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WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply applying these learnt learned skills in the real world.  Although the school is based on applying skills to solve problems, there has not been a lack of knowledge widespread awareness 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 to make the most of their learning experience. Currently, a significant project promoting entrepreneurship is the Foisie Innovation Studio, under construction with the intent to complete by fall 2018.

'''1.    [https://www.wpi.edu/about/innovation-entrepreneurship/coaching-funding/cei Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation]'''

'''2.    [http://engineeringunleashed.com/keen/tag/wpi/ KEEN]'''

'''3.    [https://www.wpi.edu/academics/undergraduate/great-problems-seminar GPS]'''

'''4.    [https://www.wpi.edu/academics/undergraduate/interactive-qualifying-project IQP]'''

'''5.    [https://www.wpi.edu/academics/undergraduate/major-qualifying-project 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.    [https://www.techentrepreneurs.org/ Tech Entrepreneurship Club]'''

'''7. [http://wpilaunchpad.strikingly.com/ LaunchPad]'''

=== '''Spaces'''[https://orgsync.com/159004/chapter <b>8. Enactus<br/b> ===]

'''1WPI Enactus is a social-entrepreneurship student-led organization, accessible to all WPI students who want to develop projects together. It provides the community the resources they need to innovate on and off-campus. CollabLab'''

'''21. Washburn Manufacturing Lab[http://collablab.wpi.edu/about CollabLab]'''

Industrial equipment open to CollabLab is a student-run maker space for students working on both school and personal campus organizations to develop engineering projectssuch as combat robots, model planes, and formula SAE race cars.

'''32. [Coming Soonhttp://libguides.wpi.edu/StudioATGordon Studio@Gordon] Foisie Innovation Studio'''

Collaboration hub coming The Studio@Gordon is a space in one of the floors of the library that can be adapted to campusseveral different types of student events. It is usually used for workshops and hands-on learning classes.

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

'''3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MQPISP'''

'''4Independent study projects are projects that faculty can advise and can count for credits for students. These projects can be anything the professor desires, which gives them room to innovate and execute unordinary projects, that can later become courses.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IQP'''

'''1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National GridEngineering Ambassadors'''

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

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 the 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 of the industry.

&nbsp;c. AIChE Chapter at WPI The WPI Chapter at AIChE focuses on providing networking and learning opportunities to chemical engineering students beyond the classroom. It also connects chemical engineering students from different universities across the United States. AIChE provides information about the latest discoveries and advances in chemical engineering and helps to prepare students for their careers after university.&nbsp;

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 software 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. [http://technocopia.org/ http://technocopia.org/]

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.

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'''- Worcester Polytechnic Institute''' [[Worcester polytechnic institute student priorities|Worcester Polytechnic Student Priorities]]&nbsp;2016 [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Worcester_polytechnic_institute_student_priorities_UIF_Spring_2017 Worcester Polytechnic Student Priorities 2017]   '''University Innovation Fellows Spring 2019:''' [[Dennis Leary|Dennis_Leary]] [[/Sydney Messey|/Sydney_Messey]] [[Anika Stundtner|Anika_Stundtner]]   '''Fall 2017 Change Project Website:''' [https://aaalnajjar.wixsite.com/finalchangeproject https://aaalnajjar.wixsite.com/finalchangeproject]   '''- University Innovation Fellows''' '''Spring 2018:''' [[Andrea Claudio|Andrea_Claudio]] [[Sara Fitzpatrick|Sara_Fitzpatrick]] [[Nfontaine4|Nfontaine4]] [[Tanner Gauthier|Tanner_Gauthier]] [[Nicholas Kratovil|Nicholas_Kratovil]] [[Pedro de vasconcellos Oporto|Pedro_de_vasconcellos_Oporto]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cynthia_Teng Cynthia Teng]   '''Fall 2017:''' [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abdulwahab_Alnajjar Abdulwahab Alnajjar] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Reynaldo_Duran Reynaldo Duran] [https://app.novoed.com/#!/courses/stanford-uif-fall-2017/users/1315062 Valentina Zapata]

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