IGERT fellow Karen Levi is the first to depart for a summer of research experience at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. Karen will spend three months in Milan working in the research labs of Prof. Tanzi. Here she has created an electrospun silk tube that can be used in small vessel bypass grafting. This complements the work being done at WPI of building blood vessels.
As part of the IGERT grant, students can experience research at an International University or Industry internship during the summer.