Associate Professor Glenn Gaudette and WPI received a $488,500 award from The Kern Family Foundation. Developing entrepreneurially minded engineers who can “support human flourishing by recognizing and acting on opportunities to create economic, personal, and societal impact” is a major focus of The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). The Foundation created the network to support colleges and universities interested in developing innovative ways of instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students to help ensure that the United States remains competitive in the global marketplace.
The program, “Developing the Entrepreneurial Engineer,” will help infuse WPI’s project-based curriculum with the entrepreneurial experiences, challenges, and opportunities for the students to develop the skills they need to solve the grand challenges of the world.
