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2024 was a year of amazing accomplishments for Draper. Here is a look at some of our top picks. Thank you to all our employees for their hard work. We are ready for 2025!

Wishing everyone a safe and joyous holiday season, from Draper!

Marc S. Weinberg, Ph.D., and Laboratory Fellow, Device Physics & Engineering at Draper, was named a Fellow in the 2024 class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Program recognizes inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/epXtNhcu Marc Weinberg

Recently, Draper staff attended the 2024 INCOSE New England Chapter’s Annual Fall Workshop. Brian Sheehan of Draper has been helping to coordinate the workshop for the last few years! He is pictured at the podium. “INCOSE New England has proven to be a great event to help me further my professional development as a systems engineer and to glean insights into academia and industry that I can bring back to Draper.” Get involved: https://lnkd.in/gQ-N4zuq #WorcesterPolytechnicalInstitute #INCOSENewEngland

Draper announced the release of our 2024 Inclusion, Diversity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Annual Report, underscoring significant achievements and ongoing efforts to create a workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7PPy2vx #inclusion #diversity #equity #IDEA

Congrats to our LGBTQIA+ employee resource group for winning an award at oSTEM! Each year, oSTEM presents an award to an employee resource group that embodies the oSTEM mission of empowering LGBTQIA+ people in STEM to succeed personally, academically, and professionally through the cultivation of environments and communities that nurture innovation, leadership, and advocacy. This year, Draper’s LGBTQIA+ ERG, led by Rob Gaibler, Bryce Glacken, and Brennan McPherson received the LGBTQ+ Employee Network of the Year award. Out in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (oSTEM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals and professionals in STEM.

Meet Duyen L. She is a Senior Process Engineer at our Advanced Packaging Facility in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was instrumental in coordinating all the equipment at this new facility. Working with all levels of engineering and leadership as well as applying her project management knowledge and engineering background. Our Advanced Packaging Facility is a Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)-certified, trusted foundry manufacturing center that offers open-access production in an environment where customers can address the design, packaging, assembly and testing of 3DHi prototypes and products.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Applications for the Draper Scholars Program are now open! If you are in a thesis-bearing degree program at one of our partner universities, you have the opportunity to conduct your graduate thesis research with Draper! You will work closely with a Draper and university supervisor while having access to our facilities. We encourage students to align their research to one of our 16 key research areas that include: space tech, cyber, bio, hypersonics and more. Draper has 12+ campuses across the U.S. APPLY TODAY: https://lnkd.in/e7e7iV7E Partner schools: Boston University Brown University Harvard University University of Massachusetts Lowell Northeastern University Tufts University George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Purdue University Rice University Texas A&M University University of Colorado Boulder University of Michigan University of South Florida University of Utah Utah State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Draper provides a suite of innovative cross-cutting solutions and technologies that are tailored to evaluate chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (CBRNE) threats, including pathogens, toxins, and emerging infectious diseases to address critical National Security and National Health Security needs. Draper staff will be at the CBD S&T Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from Dec 2-5. John Julias, our Biodefense Associate Director is on the, Impact of Microphysiological Systems on Both the Defense and Public Health Sectors Panel. Other Draper engineers who support our Biodefense team will also be presenting at various sessions. Get in touch with us at [email protected]. #biodefense #DTRA #mpssystems #cbrne Defense Threat Reduction Agency

As researchers continue to look for new ways to test therapeutics in vitro, the field of biomedical engineering is offering new microphysiological systems that can reduce the need for animal models. Hear from Jeffrey Borenstein, Director of our Biomedical Engineering Centre, as he explains how it works, ways to expedite its access and the benefits they will ultimately bring to patients. Listen: https://lnkd.in/eKM33_eu #biomedical #therapeutics #microphysiological #organonchip Charles River Laboratories