Over the past decade, remarkable shifts have occurred in the economic landscape of the world. The emergence of electronic brokering, high speed point-to-point connectivity, and more efficient business management methods have dramatically changed the way in which the world interacts. However, for the most part, education has not kept pace. Only a small percentage of modern collegiate classes are taught via the internet, and even fewer offer real world experience that is more meaningful than case-study based learning.

Since its inception 20 years ago, the Polymeric Composites Laboratory has been at the forefront of technological development in the field of reinforced plastic materials. Through this technical excellence, a network of sponsors, collaborators, and participants was fostered and grown to include several hundred members. In the late 1990's, it was realized that this network could form the nucleus of a powerful organization that could help change the way in which higher education is performed. Out of this was born a global-group network called BEDR (Business, Education, Design and Research).

[Home page]
[The BEDR Network]
[GlocalCorp Site]
[Professor J.C.Seferis]
[Banca del'Gottardo Brochure]
[BEDR activities]
[Selected Publications]

[ARCHIMEDES, Center for Innovation and Creation]
[F.R.E.E.D.O.M.: A U.S. Non-profit Organization]
[I.A.P./P.A.I.: A French Non-profit Association]
[T.C.P. (Team Certificate Program)]
[Process Design Class]
[P.C.L. (Polymeric Composites Laboratory)]
[The Domus/BBJ Design Competition: How BEDR started]

Contacts:
Dr.James C. Seferis
Dr.Chris Velisaris

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