University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-15T17:23:05Z

Sanabk:

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none]]

Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

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== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University_Student_Priorities New Mexico State University Student Priorities]

[http://arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu/ Arrowhead Center]

[http://ece.nmsu.edu/ NMSU Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-15T17:22:38Z

Sanabk:

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none]]

Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=LvuG8bZmV40}}

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University_Student_Priorities New Mexico State University Student Priorities]

[http://arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu/ Arrowhead Center]

[http://ece.nmsu.edu/ http://http://ece.nmsu.edu/] NMSU Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-15T17:22:05Z

Sanabk:

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none]]

Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=LvuG8bZmV40}}

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University_Student_Priorities New Mexico State University Student Priorities]

[http://arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu/ Arrowhead Center]

{http://http://ece.nmsu.edu/ NMSU Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-15T17:20:55Z

Sanabk:

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-15T17:17:32Z

Sanabk:

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none]]

Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=LvuG8bZmV40}}

== Related Links ==

[[NMSU|NMSU]]

[[NMSU Strategic Priorities|NMSU_Strategic_Priorities]]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-14T02:55:49Z

Sanabk:

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none|ShantaThoutam.jpg]]

Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=LvuG8bZmV40}}

Priorities:New Mexico State University Student Priorities

2015-02-13T18:06:41Z

Sanabk:

= - Overview - =
[[File:Back to School ADS.png]]Founded in 1888 as a Land Grant institution New Mexico State University (NMSU) has a long history of entrepenurship and business development in the community.  As the second largest university in the state NMSU has a student population of nearly 18,000 students. Through the university discovery mission started by Dr. Carruthers, the Colleges of Business and Engineering have begun an initiative to integrate mulitdisciplinary learning across campus. This collaboration has encouraged students to take ownership of their learning, and has led to the creation of several dedicated innovation and design centers: The Aggie Innovation Space, Studio G, and Arrowhead Center.
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SJStVYEjawo}}

= - Strategies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - =

== '''Strategy #1: Integration of Baja SAE into a marketable and multidisciplinary capstone(2015)'''

<samp>Capstone projects are one of the most important parts of an engineer’s education. Recognizing that capstone can be used to learn, use and refine skills related to I&E, it must be made better. Baja SAE is a design challenge that is put on by Society of Automotive Engineers and to compete in this series takes a great amount of engineering, marketing, and teamwork. Most importantly this design challenge is created out of the idea of each college being considered a startup firm that is to design and market their vehicle. This creates a great deal of I&E thinking. My hope is that integration of Baja SAE into a capstone project will raise the level of I&E in capstone while also providing students with useful engineering project/start up experience.</samp>

<samp>Leader: Karl Johannes</samp>

<samp>Milestones:</samp>

*Talk to admins about proposal and any problems

*Introduce Baja for a single group (both ME and Business students)

*Fix any problems that arise from first semester of integration

*Introduce Baja in a greater manner the next semester

*Full integrate Baja SAE as a capstone project

*Based on successful integration other similar projects will be introduced to other departments capstone projects

== Studio G Satelite Office ==

Studio G, the student incubator located in the Arrowhead Research park, has been looking for ways to engage students in a more proactive manner. With the recent completion of renovations to the Corbett Student Union, there is the potential for available space to be occupied for entrepreneurship and innovation. This space would allow university student mentors and Innovation Fellows the ability to meet with students in a central location directly on campus. Services to be provided would include a continuation of current operations underway at the Arrowhead Entrepreneurship Institute and Aggie Innovation Space: business model development, rapid prototyping, concept design, manufacturing assistance, and team develpment training. 

== Multidisciplinary Senior Design Classes (Capstone) ==

Recognizing the global impact of education, it is essential for students to work on mulitdisciplinary projects throughout their student tenure. Through the Aggie Innovation Space, engineering students have begun collaborating and working in a more open and supportive environment where experiences have allowed for mentors to emerge. Over the past year, these mentors, from different majors, have worked together to guide a number of student projects through the design phase. Having seen the early success of this initiative, we are hoping to implement a university wide senior design course that will enable students from every college to work together to solve industry-based problems.

== Pop-up Classes ==

Building on early mentorship initiatives, it was determined that many students sought to learn in a non-traditional manner that would allow them to gain familiarity with new concepts quickly. These courses are desinged to help all university students learn the value behind innovation, and to provide them the essential tools for their project needs.  These courses have been very well recieved by university faculty memebers who regularly attend and often teach these new pop-up courses.  

== Industry Reverse Sabbatical ==

The newest concept being developed within the College of Engineering is an Industry sabbatical that will allow for people in industry to get back on campus to teach a full course.  The idea behind the initative is for students to gain familiarity with the practial applications of knowedge in industry.  Course topics will range from circuit design to additive manufacturing, enabling interested students to get an early understanding of an industry that they may seek to join in the future. 

== Technology Transfer, Commercialization, and Business Model Canvas ==

Students, who work on Capstone project to complete their degrees, always dedicate their time to design and develop an idea or a concept to a prototype, demonstrating its working at the end of the semester; however, these students hardly get any chance to assess if there is any Intellectual property associated with their project and also if it is a viable technology to license, commercialize, or start-up a business around it. So, it is very important to teach these students how to do a preliminary technology evaluation, explore potential licensees, and build a business model canvas, exposing them to a great learning technology transfer/entrepreneurial tool. After learning these concepts, students will be asked to assess their project in a step-by-step process and present not only the technical part but also the business prospects of their work and thus earning an extra credit as an incentive.

 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garcia Mauricio Garcia]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karl_Johannes Karl Johannes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaymie_Velasquez Jaymie Velasquez]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shanta_Thoutam Shanta Thoutam]

  

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:New Mexico State University Student Priorities

2015-02-13T18:06:01Z

Sanabk:

= - Overview - =
[[File:Back to School ADS.png]]Founded in 1888 as a Land Grant institution New Mexico State University (NMSU) has a long history of entrepenurship and business development in the community.  As the second largest university in the state NMSU has a student population of nearly 18,000 students. Through the university discovery mission started by Dr. Carruthers, the Colleges of Business and Engineering have begun an initiative to integrate mulitdisciplinary learning across campus. This collaboration has encouraged students to take ownership of their learning, and has led to the creation of several dedicated innovation and design centers: The Aggie Innovation Space, Studio G, and Arrowhead Center.
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SJStVYEjawo}}

= - Strategies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - =

== '''Strategy #1: Integration of Baja SAE into a marketable and multidisciplinary capstone(2015)'''

<samp>Capstone projects are one of the most important parts of an engineer’s education. Recognizing that capstone can be used to learn, use and refine skills related to I&E, it must be made better. Baja SAE is a design challenge that is put on by Society of Automotive Engineers and to compete in this series takes a great amount of engineering, marketing, and teamwork. Most importantly this design challenge is created out of the idea of each college being considered a startup firm that is to design and market their vehicle. This creates a great deal of I&E thinking. My hope is that integration of Baja SAE into a capstone project will raise the level of I&E in capstone while also providing students with useful engineering project/start up experience.</samp>

<samp>Leader: Karl Johannes</samp>

<samp>Milestones:</samp>

*Talk to admins about proposal and any problems

*Introduce Baja for a single group (both ME and Business students)

*Fix any problems that arise from first semester of integration

*Introduce Baja in a greater manner the next semester

*Full integrate Baja SAE as a capstone project

*Based on successful integration other similar projects will be introduced to other departments capstone projects

== Studio G Satelite Office ==

Studio G, the student incubator located in the Arrowhead Research park, has been looking for ways to engage students in a more proactive manner. With the recent completion of renovations to the Corbett Student Union, there is the potential for available space to be occupied for entrepreneurship and innovation. This space would allow university student mentors and Innovation Fellows the ability to meet with students in a central location directly on campus. Services to be provided would include a continuation of current operations underway at the Arrowhead Entrepreneurship Institute and Aggie Innovation Space: business model development, rapid prototyping, concept design, manufacturing assistance, and team develpment training. 

== Multidisciplinary Senior Design Classes (Capstone) ==

Recognizing the global impact of education, it is essential for students to work on mulitdisciplinary projects throughout their student tenure. Through the Aggie Innovation Space, engineering students have begun collaborating and working in a more open and supportive environment where experiences have allowed for mentors to emerge. Over the past year, these mentors, from different majors, have worked together to guide a number of student projects through the design phase. Having seen the early success of this initiative, we are hoping to implement a university wide senior design course that will enable students from every college to work together to solve industry-based problems.

== Pop-up Classes ==

Building on early mentorship initiatives, it was determined that many students sought to learn in a non-traditional manner that would allow them to gain familiarity with new concepts quickly. These courses are desinged to help all university students learn the value behind innovation, and to provide them the essential tools for their project needs.  These courses have been very well recieved by university faculty memebers who regularly attend and often teach these new pop-up courses.  

== Industry Reverse Sabbatical ==

The newest concept being developed within the College of Engineering is an Industry sabbatical that will allow for people in industry to get back on campus to teach a full course.  The idea behind the initative is for students to gain familiarity with the practial applications of knowedge in industry.  Course topics will range from circuit design to additive manufacturing, enabling interested students to get an early understanding of an industry that they may seek to join in the future. 

== Technology Transfer, Commercialization, and Business Model Canvas ==

Students, who work on Capstone project to complete their degrees, always dedicate their time to design and develop an idea or a concept to a prototype, demonstrating its working at the end of the semester; however, these students hardly get any chance to assess if there is any Intellectual property associated with their project and also if it is a viable technology to license, commercialize,or start-up a business around it. So, it is very important to teach these students how to do a preliminary technology evaluation, explore potential licensees, and build a business model canvas, exposing them to a great learning technology transfer/entrepreneurial tool. After learning these concepts, students will be asked to assess their project in a step-by-step process and present not only the technical part but also the business prospects of their work and thus earning an extra credit as an incentive.

 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garcia Mauricio Garcia]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karl_Johannes Karl Johannes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaymie_Velasquez Jaymie Velasquez]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shanta_Thoutam Shanta Thoutam]

  

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:New Mexico State University Student Priorities

2015-02-13T18:02:14Z

Sanabk:

= - Overview - =
[[File:Back to School ADS.png]]Founded in 1888 as a Land Grant institution New Mexico State University (NMSU) has a long history of entrepenurship and business development in the community.  As the second largest university in the state NMSU has a student population of nearly 18,000 students. Through the university discovery mission started by Dr. Carruthers, the Colleges of Business and Engineering have begun an initiative to integrate mulitdisciplinary learning across campus. This collaboration has encouraged students to take ownership of their learning, and has led to the creation of several dedicated innovation and design centers: The Aggie Innovation Space, Studio G, and Arrowhead Center.
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SJStVYEjawo}}

= - Strategies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - =

== '''Strategy #1: Integration of Baja SAE into a marketable and multidisciplinary capstone(2015)'''

<samp>Capstone projects are one of the most important parts of an engineer’s education. Recognizing that capstone can be used to learn, use and refine skills related to I&E, it must be made better. Baja SAE is a design challenge that is put on by Society of Automotive Engineers and to compete in this series takes a great amount of engineering, marketing, and teamwork. Most importantly this design challenge is created out of the idea of each college being considered a startup firm that is to design and market their vehicle. This creates a great deal of I&E thinking. My hope is that integration of Baja SAE into a capstone project will raise the level of I&E in capstone while also providing students with useful engineering project/start up experience.</samp>

<samp>Leader: Karl Johannes</samp>

<samp>Milestones:</samp>

*Talk to admins about proposal and any problems

*Introduce Baja for a single group (both ME and Business students)

*Fix any problems that arise from first semester of integration

*Introduce Baja in a greater manner the next semester

*Full integrate Baja SAE as a capstone project

*Based on successful integration other similar projects will be introduced to other departments capstone projects

== Studio G Satelite Office ==

Studio G, the student incubator located in the Arrowhead Research park, has been looking for ways to engage students in a more proactive manner. With the recent completion of renovations to the Corbett Student Union, there is the potential for available space to be occupied for entrepreneurship and innovation. This space would allow university student mentors and Innovation Fellows the ability to meet with students in a central location directly on campus. Services to be provided would include a continuation of current operations underway at the Arrowhead Entrepreneurship Institute and Aggie Innovation Space: business model development, rapid prototyping, concept design, manufacturing assistance, and team develpment training. 

== Multidisciplinary Senior Design Classes (Capstone) ==

Recognizing the global impact of education, it is essential for students to work on mulitdisciplinary projects throughout their student tenure. Through the Aggie Innovation Space, engineering students have begun collaborating and working in a more open and supportive environment where experiences have allowed for mentors to emerge. Over the past year, these mentors, from different majors, have worked together to guide a number of student projects through the design phase. Having seen the early success of this initiative, we are hoping to implement a university wide senior design course that will enable students from every college to work together to solve industry-based problems.

== Pop-up Classes ==

Building on early mentorship initiatives, it was determined that many students sought to learn in a non-traditional manner that would allow them to gain familiarity with new concepts quickly. These courses are desinged to help all university students learn the value behind innovation, and to provide them the essential tools for their project needs.  These courses have been very well recieved by university faculty memebers who regularly attend and often teach these new pop-up courses.  

== Industry Reverse Sabbatical ==

The newest concept being developed within the College of Engineering is an Industry sabbatical that will allow for people in industry to get back on campus to teach a full course.  The idea behind the initative is for students to gain familiarity with the practial applications of knowedge in industry.  Course topics will range from circuit design to additive manufacturing, enabling interested students to get an early understanding of an industry that they may seek to join in the future. 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garcia Mauricio Garcia]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karl_Johannes Karl Johannes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaymie_Velasquez Jaymie Velasquez]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shanta_Thoutam Shanta Thoutam]

  

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:New Mexico State University Student Priorities

2015-02-13T18:01:42Z

Sanabk:

= - Overview - =
[[File:Back to School ADS.png]]Founded in 1888 as a Land Grant institution New Mexico State University (NMSU) has a long history of entrepenurship and business development in the community.  As the second largest university in the state NMSU has a student population of nearly 18,000 students. Through the university discovery mission started by Dr. Carruthers, the Colleges of Business and Engineering have begun an initiative to integrate mulitdisciplinary learning across campus. This collaboration has encouraged students to take ownership of their learning, and has led to the creation of several dedicated innovation and design centers: The Aggie Innovation Space, Studio G, and Arrowhead Center.
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SJStVYEjawo}}

= - Strategies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - =

== '''Strategy #1: Integration of Baja SAE into a marketable and multidisciplinary capstone(2015)'''

<samp>Capstone projects are one of the most important parts of an engineer’s education. Recognizing that capstone can be used to learn, use and refine skills related to I&E, it must be made better. Baja SAE is a design challenge that is put on by Society of Automotive Engineers and to compete in this series takes a great amount of engineering, marketing, and teamwork. Most importantly this design challenge is created out of the idea of each college being considered a startup firm that is to design and market their vehicle. This creates a great deal of I&E thinking. My hope is that integration of Baja SAE into a capstone project will raise the level of I&E in capstone while also providing students with useful engineering project/start up experience.</samp>

<samp>Leader: Karl Johannes</samp>

<samp>Milestones:</samp>

*Talk to admins about proposal and any problems

*Introduce Baja for a single group (both ME and Business students)

*Fix any problems that arise from first semester of integration

*Introduce Baja in a greater manner the next semester

*Full integrate Baja SAE as a capstone project

*Based on successful integration other similar projects will be introduced to other departments capstone projects

== Studio G Satelite Office ==

Studio G, the student incubator located in the Arrowhead Research park, has been looking for ways to engage students in a more proactive manner. With the recent completion of renovations to the Corbett Student Union, there is the potential for available space to be occupied for entrepreneurship and innovation. This space would allow university student mentors and Innovation Fellows the ability to meet with students in a central location directly on campus. Services to be provided would include a continuation of current operations underway at the Arrowhead Entrepreneurship Institute and Aggie Innovation Space: business model development, rapid prototyping, concept design, manufacturing assistance, and team develpment training. 

== Multidisciplinary Senior Design Classes (Capstone) ==

Recognizing the global impact of education, it is essential for students to work on mulitdisciplinary projects throughout their student tenure. Through the Aggie Innovation Space, engineering students have begun collaborating and working in a more open and supportive environment where experiences have allowed for mentors to emerge. Over the past year, these mentors, from different majors, have worked together to guide a number of student projects through the design phase. Having seen the early success of this initiative, we are hoping to implement a university wide senior design course that will enable students from every college to work together to solve industry-based problems.

== Pop-up Classes ==

Building on early mentorship initiatives, it was determined that many students sought to learn in a non-traditional manner that would allow them to gain familiarity with new concepts quickly. These courses are desinged to help all university students learn the value behind innovation, and to provide them the essential tools for their project needs.  These courses have been very well recieved by university faculty memebers who regularly attend and often teach these new pop-up courses.  

== Industry Reverse Sabbatical ==

The newest concept being developed within the College of Engineering is an Industry sabbatical that will allow for people in industry to get back on campus to teach a full course.  The idea behind the initative is for students to gain familiarity with the practial applications of knowedge in industry.  Course topics will range from circuit design to additive manufacturing, enabling interested students to get an early understanding of an industry that they may seek to join in the future. 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garcia Mauricio Garcia]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karl_Johannes Karl Johannes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaymie_Velasquez Jaymie Velasquez]

{http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shanta_Thoutam Shanta Thoutam]

  

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-12T05:54:43Z

Sanabk:

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Shanta Thoutam is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Shanta accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2015-02-12T05:45:01Z

Sanabk:

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Shanta Thoutam accomplished BTech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, she went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught her to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner.

After acquiring real-time work experience, her desire to improve the performance of analog circuits has kindled a quest to pursue PhD in design of Low Dropout Regulators. During the first semester of PhD program, she had an opportunity to volunteer at Arrowhead Center, NMSU's primary economic development arm. After serving for a semester, she was offered a position titled Commercialization Analyst to assess the commercial potential of 20+ inventions with responsibilities include research and assess market and value chain metrics, prior art, and competitive products, consult experts in field, companies in industry, and end users, identify and suggest specific commercialization paths. For a semester, she worked as an Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) intern with Sun Mountain Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm, to identify and complete due diligence for high-potential businesses or technologies in southern New Mexico and El Paso regions. The following years, she took on the role of Program Manager for Launch proof of concept program and increased the program participation by 50% every year. Also, she gained experience in business analysis, business consulting, and program management across industries including High-tech to Social Entrepreneurship. Having a strong focus on business and technology, she has been playing a key role in bridging the gap between NMSU campus and market by successfully advancing technologies to business development settings. In 2012, she took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award.

School:New Mexico State University

2015-02-12T05:31:01Z

Sanabk:

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New Mexico State University (NMSU) is a comprehensive research, land-grant university excelling in teaching, research and public service that fuels the economy and prepares students to be productive citizens.

== - PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -  ==

New Mexico State University is committed to advancing student involvement by creating spaces and organizations that advance and nurture the integration of innovation and entrepreneurship. Through the '''Aggie Innovation Space''' and '''Arrowhead Center''', students have the opportunity to use their creativity coupled with available resources to take an idea from inception to a marketable prototype.

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The '''Aggie Innovation Space''' (AIS), presented by Intel Corporation, is offered by the Engineering New Mexico Resource Network within the College of Engineering as a learning environment for all students, that invites innovation, ideation, creativity and entrepreneurship. AIS works to foster innovation and entrepreneurship by offering students rapid prototyping resources, such as 3D printers, electronics stations, programmable development boards, robotics kits, and necessary software, as well as a student mentoring program focused on helping students gain the extra skills needed to bring an idea into fruition.  

AIS recently started a mentoring program, allowing students who nurture the use of technology and encourage discovery to inspire and assist in student led projects. The space is equiped with 3D printers and engineering design tools to make the creative process come to life. In collaboration with Stuido G and Arrowhead Center, students can develop pathways to a new business startup. Learn more at [http://studiog.nmsu.edu/ aggieinnovationspace.nmsu.edu]

As part of '''Arrowhead Center''', '''Studio G''' is the first business incubator dedicated to helping NMSU students and alumni kickstart their business ideas. As a member of Studio G, students receive guidance from the qualified commercialization staff and access to Arrowhead's Enterprise Advisors, a group of professionals, engineers, and developers that are availabe to help launch businesses. As well, students have access to workshops with great prototyping resources: 3D printers, 3D scanners, vinyl cutters, video conferencing, etc. Studio G also provides funding opportunities and awards exclusive to members, and great momentum to license technology and start a business. Learn more at [http://studiog.nmsu.edu/ studiog.nmsu.edu]

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== - ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - ==

New Mexico State University was one of 12 universities from across the country selected to take part in the National Science Foundation's first cohort of the Pathways to Innovation Program. The program is led by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, known as Epicenter, and was created to help universities incorporate entrepreneurship and innovation into undergraduate engineering education. The team of NMSU faculty and administrators has worked with Epicenter staff to design and implement a plan for the university to develop a successful model to integrate entrepreneurship into the curriculum. 

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Faculty innovation can also be linked to the Arrowhead Center and Aggie Innovation Space at New Mexico State University. Faculty can be part of innovative/entrepreneural activity also on the ''Lauch'' program, in which they can transfer technologies from the university and the region to commercial markets. Both facilities have an advisory committe of faculty and staff committed to creating opportunities for student success and offering guidance and necesary resources and research. The faculty interested in innovation technology, business mentoring, market analysis, student access to investment networks, encourage student technology development and commercialization to occur, as well as advancemens in faculty and staff research initiatives around campus..

Faculty also have the choice of working on the 'Enterprise Research', where businesses seek the resources to help them grow. Faculty can help with business plans, marketing studies, feasibility studies, financial and indutry analyses, and other services.

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== - ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION -  ==

Throughout NMSU there are no ''University Technology Transfer Offices ''or ''Technology Licensing Offices'', which consist of hubs within universities where innovators and outside business leaders engage to commercialize inventions. However, these resources are made available through the Arrowhead Center and NMSU Career Services Offices.

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Arrowhead Center was ceated by NMSU to be an engine for sustainable economic development, ultimately improving the quality of life for all New Mexicans. The Center is equipped to leverage innovation as an ongoing mechanism for promoting new business development and the job growth that goes with it. By collaboratively facilitating the creation of an innovation-driven-economy, the ability to convert ideas into marketable technologies, faster and better than the competition can be realized in an environment that students finde mentoring and guidance along the way. To accelerate the innovation economy, Arrowhead Center brokers the constant interplay between those in the market in search of solutions, innovative researchers, savvy entrepreneurs, eager students, educated employees, advanced facilities, and effective public/private partnerships.

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== - FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION - ==

New Mexico State University has partnerships with several companies for its students to increase technology development and innovation. NMSU Career Services offers Cooperative Education Programs (Co-Op), in which students combine classroom-based education with practical work experience; as well as internships during the summer. 

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The essence of the University internships and Co-op Programs is a 'partnership effort where the student, the employer, and the University all participate on an equal basis in an effort to make the educational experience richer and more meaningful' (NMSU Career Services, 2014).

Some of the current partnerships New Mexico State University has include Cummins, Intel, Halliburton, Tyson, Urenco, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon. These companies, as well as many others, offer students a wonderful opportunity to experience innovation and entrepreneurship outside the classroom.

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== - ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS - ==

New Mexico is committed to regional economic development by contributing to local community businesses through service and projects such as the New Mexico Small Business Assistance program, which assists small businesses in New Mexico with technical and/or business challenges by providing resources and assistance from lab scientists or engineers from the local National Labs. The Arrowhead Center, as a contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories brings the resources of New Mexico State University through their students and faculty to assist in technical and business challenges. This program emphasizes on areas of: 

*Technology Readiness Level of Product/Technology (TRL)
*Demonstration and Validation of Product/Technology
*Product Usability Testing
*Feasibility Demonstration of Business or Technical Aspects

Utilizing these resources, the local community encourages members to pursue business ideas and create economic growth for the state.

== - LANDSCAPE CANVAS - ==

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== - RELATED LINKS - ==

[[NMSU Strategic Priorities|NMSU_Strategic_Priorities]]

[[Mauricio Garcia|Mauricio_Garcia]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan P. Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karl_Johannes Karl Johannes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shanta_Thoutam Shanta Thoutam]

[[Category:Universities]]

Priorities:NMSU Strategic Priorities

2015-02-11T17:00:26Z

Sanabk:

= - Overview - =
[[File:Back to School ADS.png]]Founded in 1888 as a Land Grant institution New Mexico State University (NMSU) has a long history of entrepenurship and business development in the community.  As the second largest university in the state NMSU has a student population of nearly 18,000 students. Through the university discovery mission started by Dr. Carruthers, the Colleges of Business and Engineering have begun an initiative to integrate mulitdisciplinary learning across campus. This collaboration has encouraged students to take ownership of their learning, and has led to the creation of several dedicated innovation and design centers: The Aggie Innovation Space, Studio G, and Arrowhead Center.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJStVYEjawo

= - Strategies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - =

== Studio G Satelite Office ==

Studio G, the student incubator located in the Arrowhead Research park, has been looking for ways to engage students in a more proactive manner. With the recent completion of renovations to the Corbett Student Union, there is the potential for available space to be occupied for entrepreneurship and innovation. This space would allow university student mentors and Innovation Fellows the ability to meet with students in a central location directly on campus. Services to be provided would include a continuation of current operations underway at the Arrowhead Entrepreneurship Institute and Aggie Innovation Space: business model development, rapid prototyping, concept design, manufacturing assistance, and team develpment training. 

== Multidisciplinary Senior Design Classes (Capstone) ==

Recognizing the global impact of education, it is essential for students to work on mulitdisciplinary projects throughout their student tenure. Through the Aggie Innovation Space, engineering students have begun collaborating and working in a more open and supportive environment where experiences have allowed for mentors to emerge. Over the past year, these mentors, from different majors, have worked together to guide a number of student projects through the design phase. Having seen the early success of this initiative, we are hoping to implement a university wide senior design course that will enable students from every college to work together to solve industry-based problems.

'''Integration of Baja SAE into a marketable and multidisciplinary capstone'''

Capstone projects are one of the most important parts of an engineer’s education. Recognizing that capstone can be used to learn, use and refine skills related to I&E, it must be made better. Baja SAE is a design challenge that is put on by Society of Automotive Engineers and to compete in this series take a great amount of engineering, marketing, and teamwork. Most importantly this design challenge is created out of the idea of each college being considered a startup firm that is to design and market their vehicle. This creates a great deal of I&E thinking. My hope is that integration of Baja SAE into a capstone project with raise the level of I&E in capstone while also providing students with a useful engineering project/start up.

Milestones:

#Talk to admins about proposal and any problems
#Introduce Baja for a single group (both ME and Business students)
#Fix any problems that arise from first semester of integration
#Introduce baja in a greater manner the next semester
#Full integrate Baja SAE as a capstone project
#Based on successfull ingegration other similar projects will be introduced to other departments capstone projects 

== Pop-up Classes ==

Building on early mentorship initiatives, it was determined that many students sought to learn in a non-traditional manner that would allow them to gain familiarity with new concepts quickly. These courses are desinged to help all university students learn the value behind innovation, and to provide them the essential tools for their project needs.  These courses have been very well recieved by university faculty memebers who regularly attend and often teach these new pop-up courses.  

== Industry Reverse Sabbatical ==

The newest concept being developed within the College of Engineering is an Industry sabbatical that will allow for people in industry to get back on campus to teach a full course.  The idea behind the initative is for students to gain familiarity with the practial applications of knowedge in industry.  Course topics will range from circuit design to additive manufacturing, enabling interested students to get an early understanding of an industry that they may seek to join in the future. 

== Technology Transfer and Business Model Canvas ==

Students, who work on Capstone project to complete their degrees, always dedicate their time to design and develop an idea or a concept to a prototype, demonstrating its working at the end of the semester; however, these students hardly get any chance to assess if there is any Intellectual property associated with their project and also is it a viable technology to start-up a business around it. So, it is very important to teach these students how to do a preliminary technology evaluation and build a business model canvas, exposing them to a great learning technology transfer/entrepreneurial tool. After learning these concepts, students will be asked to assess their project in a step-by-step process and present not only the technical part but also the business prospects of their work and thus earning an extra credit as an incentive.

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/NMSU New Mexico State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garcia Mauricio Garcia]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan#New_Mexico_State_University.2C_UIF_Fellowship Brendan Sullivan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ember_Krech Ember Krech]

 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Fellow:Shanta Thoutam

2014-12-30T20:35:11Z

Sanabk: Created page with "noneI accomplished Btech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performanc..."

[[File:ShantaThoutam.jpg|thumb|none]]I accomplished Btech in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from India (Gold medalist for exhibiting outstanding academic performance throughout the program) and MS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU. After graduation in 2004, I went to work for 5+ years as Analog IC Designer at Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas. Real-time industry work experience taught me to excel as an individual contributor taking challenging tasks to execute on a timely and efficient manner. Now, I am back to NMSU to pursue PhD in Electrical Engineering so that I can do extensive research work in VLSI area using my skills, which I imbibed and honed for the past couple of years. Also, I found myself calling in the Business world, so eventually planning on getting MBA from an Ivy League Business-school to establish myself as an Entrepreneur.

Recently, I took part in Camino Real Venture Competition (CRVC) and presented business plan on Algae based bio-diesel generation to VCs. Secured 3rd place and got a "Merit in Entrepreneurship Final Division" award. I have active LinkedIn and Facebook profiles.

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2014-12-30T20:32:10Z

Sanabk: PhD, New Mexico State University.

PhD, New Mexico State University.