How can graduate students maximize their experience in the lab professionally?
Students are encouraged to become partners rather than employees in their respective projects. Many students have become involved in problem solving and R&D issues beyond their projects as well, broadening both their experience as well as their benefit to the lab. Successful students have published research papers, presented at national and international conferences, been nominated for special awards and recognitions, received travel support for professional development, and participated in local or regional conferences and workshops. Lab experiences have proven significant assets in securing employment upon graduation. • What does the “Support” part of Learning & Performance Support meant? Support, in the lab’s name and in our work, involves augmenting, extending or supplanting the performance of individuals. A related phrase, Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSSs), relates to those performance support activities that are technology-facilitated or enhanced; given the lab’s foc
