“Kudos to Tara for making the connection,” he said. “This is cutting-edge education – thinking about things in different ways, being disruptive, bringing in new ideas, interdisciplinary teams.” And, he said, the work the College of Nursing is doing with the Innovation Studio has many parallels to the work CASIS does. “Interdisciplinary collaboration – that’s what we’re doing with the lab,” he said, explaining that his team often handles projects with a multidisciplinary approach, balancing the needs and talents of engineers, economists, scientists, astrophysicists, astronauts, educators and others. At CASIS, he said, “part of our job is to think of new ways to put the peanut butter and the chocolate together.” He was delighted to come to Ohio State to issue the challenge. To further collaboration between different disciplines, the Innovation Studio travels to different colleges throughout the school year, and January 8 marked the start of its stay at the College of Engineering. In her opening remarks, Dean Bernadette Melnyk noted, “As a nurse practitioner, I believe that nursing should be doing more with engineering. I could not be more excited about the collaboration with the International Space Station.” Students, faculty and staff from many other departments – from English to astronomy – came to the reception. John Horack, Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy in the College of Engineering, commented later that the profession of nursing takes
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