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== Tactic #1: Translational Track in I&E for Undergrads The Design and Entrepreneurship Network (The DEN) ==

*Description: Technical Electives are The opportunity to take a Creative Inquiry is built into the current curriculum for undergraduates.  However, within Bioengineering, these "electives" are limited to research focused classes such as Orthopaedics, Cardiovascular, BioSensors, etc.  These courses are limited to those who wish to strive to take what they develop in their research laboratories or in their dorm rooms to market where it can serve the purpose it was created for.  Therefore, we will be implementing electives a Creative Inquiry known as The DEN that span topics within I&E as a separate sector from which undergraduates can currently select these electives.  Examples of such include: Opportunity Assessment and Project Management, Start-Up Business Models, Start-Up Finance and Investment, and Product Development and Management.  In addition to a Creative Inquiry weekly meeting, teams of undergraduates will enter The DEN with technologies they are passionate about developing into ventures and will apply the I&E topics to those technologies.  Established entrepreneurs, technology transfer officers, and venture capitalists will guest lecture to these students to spark interest and highlight the opportunity of a career in this space.*Team Leader(s): Breanne Przestrzelski, Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Colin Burns-Heffner (current BioE Master's candidate), Natalie Patzin (current Bioengineering Advisory Board President), and Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)

**Presentation to Undergraduate Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, and University President- January 2014**Curriculum Preparation- Spring 2014**Faculty Search- Spring and Summer January 2014**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate CurriculumProgram-Fall Spring 2014