NTU-RPI-DTU Innovation Workshop June 2015

For more info on other years content and general info see the Innovation Workshop Main Website. 

The workshop is an course held at and by each of the participating universities, ending in a student conference gathering all participants. The aim is to work in groups to evaluate how a selected technology best can be developed futher. The collaboration is online and at your home university, by the end of the course you will travel to RPI to present and defend your work in a student conference.

The objectives of this course are:

• In a project group research how a chosen method or technology best can be developed further and explaining the fundamentals of the subject and reviewing state-of-art in a report. The subject of the project is within the scope of severeal suggest themes, most of which involves micro- and nanotechnology. See the proposed projects here.
• In the report, develop a suggestion for an innovative idea on how to advance state-of-art, based on a more detailed analysis.
• Plan and execute your work so you to the extent possible can perform basic experimental or numerical tests to support your idea.
• Gain experience in the challenges of international research collaboration and project planning.
• Develop your skills in the creative application of learned knowledge in innovative ideas for solving a real-world research challenge.
• Writing a report in international collaboration.
• Gain experience in presentation, defence, and peer review evaluation of your work on an international stage within the course.

This course is primarily intended for students about 1 year after obtaining their BSc degree (but others can join too).

The course involve students and supervisors from:

• Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
• Technological University of Denmark (DTU)