Pathways Partners

Entrepreneurial change across campuses

Intro. to Pathways Program

Intro. to Pathway Partners California Polytechnic State University University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Wisconsin Milwaukee University of Las Vegas, Nevada

Discussion with Campus Leads

Agenda

Tom Katona, Cal. Polytechnic State UniversityAsst. Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeAsst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Steven Tello, UMass LowellAssoc. Vice Chancellor, Entre. & Economic Development

Panelists

National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

Mission:

“to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of undergraduate engineering students across the United States to create bold innovators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to economic and societal prosperity.”

National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

NSF-funded Center, Stanford University & Venture Well

Program addressing Faculty, Students & Research

First faculty cohort included 12 Institutions committed to integrating entrepreneurship into engineering programs.

http://epicenter.stanford.edu

Pathways Partner Institutions

California Polytechnic State University

The Cooper Union Howard University Michigan Technological

University New Mexico State Tennessee Technological

University

Texas A&M University of California

Merced University of

Massachusetts Lowell University of Nevada

Las Vegas University of Pittsburgh University of Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Pathways Process

Schools engaged in change process

External peer meetings, review, exchange

Internal communication & collaboration

Support, coaching, exemplary models,

access to emerging research, travel stipends

“Strategic Doing”

Tom Katona, Cal. Polytechnic State UniversityAsst. Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeAsst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Steven Tello, UMass LowellAssoc. Vice Chancellor, Entre. & Economic Development

Panelists

Research University, $63M Research Exp.Six Colleges/Schools, 17,500 students

Francis College of Engineering Manning School of Business

Lowell – Gateway City 100k population,high recent immigrant

population, 42% limited English at home University roots in Textile and Teacher Prep

University of Massachusetts Lowell

UMass Lowell Innovation Ecosystem: Pre-Pathways

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP

ECOSYSTEM

2010 - 2011

• EntrepreneurshipBSBA, MS ITE

• SLICE - Engineering

• MS Comp. Science

• MV Sandbox-Campus Catalyst

• MLSC Internship Challenge

• M2D2 Incubator• UML Licensing• Faculty Seed

Grants

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP

ECOSYSTEM

2010 - 2011

• EntrepreneurshipBSBA, MS ITE

• SLICE - Engineering

• MS Comp. Science

• MV Sandbox-Campus Catalyst

• MLSC Internship Challenge

• M2D2 Incubator• UML Licensing• Faculty Seed

Grants

2012 - 2014

DifferenceMakers™• Freshman Sem.• Faculty Fellows• Enterprise Co-ops

DifferenceMakers™• Freshman Orientation• Freshmen Conv. Pitch

$3000 student awarded• Living Learning Community• $25K DM IdeaChallenge

• DM Central opens• MV Sandbox

Accelerator• NERVE Center• Deshpande

Symposium

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Pathways Team Joseph Hartman, Dean, Eng. Dan Sullivan ME Ted Grosch ECE Ed Hayduk CE Tom O’Donnell ENT Steven Tello AVC

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• Pathways Projects

1. Business & Engineering Capstone

2. Capstone Expo

3. Student-centered Makerspace

4. University Innovation Fellows

5. Faculty Innovation Network

Strategic Doing

Strategy Map Revision for: UMass Lowell

Short Term Action Plan (30-60 days)

Who Does What By When

Pathways Team

Engage additional faculty (CoE and Business) to form a Cross-Disciplinary Capstone Working Group

Nov 14

Pathways team

Obtain feedback a provide resources to faculty engaged in the beta course offering.

Fall 14

Current Pathfinder Project: Cross-displinary Capstone Experience

Milestone By When

Course syllabus created Summer 2014

Course to be offered in beta version Fall 2014

Create Cross-Disciplinary Capstone Working Group

Nov 14

Current Strategic Outcome 1: Cross-Disciplinary Student Collaboration

Characteristic if we succeed Metric for that success

Increase in the quality of capstone projects and reports

Industrial Advisory Board feedback

Engineering and business faculty become more engaged in process of developing entrepreneurial student projects

Increase in the number of Capstone projects that an end-user in mind.

Increased student interest in cross-disciplinary projects

Increase in course enrollment in “new” capstone course.

Revision Date: 8/22/14

Briefly summarize these talking points for your presentation:

We’re most comfortable about: The intial beta offering of course

We’re least comfortable about: Establishing buy-in from enough faculty to scale-up the program

The group can help us by: Providing any exapmples of collaborative student –focused projects between business and engineering faculty.

UMass Lowell Innovation Ecosystem

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP

ECOSYSTEM

2012 - 2014

DifferenceMaker™• Freshmen

Seminars• Faculty Fellows• Enterprise Coops

DifferenceMaker™• Freshmen Convocation

Pitch$3000 student awarded

• Living Learning Community• $25K DM Idea Challenge

• DM Central opens• NERVE Center• Sandbox

Accelerator• Deshpande

Symposium

2014 - Future

Pathways• Entre. Capstones• Eng. & Bus.

Faculty• Entre. Certificate• Biomed. Eng. UG • EIR program

• Epicenter Univ. Innov. Fellows

• $35K DM Idea Challenge

• UML Student MakerSpace

• Innovation Hub in Lowell (22K sf)

Observations from Pathways Experience

We have some advantages over other schools Top level commitment to Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship comp. of Strategic Plan “Applied” nature of school - experiential learning Successful industry alumni

We can learn from other schools Physical space is important Branding is important Accreditation need not be an

obstacle

Discussion

What changed has on your campus since your involvement in Pathways? Why do you think this changed?

What challenges did you face in bringing Pathways “home” to campus? How might you overcome these challenges?

Have you developed additional Innovation & Entrepreneurship Champions on campus? Who?

Discussion

What recommendations to do you have for students, faculty and administrators who want to introduce an entrepreneurial culture and experience to their campus?

4th Annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

Three Symposium tracks include:

• Developing Entrepreneurial Universities: Culture & Ecosystems• University Research Commercialization and Start-ups• Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum

National Awards Program: • Excellence in Curriculum Innovation • Excellence in Student Engagement• The Entrepreneurial University• Exemplary Practice in Technology Commercialization• Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation &

Entrepreneurship For more info: www.deshpandesymposium.org

June 9-11, 2015University of Massachusetts Lowell