This workshop series is for PhD students, Postdocs, and early career faculty who wish to ensure that their careers/research has significant economic and societal impact.

Fall Workshops

Ideas Worth Pursuing – October 1

Learn about the process of idea generation and how to think like a designer. The audience for this workshop includes but is not limited to graduate students, and postdocs.

PhD Career Paths – October 15

Increase your awareness of other career paths and those within academia. This workshop is primarily designed for PhD students and post-doctoral students.

Faculty Innovators – October 29

This workshop is for early-career faculty, late-stage PhD students and post-doctoral students headed into academia.

Nuts and Bolts of Commercialization – November 12

This workshop is for faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and others. who are considering forming a company in the near or medium term.

Learning Objectives for the Workshops

• Encourage researchers to think about the impact of their work beyond the publication.
• Provide tools for researchers to shape their research to be more use-inspired and impactful.
• Demystify idea generation by learning to think like a designer (research, ideation, quick prototyping, and testing)
• Expand PhD Candidates’ awareness of the different career paths in multiple contexts: academia, industry, government, consulting, etc.
• Provide a range of options for faculty to engage in innovation and commercialization of their inventions by highlighting several role models.
• Help innovators understand the basic legal, administrative, and organizational tasks needed to launch a business.

All sessions will occur virtually on Zoom, Tuesdays from 5:00-6:00 PM ET. You can register for whichever workshops interest you.