Overview

IUPUI is just starting to break the surface of innovation and entrepreneurship. Even though we have a few classes and competitions we really didn't have a basis of innovation on our campus. According to some of the higher ups, that work at IUPUI, they are currently looking to find ways to help boost student interest and make IUPUI a more I&E conscience campus.

IUPUI Student Efforts

Student have been trying for a few years to have more of a push for I&E on campus. It proved difficlult as clubs and student organizations that were formed, either died out or had very low to no attendence. Recently, a devoted group of individuals has come together to create a new innovation based student organization known as The Brain Trust.

The main goal of the Brain Trust at IUPUI is to provide an environment for students to bring ideas into action. Although this student organization has only been around for one semester, these 12 students have already begun the process of bringing a designated innovation space to IUPUI and are now in the planning stages with faculty to develop a lasting entrepreneurial structure on campus. Beyond that, they hope to continue to bring students from very fragmented backgrounds and disciplines together to focus on singular projects to improve and contribute to IUPUI.

In an effort to get the ball rolling from the student end towards improving IUPUI's innovative mindset. The Brain Trust's first goal was to apply to the University Innovation Fellows program to gain the knowlledge and know how to most effectively change the campus landscape. The Brain Trust has also brought a TEDx licence holder to the IUPUI campus named David Miller. He is also a member of the Brain Trust and works passionalty to get thing done.

Courses on Entrepreneurship

Graduate Level Courses

BUS-F 517 Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Finance

BUS-W 511 Venture Strategy

BUS-J 522 Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation

Undergraduate Level Courses

BUS-W 212 - Explore Entrepreneurship

ME 26200 - Engineering Design, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship

BUS-W 311 - New Venture Creation
ECET 29700 - Electronic Prototype Development
BIOL 10014 - Biomedical Innovation

BITN 25000 - Biotechnology Internship

Campus I&E Efforts

Faculty Proposal for Developing Culture of Innovation on Campus:

In the Fall of 2015 the was an assembly of the Deans of the individual schools of study, discussing different ways to promote innovation on campus. The main point conveyed in the meeting was that the movement had to be student led. Unfortunately this movement proposal fell to the wayside under the red tape of running a university. Fortunately, The Brain Trust was recently made aware of the proceedings of this meeting and is currently following up with the Vice Chancellor of IUPUI in an effort to allocate funds and the people needed to make this proposal a reality.

Think It Make It Lab:

The Herron School of Art and Design has recently spent $1.3 million to design a makerspace known as the Think It Make It Lab. This area houses computers equipped with design software, 3D printers, laser engravers and CNC machinery. Although this space is currently mainly reserved for Art and Design students and Informatics students; the end goal is to make it available to the general IUPUI student population.

JagStart - IUPUI Student Pitch Competition:

JagStart is a annual competition where students can pitch their ideas for solving campus, local, national and even world issues. This competition is in elevator pitch format and can be taken on by an individual or a team. It is the hope that this gets students in touch with their more innovative and passionate side. It is a good opportunity to get a small feel of what pitching an idea to an audience is like.

University Technology Transfer Functions

The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is an off campus organization that serves as IUPUI's technology transfer office. Whether a student's goal is to commercialize their product, secure rights on intellectual property or a patent an invention, the IURTC helps them accomplish their goals.

Commercialization:
The technology commercialization process can be started with IURTC by completing an Invention Disclosure Form that is reviewed and copied to the student's department chair, the dean of their school or college, and the chancellor or provost at their campus.

Startups:
The IURTC has helped multiple undergraduate and graduate student run startups get their feet off the ground including:

Assembly: a startup biopharmaceutical company researching treatment for hepatitis B and CDAD
Anagin: another start up developing an over the counter medication for PTSD

Software Licensing and Intellectual Property Rights:
The IURTC also assists in helping students secure intellectual property rights for ideas that they develop but are unsure of what steps to take next as well as licensing software to companies.

Website Link: http://iurtc.iu.edu/index.shtml

University-Industry Collaboration

IUPUI is currently collabortating with active research at the Lugar Center for Alt. Energy Resources. IUPUI's affiliation with the Luger Center for Alternative Energy Research stems from the school's dedication to innovative solutions to enivironmental problems as a research-based institution. In pursuit of alternative energies, student organizations such as The Brain Trust, Sustainability Councils, and SEDS actively attempt to bring student-led initiatives to a public and professional developmental level. Currently in progress is a bid for a self-sustained orbital space station for human life support, programs to increase environment-sustainable awareness in the community, and a project to produce self-contained shipping crate housing solutions for students interested in sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Local Economic Development

With its urban location, IUPUI not only has strong interior innovation opportunity, but exteriorly, too. Leaders of Indianapolis have a vision of Indianapolis becoming the "Silicon Valley of the Midwest." Connecting IUPUI to this ecosystem will provide students with resources and mentors to jumpstart their projects.

16 Tech Indy

16 Tech is a planned Innovation Community and one of the largest talent attraction, retention and development opportunities in Indianapolis’ history.

The Innovation Community is purpose-built to attract the best talent to collaborate, innovate and commercialize new ideas across a spectrum of advanced industries, including life sciences, technology and advanced manufacturing. The community is built to respond to the way innovation occurs today ─ in open environments where collaboration occurs naturally, while breaking down barriers that sometimes exist in the cross-pollination of ideas across industries.

Innovation communities like 16 Tech draw companies and talent from around the world; they also provide job training and development opportunities for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. It’s this mix of talent and industry diversity that makes for a truly inclusive and vibrant community for innovation and business and community development.

Like any community, 16 Tech will be a place where people not only work, but live, play and learn. Its millions of square feet of custom, open, modern innovation space is coupled with retail and housing development, generous green space and walking/biking trails for a rich, urban living experience.

-taken from 16techindy.com