University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:University of Miami Student Priorities

2017-02-12T21:31:59Z

Allenliu:

'''Our overview video link'''

2017: [https://youtu.be/IYir6XkY3sQ]

2016: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkNxMLteg8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkNxMLteg8g]

'''Strategy #1 – Give Students greater ability to work on their projects, make prototypes, and get experience in I&E'''

''o   Enable students to do the projects they want to do''

    §  Give Students resources, and potentially funding to create real prototypes

    §  Give projects that are somewhat more underway funding (in conjunction with/as an alternative to         LaunchPad)

''o  Create an Adafruit style business plan''

    §  Website that allows people to upload their project designs open source and make profit with               customers supporting creators

    §  UM sponsored Adafruit projects

''o   Partner with the medical campus design organization, Innovaid''

    §  Medical students with ideas that address drawbacks in medicine give these ideas to us, and we           form design teams to work on them

    §  This will be a full collaboration with us, providing UM undergrads with ideas that our club will                sponsor to make a reality

 

'''Strategy #2 - Bring together different departments and schools to share resources in a centralized / several decentralized Maker Space(s)'''

- Improve management of existing machinery and facilities, and have them more accesible for all students

- Create a shared space for students of all disciplines, so that the department boundaries aren’t as prevalent

- Full-fledged student-run Maker Space

o   Student Autonomy

o   UPrint style management of 3-D printers, which allow students to print a CAD file from anywhere with internet, and pick it up at their convenience

o   Chemistry/biology equipment available to any students who have interesting ideas for research in a science field with high barrier to entry

o   Enables innovation and aids in the realization of all aspects of this organization

o   There is potential pushback from Johnson & Johnson Maker Space

    §  Students don’t have autonomy

    §  Engineers that are unaffiliated with UM (UM is giving them free office/lab space)

    §  May become like existing UM machine shop, science labs in that it isn’t accessible to students

o   Because of the point above, we may make a new Maker Space seperate from the college of Engineering so that we can avoid these pitfalls

'''Strategy #3 – Develop a system for organizing multidisciplinary programs and projects.'''

o   Create a central system for listing and sharing prototyping resources among students

                                   [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/UCreate_Resource_Page - click here for an example page-]

    §  Embed a linked page with all available resources and information.

    §  For each resource, verify available timeslots and set up a table to prevent conflicts.

    §  On deployment, should integrate into University of Miami Canelink System to integrate student accounts.

o   Reach out to departments for software access and fabrication tools.

    §  Our primary targets should be the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Engineering

    §  Encouraging campus-wide integration would require a meeting and partnership starting with orientation.

    §  Stakeholder meeting would be used to include and offer benefits to faculty.

o  Fundraise or allocate funds towards supplementing resource deficits and generating growth.

    §  Ideally, third-party donations should not create a conflicts of interest.

    §  Investment from outside the University will primarily advance stakeholder goals (good business climate).

'''Strategy #4 – Partner with Miami area companies for project & business sponsorship'''

o   Angel investors give seed funds to their favorite projects, perhaps even have competitions for the purposes of deciding who gets funding

o   Shark-Tank style pitch session to get seed funding from businesses or investment groups

o   Work with our school's LaunchPad to help students create reasonable/feasable business ideas that will have the merit to be sponsored.

o   Create a system of advisors to help students manage the difficulties of starting a company. 

o   Promoting research which has the potential to be turned into a product. 

'''Strategy #5 – Offer a cohorted longitudinal program that fosters I&E.'''

o   Courses in program fulfill general education requirements

o   Option to earn an I&E minor

o   Emphasis on applying knowledge from other disciplines to solve problems

o   I&E Lab utilizing makerspace

o   Capstone project with community partnership

o   [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Miami_I%26E_Curriculum_Prototype Proposed course list] with new courses tailered to program

'''Related Links'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Miami University of Miami]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cSzGS_L2rE0FBkW80ECrp2R-DIn8azfW_StEQUjX-6k/edit#gid=6 UM Landscape Canvas]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fred_Etingen Fred Etingen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Naveen_Kumaran Naveen Kumaran]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Allen_liu Allen Liu]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicholas_Meury Nicholas Meury]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Miami Student Priorities

2017-01-29T23:34:56Z

Allenliu:

'''Our overview video link'''

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkNxMLteg8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkNxMLteg8g]

'''Strategy #1 – Give Students greater ability to work on their projects, make prototypes, and get experience in I&E'''

''o   Enable students to do the projects they want to do''

    §  Give Students resources, and potentially funding to create real prototypes

    §  Give projects that are somewhat more underway funding (in conjunction with/as an alternative to         LaunchPad)

''o  Create an Adafruit style business plan''

    §  Website that allows people to upload their project designs open source and make profit with               customers supporting creators

    §  UM sponsored Adafruit projects

''o   Partner with the medical campus design organization, Innovaid''

    §  Medical students with ideas that address drawbacks in medicine give these ideas to us, and we           form design teams to work on them

    §  This will be a full collaboration with us, providing UM undergrads with ideas that our club will                sponsor to make a reality

 

'''Strategy #2 - Bring together different departments and schools to share resources in a centralized / several decentralized Maker Space(s)'''

- Improve management of existing machinery and facilities, and have them more accesible for all students

- Create a shared space for students of all disciplines, so that the department boundaries aren’t as prevalent

- Full-fledged student-run Maker Space

o   Student Autonomy

o   UPrint style management of 3-D printers, which allow students to print a CAD file from anywhere with internet, and pick it up at their convenience

o   Chemistry/biology equipment available to any students who have interesting ideas for research in a science field with high barrier to entry

o   Enables innovation and aids in the realization of all aspects of this organization

o   There is potential pushback from Johnson & Johnson Maker Space

    §  Students don’t have autonomy

    §  Engineers that are unaffiliated with UM (UM is giving them free office/lab space)

    §  May become like existing UM machine shop, science labs in that it isn’t accessible to students

o   Because of the point above, we may make a new Maker Space seperate from the college of Engineering so that we can avoid these pitfalls

'''Strategy #3 – Develop a system for organizing multidisciplinary programs and projects.'''

o   Create a central system for listing and sharing prototyping resources among students

                                   [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/UCreate_Resource_Page - click here for an example page-]

    §  Embed a linked page with all available resources and information.

    §  For each resource, verify available timeslots and set up a table to prevent conflicts.

    §  On deployment, should integrate into University of Miami Canelink System to integrate student accounts.

o   Reach out to departments for software access and fabrication tools.

    §  Our primary targets should be the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Engineering

    §  Encouraging campus-wide integration would require a meeting and partnership starting with orientation.

    §  Stakeholder meeting would be used to include and offer benefits to faculty.

o  Fundraise or allocate funds towards supplementing resource deficits and generating growth.

    §  Ideally, third-party donations should not create a conflicts of interest.

    §  Investment from outside the University will primarily advance stakeholder goals (good business climate).

'''Strategy #4 – Partner with Miami area companies for project & business sponsorship'''

o   Angel investors give seed funds to their favorite projects, perhaps even have competitions for the purposes of deciding who gets funding

o   Shark-Tank style pitch session to get seed funding from businesses or investment groups

o   Work with our school's LaunchPad to help students create reasonable/feasable business ideas that will have the merit to be sponsored.

o   Create a system of advisors to help students manage the difficulties of starting a company. 

o   Promoting research which has the potential to be turned into a product. 



'''Strategy #5 – Offer a cohorted longitudinal program that fosters I&E.'''

o   Courses in program fulfill general education requirements

o   Option to earn an I&E minor

o   Emphasis on applying knowledge from other disciplines to solve problems

o   I&E Lab utilizing makerspace

o   Capstone project with community partnership

o   [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Miami_I%26E_Curriculum_Prototype Proposed course list] with new courses tailered to program

'''Related Links'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Miami University of Miami]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cSzGS_L2rE0FBkW80ECrp2R-DIn8azfW_StEQUjX-6k/edit#gid=6 UM Landscape Canvas]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fred_Etingen Fred Etingen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Naveen_Kumaran Naveen Kumaran]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Allen_liu Allen Liu]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicholas_Meury Nicholas Meury]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Miami I&E Curriculum Prototype

2017-01-29T23:33:14Z

Allenliu: Created page with "'''OVERVIEW''' The University of Miami values a sweeping education, manifesting in General Education Requirements (GERs) that gu..."

'''OVERVIEW'''

The University of Miami values a sweeping education, manifesting in General Education Requirements (GERs) that guide students toward engagement in a range of academic disciplines. The system divides these Requirements into Areas of Knowledge, which can be fulfilled by completing ''cognates'', which are basically “mini-minors” of three courses. Incoming freshmen are somewhat overwhelmed with figuring out this system and balancing their schedules to fit in cognate courses in addition to major and minor courses. Thus, incoming students are less willing to jump into a longitudinal track that doesn’t necessarily fit into major requirements. We observed that there are few for-credit programs that extend through the entirety of undergraduate regimen to enhance learning. In my experience and that of my acquaintances in these programs (e.g. PRISM and Da Vinci), they add meaning to being a scholar and certainly enhanced the college experience. However, membership and interest in these programs are low due to our University’s somewhat overwhelming GERs, so perhaps filling this need for I&E on campus through a platform that works and is scarce but adds stress to students might not be the best approach.

A solution we devised is a sequential four-course I&E cognate that fulfills the STEM Area of Knowledge with the option of taking two additional courses to earn a minor as well. This plan addresses two main points: it is an engaging program that spans the undergraduate years and fosters I&E thinking and it fulfills GERs. It will be strongly advertised before students arrive on campus.

'''I&E Cognate'''

4 courses, 15 credit hours, maximum 3 credit hours (1 course) per academic year

1.      One course from: Innovation course list (3 credit hours)

2.      One course from: Entrepreneurship course list (3 credit hours)

3.      I&E Lab (3 credit hours, only junior year)

4.      I&E Capstone project (3 credit hours, only Fall of senior year)

4.5   I&E Capstone project community partnership (not for credit, stipend)

'''I&E Minor''' 

6 courses, 21 credit hours, maximum 6 credit hours (2 courses) per academic year

1/2.  Two courses from Innovation course list (3 credit hours)

3/4.  Two courses from Entrepreneurship course list (3 credit hours)

5.      I&E Lab (3 credit hours, only junior year)

6.      I&E Capstone project (3 credit hours, only Fall of senior year)

6.5   I&E Capstone project community partnership (not for credit, stipend)

'''Innovation course list'''

·         BTE 210 - Fundamentals Of Business Technology & Innovation

·         IEN 372 - Emerging Technologies And The Creation Of Technological Innovations

·         IEN 572 - Management of Technological Innovation

·         IEN 672 – Management of Technological Innovation II

'''Entrepreneurship course list'''

·         IEN 571 - Engineering Entrepreneurship

·         IEN 671 - Engineering Entrepreneurship II

·         JMM 407 - Media Entrepreneurship

·         MGT 253 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship

·         MGT 357 - Entrepreneurship Simulation Experience: Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneurial CEO

·         MGT 625 - Entrepreneurship: Creating New Ventures

·         MMI 630 - Entrepreneurship for Musicians

·         MKT 385 - Marketing for Entrepreneurs

School:University of Miami

2017-01-20T17:22:40Z

Allenliu:

[[File:Um-print-logo.png|border|left|800x200px|Um-print-logo.png]]

'''OVERVIEW'''

A private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the University of Miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to both the community and the world.

The University comprises 11 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 180 majors and programs. In 2016, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked UM among the top 50 universities in the country in its “Best Colleges” listings. ''U.S. News'' also cites several of its programs in “America's Best Graduate Schools.”

Established in 1925 during the region's famous real estate boom, UM is a major research university engaged in more than $309 million in research and sponsored program expenditures annually. While the majority of this work is housed at the Miller School of Medicine, investigators conduct hundreds of studies in other areas, including marine science, engineering, education, and psychology.

 

'''PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''

There are many resources available for students to learn and experiment with I&E on campus, and the environment is only improving.

Many departments have classes that are based mainly around allowing students to learn about I&E, or at the very least, are incorporating these principles into already existing classes. There are also accreditation programs, majors, and minors at the School of Business that allow students to get formal educations in I&E subjects.

The largest I&E resource on campus is LaunchPad, which is a center on campus dedicated to helping students who have questions about their ideas or projects, can help students find or use I&E resources, and even provide seed funding for the best projects done by students.

There is much that can be done to further improve this environment, though. Many resources on campus, especially ones that have expensive machinery for prototyping, have very limited access for students, or are very picky about which students can use them, and for what. If these were made to be more widely available, this would greatly improve student’s ability to create and further their projects.

 

'''ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ETREPRENURSHIP'''

The University of Miami is a very prevalent research institution, and every department on campus has dozens, if not hundreds of research projects going on all of the time. This is an advantage, in that students and faculty are always looking for more that they can do to further the scientific and academic communities, and many interesting projects are coming out of the university all of the time.

A major drawback of this, though, is that much of the time and effort we use is based around writing and securing grants, and then getting publications. Because of this, efforts in creating new and innovative products or services is somewhat pushed aside. The general atmosphere of the university trends towards working on experiments, while more innovation in a more classic sense is much less emphasized.  

 

'''ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION'''

The Technology Transfer center of UM is a great resource on campus, but it has a few significant drawbacks.

First, it is mostly geared towards providing opportunities and resources for faculty. Students are given significantly less attention and resources, and this makes it seem like student innovation is less important and encouraged. Secondly, the ownership rights are very strict, and give very little in the way of allowing idea creators to make profit or get any other compensation for their work. Finally, the actual resources of the office are very poorly marketed, and many people on campus don’t even know they exist.

These policies may be very difficult to change, but any sort of shift in the right direction would be very beneficial to students.

 

'''FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION'''

Miami is a booming hub of industry, and every department on campus can easily find a number of different businesses and projects that are relevant to their studies within a short drive of campus. There are efforts by the school to bring students and these industries together, but there could be much more done to do this.

The main contribution to this is the regular Career Fair, which brings many different businesses, both local and national, to allow students to network and talk to real employers, and it is not uncommon for students to be able to get an internship position or full job through this.

There are many resources going untapped, though. Miami has a large number of angle investors, incubators, accelerators, etc. that are all within just miles of the main campus, and yet very little of these are being utilized or advertised to students. Making these more prevalent might be a large step towards helping students bring their ideas to life.

 

'''ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS'''

There is very little being done by the school to engage with economic development. There are certain student organization groups dedicated to projects of this nature, but they are limited by the funds that are allocated to student organizations, as well as the time limitations of the students running them.

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cSzGS_L2rE0FBkW80ECrp2R-DIn8azfW_StEQUjX-6k/edit#gid=6 LANDSCAPE CANVAS LINK]

== Related Links ==

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Allen Liu

2017-01-06T00:10:40Z

Allenliu:

Allen Liu is a University Innovation Fellow candidate at the University of Miami. A third year neuroscience student, Liu aspires to become a physician. Although becoming a physician has been a long-held ambition of his, he regards research as the cornerstone of medicine. Thus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Liu has contributed to projects investigating hypoglycemia, diabetes, and stroke.[[File:Allenliu uif.png|thumb]]

He is also interested in public health, taking on a leadership role in his school’s UAID (United Against Inequities in Disease) chapter and organizing on-campus events to promote wellness. In his gap year between graduation and medical school, Liu hopes to get more hands-on experience studying public health or as an agent of public health.

In the fall semester of 2016, Liu founded the University of Miami Bicycle Club with other cycling enthusiasts (including fellow UIF candidate [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]). They have secured over $1300 of University funding for bicycle repair tools and a $500 grant to start a series of community bicycle repairs to bring basic bicycle maintenance and repair to those who cannot afford the premiums that come with bicycle repair. He loves cycling, and his goal is to improve the Miami bicycle culture and get more people active and on bicycles. Currently, he is recovering from a cycling accident that left him with a broken clavicle, but he can’t wait to hop back on the saddle.

 

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Allen Liu

2017-01-06T00:10:14Z

Allenliu:

Allen Liu is a University Innovation Fellow candidate at the University of Miami. A third year neuroscience student, Liu aspires to become a physician. Although becoming a physician has been a long-held ambition of his, he regards research as the cornerstone of medicine. Thus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Liu has contributed to projects investigating hypoglycemia, diabetes, and stroke.[[File:Allenliu uif.png|thumb|Allenliu uif.png]]

He is also interested in public health, taking on a leadership role in his school’s UAID (United Against Inequities in Disease) chapter and organizing on-campus events to promote wellness. In his gap year between graduation and medical school, Liu hopes to get more hands-on experience studying public health or as an agent of public health.

In the fall semester of 2016, Liu founded the University of Miami Bicycle Club with other cycling enthusiasts (including fellow UIF candidate[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]). They have secured over $1300 of University funding for bicycle repair tools and a $500 grant to start a series of community bicycle repairs to bring basic bicycle maintenance and repair to those who cannot afford the premiums that come with bicycle repair. He loves cycling, and his goal is to improve the Miami bicycle culture and get more people active and on bicycles. Currently, he is recovering from a cycling accident that left him with a broken clavicle, but he can’t wait to hop back on the saddle.

 

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Allen Liu

2017-01-05T21:15:00Z

Allenliu:

Allen Liu is a University Innovation Fellow candidate at the University of Miami. A third year neuroscience student, Liu aspires to become a physician. Although becoming a physician has been a long-held ambition of his, he regards research as the cornerstone of medicine. Thus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Liu has contributed to projects investigating hypoglycemia, diabetes, and stroke.[[File:Allenliu uif.png|thumb]]

He is also interested in public health, taking on a leadership role in his school’s UAID (United Against Inequities in Disease) chapter and organizing on-campus events to promote wellness. In his gap year between graduation and medical school, Liu hopes to get more hands-on experience studying public health or as an agent of public health.

In the fall semester of 2016, Liu founded the University of Miami Bicycle Club with other cycling enthusiasts (including fellow UIF candidate [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]). They have secured over $1300 of University funding for bicycle repair tools and a $500 grant to start a series of community bicycle repairs to bring basic bicycle maintenance and repair to those who cannot afford the premiums that come with bicycle repair. He loves cycling, and his goal is to improve the Miami bicycle culture and get more people active and on bicycles. Currently, he is recovering from a cycling accident that left him with a broken clavicle, but he can’t wait to hop back on the saddle.

 

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Allen Liu

2017-01-05T21:08:25Z

Allenliu: Created page with "Allen Liu is a University Innovation Fellow candidate at the University of Miami. A third year neuroscience student, Liu aspir..."

Allen Liu is a University Innovation Fellow candidate at the University of Miami. A third year neuroscience student, Liu aspires to become a physician. Although becoming a physician has been a long-time of his, he regards research as the cornerstone of medicine. Thus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Liu has contributed to projects investigating hypoglycemia, diabetes, and stroke.[[File:Allenliu uif.png|thumb|Allenliu uif.png]]

He is also interested in public health, taking on a leadership role in his school’s UAID (United Against Inequities in Disease) chapter and organizing on-campus events to promote wellness. In his gap year between graduation and medical school, Liu hopes to get more hands-on experience studying public health or as an agent of public health.

In the fall semester of 2016, Liu founded the University of Miami Bicycle Club with other cycling enthusiasts (including fellow UIF candidate [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yujia_Zhou Yujia Zhou]). They have secured over $1300 of University funding for bicycle repair tools and a $500 grant to start a series of community bicycle repairs to bring basic bicycle maintenance and repair to those who cannot afford the premiums that come with bicycle repair. He loves cycling, and his goal is to improve the Miami bicycle culture and get more people active and on bicycles. Currently, he is recovering from a cycling accident that left him with a broken clavicle, but he can’t wait to hop back on the saddle.

 

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

File:Allenliu uif.png

2017-01-05T21:03:19Z

Allenliu: