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<div style="float: right; clear: right; ">[[File:UMass-Lowell-logo.png]]</div>The University of Massachusetts Lowell (also known as UMass Lowell or UML) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_university public] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States doctoral/research] university in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell,_Massachusetts Lowell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts Massachusetts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States],and part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts University of Massachusetts] system. With more than 1,100 faculty members and more than 16,000 students, it is the largest university in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley Merrimack Valley] and the second-largest public institution in the state behind UMass Amherst.</p> The university offers more than 120 degree choices, internships, bachelor’s to master’s programs and doctoral studies in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Health Sciences; College of Sciences; the Francis College of Engineering; the Graduate School of Education; and the Manning School of Business.
= '''Overview - A Campus on the Move''' =
The $5,000 award has allowed Nonspec to move their initiative forward by creating their first batch of prosthetic limbs. With a projected 15% market share in the next five years, Nonspec plans to use this market presence to launch a foundation called “Give a Hand”. The purpose of this foundation would be to spread their mission, goals, charitable cause, and products around the world in order to make a difference in developing nations.
Since Nonspec’s success at the Idea Challenge they have gained great publicity in other arenas. They were recently named one of the top 10 semi-finalists in Entrepreneur® Magazine’s “College Entrepreneur of 2013 Contest”. In addition, they were invited to attend The International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD) “Plastics Application Design Competition”, which will be held on October 2, 2013 in Miami Florida. They will have 20 minutes to present their project to a live audience and answer any field questions that may arise. Lastly, the team was utilized as a role model by being featured in a video that was shown at all DifferenceMaker freshman orientation sessions throughout the summer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwLg4XHrck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwLg4XHrck] due to their motivation and high entrepreneurial spirits.