== '''Overview''' ==
WPI is a campus fostered around project based learning, and experiencing how to apply applying these learned skills in the real world. Although the school is based on applying skills to solve problems, there has not been 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.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vIsnLmb6I&feature=youtu.be]
== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==
=== '''Clubs & Organizations'''<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.
=== [https://orgsync.com/159004/chapter <b>8. Enactus<br/b> ===]
=== <br/> ===WPI 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.
=== '''Spaces'''<br/> ===
'''1. [http://collablab.wpi.edu/about CollabLab]'''
=== <br/> === === <br/> ===CollabLab is a student-run maker space for students and campus organizations to develop engineering projects such as combat robots, model planes, and formula SAE race cars.
=== <br'''2. [http:/> ===/libguides.wpi.edu/StudioATGordon Studio@Gordon]'''
=== <br/> ===The Studio@Gordon is a space in one of the floors of the library that can be adapted to several different types of student events. It is usually used for workshops and hands-on learning classes.
== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==
'''2. Foisie Innovation Studio'''
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. MQPISP''' Independent 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.
== '''Actively supporting the University Technology Transfer function''' ==
== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==
'''1. 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.
'''2. MQP/IQP/GPS'''
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 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.
'''3. Professional Societies'''
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.”
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.
'''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 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/]
'''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]
'''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:'''
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