#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Increase time period''': One semester proved too short for any of the four Fall 2015 groups to fully develop a prototype or MVP (minimum viable product).</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Increase interdisciplinary aspect''': The course only includes students from nursing and chemical engineering disciplines, leaving large knowledge deficits when developing business plans and/or other aspects of prototype development which cannot be solely applied to chemical engineering and/or nursing.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Greater introduction to available resources''': While a brief introduction to the resources available for prototyping on campus was provided (specifically, the iMakerspace within the iCube) was provided, no in-depth instruction occurred on the use of these resources due to time constraints for the students of Fall 2015.</span>
=== <span style="color:#696969;"><font size="2">PROPOSED SOLUTION</font></span> ===
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''First year cohorts will focus on learning the design thinking process, the business model canvas, and other vital resources which facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship from concept generation to production & sales'''. The program will integrate into the curriculum critical & creative thinking exercises challenging students to apply these concepts to the world around them.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Second year cohorts will be assigned projects for solution development and execution'''. This year Students will focus on design thinking solutions to the assigned problem, developing prototypes/minimum viable products (MVPs) from data collected through research, and working to bring the solution to production using resources available on campus and in the regional I&E ecosystem.</span>#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Third year cohorts will self-identify problems and develop design solutions with the end goal of achieving student licensure of the product, venture start-up status, and/or commercialization of the product by an outside entity'''. This project will serve as As the capstone of the program, challenging this project will challenge students to work together effectively while pooling knowledge not only from the previous two years in the program, but also knowledge gained within each student's respective discipline.</span>
=== <span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: small;">STRATEGIES FOR EXECUTION</span></span><br/> ===
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