I-Corps L: Product Realization 2.0 - Multidisciplinary Technology Entrepreneurship Capstone Course

I-Corps L：产品实现2.0 - 多学科技术创业顶点课程

• 批准号: 1644477
• 负责人: Ilya Avdeev
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644477&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Product; Realization; 2.0; Multidisciplinary

This project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) aims to develop a sustainable and scalable model for transforming engineering capstone/senior design courses into an experiential multidisciplinary technology entrepreneurship capstone course, Product Realization 2.0 that is strongly coupled with co-curricular or extra-curricular student entrepreneurial programs (campus wide) and powered by regional industry partners. The Product Realization course was initially designed to give students real world, project-based experience while offering industry sponsors access to engineering talent and innovative solutions. This project will explore whether or not stakeholders (including students and sponsors) will find value in a structure that trains students and exposes industry sponsors to a broader set of entrepreneurial thinking skills. The project is moving towards a course that will have the following key curricular elements: (a) customer discovery and lean launch, (b) design thinking, and (c) product design with an emphasis on low-resolution prototyping and multiple iterations. The course would have to have another dimension: professional development for sponsor-mentors. We will explore various levels of mentor engagement and training, ranging from straightforward project management processes to incorporating mentors into a teaching team. The Product Realization course can contribute significantly to innovation in engineering and multidisciplinary education, will promote new curricula and pedagogy, and will provide a platform for engaging students and sponsors in a different way. The product has potential appeal to regional industry and can connect with an innovation and entrepreneurship experiential curriculum at UWM. Through various innovation networks, such as the I-Corps Site regional network of five universities, the National Innovation Network, Pathways to Innovation Network and University Innovation Fellows Network, the proposed model can be scaled up nationally.

威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校 (UWM) 的这个项目旨在开发一个可持续且可扩展的模型，将工程顶点/高级设计课程转变为体验式多学科技术创业顶点课程，即与课外或额外课程紧密结合的产品实现 2.0 -课程学生创业项目（全校）并由区域行业合作伙伴提供支持。产品实现课程最初旨在为学生提供真实的、基于项目的体验，同时为行业赞助商提供接触工程人才和创新解决方案的机会。该项目将探讨利益相关者（包括学生和赞助商）是否会在培训学生并使行业赞助商接触更广泛的创业思维技能的结构中发现价值。该项目正在发展一门课程，该课程将包含以下关键课程要素：（a）客户发现和精益发布，（b）设计思维，以及（c）产品设计，重点是低分辨率原型设计和多次迭代。该课程必须有另一个维度：赞助商导师的专业发展。我们将探索不同级别的导师参与和培训，从简单的项目管理流程到将导师纳入教学团队。产品实现课程可以为工程和多学科教育的创新做出重大贡献，将推广新课程和教学法，并将提供一个以不同方式吸引学生和赞助商的平台。该产品对地区产业具有潜在吸引力，并且可以与 UWM 的创新和创业体验课程相结合。通过各种创新网络，例如五所大学的 I-Corps Site 区域网络、国家创新网络、创新之路网络和大学创新研究员网络，所提出的模型可以在全国范围内推广。