Pathways to Impact was designed to help researchers adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, and think about impact beyond the laboratory.

Learning Objectives

Workshop participants will:

• Demystify idea generation by learning to think like a designer (research, ideation, quick prototyping and testing)
• Get a boost of creative confidence
• Assess competitive landscape for their idea (all design is re-design)
• Start building an idea network
• Leave with an action plan for next steps in idea exploration

Workshop Audience:
The audience for this workshop includes but is not limited to junior faculty, postdocs, and Ph.D. students interested in developing research-based ideas that will have societal impact.

Workshop Format:
90-minute online synchronous hands-on workshop facilitated by Drs. Mary Raber (Michigan Tech University) and Ilya Avdeev (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

Register for the meeting here.