University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Fellow:Alexander Kamgar

2017-03-10T08:50:57Z

Alexkamgar:

[[File:Berkeley.jpg]]

Alexander Kamgar is a third year Computer Science major at the University of California, Berkeley. He grew up in southern Orange County with a love for surfing and the beach, and a dream to be accepted to his dream school of UC Berkeley. He came into college undeclared with only of an idea of what he was going to major in, but now he is a fully declared Computer Science major.

Alexander has a heavy emphasis in teaching others in his local community, especially with Computer Science. He teaches local underprivileged high schools and middle schools in the area programming languages, programming concepts, and overall what the field is like in college and afterwards. Now he focuses on being a leader in his own community, being apart of the University Innovation Fellowship for Berkeley as well as cofounding and becoming president of The Invention Corps of Berkeley. This new organization brings together talented multidisciplinary Berkeley students to utilize design thinking and collaborate with professors and PhD students to provide solutions to world problems focusing in Poverty, Society, Health, and the Environment.

Alexander’s goal is to be the very best version of someone they can be, and to have a positive and meaningful impact in the world. He hopes to do this through his organization’s projects and through his fellowship with University Innovation Fellows.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California_Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Campus Overview]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Strategy_.231:_Introducing_design_thinking_to_multidisciplinary_students University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities]

=== University Innovation Fellows ===

==== Spring 2017 ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listiana]

Alexander Kamgar

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah]

==== '''Fall 2013''' ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp]

Adam Eastman

Fellow:Alexander Kamgar

2017-03-10T08:50:17Z

Alexkamgar:

Alexander Kamgar is a third year Computer Science major at the University of California, Berkeley. He grew up in southern Orange County with a love for surfing and the beach, and a dream to be accepted to his dream school of UC Berkeley. He came into college undeclared with only of an idea of what he was going to major in, but now he is a fully declared Computer Science major.

Alexander has a heavy emphasis in teaching others in his local community, especially with Computer Science. He teaches local underprivileged high schools and middle schools in the area programming languages, programming concepts, and overall what the field is like in college and afterwards. Now he focuses on being a leader in his own community, being apart of the University Innovation Fellowship for Berkeley as well as cofounding and becoming president of The Invention Corps of Berkeley. This new organization brings together talented multidisciplinary Berkeley students to utilize design thinking and collaborate with professors and PhD students to provide solutions to world problems focusing in Poverty, Society, Health, and the Environment.

Alexander’s goal is to be the very best version of someone they can be, and to have a positive and meaningful impact in the world. He hopes to do this through his organization’s projects and through his fellowship with University Innovation Fellows.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California_Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Campus Overview]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Strategy_.231:_Introducing_design_thinking_to_multidisciplinary_students University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities]

=== University Innovation Fellows ===

==== Spring 2017 ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listiana]

Alexander Kamgar

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah]

==== '''Fall 2013''' ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp]

Adam Eastman

Fellow:Alexander Kamgar

2017-03-10T08:49:55Z

Alexkamgar:

http://universityinnovation.org/images/2/2e/Berkeley.jpg

Alexander Kamgar is a third year Computer Science major at the University of California, Berkeley. He grew up in southern Orange County with a love for surfing and the beach, and a dream to be accepted to his dream school of UC Berkeley. He came into college undeclared with only of an idea of what he was going to major in, but now he is a fully declared Computer Science major.

Alexander has a heavy emphasis in teaching others in his local community, especially with Computer Science. He teaches local underprivileged high schools and middle schools in the area programming languages, programming concepts, and overall what the field is like in college and afterwards. Now he focuses on being a leader in his own community, being apart of the University Innovation Fellowship for Berkeley as well as cofounding and becoming president of The Invention Corps of Berkeley. This new organization brings together talented multidisciplinary Berkeley students to utilize design thinking and collaborate with professors and PhD students to provide solutions to world problems focusing in Poverty, Society, Health, and the Environment.

Alexander’s goal is to be the very best version of someone they can be, and to have a positive and meaningful impact in the world. He hopes to do this through his organization’s projects and through his fellowship with University Innovation Fellows.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California_Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Campus Overview]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Strategy_.231:_Introducing_design_thinking_to_multidisciplinary_students University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities]

=== University Innovation Fellows ===

==== Spring 2017 ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listiana]

Alexander Kamgar

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah]

==== '''Fall 2013''' ====

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp]

Adam Eastman

File:Berkeley.jpg

2017-03-10T08:48:35Z

Alexkamgar:

Priorities:University of California Berkeley Student Priorities

2017-03-03T22:17:45Z

Alexkamgar:

NOTE: Always use WikiTextEditor (versus the RichTextEditor). It's A LOT easier for you and for us to edit your page.

== Overview ==

This is where you embed your YouTube Project Pitch. Swap out this one for yours. This video happens to be of a guy who shows you how to embed a YouTube video into this type of wiki:

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== Strategy #1: Introducing design thinking to multidisciplinary students ==

Overview:

A lot of students here at Berkeley don't ever learn the design process or gain design thinking skills. This process and these skills are very important in real life and give students an advantage in jobs and in their future. Students from most majors and students who don't seek out this knowedlge are at a disadvantage. This goal would give students out of design these design thinking skills by enrollment in our organization - The Invention Corps. Students from multiple different majors and fields that normally wouldn't get the design experience would be taught so and futhermore use it in projects paired with professors and PhD students here at Berkeley.

Project leads: Precious Listana & James Zamora & Alexander Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah

Tactics & Execution

1. Create a club on campus called The Invention Corps of Berkeley that focuses on design thinking and innovative technology '''(BY: 12/2016)'''

2. Introduce students who may have never gotten the chance to learn the design process to the Invention Corps of Berkeley '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

3.''' '''Hold voluntary classes in which we invite students from all majors to learn more about the design process ('''BY: 05/2017)'''

4. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

5. Introduce group design thinking to the Golden Bear Orientation Leaders to educate newly admitted students to collaborative innovation '''(BY: 08/2017)'''

== Strategy #2: Forming relationships between students and professors ==

Overview:

Need One of the biggest resource on campus to connect students and professors is the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), but most students do not optimize this resource. Students want to get exposed to application-based opportunities, and one way to do that is to collaborate with professors & graduate students.

Solution: The Invention Corps  

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah

Tactics & Execution

1. Organizing a Professor Pitch Night where students from The Invention Corps of Berkeley are able to pick semester projects based on the professor pitches '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

2. Establish a mentorship program between a project group and their respective professor '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

3. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Strategy #3: Creating modular-segmented classes that guide freshmen to multiple disciplines  ==

Overview:

Students have a hard time anticipating the needs and roles they play in their specific majors. Often students maybe even regret the major or path they chose in college due to just unknown factors that can be avoided with more knoweldge. This goal focuses on delivering students knoweldge about the possible fields they can go to targeted specifically to freshman. This optional class would allow students to get a little glimpse into most majors here on campus, providing them information on workload, requirements, difficulty, opportunities, resources, and most importantly jobs. This class will hopefully reduce the number of students who switch their majors sophomre and junior year or even prevent students regreting their major choice. 

This class would have numerous professors come in every week and teach the same curriculum each module. Students then would have the option of going to whichever professor / major they are interested in and stay in that all week doing all the material and maybe even homework. Then the next week they would choose another professor / major module to attend to gain more knowedlge about all Cal has to offer. 

Project leads: Alex Kamgar 

Tactics & Execution

1. Start asking around students to gauge interest in a class like this '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Meet with professors and administration to better undestand the complexity of creating this type of class and better undestand the scope of this project '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Decide curriculum priorities and structure of class, such as how ofter professors should come, how long each module would be, what majors to offer, etc. '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

== Strategy #4: Pairing a design course with the top 10 majors that fall under pre-professional career ambitions ==

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah 

Tactics & Execution

1. Populate a repertoire of the top 10 most popular majors at UC Berkeley '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Discover all "pre-professional" career options such as: pre-med, pre-law, pre-business, and integrate an umbrella system that can count for a major requirement/breadth within their respective departments '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Talk to professors that are already doing something similar like Robert Full's Bio-inspired design class and Sara Beckman's Collaborative Innovation '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

5. Research the economic barriers and provide a pitch deck that will highlight the monetary gain for not only the school, but also the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

6. Innovate upon already existing curriculums and further develop a curriculum that will embody design thinking alongside collaborating professors from Jacobs Institute of Design, Saturdja Center (CITRIS) and the Blum Center '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Look at me... I'm a new section ==

Tactic #1 

Tactic #2 

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Spring 2017 UIF:'.

When you are done, make sure you have the tag at the bottom of [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Student_Priorities every student priorities page here] so that it is listed in the Student Priorities category.

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:University of California Berkeley Student Priorities

2017-03-03T22:04:05Z

Alexkamgar:

NOTE: Always use WikiTextEditor (versus the RichTextEditor). It's A LOT easier for you and for us to edit your page.

== Overview ==

This is where you embed your YouTube Project Pitch. Swap out this one for yours. This video happens to be of a guy who shows you how to embed a YouTube video into this type of wiki:

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=Nub5JWntcJU}}

== Strategy #1: Introducing design thinking to multidisciplinary students ==

Overview:

Need- students outside of design are not exposed to design thinking. Design thinking is an efficient way to collaborate 

Solution- The Invention Corps 

Project leads: Precious Listana & James Zamora

Tactics & Execution

1. Create a club on campus called The Invention Corps of Berkeley that focuses on design thinking and innovative technology '''(BY: 12/2016)'''

2. Introduce students who may have never gotten the chance to learn the design process to the Invention Corps of Berkeley '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

3.''' '''Hold voluntary classes in which we invite students from all majors to learn more about the design process ('''BY: 05/2017)'''

4. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

5. Introduce group design thinking to the Golden Bear Orientation Leaders to educate newly admitted students to collaborative innovation '''(BY: 08/2017)'''

== Strategy #2: Forming relationships between students and professors ==

Overview:

Need One of the biggest resource on campus to connect students and professors is the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), but most students do not optimize this resource. Students want to get exposed to application-based opportunities, and one way to do that is to collaborate with professors & graduate students.

Solution: The Invention Corps  

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah

Tactics & Execution

1. Organizing a Professor Pitch Night where students from The Invention Corps of Berkeley are able to pick semester projects based on the professor pitches '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

2. Establish a mentorship program between a project group and their respective professor '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

3. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Strategy #3: Creating modular-segmented classes that guide freshmen to multiple disciplines  ==

Overview:

Students have a hard time anticipating the needs and roles they play in their specific majors. Often students maybe even regret the major or path they chose in college due to just unknown factors that can be avoided with more knoweldge. This goal focuses on delivering students knoweldge about the possible fields they can go to targeted specifically to freshman. This optional class would allow students to get a little glimpse into most majors here on campus, providing them information on workload, requirements, difficulty, opportunities, resources, and most importantly jobs. This class will hopefully reduce the number of students who switch their majors sophomre and junior year or even prevent students regreting their major choice. 

This class would have numerous professors come in every week and teach the same curriculum each module. Students then would have the option of going to whichever professor / major they are interested in and stay in that all week doing all the material and maybe even homework. Then the next week they would choose another professor / major module to attend to gain more knowedlge about all Cal has to offer. 

Project leads: Alex Kamgar 

Tactics & Execution

1. Start asking around students to gauge interest in a class like this '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Meet with professors and administration to better undestand the complexity of creating this type of class and better undestand the scope of this project '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Decide curriculum priorities and structure of class, such as how ofter professors should come, how long each module would be, what majors to offer, etc. '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

== Strategy #4: Pairing a design course with the top 10 majors that fall under pre-professional career ambitions ==

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah 

Tactics & Execution

1. Populate a repertoire of the top 10 most popular majors at UC Berkeley '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Discover all "pre-professional" career options such as: pre-med, pre-law, pre-business, and integrate an umbrella system that can count for a major requirement/breadth within their respective departments '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Talk to professors that are already doing something similar like Robert Full's Bio-inspired design class and Sara Beckman's Collaborative Innovation '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

5. Research the economic barriers and provide a pitch deck that will highlight the monetary gain for not only the school, but also the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

6. Innovate upon already existing curriculums and further develop a curriculum that will embody design thinking alongside collaborating professors from Jacobs Institute of Design, Saturdja Center (CITRIS) and the Blum Center '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Look at me... I'm a new section ==

Tactic #1 

Tactic #2 

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Spring 2017 UIF:'.

When you are done, make sure you have the tag at the bottom of [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Student_Priorities every student priorities page here] so that it is listed in the Student Priorities category.

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:University of California Berkeley Student Priorities

2017-03-03T22:03:21Z

Alexkamgar:

NOTE: Always use WikiTextEditor (versus the RichTextEditor). It's A LOT easier for you and for us to edit your page.

== Overview ==

This is where you embed your YouTube Project Pitch. Swap out this one for yours. This video happens to be of a guy who shows you how to embed a YouTube video into this type of wiki:

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=Nub5JWntcJU}}

== Strategy #1: Introducing design thinking to multidisciplinary students ==

Overview:

Need- students outside of design are not exposed to design thinking. Design thinking is an efficient way to collaborate 

Solution- The Invention Corps 

Project leads: Precious Listana & James Zamora

Tactics & Execution

1. Create a club on campus called The Invention Corps of Berkeley that focuses on design thinking and innovative technology '''(BY: 12/2016)'''

2. Introduce students who may have never gotten the chance to learn the design process to the Invention Corps of Berkeley '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

3.''' '''Hold voluntary classes in which we invite students from all majors to learn more about the design process ('''BY: 05/2017)'''

4. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

5. Introduce group design thinking to the Golden Bear Orientation Leaders to educate newly admitted students to collaborative innovation '''(BY: 08/2017)'''

== Strategy #2: Forming relationships between students and professors ==

Overview:

Need One of the biggest resource on campus to connect students and professors is the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), but most students do not optimize this resource. Students want to get exposed to application-based opportunities, and one way to do that is to collaborate with professors & graduate students.

Solution: The Invention Corps  

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah

Tactics & Execution

1. Organizing a Professor Pitch Night where students from The Invention Corps of Berkeley are able to pick semester projects based on the professor pitches '''(BY: 02/2017)'''

2. Establish a mentorship program between a project group and their respective professor '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

3. Host a spring showcase that highlights the collaborative work of the inventors and the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Strategy #3: Creating modular-segmented classes that guide freshmen to multiple disciplines  ==

Overview:

Students have a hard time anticipating the needs and roles they play in their specific majors. Often students maybe even regret the major or path they chose in college due to just unknown factors that can be avoided with more knoweldge. This goal focuses on delivering students knoweldge about the possible fields they can go to targeted specifically to freshman. This optional class would allow students to get a little glimpse into most majors here on campus, providing them information on workload, requirements, difficulty, opportunities, resources, and most importantly jobs. This class will hopefully reduce the number of students who switch their majors sophomre and junior year or even prevent students regreting their major choice. 

This class would have numerous professors come in every week and teach the same curriculum each module. Students then would have the option of going to whichever professor / major they are interested in and stay in that all week doing all the material and maybe even homework. Then the next week they would choose another professor / major module to attend to gain more knowedlge about all Cal has to offer. 

Project leads: Alex Kamgar 

Tactics & Execution

1. Start asking around students to gauge interest in a class like this '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Meet with professors and administration to better undestand the complexity of creating this type of class and better undestand the scope of this project '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Decide curriculum priorities and structure of class, such as how ofter professors should come, how long each module would be

either with professors coming every week and students choose, or professors come one week per semester and students don't choose. '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

== Strategy #4: Pairing a design course with the top 10 majors that fall under pre-professional career ambitions ==

Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah 

Tactics & Execution

1. Populate a repertoire of the top 10 most popular majors at UC Berkeley '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

2. Discover all "pre-professional" career options such as: pre-med, pre-law, pre-business, and integrate an umbrella system that can count for a major requirement/breadth within their respective departments '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

3. Talk to professors that are already doing something similar like Robert Full's Bio-inspired design class and Sara Beckman's Collaborative Innovation '''(BY: 03/2017)'''

4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''

5. Research the economic barriers and provide a pitch deck that will highlight the monetary gain for not only the school, but also the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

6. Innovate upon already existing curriculums and further develop a curriculum that will embody design thinking alongside collaborating professors from Jacobs Institute of Design, Saturdja Center (CITRIS) and the Blum Center '''(BY: 05/2017)'''

== Look at me... I'm a new section ==

Tactic #1 

Tactic #2 

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Spring 2017 UIF:'.

When you are done, make sure you have the tag at the bottom of [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Student_Priorities every student priorities page here] so that it is listed in the Student Priorities category.

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Fellow:Alexander Kamgar

2017-03-03T20:15:27Z

Alexkamgar:

Fellow:Alexander Kamgar

2017-03-03T20:14:56Z

Alexkamgar:

Fellow:James Zamora

2017-03-03T20:06:00Z

Alexkamgar:

[[File:James Paint Face Profile Picture.jpg]]James Zamora is currently a 3rd year Undergraduate student at the '''University of California, Berkeley''' majoring in Cognitive Science and minoring in Computer Science. 

James currently works as a Residential Computing Consultant for the Student Affairs and Information Services Department of the School where he was nominated and selected to recieve the Silicon Valley Chief Information Officer Award for 2016 and is a co-founder for the Invention Corps of Berkeley -- An organization that utillizes design thinking to provide solutions for Poverty, Society, Health, and the Environment. In addition to this, he has been a consultant and past Vice President for an organization called Berkeley innovation that focuses on utilizing the human-centered design process to consult for-profit companies. James', experience also includes a research fellowship with Dr. Victor Pineda and Disabled People Policies and SMART cities through the Pineda Foundation. 

Born in the Philippines and raised in Fontana, California, James' initial coming into college was Political Science, and was first involved in the political realm of campus where he was a senate candidate for Student Action for the Associated Students of the University of California and an active member within the Philipino Community as a representative supporting under represented communities across California.  James' goal was to make a difference in the world. Although beginning with Political Science, he found this intersection better suited through computer science and his love for building and solving problems. 

Outside of school, James loves playing competitive tennis, fishing, eating sushi, and going to music festivals. Living by the mantras ''"Live life on the edge, or else you're taking up too much space"'' and ''"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"''

James' favorite quote is ''"Open all the doors to any opportunities you can, but make sure you leave it open so that others can follow"'' by '''Michelle Obama'''.

= Related Links =

[http://www.berkeley.edu/ University of California, Berkeley]

University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities

== University Innovation Fellows ==

Spring 2017

James Zamora

Precious Listiana

Alexander Kamgar

Sydney Zachariah

Fall 2013

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp]

Adam Eastman

School:University of California Berkeley

2017-03-03T19:16:07Z

Alexkamgar:

NOTE: Always use WikiTextEditor (versus the RichTextEditor). It's A LOT easier for you and for us to edit your page.

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.

Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. 

If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. 

UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. 

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.

Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. 

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

Berkeley is a hub of entrepeneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these programs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitilist, professors, and startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders builiding trasnformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of Califonira students. 

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.

The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made avaialble to students. The university has created a multiude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entreprenuers, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entreprenuers. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entreprenuerial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university.

Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation.

== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==

Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups.

Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunites for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures. 

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Fall 2017:'. Here's an example:

Spring 2016: [[Ann Delaney]]

When you are done, add the tag that is at the bottom of every campus overview page so that it is listed in the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Universities Universities] category.

School:University of California Berkeley

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== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.

Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. 

If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. 

UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. 

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.

Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. 

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

Berkeley is a hub of entrepeneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these proframs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitilists, professors, adn startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders builiding trasnformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of Califonira students. 

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.

The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made avaialble to students. The university has created a multiude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entreprenuers, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entreprenuers. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entreprenuerial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university.

Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation.

== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==

Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups.

Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunites for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures. 

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Fall 2017:'. Here's an example:

Spring 2016: [[Ann Delaney]]

When you are done, add the tag that is at the bottom of every campus overview page so that it is listed in the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Universities Universities] category.

School:University of California Berkeley

2017-03-02T05:17:03Z

Alexkamgar:

NOTE: Always use WikiTextEditor (versus the RichTextEditor). It's A LOT easier for you and for us to edit your page.

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.

Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. 

If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. 

UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. 

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.

Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. 

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

''University Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) and Technology Licensing Offices (TLO) have traditionally been the hubs within universities where innovators and outside business leaders engage to commercialize inventions. The recent burst of entrepreneurship on campuses has greatly expanded the role of the TTOs and TLOs. Instead of merely focusing on the commercialization of individual technologies, these offices now act as a central point where students, faculty, alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry can connect with each other. These offices are now focused on identifying and supporting entrepreneurship on campus, helping startups find the best opportunities and building successful business models, changing the culture of their universities, and creating companies that will be based in the communities around the university. TTOs and TLOs have also expanded support beyond their traditional areas, such as energy and life sciences, into education, social innovation, and agriculture.''

Your research about IP policies in "Pursue" in the Landscape Canvas will give you a view into the resources your technology transfer office provides. Include this overview in "Actively supporting the university technology transfer function". If your school doesn't have a technology transfer office, you can skip this section.

Berkeley is a hub of entrepeneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these proframs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitilists, professors, adn startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders builiding trasnformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of Califonira students. 

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

''Businesses and industry benefit greatly from university research and innovation. Universities are constantly looking for ways to connect their research and students’ education to emerging industry interests. In recent years, universities have put greater emphasis on supporting startup companies, while continuing to engage established companies that have traditionally been their licensing partners. To facilitate greater collaboration and innovation, universities are opening up their facilities, faculty, and students to businesses (small and large) in the hopes of creating greater economic value. Universities are strategically partnering with companies, offering internships and externships, sharing facilities with startups, such as accelerators, and creating venture funds and incentive programs funded by industry, all of which drive increased innovation and product development by university students, faculty, and staff.''

The "Spin Out" section of your Landscape Canvas relates to research centers, industrial parks and industry/mentor networks and will give you a sense of whether the University is "Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration."

== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==

''Historically, local economic development has been an important mission of the nation’s large universities. Many of America’s leading universities, particularly land-grant universities, have always felt a strong responsibility for the betterment of their surrounding communities. These days, universities are increasingly focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship as key contributors to the growth and success of local communities. Universities are requesting the federal government to include commercialization and innovation-driven economic development in their grant programs. In addition, regional economic development planning now often starts with an assessment of a local university’s research strengths. In turn, universities are seeking partners to supplement their strengths and overcome their weaknesses through partnerships with community colleges, non-profit economic development agencies, governments, and entrepreneurship groups. Some universities, such as Tulane University, are asking their students and faculty to contribute to local community development through service and projects. Others, such as North Carolina State University, are building innovation-driven campuses that help surrounding cities and communities prosper.''

The "Spin Out" section of your Landscape Canvas also reveals the extent to which the University is engaging with regional and local economic development efforts. Many campuses also have an economic development office and staff whose responsibility it is to leverage the University's research and development for positive local economic benefit.

== Related Links ==

Hyperlink the following:

[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities

and

Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Fall 2017:'. Here's an example:

Spring 2016: [[Ann Delaney]]

When you are done, add the tag that is at the bottom of every campus overview page so that it is listed in the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Universities Universities] category.