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Prof. Lima Receives VentureWell 2017 Faculty Grant Award

POSTED ON: January 26, 2017

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Eric Lima (ME'01), associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, received a $22,500 grant from VentureWell to support his curriculum. An enhanced course for first year mechanical engineering students, the course will include an emphasis on ideation through weekend hackathons and prototyping. VentureWell’s Faculty Grants program offers university faculty up to $30k in funding to pioneer new ways to challenge students to develop inventive, STEM-based ideas and gain the entrepreneurial skills they need to bring them to market.

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