ISAM Travel Stipend was awarded

G.Bai was selected to receive a travel stipend in the amount of $1,250 to attend the 1st International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces at MIT on Nov. 13-16, 2016 in Cambridge, MA, USA.

A poster and demonstration will be made for this symposium, which is a good chance to communicate with makers from most famous universities all over the world. This is also a good oppotunity to promote the publicity of my institute and University. Thanks to the organizers from MIT, Prof. Martin Culpepper, Jonathan M. Hunt and Saana McDaniel.

ISAM is a collaborative effort between: MIT • Georgia Tech • Yale • Case Western Reserve • Stanford Olin • Carnegie Mellon • UC Berkeley.

Higher education makerspaces impact the efficacy of student learning in science, engineering, music, entrepreneurship, medical/biomedical, architecture, mathematics, literature, and more. These spaces foster beneficial interdisciplinary interactions and supportive peer communities that extend beyond the boundaries of a makerspace. This nascent field is fast growing. Now is the time to gather people and knowledge together so that resources are best used to rapidly and broadly infuse makerspaces in higher education. ISAM was created to make this happen.