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WPI ICREATE: Graduate Training in Innovation Translation

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IGERT fellows learn about innovation

Projects:
IGERT: Training Innovative Leaders in Biofabrication
Institution:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Primary Strategic Goal:
Discovery: Foster research that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, emphasizing areas of greatest opportunity and potential benefit and establishing the Nation as a global leader in fundamental transformational science and engineering.
Secondary Strategic Goal:
Learning: Build the Nation's research capability through critical investments in advanced instrumentation, facilities, cyber infrastructure, and experimental tools.

Achievement/Results

NSF-funded research is creating new methods to teach innovation to scientists and engineers. The IGERT team has developed a new education and training program, which are integrated to produce a diverse cadre of future innovative leaders. Our graduates will be able to translate basic discovery research into innovative solutions to unmet medical needs in our global society.

Address Goals

Our primary strategic goals is Discovery. The interdisciplinary research opportunities provided by the IGERT are geared towards producing a diverse cadre of future innovative leaders able to translate basic discovery research into innovative solutions to unmet medical needs in our global society. Our secondary strategic goal is to enhance Learning. New curricula have been developed for the IGERT students. They are participating in modules and courses in innovation, entrepreneurship, translation, and professional development. They also experience a Boot Camp at the start of the program, and can choose between an industrial or international opportunity. These combined activities promote a strong workforce development. In addition, students are engaged in presentations with the business and local community. They are learning to communicate about their scientific discoveries to a non-technical audience.

Posted By:
Terri Camesano
Posted:
December 2, 2013