Importance of Entreprenurial Thinking in Engineering Education_Dr. Ilya Avdeev

Dr. Ilya Avdeev ([email protected]) © 2016 5/2/2016

Importance of Entrepreneurial Thinking in Engineering Education

Dr. Ilya Avdeev Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UW-Milwaukee Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Design Laboratory Director, NSF I-Corps Site of Southeastern Wisconsin Co-Founder, UWM Student Startup Challenge E-mail: [email protected]


Industry Grad School

Start-ups

Student Pathways

Government

Academia


FRESH IDEAS Freshman engagement with ideas contents and coordinated events

IDEAS CHALLENGE COURSES – Building and adapDng an network of courses that are experienDal, linked and flipped

UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS Student change agents as part of a Stanford’s naDonal network

STUDENT STARTUP CHALLENGE Co-‐curricular ideas contest that supports student entrepreneurs

NSF I-‐CORPS PROGRAM Training researchers at Milwaukee insDtuDons in leading market discovery techniques with support of the NaDonal Science FoundaDon

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Fresh Ideas 1


Product Realization Course 2


Started at UWM in 2009 through a partnership between the Peck School of the Arts and the College of Engineering and Applied Science •  Fosters creative product

solutions through multidisciplinary teams

•  Students gain experience working on commercial projects

•  Emphasizes ideation, concept generation, and prototyping over traditional senior design projects

Course History 2


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Course Process and Benchmarks 1) defining user requirements 2) concept generation and selection 3) the creation of a computer based design and analysis models 4) benchmarking designs with existing products 5) rapid prototyping and reverse engineering techniques 6) the development of a functional prototype, and 7) prototype testing and modification

Planning Concept Development

System Level Design

Detail Design Prototyping and Testing

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PAST PROJECTS

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Past Projects LEVEL Camera

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Past Projects AquaSensor

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Past Projects Curt G. Joa

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Student Startup Challenge 3


Isopoint Technologies, LLC 3


NSF I-Corps Site

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommenda4ons expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Na4onal Science Founda4on. This material is based upon work supported by the Na4onal Science Founda4on under Grant No. 1450386

Business Model Canvas

Customer Discovery

Minimum Viable Product

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Value ProposiDon

Customers

RelaDonships

Channels Resources

Partners

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Cost Revenue

BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS 4


Customers

Value ProposiDon

PRODUCT-‐MARKET FIT 4


Dr. Junhong Chen Professor

UWM/Mechanical Engineering [email protected]

Brian Thompson President

UWM Research Founda4on [email protected]

Dr. Ilya Avdeev Assistant Professor

UWM/Mechanical Engineering [email protected]

James Hunter III Bostrom EIR

UWM/Business [email protected]

Dr. Andrew Greene Director MCW/BBC

[email protected]

Dr. Daniel Sem Professor

Concordia University of WI [email protected]

Dr. KrisDna Ropella Interim Opus Dean

Marque\e/Engineering kris4na.ropella@marque\e.edu

Dr. Gene Wright Program Director

MSOE [email protected]

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Site Outcomes Expectations “The purpose of an I-‐Corps Site is to nurture and support mul4ple, local teams that are transi4oning their ideas, devices, processes or other intellectual ac4vi4es into the marketplace.” Possible outcomes from an I-‐Corps Site's team mentorship and guidance are:

•  Direct commercializa4on of team projects •  Applica4ons submi\ed by Site Teams to NSF's I-‐Corp Program •  New start-‐up businesses •  Licensing agreements •  Crea4on of business plans suitable for review by third-‐party investors

In addi4on, all I-‐Corps Site supported teams will make "go/no-‐go" decisions about commercializa4on within six months of receiving support from their I-‐Corps Site.

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Participating Teams Teams are composed of three members who can be students, post-docs, staff, faculty, alumni, or members of the local entrepreneurial community: The Academic Lead (AL) will be responsible for overall project management. The AL will preferably have an academic appointment that would normally qualify the AL to submit proposals or play the role of a PI in subsequent submissions to NSF. The Entrepreneurial Lead (EL) is a post-doctoral scholar, a student, professional staff, or alum of one of the partnering academic institutions with relevant knowledge of the technology and a deep commitment to investigate the commercial landscape surrounding the innovation. The Mentor (M), who can either apply as part of the team or be provided by the I-Corps Site. A Mentor will typically be an experienced or emerging entrepreneur with experience in transitioning technology out of academic labs.

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Process •  NSF I-Corps Methodology (Lean LaunchPad) •  Teaching team (flipped classroom approach) •  Four-week summer program (face-to-face) •  Five two-hour workshops on customer discovery •  Go/No-Go decision •  Follow-up with teams (three- and six month out)

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Benefits to Participants •  Education: five LLP workshops on customer discovery •  Mentoring: via I-Corps Site’s entrepreneurial network •  Monetary support: up to $2,400 in funding, which can

be used for prototyping materials, travel to visit potential customers and end users, and other business expenses

•  Continuing commercialization support and follow-up •  Access to the National Innovation Network (NIN)

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April May June July August September November December January February March

Award Start 4/1/15

COHORT 1 7/27/15 – 8/21/15

COHORT 2 10/12/15 – 11/9/15

COHORT 3 2/1/16 – 2/29/16

Recruitment Recruitment Recruitment

VIVOFORM (AL: A. Chauhan)

CONFIDENTIAL CAPTURE SYSTEM (AL: B. Freudinger)

ANGIO360 DIAGNOSTICS (AL: M. Harrison)

SOURCE (AL: J. Lee)

PWP (AL: J. Rammer)

IMMERSE FITNESS (AL: J. LaDisa)

CONTROLLED LANGUAGE SOFTWARE (AL: D. Clark)

LIGHT THERAPY (AL: J. Eells)

NSEE SENSOR (AL: S. Mao)

INSIGHT (AL: A. Castonguay)

ESSENTIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (AL: M. James)

SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS (AL: K. Sobolev)

SMART GRID CONTROLLER (AL: A. Eggebeen)

MICROLITICS (AL: J. McGraw)

FLORASEQ (AL: K. Harrington)

VIBETECH (AL: E. Morgan)

FIRST DANAO (AL: H. Zhang)

UV MONITOR (AL: R. Scheidt)

SOLAR FOOD DEHYDRATOR (AL: J. Shefner)

HEALTH LITERACY SOLUTIONS (AL: K. Barnekow)

ALPHACORE SOLUTIONS (AL: A. Bakhshinejad)

REDI WHEEL (AL: M. Bengtson)

FOOD WASTE -‐ TO -‐ RESOURCES (AL: W. Kort)

TRAINING AVATAR (AL: C. Berg)

REHAB TRACKER (AL: S. Bohler)

STICKY QUIZ (AL: B. Dennis)

MEDSYNC-‐RX (AL: C. Albano)

QUICK FACTS

3 COHORTS 4 WEEK CUSTOMER DISCOVERY

5 EVENING SESSIONS

4 INSTRUCTORS 1,000+ TEAM CONTACTS 27 TEAMS

87 PARTICIPANTS 75+ MENTORS IN NETWORK

870 CUSTOMER INTERVIEWS

Curriculum Design

October

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University Innovation Fellows 5


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Students’s percepDon of entrepreneurial ecosystem

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UIF: Change Agents

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Across disciplines 5


Prototyping new courses and new programs

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Taking risks, but using faculty as harness

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Moving forward in sprints 5


Reaching out 5


Leveraging connecDons with the brightest minds on campus

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Building networks 5


UIF at UWM

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Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship

$20M

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“We believe education and entrepreneurship are the pathways to a happy, productive and rewarding life.”


Vision/Guiding Principles

1.   Broad Student Engagement 2.   Integrate and Enhance Programming 3.   Develop Targeted FaciliDes 4.   Strengthen Linkages with the Business Community

Enhancing the success of our students and the region’s prosperity through

entrepreneurship


Programming and Facilities

IDEAS CHALLENGE PROGRAMS

FACILITIES

•  Fresh Ideas •  Ideas Challenge Courses •  Student Startup Challenge •  University InnovaDon Fellows •  NSF I-‐Corps Program •  Social Entrepreneurship

•  CollaboraDon and Co-‐Working •  Program Delivery/InstrucDon •  InnovaDon Labs/Maker Spaces •  Touch-‐down and Launch


Spaces Maker/Innovation Labs

Touchdown and Launch Collaboration & Co-Working

Program Delivery/ Instruction


Innovation Infrastructure


FRESH IDEAS Freshman engagement with ideas contents and coordinated events

IDEAS CHALLENGE COURSES – Building and adapDng an network of courses that are experienDal, linked and flipped

UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS Student change agents as part of a Stanford’s naDonal network

STUDENT STARTUP CHALLENGE Co-‐curricular ideas contest that supports student entrepreneurs

NSF I-‐CORPS PROGRAM Training researchers at Milwaukee insDtuDons in leading market discovery techniques with support of the NaDonal Science FoundaDon

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Summary


Resources

http://icorpsmilwaukee.org

h\p://uwm.edu/ideaschallenge/

h\p://www.uwmstartupchallenge.com

h\p://universityinnova4onfellows.org

Importance of Entreprenurial Thinking in Engineering Education_Dr. Ilya Avdeev

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