Additional fee, registration required.Expanding boundaries of innovation, entrepreneurship, and world-class research, the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland is "unconventional in every way."
This tour will highlight how the school, dubbed The IDEA Factory, epitomizes science-on-display while harnessing the energy of entrepreneurship. You'll glimpse:
• Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center students' explorations of biomimicry in the Robotics Realization Lab
• The Quantum Technology Center, harnessing the power of the nanoscale to translate quantum physics into real-world technologies
• Rapid Prototyping Lab and ALE x Garage innovation workspace for developing next-generation apps in the Startup Shell, an incubator for student-run startups
Plus, you'll experience firsthand how The IDEA Factory fosters curiosity and exploration in educating 21st century engineering leaders.
Learning Objectives
- Discover how the design of a facility can help bring together students, faculty, and staff to conceive ideas, develop designs, build prototypes, enact business plans, and help spur economic development.
- Learn how state-of-the-art laboratories, workshops, and collaboration and innovation spaces can work together under one roof.
- Experience highly innovative spaces such as the Startup Shell, a student-run incubator that provides a pipeline and network for student-run startups to scale out of the college campus.
- Witness how a building can promote education and research through active, participatory experiences.