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Shamsur S.
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Shamsur traveled to the Albania Project Center to complete his IQP, which was focused on mapping the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Albania. He and his team of three other WPI students researched how entrepreneurs in Albania’s capital, Tirana, build new ventures, overcome challenges, and identify resources and support needed from various organizations. The students conducted interviews with entrepreneurs and different organizations to help their sponsor learn how to help facilitate and grow entrepreneurship activity in Albania. The team also created a website that provides information about events and services that would help entrepreneurs.
Shamsur was interested in entrepreneurship, but before his IQP, he'd never had such hands-on exposure to and experience with it. What he learned in Albania strengthened his interest, and he’s now considering pursuing entrepreneurship after he graduates.
He feels that the most valuable part of his IQP was the exposure to new cultures, people, languages, and environments—all while working on a project, so nothing was taken away from his academic experience. He appreciates how much the experience broadened his perspective and helped him grow as a person and a scholar.

Dhaka, Bangladesh
BS in Mechanical Engineering
- Being able to discover what he truly enjoyed. WPI's curriculum enabled him to pick classes from different engineering disciplines along with his major. The flexibility allowed him to not only focus on his major, but broaden his skillset and become more well-rounded.
- HIs IQP experience! Traveling to Albania and working on something he’s always been interested in was something that had a huge impact on him.
- Work in the automotive industry to learn and grow more.
- Eventually own his own business.
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