Akron Innovation Campus, 495 Wolf Ledges Parkway (Training Room)

The University of Akron August 19 / 20, 2014

Akron Innovation Campus, 495 Wolf Ledges Parkway (Training Room)

AGENDA

Day 1: Tuesday, August 19

12:00pm Welcome Lunch: Introduction and Networking

Welcome from UA Hosts: Barry, Bob, Ajay

Outside Speaker (Rene Poulin, Founder and President of Balance, Inc. Industrial Design)

1:30pm Opening Remarks from MEEN Leadership: University of Illinois and University of Michigan

·  GOALS for MEEN

·  Objectives of the Conference

1:45pm Each university presents a 5 minute overview of engineering entrepreneurship programs and states their top challenges (Akron Innovation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Northwestern University, Notre Dame University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Akron, University of IL, University of IA, University of MI, University of Cincinnati, Wayne State University)

3:00pm Tour of the National Polymer Innovation Center: Prof Miko Cakmak

4:00pm Each university presents a topic which they consider a Best Practice of interest to the MEEN attendees (10 minute presentation, 10 min Q/A)

·  University of Iowa: New technology commercialization efforts (David Hensley)

·  Northwestern University: Classroom simulation / Lean Launchpad Central (Mark Werwath)

·  The Ohio State University: Open Innovation Methodology (Shauna Brummet)

·  The University of Akron: Corrosion Engineering Undergrad Program (Ajay Mahajan)

·  University of Michigan: NSF I Corps Node (Jonathan Fay)

·  University of Akron Research Foundation: Sr Fellows / ARCHAngels Network (Barry Rosenbaum)

·  Wayne State University: Engineering Entrepreneurship (Gary Witus)

6:30pm Depart to Canal Park: 300 S Main St; Akron

7:00pm Baseball Game, Hot Dogs, and Cold Beer: Akron Rubber Ducks

The University of Akron August 19 / 20, 2014

Akron Innovation Campus, 495 Wolf Ledges Parkway (Training Room)

AGENDA

DAY 2: Wednesday, August 20

8:00am Continental Breakfast: Student Team Presentation

NSF I Corps Sites Grads: Mechano luminescence sensors (Prof Gunjin Yun research group)

8:30am Additional university presentations on Best Practices

·  University of Illinois: Social Fuse (Danyelle Michelini)

·  University of Cincinnati: Developing an education system to nurture entrepreneurs (Jay Kim )

·  University of Akron: New Innovation Practice Center / Proof of Concept Center (Gopal Nadkarni)

·  Purdue: Pathways to Innovation: Using Strategic Doing (Ed Morrison)

·  Case Western Reserve University: Freshman Experience (Colin Drummond)

10:00am Tour of the Timken Engineered Surfaces Labs (Prof Gary Doll)

11:00am Problem Solving Workshop based on preconference identified challenges

4 breakout sessions with team leads identified below. Attendees will select breakout teams to join.

·  Creating an entrepreneurship culture in Engineering: Wayne State (Gary Witus)

·  Getting faculty to cross college boundaries (breakdown silos): Case Western (Colin Drummond)

·  Engaging alumni to support tech commercialization: University of Illinois (Jed Taylor)

·  Talent and resource attraction for tech commercialization: University of Michigan (Jonathan Fay)

12:00pm Working Lunch: Report backs from Problem Solving Workshops

1:00pm Closing remarks, follow up actions, next steps for MEEN, host for 2015 conference

1:30pm Adjourn