support and sponsorship from the school of business in order to ensure longevity and continuation in the future.</li>
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<li>Centralized Promotion of Campus Innovation Using Video<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Create a low cost prototype of the site</li>
<li>Identify first groups and events to spotlight</li>
<li>Produce first videos and share through different channels</li>
<li>Gauge campus response to video format</li>
<li>Use feedback to perfect the style of the videos</li>
<li>Utilize the platform to spread the word on events and other opportunities on campus</li>
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<li>Creation of user friendly website for access to information about entrepreneurial resources on campus<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Continue Cataloging all entrepreneurship as started in the UIF Program (April 2016)</li>
<li>Obtain WPI Institutional Review board permission to use a survey to gather information (April 2016)</li>
<li>Create and design a survey to find out what students/faculty want to see implemented in the website.  (May 2016)</li>
<li>Analyze the data from the survey and brainstorm ideas for the layout of the website as well as information that will be shown. (May 2016 - June 2016)</li>
<li>Speak to professors/staff with expertise in web design to begin to develop a schematic for the creation of the website. (June 2016 - July 2016)</li>
<li>Work with the Computer Science Department to use seniors to help build the website and count their progress towards their senior year project. (August 2016)</li>
<li>Beta test and debug the website using a small student population (March 2017)</li>
<li>Launch the website and have a launch party :) . (May 2017)</li>
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<li>Professor Evaluation database to assess active learning techniques utilized in the classroom.<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Obtain WPI Institutional Review board permission to use a survey to gather information(April 2016)</li>
<li>Design a survey to assess the levels of active learning used by professors in their respective classes. (May 2016)</li>
<li>Analyze the data and identify key areas that could use improvement. (June 2016-August 2016)</li>
<li>Form a student led group to lobby for the use of active learning techniques in the classroom (September 2016 - November 2016)</li>
<li>Meet with the head of each department to discuss the findings and create a contingency plan to implement changes in the curriculum. (December 2016- January 2017)</li>
<li>Design an action plan to get other professors involved with the committee and provide them with the resources they need to learn more about active learning. (May 2017)</li>
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<li>WPI Project Pitch Video</li>
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School:Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2016-02-12T05:27:09Z

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'''Overview'''

WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply these learnt skills in the real world.  Although the school is based on applying skills to solve problems, there has been a lack of knowledge about activities that are available on campus outside of the classroom.  The programs and activities listed below outline some of the resources that students have both in and out of the classroom that make the most of their learning experience.

 

'''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

1.    Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The CEI aids members of the WPI community in creating new products, companies, services and technologies by providing specifically targeted services, mentors, and other resources.  “The CEI was recognized in 2005 by Entrepreneur Magazine's TechknowledgePoint survey of entrepreneurial schools as a Top Ten entrepreneurship program among the nation's schools with an Entrepreneurship Emphasis.”

 

2.    KEEN

The Kern Family has awarded WPI with $488,500 to facilitate the development of new programs aimed at enhancing the impact of WPI’s project-based approach to undergraduate education. The aim of the award is to help WPI “realize a strategic goal of infusing the undergraduate program with an entrepreneurial mindset, according to WPI president Laurie Leshin.

3.    GPS

The Great Problem Seminar (GPS) is an introductory course to university-level research and project work, and focuses on themes of current global importance. They help first-year students develop the skills they’ll need to be successful in project work at WPI and in their future careers.

4.    IQP

The Interactive Qualifying Project is not organized as a course, nor is it related to the major. Instead, small teams of students work under the guidance of faculty members from all disciplines to conduct research, using social science methods, directed at a specific problem or need. Students deliver findings and recommendations through formal reports and oral presentations to project sponsors (often nonprofit, municipal, or government agencies) and faculty advisors. Sourced from WPI

           

The IQP allows students from different backgrounds to overcome challenges together.  They are given a situation, many times in a foreign country, and together they must develop a solution that best fits the needs of the time.

5.    MQP

The Major Qualifying Project (MQP) is WPI’s senior-year capstone project where students gain real-world design or research experience within their major field. Students have the guidance and support of faculty advisors and mentors while pursuing their own project. The project, once completed, is then presented for the whole WPI community to see. These projects often have the potential to continue to develop into potential business plans or

                                   

6.    Tech Entrepreneurship Club

The Tech Entrepreneurs is WPI’s undergraduate entrepreneurship club which focuses on innovation and startups. They host a bi-weekly guest entrepreneur speaker series as well as workshops and other events.

 

'''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

1.    The WPI KEEN Program

The WPI KEEN Program helps train teachers to use active collaborative learning techniques in their classrooms in order to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in the undergraduate engineering students.

2.    Foisie Innovation Studio

The Foisie Innovation Studio is a brand new building project on campus, which scheduled to complete in the next few years. It combines a new dormitory with several floors of innovation space. It will hopefully contain a larger makerspace as well as various project spaces.

3.    MQP

4.    IQP

'''University Technology Transfer'''

1.    The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI)

a.    The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI) helps WPI students, faculty and staff take an idea from concept to market. The office helps to identify, evaluate, value and identify a market for intellectual property developed by the community. Additionally the Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation will cover the cost of patenting the technology for a percentage of royalties, or in the case of a spin out royalties and a small percentage of the company. The IPI will also help negotiate licensing deals, manage royalties and fee distribution.

#The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation is revising the current intellectual property policy to make it more simple and easy to understand.
##[https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf]
#Licensing
##The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation maintains a portfolio of patents currently available for license and actively tries to find a company to license the available technologies.

'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''

1.    National Grid

“The National Grid Engineering Ambassador Program is a leadership development program with an outreach mission that is sponsored by National Grid and run by WPI.” Undergraduate students develop leadership and communication skills through this program and by completing the National Grid Engineering Ambassador Program students will have preference for an internship with National Grid at the Sustainability Hub.

2.    MQP/IQP/GPS

a.    MQP (Major Qualifying Project)

This is WPI’s equivalent of the “senior year project”. Many students have the opportunity to work with members of a company or a research institution within their respective major. WPI has a lot of collaboration with both local and international companies to include

b.    IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project)

This is a project taken by juniors as a requirement to graduate. This is an interdisciplinary project that combines different areas of research and engineering and almost always sponsored by either a nonprofit organization or a company. This project immerses the student into a dynamic environment that utilizes information and techniques from various fields to solve problems.

c.    GPS (Great Problems Seminar)

This is a freshman level class designed to introduce incoming students about the problems in the world that need to be solved. Most of these projects feature getting basic necessities such as water to underprivileged populations and solving environmental issues such as pollution. There are many influential persons in industry that show up to the poster presentations about the progress that the students have made thus giving students a great networking opportunity with members in industry.

 

3.    Professional Societies ex)

WPI offers more than 15 professional societies that cater to the diverse majors offered. A more comprehensive list of all of these societies can be found at wpi.orgsync.com/Student_Orgs by clicking on the “Professional Society” filter.

a.    IEEE

The IEEE Student branch at WPI gives students the opportunity to meet and learn from their peers and professors, especially those in the ECE field. After graduation IEEE GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) aids recent graduates in networking and focusing on their career goals. Additionally, a networking dinner is held annually for ECE & RBE majors to meet with professionals from their field and make connections.

b.    BMES Chapter at WPI

“The WPI BMES Chapter is part of a national professional society that was started on February 1, 1968. The purpose of BMES is "To promote and enhance biomedical engineering knowledge worldwide and its utilization for the health and well-being of humankind."

 

Being in school for BME means you'll someday be in a professional environment as a BME. The goal of our chapter is to get you there by networking, mentoring, teaching and assisting each other, using each other’s strengths as biomedical engineers to build solid foundations for careers as biomedical engineers.”

 

 

'''Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

1.    Technicopia

Technocopia is a non-profit makerspace located in downtown Worcester MA. they provide space, woodworking and soldering tools as well as 3D printers and laser cutters. They provide workshops and training sessions designed to educate the community on how to use different tools and softwares to help the design, build and test prototypes. They help local entrepreneurs as well as students take their ideas from a concept to a 3-d prototype.

2.    Cogmedx

It is a medical device manufacturing company. They help bring innovative ideas from conception to fruition by collaborating with other companies. Through this collaboration they help the ideas from entrepreneurs go from the concept stage to the commercializing the service or product stage.

[http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php]

 

3.    Start up Worcester

This program supports young adults who have an entrepreneurial mindset as well as support new business to start up.  The Worcester regional chamber of conference is responsible for collaborating with Running Start to foster the growth of Startup Companies founded by students and graduates from colleges in the Worcester area.

'''[http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/ http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/]'''

 

4.    Running Start Worcester

Running Start Worcester is a coworking space that gives entrepreneurs, start-ups, and freelancers the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with each other.  This place created a comfortable and functional working environment for innovators from all backgrounds to use together.

[http://coworkinginworcester.com/ http://coworkinginworcester.com/]

 

5.    Worcester Clean Tech Incubator

Worcester CleanTech Incubator’s mission is to foster the growth of new enterprises to address the most pressing issues of our time.  We believe that entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of innovation and the key to society’s transition towards sustainability.  WCTI provides both the physical and network resources companies need to propel their ideas to market. Founded and operated by the Institute for Energy and Sustainability, we are a community in the heart of central Massachusetts dedicated to building change.  The WCTI facility, located in the Printers Building at 44 Portland Street in Worcester, provides over 10,000 square feet that offers private offices, co-working space, conference rooms, event space, and prototyping labs.  

6.     Gateway Park 2nd building

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Gateway Park is a growing center of research, innovation, and commerce designed to help revitalize downtown Worcester. The Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center is a thriving center for graduate research and has state of the art laboratories, core facilities, and an incubator space for biotechnology start-ups. The Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC) helps train the workforce needed for biomedical and pharmaceutical companies.

7.     MBI Biotech startups

Massachusetts Business Initiative is a private, independent economic development organization that helps starts biomedical companies and creates jobs within the Biotechnology, Medical Device, Informatics, and Biomanufacturing industry. This is accomplished by providing secure, clean bench and sink surface, staff trained and fully licensed laboratory space for usage by “seed stage” companies.

 

8.      Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Central Regional Office (Clark University)

The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network contributes to the entrepreneurial growth of small businesses throughout Massachusetts including an office at nearby Clark University by providing high-quality, in-depth advising, training, and capital access.

 

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Fellow:Norma Bachman

2016-02-12T04:37:25Z

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[[File:Norma Bachman.jpg|thumb|Norma Bachman.jpg]]Hello! :) Norma Chanel Bachman is a young woman who grew up (still growing up) with a passion to learn and cherish the little things in life, the non-tangible things. She is an aspiring Mechanical and Biomedical Engineer, who loves (just to name a few) cookie dough ice cream, animals, and traveling. She wants to work in Europe and put the German she has been learning for 3 semesters to good use. Hands on and project-based learning environments is what she learns best in. Attending a vocational high school, studying metal fabrication, instilled in her a love for a hands on learning environment. This environment has caused her to question the status quo, think outside the box, and question everything, all for the purpose of learning about herself and the world she lives in.  

Currently at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI), she is involved in many organizations, ranging from professional societies to organizations that are just pure fun, such as the Social Committee. She is the Alumni Coordinator for the Biomedical Engineering Society and closely collaborates with alumni from WPI in that field.  She is also works for the admissions office as an Engineering Ambassador to give presentations and conduct hands-in activities that promote K-12 students to pursue a STEM field; she is very passionate about promoting and inspiring children to pursue a STEM field. Norma will also be traveling to Mandi, India in March for 2 months to engage with the community about the awareness and perceptions associated with Solar Power Technology and create a database for the solar panels that currently and will exist in the region. Overall, Norma is passionate about learning and stepping out of her comfort zone.
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2016-02-12T04:37:02Z

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2016-02-12T04:33:24Z

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[[File:Veda Booth.JPG|thumb|Veda Booth.JPG]]Veda Booth is a sophomore Electrical and Computer Engineering major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and new developments in the technological and scientific field. She is currently working with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies in an internship, and along with another leading group project. Veda is also an avid reader, and enjoys photography. On the WPI campus, Veda is the secretary of the Cyber-Security club. Additionally she is helping to create the WPI Test Kitchen, an incubator which aims to foster entrepreneurship and innovation on campus, as well as connect students, professors, and alumni. She also likes cats.
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2016-02-12T04:32:57Z

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Fellow:Derek Feehrer

2016-02-12T03:11:09Z

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[[File:DEREK.PNG|thumb]]Derek Feehrer is a sophomore Computer Science major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship.  He is passionate about new technology — both software and hardware — and how it can be applied to solve the problems of today's society. One of his biggest undertakings thus far has been working with 3 other students to create a virtual chemistry simulation app, Tactillium, which aims to supplement traditional chemistry education with interactive learning. The app won first place in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Derek is also passionate about digital media, especially DSLR film-making and visual effects. He loves using video as a communication tool and has produced videos for countless events, nonprofits, ventures, businesses and local film festivals. He spent his past summer as an intern at Pixability, a Series-C startup out of Boston's North End which is applying big data technology to the world of digital media. On campus, Derek is helping to found the WPI Test Kitchen, an incubator which aims to connects students to faculty and alumni and provide them with the resources needed to take their ideas to the next level. Beginning in March, he will spend 5 months studying abroad in Germany at the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences. In his spare time, Derek is an avid outdoor adventurer. He enjoys rock climbing, backpacking and skiing.
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Fellow:Alex Markoski

2016-02-12T03:10:22Z

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Fellow:Derek Feehrer

2016-02-12T03:04:09Z

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[[File:DEREK.PNG|thumb|DEREK.PNG]]Derek Feehrer is a sophomore Computer Science major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship.  He is passionate about new technology — both software and hardware — and how it can be applied to solve the problems of today's society. One of his biggest undertakings thus far has been working with 3 other students to create a virtual chemistry simulation app, Tactillium, which aims to supplement traditional chemistry education with interactive learning. The app won first place in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Derek is also passionate about digital media, especially DSLR film-making and visual effects. He loves using video as a communication tool and has produced videos for countless events, nonprofits, ventures, businesses and local film festivals. He spent his past summer as an intern at Pixability, a Series-C startup out of Boston's North End which is applying big data technology to the world of digital media. On campus, Derek is helping to found the WPI Test Kitchen, an incubator which aims to connects students to faculty and alumni and provide them with the resources needed to take their ideas to the next level. Beginning in March, he will spend 5 months studying abroad in Germany at the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences. In his spare time, Derek is an avid outdoor adventurer. He enjoys rock climbing, backpacking and skiing.
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2016-02-12T03:03:08Z

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Fellow:Derek Feehrer

2016-02-12T03:01:41Z

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Derek Feehrer is a sophomore Computer Science major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship.  He is passionate about new technology — both software and hardware — and how it can be applied to solve the problems of today's society. One of his biggest undertakings thus far has been working with 3 other students to create a virtual chemistry simulation app, Tactillium, which aims to supplement traditional chemistry education with interactive learning. The app won first place in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Derek is also passionate about digital media, especially DSLR film-making and visual effects. He loves using video as a communication tool and has produced videos for countless events, nonprofits, ventures, businesses and local film festivals. He spent his past summer as an intern at Pixability, a Series-C startup out of Boston's North End which is applying big data technology to the world of digital media. On campus, Derek is helping to found the WPI Test Kitchen, an incubator which aims to connects students to faculty and alumni and provide them with the resources needed to take their ideas to the next level. Beginning in March, he will spend 5 months studying abroad in Germany at the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences. In his spare time, Derek is an avid outdoor adventurer. He enjoys rock climbing, backpacking and skiing.
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Fellow:Alex Markoski

2016-02-12T02:55:38Z

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[[File:Alex Markoski Head Shot.jpg|thumb|none]]<span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Alex Markoski is a Sophomore Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering double major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His main passion is helping people especially in a medical setting. To further develop this passion he has worked in biomedical research labs on campus and Draper Laboratory developing medical devices that will help improve thousands of lives. His passion for helping people has also led him to aid in the formation of an on campus organization called the Test Kitchen aimed at bring students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals together to develop community of innovators focused on creating and implementing ideas with impact. Aside from these ventures Alex is an avid musician that has performed over 400 shows and has opened up for famous bands such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore.

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2016-02-12T02:49:42Z

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