The US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) wrote an article about Ingenuity Board Member Jim West as part of their series about inventors:
“Jim West has been at the forefront of acoustic science for nearly six decades. During that time, he has been just as passionate about serving as a mentor and diversifying the STEM fields. From his childhood in the segregated South to his recent work on an advanced digital stethoscope, West has always looked for “what exists beyond the horizon.”
They came to Poly to meet with Jim and some Ingenuity students this fall:
“On one particular visit to Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, West calls on students, inviting them to give a short elevator speech on their research. They casually toss terms like “HIV-1 mutant transfer,” “liquid crystals,” “neuroactivity,” and “toxic waste superfund sites” back at him in their pitches. West asks each student follow-up questions and offers a few witticisms to put them at ease.”
Photo Credit: Jay Premack
