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About This Episode In this episode Lennon Rodgers, Director of the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lennon shares how he pioneered the world-class design and innovation programs at MIT in Boston, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich; the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, the Skolkovo Institute in Moscow, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and most recently, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Throughout the conversation, we explore how Lennon used to travel as a resource to build his diverse and unique experience and skillset. Finally, we dive into case studies of Lennon’s hands-on experience building technologies in aerospace, electric vehicles, and automation. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest UW Madison Makerspace NASA JPL International Design Center @ MIT MIT Electric Vehicles Lab NASA SPHERES Universal Docking Port and Video-based Docking Sensor Integrated vs Modular Design Cubesats Charge (Isle of Man documentary) Isle of Man Motorcycle Race SUTD-MIT International Design Centre Apply to work at the UW-Madison Maker Space UW-Madison Design + Innovation Masters Program Integrated Design and Management Masters Program @ MIT GE Six Sigma Strategy IBM Design Thinking Programs Product Design and Development, 6th Edition (Book) by Steven Eppinger About Our Guest You can find Lennon on LinkedIn here. You can find a comprehensive portfolio of Lennon’s projects here. You can learn more about the University of Wisconsin-Madison Makerspace here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering young entrepreneurs to create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.