School:Purdue University

Overview

Purdue University is a land-grant institution founded by John Purdue in 1869. From its inaguaration, Purdue offers over 200 different majors for undergraduate students and over 70 majors for graduate students. Purdue has been ranked as the 9th best engineering school for undergraduates, and as well as ranked 3rd for largest international student population.   

Actively supporting the university technology transfer function 

Purdue's Office of Technology Commercialization specializes in taking university-driven innovations and bringing them to market. Services of the OTC support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities.

Purdue’s intellectual property is an asset we strive hard to protect, market and license. We work hand-in-hand with Purdue faculty-, staff- and student-entrepreneurs to provide the resources needed to better understand Purdue policies related to intellectual property and the processes whereby this intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, and tangible research property) can become an actual product or service. To ensure the long-term success of the innovations, we take the process one step further – at times – and help our inventors form startup companies complete with investor support and qualified management teams.

Previous UIF Projects 

University Innovation Fellows Students: Jeffrey Ackerman and Ian Hamilton, Mission: To identify and help fill gaps for the enhancement and promotion of student entrepreneurship and innovation at Purdue What’s already happening on campus? View the Prezi presentation above to learn more about current entrepreneurial and innovation initiatives are on campus, and ideas for future projects.

Makers Club Purdue University Innovation Fellows (formerly Student Ambassador Program) Jeffrey Ackerman and Ian Hamilton held a recent Google hangout to discuss the program and their current work plan. Ian Hamilton is working to develop an entrepreneurship portal to help students learn about and make the best use of existing entrepreneurial resources at Purdue. Jeffrey Ackerman is working with the students from the Makers Club and members of the community to develop a large Maker Space at Purdue for the Purdue community to work on personal projects. This first hangout started a dialogue with a number of interested students and community members to get feedback on these initiatives. For more information, watch the hangout below:

Jeffrey Ackerman and Ian Hamilton's Landscape Analysis (Presentation Summary)

Academic Programs

• Lean Launchpad Course
• Certificate in Entrepreneurship program
• Technology Realization Course
• Senior Design Classes
• PREPP Fellowship

Student Initiatives

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club
• Science and Engineering Business Club
• Makers Club
• Need for ideation group and better connections between current clubs/organizations

School Resources

• Office of Technology Commercialization
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• Tech Ventures
• Technology Center in the Research Park
• Startup Weekend
• TEDx
• Business Plan Competitions
• Elevator Pitch Competition
• Innovation Funds

If you are a Purdue student, you can help make Purdue an even better place for student entrepreneurship! To find out how, get in touch with the current University Innovation Fellows @ Purdue and consider joining team: Jeffrey Ackerman, ackermaj@purdue.edu Ian Hamilton, ihamilt@purdue.edu