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=== E&J Gallo Management Program ===

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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 experience the creative process behind creating new products, crafting business plans, and delivering pitches. Starting in 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 monetize and market their products.

*Copyrights for technology protection

*Trademarks*Trade Secrets

*Patent information including the patenting process

*Claim drafting

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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 ===

=== Mobile App Challenge - CITRIS ===

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The Mobile App Challenge is a competition hosted by CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. CITRIS is an institution at UC campuses that helps groundbreaking research obtain funding and helps to incubate research into startups. Students form teams to develop mobile apps that can solve a variety of issues to their choosing. The Software Engineering course (CSE 120) in the School of Engineering is required to participate in the challenge. Teams compete for a cash prize in front of a panelist of judges--the top 5 teams of the Mobile App Challenge then move on to compete in Innovate to Grow.

== Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) ==

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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 technology. 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 the Innovate to Grow competition.

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.”

= University Technology Transfer Functions  =

== 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.

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