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New Students Welcome to YOUR VIP Team! VIP Integrates Research and Education

The Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program: Integrating Undergraduate Education and Graduate Research. Welcome to the VIP Program!. New Students Welcome to YOUR VIP Team! VIP Integrates Research and Education VIP Enables Innovation Returning Students

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New Students Welcome to YOUR VIP Team! VIP Integrates Research and Education

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  1. The Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program:Integrating Undergraduate Education and Graduate Research

  2. Welcome to the VIP Program! • New Students • Welcome to YOUR VIP Team! • VIP Integrates Research and Education • VIP Enables Innovation • Returning Students • Do not need to attend this lecture. • This is an Introduction to the VIP Program

  3. What is VIP? A Partnership Undergraduate Students Research and Development Undergraduate Students need Real Projects in which they Learn the Innovation Process Large-Scale Research and Development Efforts Need Help at all Levels of Innovation

  4. Design/Discovery in an R&D Context • You see the full range of your discipline(s) • Understand research process and issues • Dig deep into some topics • Learn about & work with other disciplines • Create things/processes/etc. that move the project forward • Join the university community!! • Have fun!!

  5. The VIP Goal: Foster Innovative Thinking & Entrepreneurial Behavior by Involving Students in Challenging Projects. Ensure Success by Providing the Necessary: TimeContextMentoring

  6. Program Architecture • Long-term, large-scale R&D/Design projects: • Large teams: 10-20 undergraduates; 1-4 grad students • Long-term participation: each UG can register for credit for up to six semesters • Sophomores through seniors + grads on each team • New students replace those who graduate • Challenging, real projects: • Real research projects for real customers • The Innovation Continuum: • Research, develop, design, & deploy real solutions

  7. How VIP Teams Work: • They function like design/research firms • Projects grow semester to semester, year to year, decade to decade, …. • Work collaboratively to develop skills and contribute to your team • Everyone must be self-motivated! • Faculty advisers do not give you all the answers – because they don’t have them!

  8. As a Team Member: • Responsibilities • Everyone does Technical Work • Everyone does Presentations and Writes • You are to be Active; not Passive • Roles and Time • Learning • Contributing • Coordinating and Leading • Communicating

  9. VIP Grading – The Purpose • Provide Feedback to You • How are you doing? • How can you do better? • Check on team progress • Is everyone working • Is the team on the right track • What needs to change to make faster progress

  10. VIP Grading – The Process: • Occurs at Middle and End of Each Semester • Design notebooks will be graded: • https://vip.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page • If it isn’t in your design notebook, you didn’t do it! • Advisors will discuss your progress with you. • Quizzes, presentations, reports, opinions, etc • Peer evaluations

  11. Peer Evaluations • You evaluate each member of your team • The process is confidential • Advisors see all team members evals of you • Determine grade/range and email to you with comments if see problems • Advisers meet with you if they see problems. • Meet with your adviser if you’re concerned.

  12. Team Start-Ups/Transitions • New (and Returning) Members Have Met! • Progress Update from Returning Members • Returning Members: Prepare and Give presentation on progress from last semester. End-of-Semester presentations are perfect for this. • New Teams + New Team Members • Learn about teams’ tasks and goals • Schedule Team Dinner for Week 2, 3, or 4

  13. Getting (Re)Started • Returning Members – Plan for Semester • Train New Members: Course Modules, Tools, Reading Assignments, Labs, etc. • Organize Projects; Plan this Semester’s Work • Make Progress! • New Members – Start Learning • Explore team’s t-square/wiki/etc sites • Question returning members about project • Get Involved!!

  14. Resources • PHP/MySQL Course Module: Dr. Abler • Meets Fridays 3:05-4:25 in Klaus 1440 • Useful for many teams: all eX teams, CW, VIA, ITS,… • Open to all VIP Students • SVN, PHP, MySQL – 3 Levels • VIP Subnet and Server • Designed/Administered by Dr. Abler • Two VIP Labs: VL-1440 Klaus 1440

  15. Benefits to You • Takes design experience to a new level • New depth and breadth of knowledge • You Can participate in a large research effort • Improves the undergraduate curriculum • See how course knowledge can be applied • Learn to work in a team; Opportunity to lead • Be an active learner, not just a passive learner • Do something you can talk about in interviews

  16. Thank You for Joining! Questions? Further Information: http://vip.gatech.edu Contact: {ejc, randal.abler}@gatech.edu

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