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Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-04-06T18:42:03Z

Agouveia:

Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989

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Ana started college at the University of the State of Sao Paulo - College of Engineering of Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo (FEIS - UNESP) as a Civil Engineering major. Ana attended school in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo for 2 years, when she decided to take a gap year in order to travel abroad and gain Cultural Experience and improve her knowledge of English.

In June 2009, Ana moved to the USA and became an Au Pair for a family in Newton, MA. While living in Newton, MA, USA, Ana attended Harvard University Extension School, where she took Sustainability classes. Later, Ana decided to transfer her college credits and finish her Bachelor's degree in the USA. 

Ana then enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College for the Engineering Associates. After transferring her credits from her college in Brazil, Ana was able to finish her Associates degree within one year. At the completion of her Associates, Ana transferred to UMass Lowell, to pursue her Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ana will now graduate in the Spring of 2014 with her Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and she is also enrolled in the Structural Engineering Masters program, both at UMass Lowell.

Ana Gouveia, UMass Lowell Student and University Innovation Fellow Plan:

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Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-04-06T18:37:00Z

Agouveia:

Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989

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Ana started college at the University of the State of Sao Paulo - College of Engineering of Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo (FEIS - UNESP) as a Civil Engineering major. Ana attended school in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo for 2 years, when she decided to take a gap year in order to travel abroad and gain Cultural Experience and improve her knowledge of English.

In June 2009, Ana moved to the USA and became an Au Pair for a family in Newton, MA. While living in Newton, MA, USA, Ana attended Harvard University Extension School, where she took Sustainability classes. Later, Ana decided to transfer her college credits and finish her Bachelor's degree in the USA. 

Ana then enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College for the Engineering Associates. After transferring her credits from her college in Brazil, Ana was able to finish her Associates degree within one year. At the completion of her Associates, Ana transferred to UMass Lowell, to pursue her Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ana will now graduate in the Spring of 2014 with her Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and she is also enrolled in the Structural Engineering Masters program, both at UMass Lowell.

Ana Gouveia, UMass Lowell Student and University Innovation Fellow Plan:

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Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-04-06T18:36:15Z

Agouveia:

Priorities:UMass Lowell Student Priorities

2014-04-06T16:18:59Z

Agouveia:

= Overview<br/> =

UMass Lowell Innovation and Entrepreneurship Landscape Canvas is full of opportunities. The University of Massachusetts Lowell is growing at high rates, and we are moving along these lines in order to achieve even better results than ever. Students have opportunities to tackle innovation and entrepreneurship in perceived value aspects ("Student, I&E is important. Make it a priority."), potential value aspects ("So, you want to learn more?"), applied value aspects ("You want to apply your knowledge to a specific project."), realized value aspects ("You have effectively engaged in I&E."), and reframing value aspects ("You have fine-tuned your understanding of I&E and reframed your approach to your education and career."). Clemson University, like most innovative campuses, are stronger in some areas of I&E values in comparison to others.

Clemson University's strengths lie in the Technology Village we are building in the form of incubators and venture spaces on and associated with our campus. Some of these include: Clemson University Bioengineering Innovation Campus (CUBEINC.), Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), NEXT Innovation Center, SCRA Duke Energy Innovation Center. These amenities exist, but after speaking with current students, few knew these resources existed. It is here where a major gap in Clemson's I&E canvas lies.

It is imperative to fully engage undergraduate students in I&E early on in their college careers before they decide on other careers for their future (i.e., medical school, graduate school, law school, full-time job). Clemson University offers a myriad of extracurricular clubs that conceptualize the idea of innovation, design, and research. However, few opportunities exist to capitilize on these innovations through entrepreneurship. The mindset for taking one's research innovations to market where it can do its purpose and truly serve people is one that needs to vastly improve on the Clemson University campus. This gap exists in inspirational events held on campus, interactions with the university technology transfer office, and courses that emphasize and apply the values of I&E to undergraduates that have the immense potential to run with I&E and change their futures.
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= Strategy #1: Changing the Potential Value on Clemson's Campus<br/> =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: The Design and Entrepreneurship Network (The DEN) ==

*Description: The opportunity to take a Creative Inquiry is built into the current curriculum for undergraduates. However, within Bioengineering, these "electives" are limited to research focused classes such as Orthopaedics, Cardiovascular, BioSensors, etc. These courses are limited to those who wish to strive to take what they develop in their research laboratories or in their dorm rooms to market where it can serve the purpose it was created for. Therefore, we will be implementing a Creative Inquiry known as The DEN that span topics within I&E as a separate sector from which undergraduates can currently select. Examples of such include: Opportunity Assessment and Project Management, Start-Up Business Models, Start-Up Finance and Investment, and Product Development and Management. In addition to a Creative Inquiry weekly meeting, teams of undergraduates will enter The DEN with technologies they are passionate about developing into ventures and will apply the I&E topics to those technologies. Established entrepreneurs, technology transfer officers, and venture capitalists will guest lecture to these students to spark interest and highlight the opportunity of a career in this space.
*Team Leader(s): Breanne Przestrzelski, Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Colin Burns-Heffner (current BioE Master's candidate), Natalie Patzin (current Bioengineering Advisory Board President), and Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)
*Milestones:
**Curriculum Assessment- completed with undergraduate student services coordinator (Tammy Rothell)- November 2013
**Preparation of Audience- completed with help from Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)- December 2013
**Curriculum Preparation- January 2014
**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate Program-Spring 2014

== Tactic #2: Interdisciplinary Sophomore Level I&E Course with Complimentary Senior Design Venture Projects ==

*Description: The current I&E curriculums across campus address only juniors and seniors in the Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship department, Engineering Senior Capstone Design Classes, or even only graduate students in the MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MBAe) program. What is needed is a course that brings together sophomore level students from all disciplines to introduce the concepts on innovation and entrepreneurship before it is too late. Many students do not encounter design or innovation until their senior design capstone engineering classes, at which point, the students have already committed to medical schools, law schools, graduate schools, or other careers that are not within I&E. This course will be offered to all colleges in hopes to bring together young, innovative minds to shape the I&E landscape at the start. In addition, plans to partner aspiring business students with senior design engineering and science students will help stimulate venture growth of life science technologies.
*Team Leader: John DesJardins, PhD (current advisor and mentor to University Innovation Fellow, Breanne Przestrzelski), Peter Gianidos (graduate professor of MBA in Entrepreneurship and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)
*Milestones:
**Curriculum Assessment- completed with undergraduate student services coordinators- January 2014
**Small Interest Meetings with faculty and students of affected departments- March 2014
**Preparation of Audience- completed with help from Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)- May 2014
**Presentation to Undergraduate Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, and University President- June 2014
**Curriculum Preparation- Fall 2014
**Faculty Search- Spring and Summer 2014
**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate Curriculum-Fall 2014

== Tactic #3: Summer LemonADE Stand: Acceleration in Design and Entrepreneurship ==

*Description: There is little direction on the Clemson University Campus once students do become passionate about I&E. To address this gap, it is necessary to offer programs and outlets for students to learn from those who have been in their shoes, current successful CEOs of small business start-ups, from professors whose passion is in teaching design and innovation to young captivating minds. This summer course will not be for credit. This summer course will not be for a certificate. This summer course will be for the experience. Two passionate individuals will lead their own version (a Clemson version) of a Lean Start-Up summer workshop- getting students passionate about I&E while teaching them a thing or two along the way about how to create their own start-up.
*Team Leaders: John DesJardins, PhD, Assistant Professor, BioE Senior Design Capstone Instructor, David Orr, PhD, CEO of Kiyatec (a start-up founded on his Clemson University research), and Peter Gianidos (graduate professor in MBA in Entrepreneurship Program and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)
*Milestones:
**Attend Lean Start-Up Workshops- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014
**Create a Portfolio of Topics- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014
**Formulate a Summer Curriculum- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014
**Pitch the Idea/Concept- Fall 2014
**Find a Space/Infrastructure- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015
**Funding- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015
**Purchase Supplies- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015
**Marketing Resources- Spring 2015
**Generate Awareness- Spring 2015
**Prepare for First Summer Session- Spring 2015
**Host First Summer Session- Summer 2015

= Strategy #2: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at Clemson<br/> =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: Tiger Business Alliance through Clemson InnoVenture Network ==

*Description: Alumni presence to a university is crucial for many reasons, with funding being that which commons to mind most often. However, keeping a successful alumni network close to the students for mentorship opportunities is one that should first come to mind. The Tiger Business Alliance will keep successful graduate entrepreneurs connected to the university. This program will allow for mentorship within the community from those who have the answers, understand where the young entrepreneurs are starting out, and will be there for them along their own journey towards I&E. It is crucial to execute this program with the right mindset. It is not a goal to raise x dollars for Clemson University. It is to foster a relationship between successful graduate entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs- all who have been and will forever be TIGERS.
*Team Leaders: John Warner (CEO of InnoVenture), David Orr, PhD, and Matthew Gaevert, PhD (co-founders of Kiyatec)
*Milestones:
**Reach out to current alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Explore the local, regional, and national entrepreneurial space for Clemson alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Formulate a list of interested alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Create a forum and central space for these alumni- Summer 2014
**Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014
**Re-evaluate interested alumni- Fall 2014
**Afford benefits and rewards to committed alumni- Fall 2014
**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015
**Marketing resources- Spring 2015
**Connect students with alumni- Fall 2015

== Tactic #2: BioInnovation ==

*Description: Already in place at Tulane University is a mentorship program for entrepreneurial minded scientists looking to take their research interests beyond the labspace or machine shop. This program is designed to capture the attention of undergraduates who possess that drive for I&E but are unsure how to attack it. To lead and mentor these students, PhD entrepreneurs (both aspiring and achieved) work with undergraduates to foster new innovators and entrepreneurs.
*Team Leader: TBD
*Milestones:
**Reach out to current graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Formulate a list of interested graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Create a forum and central space for these graduate students- Summer 2014
**Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014
**Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014
**Afford benefits and rewards to committed graduate students- Fall 2014
**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015
**Marketing resources- Spring 2015
**Connect students with graduate students- Fall 2015

== Tactic #3: Transformation of the Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer ==

*Description: The purpose of a technology transfer office is to facilitate innovation from laboratory to commercialization. This is fostered by various techniques, a benchmark of which is still to be established. One tactic to raise the bar for technoogy transfer offices across the country is to establish a mentorship relationship between current I&E students and their university technology transfer office. This could be facilitated through work-shops, seminars, How-To sessions. All of these outlets generate learning experiences and shine a positive light on the technology transfer office, an entity who, if they facilitate technology development throughout all stages, will clearly be seen as facilitating innovation from laboratoty to commercialization.
*Team Leader: Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Elizabeth Perpall, Chief Technology Transfer Officer, Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF)
*Milestones:
**Set goals with students (What would they like to see from their OTT?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
**Set goals with OTT (What would they like to see from their students?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014
***Setting these goals with both parties sets expectations and responsibilities with each party
**Negotiate goals- Spring 2014
**Set Measurable Standards- Summer 2014
**Facilitate Student-OTT Interactions- Fall 2014
**Select and Prepare OTT speakers- Fall 2014
**OTT Seminars (re-curring event)- Fall 2014
**Prepare Work-Shop Attendance List- Winter 2014
**OTT Work-Shops (re-curring event)- Spring 2015
**Generate Awareness of How-To Sessions- Spring 2015
**Accept Applications- Spring 2015
**Verify Applications- Spring 2015
**Select Teams- Spring 2015
**OTT How-To Sessions (recurring event)- Spring 2015

= Impact<br/> =

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Priorities:UMass Lowell Student Priorities

2014-04-06T16:17:41Z

Agouveia: Created page with "<div>= Overview<br/> =</div><div><br/></div><div>UMass Lowell Innovation and Entrepreneurship Landscape Canvas is full of opportunities.  The University of Massachu..."

<div>= Overview<br/> =</div><div><br/></div><div>UMass Lowell Innovation and Entrepreneurship Landscape Canvas is full of opportunities.  The University of Massachusetts Lowell is growing at high rates, and we are moving along these lines in order to achieve even better results than ever.  Students have opportunities to tackle innovation and entrepreneurship in perceived value aspects ("Student, I&E is important.  Make it a priority."), potential value aspects ("So, you want to learn more?"), applied value aspects ("You want to apply your knowledge to a specific project."), realized value aspects ("You have effectively engaged in I&E."), and reframing value aspects ("You have fine-tuned your understanding of I&E and reframed your approach to your education and career.").  Clemson University, like most innovative campuses, are stronger in some areas of I&E values in comparison to others.</div><div><br/></div><div>Clemson University's strengths lie in the Technology Village we are building in the form of incubators and venture spaces on and associated with our campus.  Some of these include: Clemson University Bioengineering Innovation Campus (CUBEINC.), Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), NEXT Innovation Center, SCRA Duke Energy Innovation Center.  These amenities exist, but after speaking with current students, few knew these resources existed.  It is here where a major gap in Clemson's I&E canvas lies.</div><div><br/></div><div>It is imperative to fully engage undergraduate students in I&E early on in their college careers before they decide on other careers for their future (i.e., medical school, graduate school, law school, full-time job).  Clemson University offers a myriad of extracurricular clubs that conceptualize the idea of innovation, design, and research.  However, few opportunities exist to capitilize on these innovations through entrepreneurship.  The mindset for taking one's research innovations to market where it can do its purpose and truly serve people is one that needs to vastly improve on the Clemson University campus.  This gap exists in inspirational events held on campus, interactions with the university technology transfer office, and courses that emphasize and apply the values of I&E to undergraduates that have the immense potential to run with I&E and change their futures.</div><div><p style="text-align: center">{{#Widget:Prezis|id=1prhklgg5elv}}</p></div><div>= Strategy #1: Changing the Potential Value on Clemson's Campus<br/> =</div><div><br/></div><div>Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #1: The Design and Entrepreneurship Network (The DEN) ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description: The opportunity to take a Creative Inquiry is built into the current curriculum for undergraduates.  However, within Bioengineering, these "electives" are limited to research focused classes such as Orthopaedics, Cardiovascular, BioSensors, etc.  These courses are limited to those who wish to strive to take what they develop in their research laboratories or in their dorm rooms to market where it can serve the purpose it was created for.  Therefore, we will be implementing a Creative Inquiry known as The DEN that span topics within I&E as a separate sector from which undergraduates can currently select.  Examples of such include: Opportunity Assessment and Project Management, Start-Up Business Models, Start-Up Finance and Investment, and Product Development and Management.  In addition to a Creative Inquiry weekly meeting, teams of undergraduates will enter The DEN with technologies they are passionate about developing into ventures and will apply the I&E topics to those technologies.  Established entrepreneurs, technology transfer officers, and venture capitalists will guest lecture to these students to spark interest and highlight the opportunity of a career in this space.</div><div>*Team Leader(s): Breanne Przestrzelski, Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Colin Burns-Heffner (current BioE Master's candidate), Natalie Patzin (current Bioengineering Advisory Board President), and Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Curriculum Assessment- completed with undergraduate student services coordinator (Tammy Rothell)- November 2013</div><div>**Preparation of Audience- completed with help from Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)- December 2013</div><div>**Curriculum Preparation- January 2014</div><div>**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate Program-Spring 2014</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #2: Interdisciplinary Sophomore Level I&E Course with Complimentary Senior Design Venture Projects ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description: The current I&E curriculums across campus address only juniors and seniors in the Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship department, Engineering Senior Capstone Design Classes, or even only graduate students in the MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MBAe) program.  What is needed is a course that brings together sophomore level students from all disciplines to introduce the concepts on innovation and entrepreneurship before it is too late.  Many students do not encounter design or innovation until their senior design capstone engineering classes, at which point, the students have already committed to medical schools, law schools, graduate schools, or other careers that are not within I&E.  This course will be offered to all colleges in hopes to bring together young, innovative minds to shape the I&E landscape at the start.  In addition, plans to partner aspiring business students with senior design engineering and science students will help stimulate venture growth of life science technologies.</div><div>*Team Leader: John DesJardins, PhD (current advisor and mentor to University Innovation Fellow, Breanne Przestrzelski), Peter Gianidos (graduate professor of MBA in Entrepreneurship and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Curriculum Assessment- completed with undergraduate student services coordinators- January 2014</div><div>**Small Interest Meetings with faculty and students of affected departments- March 2014</div><div>**Preparation of Audience- completed with help from Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)- May 2014</div><div>**Presentation to Undergraduate Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, and University President- June 2014</div><div>**Curriculum Preparation- Fall 2014</div><div>**Faculty Search- Spring and Summer 2014</div><div>**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate Curriculum-Fall 2014</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #3: Summer LemonADE Stand: Acceleration in Design and Entrepreneurship ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description:  There is little direction on the Clemson University Campus once students do become passionate about I&E.  To address this gap, it is necessary to offer programs and outlets for students to learn from those who have been in their shoes, current successful CEOs of small business start-ups, from professors whose passion is in teaching design and innovation to young captivating minds.  This summer course will not be for credit.  This summer course will not be for a certificate.  This summer course will be for the experience.  Two passionate individuals will lead their own version (a Clemson version) of a Lean Start-Up summer workshop- getting students passionate about I&E while teaching them a thing or two along the way about how to create their own start-up.</div><div>*Team Leaders: John DesJardins, PhD, Assistant Professor, BioE Senior Design Capstone Instructor, David Orr, PhD, CEO of Kiyatec (a start-up founded on his Clemson University research), and Peter Gianidos (graduate professor in MBA in Entrepreneurship Program and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Attend Lean Start-Up Workshops- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014</div><div>**Create a Portfolio of Topics- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014</div><div>**Formulate a Summer Curriculum- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014</div><div>**Pitch the Idea/Concept- Fall 2014</div><div>**Find a Space/Infrastructure- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015</div><div>**Funding- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015</div><div>**Purchase Supplies- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015</div><div>**Marketing Resources- Spring 2015</div><div>**Generate Awareness- Spring 2015</div><div>**Prepare for First Summer Session- Spring 2015</div><div>**Host First Summer Session- Summer 2015</div><div><br/></div><div>= Strategy #2: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at Clemson<br/> =</div><div><br/></div><div>Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #1: Tiger Business Alliance through Clemson InnoVenture Network ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description:  Alumni presence to a university is crucial for many reasons, with funding being that which commons to mind most often.  However, keeping a successful alumni network close to the students for mentorship opportunities is one that should first come to mind.  The Tiger Business Alliance will keep successful graduate entrepreneurs connected to the university.  This program will allow for mentorship within the community from those who have the answers, understand where the young entrepreneurs are starting out, and will be there for them along their own journey towards I&E.  It is crucial to execute this program with the right mindset.  It is not a goal to raise x dollars for Clemson University.  It is to foster a relationship between successful graduate entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs- all who have been and will forever be TIGERS.</div><div>*Team Leaders: John Warner (CEO of InnoVenture), David Orr, PhD, and Matthew Gaevert, PhD (co-founders of Kiyatec)</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Reach out to current alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Explore the local, regional, and national entrepreneurial space for Clemson alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Formulate a list of interested alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Create a forum and central space for these alumni- Summer 2014</div><div>**Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014</div><div>**Re-evaluate interested alumni- Fall 2014</div><div>**Afford benefits and rewards to committed alumni- Fall 2014</div><div>**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015</div><div>**Marketing resources- Spring 2015</div><div>**Connect students with alumni- Fall 2015</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #2: BioInnovation ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description: Already in place at Tulane University is a mentorship program for entrepreneurial minded scientists looking to take their research interests beyond the labspace or machine shop.  This program is designed to capture the attention of undergraduates who possess that drive for I&E but are unsure how to attack it.  To lead and mentor these students, PhD entrepreneurs (both aspiring and achieved) work with undergraduates to foster new innovators and entrepreneurs.</div><div>*Team Leader: TBD</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Reach out to current graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Formulate a list of interested graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Create a forum and central space for these graduate students- Summer 2014</div><div>**Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014</div><div>**Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014</div><div>**Afford benefits and rewards to committed graduate students- Fall 2014</div><div>**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015</div><div>**Marketing resources- Spring 2015</div><div>**Connect students with graduate students- Fall 2015</div><div><br/></div><div>== Tactic #3: Transformation of the Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer ==</div><div><br/></div><div>*Description:  The purpose of a technology transfer office is to facilitate innovation from laboratory to commercialization.  This is fostered by various techniques, a benchmark of which is still to be established.  One tactic to raise the bar for technoogy transfer offices across the country is to establish a mentorship relationship between current I&E students and their university technology transfer office.  This could be facilitated through work-shops, seminars, How-To sessions.  All of these outlets generate learning experiences and shine a positive light on the technology transfer office, an entity who, if they facilitate technology development throughout all stages, will clearly be seen as facilitating innovation from laboratoty to commercialization.</div><div>*Team Leader: Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Elizabeth Perpall, Chief Technology Transfer Officer, Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF)</div><div>*Milestones:</div><div>**Set goals with students (What would they like to see from their OTT?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>**Set goals with OTT (What would they like to see from their students?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</div><div>***Setting these goals with both parties sets expectations and responsibilities with each party</div><div>**Negotiate goals- Spring 2014</div><div>**Set Measurable Standards- Summer 2014</div><div>**Facilitate Student-OTT Interactions- Fall 2014</div><div>**Select and Prepare OTT speakers- Fall 2014</div><div>**OTT Seminars (re-curring event)- Fall 2014</div><div>**Prepare Work-Shop Attendance List- Winter 2014</div><div>**OTT Work-Shops (re-curring event)- Spring 2015</div><div>**Generate Awareness of How-To Sessions- Spring 2015</div><div>**Accept Applications- Spring 2015</div><div>**Verify Applications- Spring 2015</div><div>**Select Teams- Spring 2015</div><div>**OTT How-To Sessions (recurring event)- Spring 2015</div><div><br/></div><div>= Impact<br/> =</div><div><br/></div><div>{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdGJHandKM3FveURGZkotUWlLNlZKbXc|width=800|height=650}}</div><div><br/></div><div>{{#widget:Google Form|key=1m8dmj_mkPQEPpaX9Rd0fMeXLKpSTsDtJcQVk3MtxtrM|width=1400|height=1400}}</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>= Related Links =</div><div><br/></div><div>[[Clemson University]]</div><div><br/></div><div>[[Breanne Przestrzelski]]</div><div><br/></div><div>[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>

Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-04-06T16:14:12Z

Agouveia:

Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989

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Ana started college at the University of the State of Sao Paulo - College of Engineering of Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo (FEIS - UNESP) as a Civil Engineering major. Ana attended school in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo for 2 years, when she decided to take a gap year in order to travel abroad and gain Cultural Experience and improve her knowledge of English.

In June 2009, Ana moved to the USA and became an Au Pair for a family in Newton, MA. While living in Newton, MA, USA, Ana attended Harvard University Extension School, where she took Sustainability classes. Later, Ana decided to transfer her college credits and finish her Bachelor's degree in the USA. 

Ana then enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College for the Engineering Associates. After transferring her credits from her college in Brazil, Ana was able to finish her Associates degree within one year. At the completion of her Associates, Ana transferred to UMass Lowell, to pursue her Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ana will now graduate in the Spring of 2014 with her Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and she is also enrolled in the Structural Engineering Masters program, both at UMass Lowell.

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2014-04-06T16:13:07Z

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2014-04-06T16:08:30Z

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Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-04-06T02:00:02Z

Agouveia:

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Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989.

Ana started college at the University of the State of Sao Paulo - College of Engineering of Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo (FEIS - UNESP) as a Civil Engineering major. Ana attended school in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo for 2 years, when she decided to take a gap year in order to travel abroad and gain Cultural Experience and improve her knowledge of English.

In June 2009, Ana moved to the USA and became an Au Pair for a family in Newton, MA. While living in Newton, MA, USA, Ana attended Harvard University Extension School, where she took Sustainability classes. Later, Ana decided to transfer her college credits and finish her Bachelor's degree in the USA. 

Ana then enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College for the Engineering Associates. After transfering her credits from her college in Brazil, Ana was able to finish her Associates degree within one year. At the completion of her Associates, Ana transferred to UMass Lowell, to pursue her Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ana will now graduate in the Spring of 2014 with her Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and she is also enrolled in the Structural Engineering Masters program, both at UMass Lowell.

Organization:EPICS - Purdue

2014-02-28T01:14:08Z

Agouveia:

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In order to respond to our Community Services needs and our undergraduate students future needs for solid expertise in their discipline, Purdue University has created </span>'''EPICS: Engineering Projects In Community Service.''' <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. EPICS was founded at Purdue University in Fall 1995.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">The program begun in 1995 when their current Dean (Dr. Leah Jamieson) and Dr. Edward Coyle started EPICS. It has continued to expand to reach all majors on our campus.  It was project teams from the concept and has continued that way.  Each team has approximately 2-3 projects per team.  It has been replicated at approximately 21 other universities.  </span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Purpose of EPICS is to offer Community services at the same time that they improve their Undergraduate students skills.</span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS students gain long-term define-design-build-test-deploy-support experience, communication skills, experience on multidisciplinary teams, and leadership and project management skills. They gain an awareness of professional ethics, the role of the customer in engineering design, and the role that engineering can play in the community. Community organizations gain access to technology and expertise that would normally be prohibitively expensive, giving them the potential to improve their quality of service or to provide new services. In partnership with Purdue’s Discovery Park, the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative helps students and community partners explore entrepreneurship opportunities growing out of EPICS projects.</span></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>
<ul style="outline: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain design experience of real systems</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Develop teamwork & communication skills</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain project planning & leadership experience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Develop customer-awareness</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain understanding of ethical, economic, & legal issues</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Get involved in the community</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have something to talk about in interviews!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Make a difference!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students Receive (1-2) Academic Credits for Participation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Well-funded</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Polish Entrepeneurial Ideas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tool for students</span></li>
</ul>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Awards and Recognition</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS has received major awards from the Carnegie Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Education Society, Campus Compact, the Corporate and Foundation Alliance, Purdue University, and the Governor and Legislature of Indiana. It was featured in the PBS series Communities Building Community. EPICS has been supported by over $5.1M in federal grants and over $5.5M in corporate and alumni gifts.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The impact achieved for students and campus seems to be huge. They range from a wide variety of subjects to size and scope of these. As described above, the program has received major awards and plenty of funding in order to proceed with their initiative.</span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">TBPosted - I have currently contacted the program to gain more infomation in how was their program developed.</span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact Information</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''For information or general questions, please contact:<br/><br/>The EPICS Program at Purdue'''<br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Room 1200</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">701 West Stadium Avenue</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Phone: 765-496-1068</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Fax: 765-494-0052</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Email: </span>[mailto:epics@purdue.edu epics@purdue.edu]</span>

Organization:EPICS - Purdue

2014-02-27T20:20:41Z

Agouveia:

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In order to respond to our Community Services needs and our undergraduate students future needs for solid expertise in their discipline, Purdue University has created </span>'''EPICS: Engineering Projects In Community Service.''' <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. EPICS was founded at Purdue University in Fall 1995.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Purpose of EPICS is to offer Community services at the same time that they improve their Undergraduate students skills.</span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS students gain long-term define-design-build-test-deploy-support experience, communication skills, experience on multidisciplinary teams, and leadership and project management skills. They gain an awareness of professional ethics, the role of the customer in engineering design, and the role that engineering can play in the community. Community organizations gain access to technology and expertise that would normally be prohibitively expensive, giving them the potential to improve their quality of service or to provide new services. In partnership with Purdue’s Discovery Park, the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative helps students and community partners explore entrepreneurship opportunities growing out of EPICS projects.</span></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>
<ul style="outline: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain design experience of real systems</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Develop teamwork & communication skills</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain project planning & leadership experience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Develop customer-awareness</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gain understanding of ethical, economic, & legal issues</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Get involved in the community</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have something to talk about in interviews!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Make a difference!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students Receive (1-2) Academic Credits for Participation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Well-funded</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Polish Entrepeneurial Ideas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tool for students</span></li>
</ul>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Awards and Recognition</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS has received major awards from the Carnegie Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Education Society, Campus Compact, the Corporate and Foundation Alliance, Purdue University, and the Governor and Legislature of Indiana. It was featured in the PBS series Communities Building Community. EPICS has been supported by over $5.1M in federal grants and over $5.5M in corporate and alumni gifts.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The impact achieved for students and campus seems to be huge. They range from a wide variety of subjects to size and scope of these. As described above, the program has received major awards and plenty of funding in order to proceed with their initiative.</span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">TBPosted - I have currently contacted the program to gain more infomation in how was their program developed.</span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span>

= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact Information</span> =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''For information or general questions, please contact:<br/><br/>The EPICS Program at Purdue'''<br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Room 1200</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">701 West Stadium Avenue</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Phone: 765-496-1068</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Fax: 765-494-0052</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;">Email: </span>[mailto:epics@purdue.edu epics@purdue.edu]</span>

Organization:EPICS - Purdue

2014-02-27T19:57:27Z

Agouveia: Created page with "= <span class="mw-headline" id="Overview" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Overview</span> = <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; fo..."

= <span class="mw-headline" id="Overview" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Overview</span> =

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In order to respond to our Community Services needs and our undergraduate students future needs for solid expertise in their discipline, Purdue University has created </span>'''EPICS: Engineering Projects In Community Service.'''
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. EPICS was founded at Purdue University in Fall 1995.</span>

= <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=10,000_Pitches&action=edit&section=2 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Purpose" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Purpose</span> =

The Purpose of EPICS is to offer Community services at the same time that they improve their Undergraduate students skills.

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS students gain long-term define-design-build-test-deploy-support experience, communication skills, experience on multidisciplinary teams, and leadership and project management skills. They gain an awareness of professional ethics, the role of the customer in engineering design, and the role that engineering can play in the community. Community organizations gain access to technology and expertise that would normally be prohibitively expensive, giving them the potential to improve their quality of service or to provide new services. In partnership with Purdue’s Discovery Park, the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative helps students and community partners explore entrepreneurship opportunities growing out of EPICS projects.</span>

= <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=10,000_Pitches&action=edit&section=3 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Distinct_Differences_From_Other_Offerings" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span> =

Business model competition:

•Business model - suit consumer needs?

•Process and validation

•Tool students use

•Adapt and change canvas - constantly evolving business model 

•Polish entrepreneurial ideas to have a successful process

•1st place gets $25,000, 28 awards

•well funded

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1,000 pitches:

•2 - 3 minutes to pitch an idea

•Best pitch wins $1k

•Help create innovation on campus in Pen state, University of Michigan (local, not international)

•8 categories - $1k each November 8

= Awards and Recognition =

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">EPICS has received major awards from the Carnegie Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Education Society, Campus Compact, the Corporate and Foundation Alliance, Purdue University, and the Governor and Legislature of Indiana. It was featured in the PBS series Communities Building Community. EPICS has been supported by over $5.1M in federal grants and over $5.5M in corporate and alumni gifts.</span>

= <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=10,000_Pitches&action=edit&section=4 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Impact_Achieved_For_Students_and_Campus" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span> =

Working on getting pictures since the videos are not able to be posted or i have not figured out how to get them posted. This seems to have a great positive impact on the U of M campus, it is still early in the Penn State version of this endeavor. The U of M has over 700 students in its MPowered Group as well as signing up new members each semester. 

= <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=10,000_Pitches&action=edit&section=5 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Steps_Required_To_Bring_Resource_to_Campus" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span> =

First you would have to contact Diego Calvo since he is the Co-Director this semester in charge of judging team as well as expansion of the idea of 1KP, they are interested in other schools teaming up with them like for example Penn State, 

They need to see you have great Entrepreneurship team on campus and want to see you excited to expand the idea of Entrepreneurship. 

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Notes about how the even is accomplished. 

The event last for one semester and they restart in the fall each year, they have trained student judges around 22 and they will judge pitches as they come in each week. Each student judge has a quota of 150 per week to watch and judge. From this each pitch will be judged 3 times before the finally. The summit is where the top 200 pitches come together for a large social gathering and from there the sponsors of 1KP will choose the winners for each of the categories. 

= <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=10,000_Pitches&action=edit&section=6 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Information" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Contact Information</span> =

Diega Calvo 

Diego Calvo <calvod@umich.edu>

Co-Director of 1KP

Fellow:Ana Gouveia

2014-02-27T19:46:45Z

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Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989.

Ana was raised within a non-traditional family structure by her maternal family since both her parents had a short-lived relationship, and never married. 

While in kindergarten, at the age of 5, Ana suffered an accident and was taken to the nearby city's hospital. While awaiting for medical care, Ana lacked oxygen for over 3 minutes, when a Resident noticed her conditions and took her into the surgery room. As she was taken to surgery, more complications arrised. It was found that Ana was alergic to Iodine as well as to an incorrect intubation, Ana's traquea was severed. By the end of surgery, Ana ended up being hospitalized at the ICU for 1 week, later being transferred to a normal hospital room where she spent 2 months in recovery.

After recovery, Ana went back to her hometown, where she lived until the age of 16. 

Aside that incident, Ana had a normal childhood, and was interested in many subjects, among them, Poetry, Math and Arts. Ana was interested in learning other languages. Influenced by her Grandfather, Ana taught herself English, and was able to communicate in the language by the age of 12.

Ana participated in Poetry contests and Math Olympics and was a dedicated student. Given her interest in Math, professors often assigned assignments ahead of her peers. 

As a self-starter and creative individual Ana developed a local website that became popular among young tennagers living in her hometown.

Although none of Ana's close relatives had gone to college, Ana envisioned being the first in her family to attend it. In 8th grade, Ana decided to study Civil Engineering.

By the age of 16, Ana moved to Goiania, Brazil, in order to attend her senior of high school in a private school. At the time, she attempted enrolling in colleges for Computer Engineering, but was not successful. After completing high school, Ana kept attending classes at her school (commonly called Cursinhos in Brazil) in order to gain more knowledge and to successfully pass the entry examination exams that colleges offer in Brazil.

After 6 months Ana was accepted at the University of the State of Sao Paulo - College of Engineering of Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo (FEIS - UNESP) as a Civil Engineering major. Ana attended school in Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo for 2 years, when she decided to take a gap year in order to travel abroad and gain Cultural Experience and improve her knowledge of English.

In June 2009, Ana moved to the USA and became an Au Pair for a family in Newton, MA. While living in Newton, MA, USA, Ana attended Harvard University Extension School, where she took Sustainability classes. Later, Ana decided to transfer her college credits and finish her Bachelor's degree in the USA. 

Ana then enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College for the Engineering Associates. After transfering her credits from her college in Brazil, Ana was able to finish her Associates degree within one year. At the completion of her Associates, Ana transferred to UMass Lowell, to pursue her Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ana will now graduate in the Spring of 2014 with her Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and she is also enrolled in the Structural Engineering Masters program, both at UMass Lowell.

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2014-02-27T19:23:54Z

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Ana Clara R. Gouveia was born in Pires do Rio, Goias, Brazil, on May 15th 1989.

Ana was raised within a non-traditional family structure by her maternal family since both her parents had a short-lived relationship, and never married. 

At the age of 5, Ana suffered an accident and was taken to the nearby city's hospital. While awaiting for medical care, Ana lacked oxygen for over 3 minutes, when a Resident noticed her conditions and took her into the surgery room. As she was taken to surgery, more complications arrised. It was found that Ana was alergic to Iodine as well as to an incorrect intubation, Ana's traquea was severed.

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