School:University of Oklahoma

2015-01-28T20:01:34Z

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'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Venture Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions. 

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university students to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results. 

Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses. 

I&E resources include: 

Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]

Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth- [http://ccew.ou.edu/ http://ccew.ou.edu/]

Oklahoma Funding Accelerator- [http://universityinnovation.org/Www.okfa.org Www.okfa.org]

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Govenor's Cup Competition- [http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/ http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/]

TEDxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

One University Store- [http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]

Computer Science Software Studio -[https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html]

Engineering Practice Facility - [https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html]

Startup Weekend - [http://ou.startupweekend.org/ http://ou.startupweekend.org/]

'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year. 

The OU Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks for the year of 2013. ([https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4 https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4])

The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program. 

The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: [http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf]

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The University Research Campus includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. 

The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer.  The Office of Technology Development is responsible for all intellectual property developed by OU faculty and coordinates filing patents and copyrights for the new technology. 

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics. 

The National Weather Center, one of the most advanced radar research facilities in the world, brings together government and industry with students in a unique one-of-a-kind facilities. [http://www.nwc.ou.edu/ http://www.nwc.ou.edu/]

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Innovation to Enterprise (i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.

OU, Oklahoma State University, and Innovation to Enterprise(i2E) have teamed up to develop a Proof of Concept Center. 

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs. 

Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.  

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= Related Links =

[[University of Oklahoma Student Priorities|University of Oklahoma Student Priorities]]

[[Lauren Abston|Lauren Abston]]

[[Ryan Phillips|Ryan Phillips]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexandra_Hamon Alexandra Hamon]

[[Laura_C_Davis|Laura_C_Davis]]

[[Ashley_Findley|Ashley_Findley]]

[[Andrew_Lambeth|Andrew_Lambeth]]

[[Candace_Alsenay|Candace_Alsenay]]

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Fellow:Laura C Davis

2015-01-04T00:53:47Z

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[[File:Lauracdavisprofilepicture.jpeg|thumb|Lauracdavisprofilepicture.jpeg]]Laura C Davis is an Industrial and Systems Engineering student at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. A non-traditional student, Laura returned to school at Houston Community College in 2011, then transferred to the University of Oklahoma in the Fall of 2013.

Excited to return to school, Laura became very involved with the College of Engineering community. As an avid supporter of women in technical studies, she serves as the Beta Chapter President for Alpha Sigma Kappa, a sorority for women in technical majors, and as the Corporate Relations Chair for the OU Chapter of Society of Women Engineers. She is the Vice President for the OU Chapter of Society of Manufacturing Engineers, where she encourages engineering students to become part of the manufacturing community, mostly through facilities tours. Outside of the university, Laura is a volunteer for the Norman Women’s Resource Center, in the Rape Crisis Center, where she advocates for victims of sexual assault.

Though Laura is now in Oklahoma, she grew up in Pennsylvania. As an avid lover of travel, Laura has lived in eight different states in the US and loves to constantly explore new places. As a scuba diver, she has traveled to many islands in and out of the US. She also loves to paint, sculpt, and thoroughly enjoys new technology and gadgets.

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2015-01-04T00:40:46Z

Lauracdavis: University of Oklahoma, UIF Spring 2015

University of Oklahoma, UIF Spring 2015

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School:University of Oklahoma

Fellow:Laura C Davis

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