Education: Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate

The Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate is available to graduate students in engineering and science disciplines across campus. The certificate is intended to serve those students who:

envision an entrepreneurial career as their long range career goal,
want to be involved in new product and new business activities within a corporate setting, or
seek a better understanding of the process of commercializing inventions.

Requirements for the minor or certificate are 9 credit hours including:

ELE 400/600 Technology Entrepreneurship
ELE 800 Selected Topics in Technology Entrepreneurship
choices of

additional sections of ELE 800,
MBA 845 Technology and Innovation Management, or
MBA 875 Enterprise Development.

Congratulations to the following students who have received the certificate:

Semester	Student	Degree
Fall 2008	Bhaumikkumar Patel	Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2008	Katherine Hicks	Bioengineering
Spring 2008	Christopher T. Dunkel	Electrical Engineering
	Venkatarahul Akkineni	Mechanical Engineering
	Abhijit Avinash Karve	Genetics
	Kaewta Suwannakarn	Chemical Engineering
	Devanathan Raghavan	Bioengineering
	Mary E. Tedder	Bioengineering
Spring 2007	Nattaporn Logitharn	Chemical Engineering
	Nicholas McElveen	Digital Production Arts
	Ashwin Rao	Chemistry
Fall 2006	Andrew Chapman Clark	Bioengineering
Fall 2006	Steven H. Long	Plant & Environmental Science
Spring 2006	Ryan Posey	Bioengineering
	Joshua B. Catanzarite	Bioengineering
	Jamison V. Kovach	Industrial Engineering
	Dora Lopez de Alonzo	Chemical Engineering

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

ELE 400/600 (3,0) Technology Entrepreneurship: Introduction to technology entrepreneurshp, with emphasis on ideation, opportunity assessment, market and technology forecasting, intellectual property protection, financial modeling and business valuation, project management, and cross-functional team building.

ELE 800 Special Topics in Technology Entrepreneurship (1-6,0) (Prerequisite - ELE 400 or ELE 600): Comprehensive study of a topic of current interest in technology entrepreneurship. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits, but only if different topics are covered.

MBA 845 Technology and Innovation Management: Interdisciplinary examination of problems and issues in integrating technology and innovation into processes and products; evaluating tangible and intangible aspects of new technology adoption; management of research and development; and functional integration of marketing and operations.

MBA 875 Enterprise Development: Entrepreneurial process from conception to birth of new ventures emphasizing discovery, searching for opportunities and gathering of resources to convert opportunities to businesses. Students learn how to evaluate entrepreneurs and their plans by working in teams to write a business plan for a new venture.