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Revision as of 00:46, 5 April 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
As of Spring 2014, 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.
Website is under development.
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 in the basement of Brown Hall.
Design lab website is under development.
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. There are no resources or initiatives for this category.
Actively supporting the university technology transfer function
The office of technology transfer (OTT) has primarily been used to commercialize PhD research.
OTT has provided an extensive list of regional and national resources that might be of use for I&E
Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration
Current collaboration exists between research groups and industry. These collaborations are primarily used to fund graduate students and do not promote innovation/entrepreneurship.
Related Links
Colorado School of Mines University Innovation Fellow - Corey Brugh
