ABSTRACT
This chapter is about two interprofessional, student team-based projects that I have conducted bridging industrial and university interests. At the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) we call these “interprofessional projects,” or “IPROs.” Participation in IPROs has just become part of the general education requirements for all of our undergraduates. I was one of the first faculty to conduct IPROs and has served on several years’ worth of committees exploring and investigating their possibilities for the future of our institution and our students’ careers. To date, I have received four professional awards from IIT that reflect the success of my students, corporate sponsors, colleagues and myself in this arena.
