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<div>My journey in engineering began in 7th grade when I reveled in learning about simple machines and building structures out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. &nbsp;Joining my high school's FIRST Robotics Competition team only solidified my love for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). &nbsp;Promptly after graduating high school, I moved from my hometown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Denver, Colorado to work on the Orion program for a contractor to Lockheed Martin and have been working in space systems ever since. &nbsp;There, I developed test plans for and performed proton radiation, heavy ion radiation, and thermal vacuum tests for qualification of Orion’s camera system. &nbsp;I returned to Colorado for three consecutive summers to continue my work testing and supporting design of the camera system. &nbsp;In addition to working on the camera system in the summer of 2016, I supported the development of Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp for which I performed various analyses and designed CAD models of preliminary architecture.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>Now a mechanical engineering student at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts, I am the president of the Satellite Development Club where I am leading a team of 30 undergraduate and graduate students to design and build small satellites for a NASA challenge. &nbsp;A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, I am a proud alumna of FIRST Robotics Competition team #1714, MORE Robotics, and Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum. &nbsp;I am interested in space environment testing, project management, psychology, graphic design, branding, and all things engineering. &nbsp;As I begin my career after college, I plan to work as an engineer then take on managerial roles and eventually earn a master’s degree and an MBA. &nbsp;I love taking on new challenges and learning skills in and outside of engineering fields.</div><div><br/></div><div>Learn more about me at www.rachelewelch.com&nbsp;</div><br />
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<div>My journey in engineering began in 7th grade when I reveled in learning about simple machines and building structures out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. &nbsp;Joining my high school's FIRST Robotics Competition team only solidified my love for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). &nbsp;Promptly after graduating high school, I moved from my hometown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Denver, Colorado to work on the Orion program for a contractor to Lockheed Martin and have been working in space systems ever since. &nbsp;There, I developed test plans for and performed proton radiation, heavy ion radiation, and thermal vacuum tests for qualification of Orion’s camera system. &nbsp;I returned to Colorado for three consecutive summers to continue my work testing and supporting design of the camera system. &nbsp;In addition to working on the camera system in the summer of 2016, I supported the development of Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp for which I performed various analyses and designed CAD models of preliminary architecture.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>Now a mechanical engineering student at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts, I am the president of the Satellite Development Club where I am leading a team of 30 undergraduate and graduate students to design and build small satellites for a NASA challenge. &nbsp;A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, I am a proud alumna of FIRST Robotics Competition team #1714, MORE Robotics, and Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum. &nbsp;I am interested in space environment testing, project management, psychology, graphic design, branding, and all things engineering. &nbsp;As I begin my career after college, I plan to work as an engineer then take on managerial roles and eventually earn a master’s degree and an MBA. &nbsp;I love taking on new challenges and learning skills in and outside of engineering fields.</div><div><br/></div><div>Learn more about me at [[www.rachelewelch.com]]&nbsp;</div><br />
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<div>My journey in engineering began in 7th grade when I reveled in learning about simple machines and building structures out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. &nbsp;Joining my high school's FIRST Robotics Competition team only solidified my love for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). &nbsp;Promptly after graduating high school, I moved from my hometown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Denver, Colorado to work on the Orion program for a contractor to Lockheed Martin and have been working in space systems ever since. &nbsp;There, I developed test plans for and performed proton radiation, heavy ion radiation, and thermal vacuum tests for qualification of Orion’s camera system. &nbsp;I returned to Colorado for three consecutive summers to continue my work testing and supporting design of the camera system. &nbsp;In addition to working on the camera system in the summer of 2016, I supported the development of Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp for which I performed various analyses and designed CAD models of preliminary architecture.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>Now a mechanical engineering student at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts, I am the president of the Satellite Development Club where I am leading a team of 30 undergraduate and graduate students to design and build small satellites for a NASA challenge. &nbsp;A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, I am a proud alumna of FIRST Robotics Competition team #1714, MORE Robotics, and Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum. &nbsp;I am interested in space environment testing, project management, psychology, graphic design, branding, and all things engineering. &nbsp;As I begin my career after college, I plan to work as an engineer then take on managerial roles and eventually earn a master’s degree and an MBA. &nbsp;I love taking on new challenges and learning skills in and outside of engineering fields.</div><div><br/></div><div>Learn more about me at www.rachelewelch.com</div><br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/Worcester%20Polytechnic%20Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute]</div>Rewelchhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Rachel_Welch&diff=49289Fellow:Rachel Welch2017-02-15T02:41:02Z<p>Rewelch: new bio</p>
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<div>My journey in engineering began in 7th grade when I reveled in learning about simple machines and building structures out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. &nbsp;Joining my high school's FIRST Robotics Competition team only solidified my love for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). &nbsp;Promptly after graduating high school, I moved from my hometown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Denver, Colorado to work on the Orion program for a contractor to Lockheed Martin and have been working in space systems ever since. &nbsp;There, I developed test plans for and performed proton radiation, heavy ion radiation, and thermal vacuum tests for qualification of Orion’s camera system. &nbsp;I returned to Colorado for three consecutive summers to continue my work testing and supporting design of the camera system. &nbsp;In addition to working on the camera system in the summer of 2016, I supported the development of Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp for which I performed various analyses and designed CAD models of preliminary architecture.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>Now a mechanical engineering student at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts, I am the president of the Satellite Development Club where I am leading a team of 30 undergraduate and graduate students to design and build small satellites for a NASA challenge. &nbsp;A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, I am a proud alumna of FIRST Robotics Competition team #1714, MORE Robotics, and Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum. &nbsp;I am interested in space environment testing, project management, psychology, graphic design, branding, and all things engineering. &nbsp;As I begin my career after college, I plan to work as an engineer then take on managerial roles and eventually earn a master’s degree and an MBA. &nbsp;I love taking on new challenges and learning skills in and outside of engineering fields.</div><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/Worcester%20Polytechnic%20Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute]</div>Rewelchhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute&diff=49288School:Worcester Polytechnic Institute2017-02-15T02:38:10Z<p>Rewelch: added links to spring '17 fellows' pages</p>
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<div>== '''Overview''' ==<br />
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WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply these learnt skills in the real world. &nbsp;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.<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&amp;feature=youtu.be]<br />
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== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
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=== '''Clubs & Organizations'''<br/> ===<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation'''<br />
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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. &nbsp;“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.”<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KEEN'''<br />
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The Kern Family 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.<br />
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'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS'''<br />
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The Great Problem Seminar (GPS) is an introductory course to university-level research and project work, focusing 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.<br />
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'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
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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<br />
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The IQP allows students from different backgrounds to overcome challenges together. &nbsp;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.<br />
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'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
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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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tech Entrepreneurship Club'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''7. LaunchPad'''<br />
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WPI LaunchPad is a student-led organization empowering the WPI community to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and launch ideas into projects outside of the WPI curriculum.<br />
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=== '''Spaces'''<br/> ===<br />
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'''1. CollabLab'''<br />
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A maker space open to everyone in the bottom of Higgins Labs.<br />
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'''2. Washburn Manufacturing Lab'''<br />
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Industrial equipment open to students working on both school and personal projects.<br />
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'''3. [Coming Soon] Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
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Collaboration hub coming to campus.<br />
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== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The WPI KEEN Program'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
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'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
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== '''Actively supporting the University Technology Transfer function''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI)'''<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />
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#The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation is revising the current intellectual property policy to make it more simple and easy to understand.<br />
##[https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf]<br />
#Licensing<br />
##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.<br />
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'''2. Tech Advisors Network'''<br />
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Provides advising and networking services in order to support innovators and entrepreneurs. Work closely with IPI office to assist students with patenting and other legal matters in addition to marketing and business-oriented pursuits.<br />
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== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Grid'''<br />
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“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.<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP/IQP/GPS'''<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP (Major Qualifying Project)<br />
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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<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project)<br />
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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.<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS (Great Problems Seminar)<br />
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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.<br />
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'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professional Societies'''<br />
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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.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IEEE<br />
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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.<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BMES Chapter at WPI<br />
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“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."<br />
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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.”<br />
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== '''Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technicopia'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cogmedx'''<br />
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It is a medical device manufacturing company.&nbsp;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.<br />
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[http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php]<br />
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'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Start up Worcester'''<br />
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This program supports young adults who have an entrepreneurial mindset as well as support new business to start up. &nbsp;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.<br />
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'''[http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/ http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/]'''<br />
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'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Running Start Worcester'''<br />
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Running Start Worcester is a coworking space that gives entrepreneurs, start-ups, and freelancers the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with each other. &nbsp;This place created a comfortable and functional working environment for innovators from all backgrounds to use together.<br />
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[http://coworkinginworcester.com/ http://coworkinginworcester.com/]<br />
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'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Worcester Clean Tech Incubator'''<br />
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Worcester CleanTech Incubator’s mission is to foster the growth of new enterprises to address the most pressing issues of our time. &nbsp;We believe that entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of innovation and the key to society’s transition towards sustainability. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;<br />
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'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gateway Park 2nd building'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MBI Biotech startups'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Central Regional Office (Clark University)'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''The Landscape Canvas'''<br />
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nmKc1Llmvuw7_f9At6VgA1C9_9gUgKeumppByRZBjz8/edit#gid=741918377 [2016]]<br />
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pBo6DdLTWMh4yF9Cti4hb2ykUo02LKhECbMdpdJQwWk/edit#gid=1 [2017]]<br />
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'''Worcester Polytechnic Institute'''<br />
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[[Worcester polytechnic institute student priorities|Worcester Polytechnic Student Priorities]]<br />
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University Innovation Fellows<br />
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Spring 2017:<br />
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[[Abdulwahab_alnajjar|Abdulwahab Adel]]<br />
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Rey Duran<br />
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[[Erin Esco|Erin Esco]]<br />
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Chisom Okafor<br />
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[[Marouanesmaili|Marouane Smaili]]<br />
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Veronica Soto<br />
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[[Rachel Welch|Rachel Welch]]<br />
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Valentina Zappata<br />
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Spring 2016:<br />
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[[Todd Alexander|Todd Alexander]]<br />
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[[Norma Bachman|Norma Bachman]]<br />
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[[Veda Booth|Veda Booth]]<br />
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[[Rashid Chatani|Rashid Chatani]]<br />
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[[Zack Ericson|Zachary Ericson]]<br />
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[[Derek Feehrer|Derek Feehrer]]<br />
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[[Alex Markoski|Alex Markoski]]<br />
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[[Clara Merino|Clara Merino]]<br />
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[[Vinny Sabo|Vincent Sabo]]<br />
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[[Category:Universities]]</div>Rewelchhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute&diff=47385School:Worcester Polytechnic Institute2017-01-20T19:20:28Z<p>Rewelch: Updated Spring 2017 Fellows</p>
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<div>== '''Overview''' ==<br />
<br />
WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply these learnt skills in the real world. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&amp;feature=youtu.be]<br />
<br />
== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=== '''Clubs & Organizations'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation'''<br />
<br />
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. &nbsp;“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.”<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KEEN'''<br />
<br />
The Kern Family 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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS'''<br />
<br />
The Great Problem Seminar (GPS) is an introductory course to university-level research and project work, focusing 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.<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
The IQP allows students from different backgrounds to overcome challenges together. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
<br />
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tech Entrepreneurship Club'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''7. LaunchPad'''<br />
<br />
WPI LaunchPad is a student-led organization empowering the WPI community to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and launch ideas into projects outside of the WPI curriculum.<br />
<br />
=== '''Spaces'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1. CollabLab'''<br />
<br />
A maker space open to everyone in the bottom of Higgins Labs.<br />
<br />
'''2. Washburn Manufacturing Lab'''<br />
<br />
Industrial equipment open to students working on both school and personal projects.<br />
<br />
'''3. [Coming Soon] Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
<br />
Collaboration hub coming to campus.<br />
<br />
== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The WPI KEEN Program'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
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'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
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== '''Actively supporting the University Technology Transfer function''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI)'''<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />
<br />
#The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation is revising the current intellectual property policy to make it more simple and easy to understand.<br />
##[https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf]<br />
#Licensing<br />
##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.<br />
<br />
'''2. Tech Advisors Network'''<br />
<br />
Provides advising and networking services in order to support innovators and entrepreneurs. Work closely with IPI office to assist students with patenting and other legal matters in addition to marketing and business-oriented pursuits.<br />
<br />
== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Grid'''<br />
<br />
“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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP/IQP/GPS'''<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP (Major Qualifying Project)<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project)<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS (Great Problems Seminar)<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professional Societies'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IEEE<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BMES Chapter at WPI<br />
<br />
“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."<br />
<br />
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.”<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
== '''Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technicopia'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cogmedx'''<br />
<br />
It is a medical device manufacturing company.&nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
[http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php]<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Start up Worcester'''<br />
<br />
This program supports young adults who have an entrepreneurial mindset as well as support new business to start up. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
'''[http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/ http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/]'''<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Running Start Worcester'''<br />
<br />
Running Start Worcester is a coworking space that gives entrepreneurs, start-ups, and freelancers the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with each other. &nbsp;This place created a comfortable and functional working environment for innovators from all backgrounds to use together.<br />
<br />
[http://coworkinginworcester.com/ http://coworkinginworcester.com/]<br />
<br />
'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Worcester Clean Tech Incubator'''<br />
<br />
Worcester CleanTech Incubator’s mission is to foster the growth of new enterprises to address the most pressing issues of our time. &nbsp;We believe that entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of innovation and the key to society’s transition towards sustainability. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gateway Park 2nd building'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MBI Biotech startups'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Central Regional Office (Clark University)'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''The Landscape Canvas'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nmKc1Llmvuw7_f9At6VgA1C9_9gUgKeumppByRZBjz8/edit#gid=741918377 [2016]]<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pBo6DdLTWMh4yF9Cti4hb2ykUo02LKhECbMdpdJQwWk/edit#gid=1 [2017]]<br />
<br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
'''Worcester Polytechnic Institute'''<br />
<br />
[[Worcester polytechnic institute student priorities|Worcester Polytechnic Student Priorities]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
University Innovation Fellows<br />
<br />
Spring 2017:<br />
<br />
Abdulwahab Adel<br />
<br />
Rey Duran<br />
<br />
[[Erin Esco|Erin Esco]]<br />
<br />
Chisom Okafor<br />
<br />
Marouane Smaili<br />
<br />
Veronica Soto<br />
<br />
[[Rachel_Welch|Rachel Welch]]<br />
<br />
Valentina Zappata<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Spring 2016:<br />
<br />
[[Todd Alexander|Todd Alexander]]<br />
<br />
[[Norma Bachman|Norma Bachman]]<br />
<br />
[[Veda Booth|Veda Booth]]<br />
<br />
[[Rashid Chatani|Rashid Chatani]]<br />
<br />
[[Zack Ericson|Zachary Ericson]]<br />
<br />
[[Derek Feehrer|Derek Feehrer]]<br />
<br />
[[Alex Markoski|Alex Markoski]]<br />
<br />
[[Clara Merino|Clara Merino]]<br />
<br />
[[Vinny Sabo|Vincent Sabo]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Rewelchhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute&diff=47383School:Worcester Polytechnic Institute2017-01-20T19:13:07Z<p>Rewelch: </p>
<hr />
<div>== '''Overview''' ==<br />
<br />
WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply these learnt skills in the real world. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&amp;feature=youtu.be]<br />
<br />
== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=== '''Clubs & Organizations'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation'''<br />
<br />
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. &nbsp;“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.”<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KEEN'''<br />
<br />
The Kern Family 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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS'''<br />
<br />
The Great Problem Seminar (GPS) is an introductory course to university-level research and project work, focusing 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.<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
The IQP allows students from different backgrounds to overcome challenges together. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
<br />
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tech Entrepreneurship Club'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''7. LaunchPad'''<br />
<br />
WPI LaunchPad is a student-led organization empowering the WPI community to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and launch ideas into projects outside of the WPI curriculum.<br />
<br />
=== '''Spaces'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1. CollabLab'''<br />
<br />
A maker space open to everyone in the bottom of Higgins Labs.<br />
<br />
'''2. Washburn Manufacturing Lab'''<br />
<br />
Industrial equipment open to students working on both school and personal projects.<br />
<br />
'''3. [Coming Soon] Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
<br />
Collaboration hub coming to campus.<br />
<br />
== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The WPI KEEN Program'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
<br />
== '''Actively supporting the University Technology Transfer function''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI)'''<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />
<br />
#The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation is revising the current intellectual property policy to make it more simple and easy to understand.<br />
##[https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf https://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/IPI/Flowchart_OPI.pdf]<br />
#Licensing<br />
##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.<br />
<br />
'''2. Tech Advisors Network'''<br />
<br />
Provides advising and networking services in order to support innovators and entrepreneurs. Work closely with IPI office to assist students with patenting and other legal matters in addition to marketing and business-oriented pursuits.<br />
<br />
== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Grid'''<br />
<br />
“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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP/IQP/GPS'''<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP (Major Qualifying Project)<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project)<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS (Great Problems Seminar)<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professional Societies'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IEEE<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BMES Chapter at WPI<br />
<br />
“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."<br />
<br />
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.”<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
== '''Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts''' ==<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technicopia'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cogmedx'''<br />
<br />
It is a medical device manufacturing company.&nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
[http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php http://www.coghlincompanies.com/cogmedix.php]<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Start up Worcester'''<br />
<br />
This program supports young adults who have an entrepreneurial mindset as well as support new business to start up. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
'''[http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/ http://www.worcesterchamber.org/startup-worcester/]'''<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Running Start Worcester'''<br />
<br />
Running Start Worcester is a coworking space that gives entrepreneurs, start-ups, and freelancers the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with each other. &nbsp;This place created a comfortable and functional working environment for innovators from all backgrounds to use together.<br />
<br />
[http://coworkinginworcester.com/ http://coworkinginworcester.com/]<br />
<br />
'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Worcester Clean Tech Incubator'''<br />
<br />
Worcester CleanTech Incubator’s mission is to foster the growth of new enterprises to address the most pressing issues of our time. &nbsp;We believe that entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of innovation and the key to society’s transition towards sustainability. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gateway Park 2nd building'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MBI Biotech startups'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Central Regional Office (Clark University)'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''The Landscape Canvas'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nmKc1Llmvuw7_f9At6VgA1C9_9gUgKeumppByRZBjz8/edit#gid=741918377 [2016]]<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pBo6DdLTWMh4yF9Cti4hb2ykUo02LKhECbMdpdJQwWk/edit#gid=1 [2017]]<br />
<br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
'''Worcester Polytechnic Institute'''<br />
<br />
[[Worcester polytechnic institute student priorities|Worcester Polytechnic Student Priorities]]<br />
<br />
University Innovation Fellows<br />
<br />
Spring 2017:<br />
<br />
[[Erin Esco|Erin Esco]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Spring 2016:<br />
<br />
[[Todd Alexander|Todd Alexander]]<br />
<br />
[[Norma Bachman|Norma Bachman]]<br />
<br />
[[Veda Booth|Veda Booth]]<br />
<br />
[[Rashid Chatani|Rashid Chatani]]<br />
<br />
[[Zack Ericson|Zachary Ericson]]<br />
<br />
[[Derek Feehrer|Derek Feehrer]]<br />
<br />
[[Alex Markoski|Alex Markoski]]<br />
<br />
[[Clara Merino|Clara Merino]]<br />
<br />
[[Vinny Sabo|Vincent Sabo]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Rewelchhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute&diff=47381School:Worcester Polytechnic Institute2017-01-20T19:11:28Z<p>Rewelch: </p>
<hr />
<div>== '''Overview''' ==<br />
<br />
WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply these learnt skills in the real world. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&amp;feature=youtu.be]<br />
<br />
== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=== '''Clubs & Organizations'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation'''<br />
<br />
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. &nbsp;“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.”<br />
<br />
'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KEEN'''<br />
<br />
The Keen Family 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.<br />
<br />
'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GPS'''<br />
<br />
The Great Problem Seminar (GPS) is an introductory course to university-level research and project work, focusing 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.<br />
<br />
'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
The IQP allows students from different backgrounds to overcome challenges together. &nbsp;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.<br />
<br />
'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQP'''<br />
<br />
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tech Entrepreneurship Club'''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
'''7. LaunchPad'''<br />
<br />
WPI LaunchPad is a student-led organization empowering the WPI community to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and launch ideas into projects outside of the WPI curriculum.<br />
<br />
=== '''Spaces'''<br/> ===<br />
<br />
'''1. CollabLab'''<br />
<br />
A maker space open to everyone in the bottom of Higgins Labs.<br />
<br />
'''2. Washburn Manufacturing Lab'''<br />
<br />
Industrial equipment open to students working on both school and personal projects.<br />
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== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==<br />
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'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The WPI KEEN Program'''<br />
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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.<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Foisie Innovation Studio'''<br />
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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.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />
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#The Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation is revising the current intellectual property policy to make it more simple and easy to understand.<br />
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##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.<br />
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Provides advising and networking services in order to support innovators and entrepreneurs. Work closely with IPI office to assist students with patenting and other legal matters in addition to marketing and business-oriented pursuits.<br />
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== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==<br />
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“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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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“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."<br />
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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.”<br />
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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.<br />
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'''2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cogmedx'''<br />
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It is a medical device manufacturing company.&nbsp;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.<br />
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This program supports young adults who have an entrepreneurial mindset as well as support new business to start up. &nbsp;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.<br />
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'''4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Running Start Worcester'''<br />
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Running Start Worcester is a coworking space that gives entrepreneurs, start-ups, and freelancers the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with each other. &nbsp;This place created a comfortable and functional working environment for innovators from all backgrounds to use together.<br />
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[http://coworkinginworcester.com/ http://coworkinginworcester.com/]<br />
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'''5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Worcester Clean Tech Incubator'''<br />
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Worcester CleanTech Incubator’s mission is to foster the growth of new enterprises to address the most pressing issues of our time. &nbsp;We believe that entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of innovation and the key to society’s transition towards sustainability. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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'''8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Central Regional Office (Clark University)'''<br />
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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.<br />
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Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, CS50, is a popular class not only at Harvard but also around the world. &nbsp;It is available free to the public via&nbsp;<u>edX.org</u>, a hub for online classes hosted by over 90 of the world's top Universities. &nbsp;It is a means for anyone who has an interest to learn to code and is a valuable resource to Fellows in particular. &nbsp;Topics covered in this class include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. A wide variety of languages are covered as well including C, Python, SQL, and JavaScript plus CSS and HTML.<br />
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One Fellow, Trevor Nicks, leveraged the class to not only teach himself a valuable skill, but also to establish it as an accredited course at his university, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Initiating the use of online courses such as CS50 on a campus can help to teach students skills and knowledge that they may not have been able to learn in their major or at their school at all.&nbsp;<br />
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Coding is one of many important skills in today's technological landscape. For college students in non-STEM majors or at institutions with limited course offerings, it can be difficult to supplement one's learning in a convenient way. Incorporating online accredited courses into an institution's course catalog would better enable students to broaden the scope of their learning without sacrificing their major or school of choice.<br />
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Making changes to a course catalog requires first communication with the school's administration. The provost or vice-provost would be the most apt to address this topic. To gain access to a school's administration, it would most likely be easier to go through one's UIF sponsor or another faculty member who supports making this change. It is important to communicate frequently and professionally through email, as faculty and administrators are notoriously busy people. In order to coax the administrators into hearing and heeding this request, it may help to invite them to a meeting and offer refreshments so that you may politely and professionally state your case.<br />
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The greatest cost in instituting currculum changes is time and energy in the form of paperwork and bureaucracy. Adding a course such as CS50 is relatively cheap for an institution in the long run, as it only requires some effort at the beginning. Once a course is added, the cost for an individual student is roughly $100. While the course content is accesible for no cost, the charge is necessary for one's work to be graded by the host university, thereby validating the credit hours. One's school may accept a certain amount of credits for online courses from edx.org, and considering the generally high tuition cost at most institutions, paying roughly $100 for 3-4 credit hours is very reasonable.<br />
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It is important to consider how long it takes for bureaucracy to be completed and institutional changes to be made. While it may seem like a small task, making changes to a course catalog requires various levels of approval from accredidation boards. One should allow at least a semester to pass for paperwork to be completed. Once an online course is authorized, the next students will be able to enroll in the course and receive credit from the institution as easily as with any other course.<br />
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Trevor began this journey with an individual desire to learn how to code, not realizing at the time how far-reaching this demand was within his school, both at the student and administrative level. A lesson from this experience is to embrace change and attempt new things, since not only could you be solving your own problems, but could also be fulfilling the needs of your community. Trevor did not allow the lack of a programming course at his school to discourage his intellectual pursuit, and instead paved the way to help others achieve a higher level of academic freedom.&nbsp;<br />
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Creating a new class in a different medium required him to communicate frequently with administration and stay on top of bureaucratic demands. Though it may seem straightforward for a school to add a new class, administration must tackle restraints that are usually unseen from the outside. Time and patience are necessary. Fostering faculty relationships will also help, as a faculty sponsor can act as a valuable resource for support, connections, information, and ideas.<br />
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Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, CS50, is a popular class not only at Harvard but also around the world. &nbsp;It is available free to the public via edX.org, a hub for online classes hosted by a number of top universities. &nbsp;It is a means for anyone who has an interest to learn to code and is a valuable resource to Fellows in particular. &nbsp;One Fellow, Trevor Nicks, leveraged the class to not only teach himself a valuable skill, but also to establish it as an accredited course at his university, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.<br />
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