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~~The~~ Founded only recently in 2005, the University of California, Merced is the United States’ first research university of built in the twenty-first century and is located in the heart of California's Central Valley. UC Merced is unique among the University of California campuses as half of its student body are first generation college students, many of whom are local to the under-served Central Valley. ~~Only recently founded in 2005~~Due to its constant growth, ~~it’s still an adolescent campus with room for growth and new ideas as~~ the ~~campus grows in size. UC Merced~~ university has the innovative outlook necessary ~~for~~ to put into practice ambitious, forward-thinking ideas as , whether they be encouraged by the administration or driven by students. Student entrepreneurship is a central focus on UC Merced's campus, and its faculty ~~and administration~~ are constantly looking for new opportunities to ~~explore to create a strong infrastructure for entrepreneurship~~encourage entrepreneurial spirit. ~~ ~~Innovation stems from our research labs, student run projects and registered club organizations. ~~As it realizes its potential, UC Merced will solve real world problems and produce innovative technologies to advance society.  ~~

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

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There is no formal emphasis, major, or minor available at UC Merced in the field of entrepreneurship. However, UC Merced offers a course in Entrepreneurship (MGMT 180) under the E&J Gallo Management Program which encourages students to ~~have~~ experience the creative process behind creating new products, crafting business plans, and delivering pitches. Starting in ~~Spring~~ spring semester 2014, management and economics students from this program have begun collaborating with engineering students in the Capstone program. They will help Capstone groups to ~~find ways to~~ monetize and market their products.

=== Intellectual Property for Engineers and Scientists ===

The School of Engineering hosts a class ~~about~~ on intellectual property law, ENGR 192, that convenes on Saturdays. ~~ENGR 192 is a~~ This class ~~that~~ is intended for engineers ~~which~~ and teaches them ~~the~~ aspects of patent and intellectual property law. which are applicable towards undergraduate and graduate students~~It is geared towards undergraduate and graduate students~~ who ~~may~~ are planning to pursue a career in research and technology. ~~They examine~~ The course examines the laws behind Intellectual Property, covering material on ~~copyrights~~ : *Copyrights for technology protection*Trademarks*Trade Secrets*Patent information including the patenting process*Claim drafting*Design patents*Engineering ethics~~, and more.~~

== Innovate to Grow ==

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Innovate to Grow is the ~~project~~ final competition that encompasses ~~three~~ : *Three of the best teams from Engineering Service Learning*Five of the top finishing teams from Mobile App Challenge*Twenty-three of the best teams from Innovation Design Clinic - Capstone. They will compete in a poster and presentation competition. On May 16th, judges will decide the overall winner from all three of the programs.~~~~

=== Innovation and Design Clinic - Capstone ===

Capstone Design / Innovation Design Clinic (ME 170) is a course in which engineering students form teams and compete against each other as part of a competition.The Innovation Design Clinic, aka Capstone, is somewhat similar to the Engineering Service Learning program except ~~the program~~ that Capstone is more structured--engineering students are placed into teams that are tasked with creating specific projects. Together , they create a solution to a problem that has been designated to them by either industry or by ~~the~~ courseadvisors. Teams are ~~cross disciplinary in the sense that~~ interdisciplinary; they ~~have~~ include engineers, but also students from management and ~~business~~ economics backgrounds ~~integrated into their respective team~~. Twenty-three of the best teamsare then chosen to compete in~~then presented to the general public and investors at the annual Innovation~~ Innovate to Grow ~~event~~.

=== Foster Family Center for Engineering Service Learning ===

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Under the School of Engineering is , the Foster Family Center for Engineering Service Learning program~~, which~~ allows student groups to exercise their creative problem-solving abilities and project management skills while earning units. Student teams partner with community stakeholders under faculty advisors and exercise a great level of independence.  Student teams are generally self-organized. Though their respective projects are guided by faculty advisors, in general they determine their own course of action, organization, and short-term goals~~. Student teams are generally self-organized~~. This forces them to think innovatively and run their projects like entrepreneurs. Students from all majors are welcome to join the program, if they choose. At the end of the semester, the three best Engineering Service Learning teams will be participating in the Innovate to Grow competition.~~~~

=== Mobile App Challenge - CITRIS ===

=== Flash Talks - Career Services Center ===

This is a pitch event where students have 20 minutes to present 20 slides based on a project that they’re a part of--which is more geared towards those students already participating in Mobile App Challenge, Engineering Service Learning, and Capstone but can be more broadly applied to students with any significant project that they wish to present. Student researchers ~~may~~ are also ~~find themselves as a part of the project~~welcome. This event is meant to help students exercise their presentation ~~giving~~ delivery skills and to reward those who are successful in both their presentation and their respective projects. Students compete against one another for a cash prize.

=== Entrepreneurial Seminar and Pitchfest Competition - TESUM ===

TESUM stands for The Entrepreneurs Society at UC Merced, which is a student-run RCO (Registered Club Organization) ~~which is~~ hosting a pitch competition for students where entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. The judges are made up of entrepreneurs, IP lawyers and angel investors. The Entrepreneurial Seminar and Pitch fest competition also hosts workshops which are intended to support student entrepreneurs. The competition was partially funded by the student government at UC Merced, ASUCM (Associated Students of UC Merced).

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

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CITRIS is a program that is headquartered at Berkeley, but has centers at Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz ~~University of California~~ campuses. CITRIS is an institution at UC campuses that helps groundbreaking research obtain funding and helps to incubate research into startups. CITRIS has four primary initiatives: Energy, Democracy, Infrastructure, and Health. Its mission is to benefit each initiative with further integration with information technologyby helping to fund research related to its initiatives. Through these four initiatives, CITRIS provides the support necessary to help provide solutions for California and the global community at large. CITRIS is also responsible for sponsoring the Mobile App Challenge, where the top 5 teams ~~moving into~~ move on to the Innovate to Grow competition.

=== ~~Mesa~~ MESA Lab ===

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Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation Laboratory (MESA Lab) main goal is “Real solutions for sustainability.”

The lab’s research focuses on the following.<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>[http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/unmanned-aerial-systems Unmanned Aerial Systems and UAV-based Personal Remote Sensing]</li><li>[http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/cyber-physical-systems Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)]</li><li>[http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/renewable-energy-systems Modeling and Control of Renewable Energy Systems]</li><li>[http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/mechatronics Mechatronics]</li><li>[http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/research/applied-fractional-order-calculus Applied Fractional Calculus (AFC)]</li><li>Fractional Order Motion Control and Process Control</li><li>RIOTS- A Matlab Toolbox for Solving General Optimal Control Problems</li></ul> The MESA Lab host various events throughout the year to showcase its progress in innovative breakthroughs. Headed by Professor YangQuan Chen, student Lab Technician Interns and Undergraduate researchers work collaboratively with Graduate students to produce the most efficient and reliable systems possible.  The entrepreneurial spirit which guides the lab can be summed up by the following:  “Try to be the first to test and solve new problems; if your work is not the first of its kind, make sure that your solutions/research are the best.”<div> </div>= Business Development at UC Merced = == Office of Business Development == The Office of Business Development operates programs in Innovation Management, New Ventures, Industry Alliances, and Economic Development.  Consulting services are provided to faculty, staff and alumni, as well as people and organizations that are looking for a point of engagement for exploring commercialization and R&D projects with the university. [http://bd.ucmerced.edu http://bd.ucmerced.edu] = Regional and ~~Economical~~ Economic Development Efforts =

== Blum Center - Global California: The World at Home ==

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The Blum Center at UC Merced is an extension of the original Blum Center from Berkeley, only recently founded from a seed grant. There are also centers at UC Davis, and UCLA. The Blum Center will have a specific focus on the Central Valley’s future prosperity. By utilizing interdisciplinary expertise from students with all different backgrounds, the Blum Center will be able to exercise a wide variety of projects in both Engineering Service Learning and Capstone projects. The Blum Center provides a unique perspective because of its location and high concentration of first generation college students.

=== Engineers for a Sustainable World - KivaGreen ===

The KivaGreen project falls under the class titled ‘Engineers for a Sustainable World’ and is partnered with the nonprofit organization, Kiva. This project falls under Engineering Service Learning. This project has two primary goals: to function as a student trustee group for a subsidiary of Kiva, KivaZip, and to develop an environmental assessment tool for Kiva, a “Green Badge.” The student trustees endorse borrowers to be profiled on Kiva’s website where they can obtain crowd-sourced zero-interest microloans. The Green Badge is being adapted to include U.S. and global environmental standards, whose ultimate goal is to be used ubiquitously from all trustees to contribute to Kiva’s existing badge system. The badges are awarded to deserving borrowers and are meant to highlight certain aspects of businesses that may sway otherwise reluctant lenders.

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= Landscape Canvas =

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= Resources =

[http://www.ucmerced.edu/ http://www.ucmerced.edu/][https://eng.ucmerced.edu/innovatetogrow/innovation-design-clinic-idc https://eng.ucmerced.edu/innovatetogrow/innovation-design-clinic-idc]

[http://citris.ucmerced.edu/ http://citris.ucmerced.edu/]

[https://eng.ucmerced.edu/crf/engineering/engr-192-intellectual-property-for-engineers-and-scientist https://eng.ucmerced.edu/crf/engineering/engr-192-intellectual-property-for-engineers-and-scientist]

[http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/ http://engineeringservicelearning.ucmerced.edu/]

[http://citris.ucmerced.edu/mobileappchallenge/ http://citris.ucmerced.edu/mobileappchallenge/]

[http://innovatetogrow.ucmerced.edu http://innovatetogrow.ucmerced.edu]

[http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/new-blum-center-uc-merced-focus-valley-prosperity http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/new-blum-center-uc-merced-focus-valley-prosperity]

[http://cda.campuscms.ucmerced.edu/ http://cda.campuscms.ucmerced.edu/]

[http://kivagreen.campuscms.ucmerced.edu/ http://kivagreen.campuscms.ucmerced.edu/]

[http://ott.ucmerced.edu/office-technology-transfer http://ott.ucmerced.edu/office-technology-transfer]

[https://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu https://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu]

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California_Merced_Student_Priorities University of California, Merced Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicholas_Fong Nicholas Fong]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Eduardo_Rojas-Flores Eduardo Rojas-Flores]

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