Transcript Academic Planning Commitee: Foisie Innovation Studio Presentation

Foisie Innovation Studio
Update: Academic Programming
November 6, 2014
Eric Overström, Provost
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Academic Planning Committee
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Foisie Innovation Studio
Development Timeline:
3 years
Development through collaboration among six teams of faculty, staff, students,
administration
Guiding Principles for Academic Programming:
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The FIS will be focused on our STUDENTS, both current and alumni.
Programming will support distinct degree requirements defined by The WPI
Plan including GPS, IQP, MQP, and distinct interdisciplinary programs
Space will be functionally integrated, flexible and adaptable.
Space will support both new and existing academic programming needs.
Key supported academic programs will initially include:
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Collaborative Student Project Space
Makers Space
Great Problems Seminars
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Interdisciplinary Programming – Robotics Engineering Laboratory
Atrium Showcase
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Foisie Innovation Studio
Interdisciplinary
Robotics Engineering
ME,ECE,CS
Teaching Laboratory
Capacity:
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~72 students
10+ class sections wk
Level 1
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Foisie Innovation Studio
Great Problems
Seminar
Problem-Based,
Interdisciplinary
Group Learning
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Two 65 seat Classrooms
Presentation &
Viewing Gallery
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Level 2
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Foisie Innovation Studio
Maker Space
Open, flexible space
for creative
prototyping and
testing
Center for
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Space for students,
alumni, entrepreneurs
to collaborate
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Level 3
Six 8-12 seat
flexible meeting
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Collaborative Studio
Space for Student
Project Work
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Level 4
Two 24-seat classrooms
35 adaptable workspaces
8 Tech Suites
Capacity to
simultaneously support
~200 students
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Foisie Innovation Studio
Impact Summary:
New Capacity to Support Academic Programming
• Approximately 8% increase in instructional space (4 classrooms,
high tech laboratory, capacity 20+ new courses)
• More than doubling defined project space capacity (Collaborative
Project Studio)
• New Tech Suites that greatly expand capacity
• New “home base” for first year Great Problems Seminars
program
• Defined suite committed to institutional Innovation and
Entrepreneurship initiative
• New, dedicated Maker Space to facilitate student creative
prototyping, modeling and testing of new design concepts/ideas
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