Personal Mention

Linda Argote, the David M. Kirr and Barbara A. Kirr Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at the Tepper School of Business, recently received an honorary doctorate at Aarhus University in Denmark. She was recognized for her research focusing on organizational learning and knowledge sharing within and between teams. Argote publishes on topics such as knowledge transfer, transactive memory, group processes and performance, social identity and communication networks. She is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the Academy of Management. Argote is director of the Tepper School’s Center of Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge.

Joe Bartels, Jooli Han and Bruce Wu were recently awarded Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Innovation Fellowships for 2019-20.

Bartels, a postdoctoral researcher in the Robotics Institute, is working to commercialize novel depth imaging systems for broad use in robotics, including self-driving cars, industrial manufacturing and mobile robots.

Han, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, is researching the development of soft robotic muscle-powered cardiac assist devices for heart failure patients.

Wu, a research scientist in the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, is working on solutions that can optimally utilize the residual value of used lithium-ion battery cells through secondary use as energy storage solutions and direct recycling to exact high value materials.

The yearlong Innovation Fellows Program works to accelerate the process of commercializing university research. Fellows are awarded $50,000 in funding and participate in dedicated workshops and intensive mentoring to pursue their startup idea.  Learn more.