IGERT fellow Sarah Runge is in China for three months completing the International component of the IGERT training by working on a research project in the labs of Prof. Wei Sun at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The goals of the International Experience module are to provide students with in-depth research experience alongside international experts in their field of investigation and to help students observe and acquire experiential knowledge of culture-specific drivers of technology, innovation, and policies that govern technological development in other countries.
Recently Sarah attended a reception that was hosted by WPI graduate and Trustee Glenn Yee and attended by Eric Overstrom, (Provost), David Cyganski (Dean of Engineering), Linda Looft (Assistant VP of Government & Community Relations)and Professor Tahar El-Korchi who headed WPI’s participation in the Solar Decathlon -China.
