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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, - then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS)~~, who~~ - began forging industry partnerships with ~~such~~ local companies such as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish ~~and the~~ . The engineering faculty ~~as a whole acted as first followers as they~~ began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and ~~through~~ engaged in revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, Dr. Mark Mone, who later became the Chancellor of the university~~. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone~~. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty ~~sprouted up throughout~~ stepped in from various departments~~, first~~ . First through the business school, was Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the ~~Art~~ Arts with Dr. Kim Beckman, ~~and~~ followed by the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Through outside investments, Dr. Prasad created ~~through outside investments~~ the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to ~~winning~~ win initial seed funds used to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, that the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.

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~~As participation~~ PArticipation in these innovative activities ~~sky-rocketed~~grew quickly, and the need for more activities ~~came~~ became apparent. ~~The next was~~ Thus began the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition ~~out of~~ specific to students from the ~~school~~ Lubar School of ~~business~~Business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise ~~and~~ as Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, called Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. ~~By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in~~ In 2012, ~~the~~ various groups on campus ~~along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the~~ were led by faculty ~~support of~~ members Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus -wide ~~inclusive~~ Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition ~~not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame~~ brought many groups and resources together by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three ~~widely~~ active student organizations : Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club~~, the on-campus makerspace club~~. Additionally, there are many smaller , more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused , such as the video game design organization or and the Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, - UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry ~~leading~~ . The goal is to develop new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC) began.  ~~This~~ The center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  ~~This will~~ The LEC allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public~~.  The center  will help~~ , helping to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

'''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

~~ ~~Fall 2021- Allyn Lottouzee, Antonina Johnston, Rudi Marciniak, Manny Garmendez, Ariel Pershman Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.

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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can ~~survey~~ see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support ~~while~~ and the Fellows put in sweat equity~~.~~ Who Showcased There were five teams that represented the I-Corps program and seven from Student Startup Challenge. Two teams from our Design and Visual Communications program, four from the business school, one national team winners of the maker’s competition, and one from Big Idea Tournament. In addition to winners, there were five student organizations, one entity called the App Brewery and a high school group Student Startup Challenge has partnered with through the year. The Lubar School of Business and the UWM Research Foundation also had tables to showcase their winners. Panther Bucks While at the event, guests were given fake money worth three million PantherBucks. Their duty was to invest in ideas they felt were “good.” All money could be given to one team or split up among teams. The winner with most money in their box at the end of the night is the winning PantherBuck winner and receives a real $100. Name Badges Each exhibitor and special guest that came to the event was given a laser cut wood badge with the the event logo cut out. The badges were designed by one UIF, Nicole Green and 70 badges were cut by another UIF, Alex Francis. Laser cutting parameters: ⅛” Basswood (we used 8” x 24” sheets) 35 W Laser cutter settings: In addition to the badges, people that were attendees of the event were able to fill out a written name tag that had printed with the logo and event branding.

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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship ~~spoke~~ speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders ~~included~~ include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions ~~showcased~~ showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for a the brand new entrepreneurship center.<div>''Organizing Expoers</~~span~~div></~~span>''~~ It took a lot effort, if not the most stress of it all, to organize all the presenters.</spandiv>

We had to get all the participants names (to be etched on the wood name badge), emails and other important details like the name of their startup, short description, logo. We were also very persistent about confirming their participation. The organizing team found that it was best to have participants fill out a google form for all of this information.Innovating Innovation

~~When discussing details with~~ For the ~~presenters~~2020-2021 school year, ~~we stressed~~ this Innovation Expo went virtual due to the ~~importance that they “own their space~~novel COVID-19 pandemic.~~” Each participant was given a four foot table space~~ MAde possible through the innovation of Student Startup Challenge Entrepreneur Ross Younger, participants and ~~they~~ guests were ~~advised~~ led through a virtual tour to ~~bring computer monitors,~~ different posters~~, displays and so on. While planning~~ throughout the ~~space, it was important to know if a participant was expecting a space near an electrical outlet~~"LEC." Pre-Meeting (Pop-Up)</spandiv></~~span~~div></~~span~~div>

The organizational team planned a meeting for all the participants. It went over details of the night, set up time, and expectations. Additionally we hosted a Pop-Up class which is a platform we have established at UWM. They are two hour classes open to anyone focused on startup/entrepreneurial topics. After the expectation portion of the meeting, our Pop-Up commenced focusing on large crowd showcasing. Setup and Preparation

On the day of event, the space was open A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to ~~all of~~ view different funding options available with deadlines for the ~~expoers~~ year. Students will be able to ~~come and set up~~ select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their ~~space~~ interest through the ~~way they would like~~site. The ~~setup began at 1~~ counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and ~~open until 4:30pm~~what materails to bring to the meeting. ~~Someone who was “in charge” of~~ During the meeting, the ~~event was there throughout~~ counselot will be able to guide the ~~duration of~~ student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the ~~setup time.  <div>Final ThoughtsThis event was impressive. This event was definitely a highlight for does the ~~UWM community for all stakeholders. We learned that we needed~~ student need to ~~adjust~~ have a ~~few things, but overall~~business plan pulled to gether, ~~it was~~ or merely a ~~successful event~~product to pitch to apply to different funding.~~</div></div></div>The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.

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= Teaching Innovation =

= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

~~'''Fellows'''~~ Fall 2021 - [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Allyn_Lottouzee Allyn Lottouzee ] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Antonina_Johnston Antonina Johnston ] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Ariel_Pershman Ariel Pershman ] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Manuel_%22Manny%22_Garmendez Manny Garmendez ] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Rudi_Marciniak Rudi Marciniak ] Fall 2019 - [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ] [[Caleb marks|Caleb Marks]] [[Collin Roberts|Collin Roberts]] [[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]] Fall 2018 - [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev] Kaitlyn Jankowski [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ] Spring 2018 - [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek] Fall 2015 - Rustin Bergren [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ] Cori Engdahl [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ] <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2015 - [[David Gallegos|David Gallegos]] [[Nicole Green|Nicole Green]] [[Garry Jean-Pierre|Garry Jean-Pierre]]

~~~~[[~~Cory Engdahl~~Amin Mojtahedi|Amin Mojtahedi]]~~~~

~~[[Aaron Davis]]~~

~~Rustin Bergren~~

~~Tehereh Hosseini~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/~~Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]~~Alex_Francis Alex Francis </span>]

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/~~wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green~~Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/~~User:G._J-P Garry Jean-Pierre~~Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]~~~~<div>David Gallegos</div>~~[[Alex Francis]]~~

<~~span style="font-size:small;"~~br/>~~[[Carlton Reeves]]~~'''

~~[[Rob Salamon]]~~

~~[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]~~

[[~~Hoda Ganji~~Tou Jim Lee|~~Hoda_Ganji~~Tou Jim Lee]]

[~~http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid~~[Hoda Ganji|Hoda Ganji]]

[~~[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]~~http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[~~http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek~~[Alycia Doxon|Alycia Doxon]]

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