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== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''<br/> == | == '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''<br/> == | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 14 March 2014
The Colorado School of Mines is a public research university of engineering and applied science in Golden, Colorado.
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Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Club
The Entrepreneruship Club at mines is currently being restarted. The initial meeting showed ample support from students of all majors across campus. After seeing the initial support, steps are being taken by the faculty advisor to make the E-Club an official student organization which provides resources to make the club successful.
Mechanical Engineering Design Lab
The Director Senior Design for Mechanical Engineering, Jered Dean, has taken steps to transform the mechanical engineering senior design lab into an open design lab that allows students to use equipment for any academic or personal project. The lab consists of 6 new makerbot 3D printers along with other prototyping eqiupment.
Startup Summer
Employers participating in Startup Summer have come to Mines to promote the program where students interested in startups can have a paid internship and gain valuable insight into innovation and entrepreneurship. This program has been a pathway for post graduation employment for several Mines graduates.
Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship
Several faculty members have separate businesses independent of the university. Overall encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is not a primary focus of the universty.
Actively supporting the university technology transfer function
The office of technology transfer (OTT) does exist, and it has been used to commercialize PhD research. According to the OTT website:
most successful start-ups are those that have intellectual property that is protected by a portfolio of patents
The online literature of the OTT is very discouraging and littered with legalese and caution statements that scream failure is inevitable. The methods of creating a startup are also outdated as the OTT recommends a detailed business plan that is irrelivent in the startup world of "Lean".
Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration
Current collaboration exists between research groups and industry. These collaborations are primarily used to fund graduate students.
