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= Overview =<div>[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg]]'''<span style="font-size:smaller;">Photo credit: John Kelly of Boise State Photographic</span>'''</div><br/> =Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 cities for careers and families. Boise State University serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75% to 2,847 students over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company headquartered in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories. Recently, Boise became home to the business incubator Trailhead, as well as annual speaking events including TedX, Ignite Boise, and the Ethos Project. New initiatives at Boise State University include the Venture College, which has launched 17 revenue-generating businesses, the College of Innovation and Design, a MakerLab, and the New Product Development Lab, as&nbsp;well as a $25M Center for Materials Research.

= [[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg]] <span style="font-size:x-small">Photo credit: John Kelly of Boise State Photographic Services</span> <br/> Student Entrepreneurship =

= Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories. Recently, Boise became home to the business incubator, [https://trailheadboise.org/ Trailhead], as well as annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX],&nbsp;[http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise], and the&nbsp;[http://ethosprojectboise.com/ Ethos Project]. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab], and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $25M Center for Materials Research].<br/> Faculty Entrepreneurship =

= = Student Entrepreneurship<br/>= Business launched through Examples of faculty-led innovation can be seen across the Boise State Campus. A prime example of this is the [httphttps://venturecollegecid.boisestate.edu/ Venture Collegevip/ Vertically Integrated Projects ] include: *program, or VIP, which gives faculty avenues for conducting their research, while also pairing them with interested students to help conduct the research and gain valuable skills. The [httphttps://vividrootscid.boisestate.comedu/hes/ Vivid RootsHuman-Environment Systems] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water , or HES program does a similar job to people in needthe VIP program but is focused solely on biology centered topics. *[http://www.txtengage.com/ txtENGAGE] provide customer relationship The Instructional Design and Educational Assessment, IDEA shop for short is part of the Center for Teaching and marketing platformsLearning. *The IDEA shop focuses on helping faculty integrate technology into their teaching, learning, and assessment. Another resource on campus that helps both faculty and students access technologies and develop ideas is the Makerlab. The [httphttps://wwwmakerlab.gratisaidboisestate.orgedu/ Gratis Huminatarian Aid NetworkBoise State Makerlab] distributes medical supplies to remote regions in Eastern is a radically inclusive community which focuses on democratizing access to emerging technologies, and training students and Central Africafaculty how to use the technology at zero cost, along with zero cost to use any of the equipment.  Some examples of faculty entrepreneurship and research are: *[http://wwwDr.adventuredataPeter Mullner specializes in shape-memory alloys.com/ Adventure Data] provides realHe recently launched a startup to commercialize solid-time avalanche data monitoring for outdoor safetystate electronic devices based on these materials. *[http://whitneyhansenDr.com/ Whitney Hansen] provides finanial consulting with Yanliang Zhang completed successful prototypes of a focus on student debtthermoelectric device designed to replace alternators in cars. [http://cid.boisestate.edu/iec/ The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge] awards over $100This work, funded by a Department of Energy grant,000 annually in seed funding to student entrepreneursshould improve fuel economy by 10-15%. Previous winners include: *[http://wwwHyundai (or Honda?) is currently working to commercialize this device.*Dr.motoKevin Learned co-trax.com/ MotoTrax] designs, manufactures, founded Idaho's first commercial software company and sells "snowbikes", a dirtbike/snowmobile crossover *TimeStage provides staining and imaging technology for microscopes that improves diagnosis and research related to infectious diseasesits first angel investment group. *TriBiz provides a targeted advertising service restaurants. *[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water Ed Zimmer served as the CEO of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees to people over 500 employees with plants in needBoise, England, and Australia.  = Faculty EntrepreneurshipUniversity-Industry Collaboration<br/>= * Boise State university offers many opportunities to connect students to industry connections. [httphttps://coencid.boisestate.edu/magnetic-materials-labventurecollege/peter-mullner/ Dr. Peter MullnerVenture College] specializes in shape-memory alloysserves as a resource to connect university students to industry leaders. He recently [http://www.shawmountaintechnology.com/about.html launched a startup] They have designed an internship program to commercialize solid-state electronic devices based on these materialsconnect students to small businesses in need of help in a variety of skill sets. *[http://coen.boisestateInternships are tailored to meet the skill interests of students.edu&nbsp; <br/faculty-staff/yanliangzhang/ Dr. Yanliang Zhang] completed >The&nbsp;[httphttps://coencareer.boisestate.edu/mse-reu/projectCareer Center ]at Boise State houses the [https://cid.boisestate.edu/work-13u/employers/ successful prototypesWork U Program,] of a thermoelectric device designed which connects undergrad students to replace alternators select businesses in carsBoise. For example, St. This workLukes, funded by a Department City of Energy grantBoise, Albertsons, should improve fuel economy by 10-15%etc. Hyundai (or Honda?) is currently working This program allows student to commercialize this devicereceive credit while developing Boise connections and gaining work experience. * <br/>The&nbsp;[httphttps://researchcobe.boisestate.edu/uivblog/executives2018/05/strategic-growth-capital-partnership-year-in-residencereview/ Dr. Kevin LearnedStrategic Growth Partnership] co-founded Idaho'is a program within Boise State’s business school. The program is lead by John Williamson, a local executive, and it's first commercial software company and its first angel investment groupmission is to accelerate Boise State Entrepreneurs. *It offers connections to multiple business such as Blast Resolve, GenZ Technology, Melt Organic, Recovery Help, TeaDora,Uniscen, VersaBuilt. <br/>[httphttps://www.medmanboiseyp.comorg/ Ed ZimmerBoise Young Professionals] served as is a local group coordinated to establish relationships between recent graduates and engage them in the CEO professional part of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees the Boise community. The goal is to over 500 employees with plants in connect and develop meaning and beneficial relationships that can lead to job connections and resources within Boise, England, and Australiabeyond. = University-Industry Collaboration = <span style="font-size&nbsp; Below are a few other examples of Boise State faculty and student connections to local and national communities:smaller&nbsp;"><span style="font-family:arial *The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant,helveticaled by Dr. Will Hughes,sans-serif;"><span id="docspartners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.*A year-internal-guid-29c9d108-7fff-fe28-a46d-ac660e18ebc6"><span style="colorlong Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. Partners include: rgb(29Micron Technology, Clearwater Analytics, 33Hewlett Packard, 38); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normalCradlepoint Technology, and Idaho Power, among others.*The Boise State Computer Science Department has moved into a new building downtown, which they will share with local tech company Clearwater Analytics, among others.&nbsp; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boise This move positions Boise State university offers many opportunities to connect Computer Science students and faculty within close proximity to industry connections. </span>[https://cidthe growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.boisestate.edu/venturecollege/ <span style = University Technology Transfer Office ="color: rgb(17 Boise State and the greater Boise area has a number of resources which can help with technology transfer, accessing startup resources such as space and mentorship, 85venture capital firms, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-and angel investors. The Office of Technology Transfer at Boise State supports research activities, and manages industry relations, as well as the commercialization of intellectual property. The Venture College is a resource provided by the College of Innovation and Design which offers student led startups space: pre-wrap;">Venture College</span>]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(29to run their business from, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">serves as a resource to connect university students to industry leadersas well as access to an extensive mentor network and help with finding funding, as well as providing help and information with copyright and other intellectual property. They have designed an internship A similar program to connect students to small business in need offered by the College of help in a variety Business and Economics is the Strategic Growth Capital Partnership. The University of skill sets. Internships are tailored Idaho also offers a free service to meet the skill interests of help studentspatent their ideas and inventions for free, offering legal advice and help with researching similar and existing patents. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span> <span styleBoise State also offers graduate classes in grant writing. Boise Angel Alliance and Loon Creek Capital are both resources to connect startups with angel investors, simplifying the process of getting seed funding. ="font-size:smaller;"><span styleLocal and Regional Development ="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[https://career Boise’s innovation ecosystem is rapidly expanding.boisestate.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(17JUMP is a new building in Boise meant to facilitate connections and networking in Boise. is an Urban Meeting Space funded by the J.R. Simplot foundation. This building operates as a nonprofit meeting space meant to facilitate curiosity, 85creativity, 204); background-color: transparentand playfulness for people of all ages. JUMP is a recourse for connection building within the Boise community.&nbsp;  <span style="font-variant-numericsize: normalsmall; font"><span style="font-variantfamily:arial,helvetica,sans-east-asian: normalserif; text"><span id="docs-decorationinternal-line: underline; textguid-decoration7977d510-skip7fff-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white59e4-space: pre6510-wrap;dbf7641f8d7e">The Career Center<[https://trailheadboise.org/span>]&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2917, 3385, 38204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at Boise State houses the <Trailhead</span>[https://cid.boisestate.edu/work-u/employers/ ]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(1729, 8533, 20438); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; textvertical-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-alignalign: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work U Program</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(29is a Boise based space for entrepreneurs that offers space to work and a connection to resources. This resource is not free, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; verticalbut Boise State has connection to Trailhead Board of Directors and they can help Boise State Student get connected to resources and mentors in the area.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapsmall;"><span style="font-family:arial, which connects undergrad students to select businesses in Boise. For example, St. Lukeshelvetica, City of Boise, Albertsons, etc. This allows student to receive credit while developing Boise connections.sans-serif;"></span></span></span> <span styleid="fontdocs-internal-size:smaller;"><span style="fontguid-7977d510-7fff-59e4-family:arial,helvetica,sans6510-serif;dbf7641f8d7e">[https://cobewww.boisestateboiseangels.educom/blog/2018/05/strategic-growth-capital-partnership-year-in-review/ <span style="color<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Strategic Growth PartnershipBoise Angel Alliance</span>]&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgbrgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s mission is to advance opportunity, empowerment, and innovation through strategic investment. Entrepreneurs pitch business ideas for a program within Boise State’s business schoolchance to earn investments and funding for their ventures. The program is lead by </span></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numericsize: normalsmall; font"><span style="font-variant-east-asianfamily: normal; verticalarial,helvetica,sans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapserif;">John Williamson, local executive, and its mission is to </span><span style<span id="backgrounddocs-internal-guid-7977d510-7fff-59e4-6510-colordbf7641f8d7e">[https: transparent; //community.newonline.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=bf0305da-6999-48ef-a3ff-b16041b2f1a5 <span style="color: rgb(2917, 3385, 38204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; verticaltext-decoration-alignline: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">accelerate Boise State Entrepreneurs. It offers conNetwork of Executive Women</span>]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nections to multiple business such as Blast Resolvefocuses on empowering young professionals, GenZ Technology,Melt Organic, Recovery Help, TeaDora,Uniscen, VersaBuilttypically in the hopes of generating healthy working ecosystems for women.</span></span></span> </span style="font-size:smaller;">   '''<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[https://www.boiseyp.org/ <span style>Below are facts about Boise State University’s Economic Impact</span></span></span>''' *<span style="colorfont-family: rgb(17arial, 85helvetica, 204)sans-serif; background"><span id="docs-color: transparent; fontinternal-variantguid-numeric: normal; fonta949ca89-variant-east7fff-asian: normal; text3708-decoration277b-linea5c4f6e3c999"><span style="font-size: underline10.5pt; text-decoration-skip-inkcolor: nonergb(29, 33, 38); verticalbackground-aligncolor: baselinetransparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boise Young Professionals</spanEmployment: BSU employs more than 3,000 Idaho residents directly and another 2,000 indirectly. Wages and salary in total are $113M</span></span>]&nbsp;</span>*<span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; color: rgb(29arial, 33helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a local group coordinated to establish relationships between recent graduates to engage. The is to connect and develop meaning and beneficial relationships that can lead to job connections and resources within Boise and beyond.</span></span></span> Spending: students spend $195M annually on living expenses in Idaho</span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID<span id=1344915 The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant]"docs-internal-guid-a949ca89-7fff-3708-277b-a5c4f6e3c999"><span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt;">color: rgb(29, led b</span>y [http33, 38); background-color://coen.boisestate.edu/facultytransparent; font-variant-staff/willhughes/ Dr. Will Hughes], <span style="numeric: normal; font-sizevariant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: smallerpre-wrap;">partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.Out-of-state students spend another $17M annually</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style><span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent;">A yearfont-long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. </span>[httpvariant-numeric://coen.boisestate.edu/seniordesign/industrynormal; font-variant-sponsors/ Partners include]<span style="fonteast-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-sizespace: smallerpre-wrap;">: Micron TechnologyBSU purchasing, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technologyconstruction, and Idaho Power, among others.employee spending is ~$325M annually</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt;">The Boise State </span>[httpcolor://coen.boisestate.edu/cs/ Computer Science Department]<span style="rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-sizevariant-numeric: smallernormal;">has&nbsp;</span>[https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computerfont-variant-scienceeast-programasian: normal; vertical-movingalign: baseline; white-downtownspace: pre-boise/ moved into a new building downtown]<span style="font-size: smallerwrap;">Service: 2, which they will share with local tech company 000 students across 30 departments contribute ~52,000 hours to 80 community organizations through the service-learning program</span>[http:</span></clearwater-analytics.com/about Clearwater Analytics]span>*<span style="font-sizefamily: smallerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, among others.&nbsp; This move positions Boise State Computer Science students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.</span<span></span> &lt;parsererror stylestyle="display: block; whitefont-spacesize: pre10.5pt; bordercolor: 2px solid #c77; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; margin: 1emrgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: #fddtransparent; colorfont-variant-numeric: black"&gtnormal; === This page contains the following errorsfont-variant-east-asian: == =<div style="fontnormal; vertical-familyalign:monospacebaseline;fontwhite-sizespace:12pxpre-wrap;">error on line 1 at column 197: attributes construct errorAlumni: 70% of Boise State alumni remain in Idaho, working and paying taxes</span></span></divspan>*<span style=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. === &lt"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;/parsererror&gt; = University Technology Transfer Office"><br/>span id= Boise State and the greater Boise area has a number of resources which can help with technology transfer, accessing startup resources such as space and mentorship"docs-internal-guid-a949ca89-7fff-3708-277b-a5c4f6e3c999"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(29, venture capital firms33, and angel investors. 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The University of Idaho also offers a free service to help students patent their ideas and inventions for freestate annually</span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, offering legal advice and help with researching similar and existing patents. Boise State also offers graduate classes in grant writingsans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 10. Boise Angel Alliance and Loon Creek Capital are both resources to connect startups with angel investors, simplifying the process of getting seed funding. = Local and Regional Development5pt; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apparel: apparel generates ~$11M in sales for retailers<br/span></span>= = Related Links<br/span>*<span style= '''RTENOTITLE''' &#x5B"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&#x5B"><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities&#x5D;&#x5D; University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016color: &#x5Brgb(29, 33, 38);&#x5Bbackground-color: transparent;Ann Delaney&#x5Dfont-variant-numeric: normal;&#x5Dfont-variant-east-asian: normal; &#x5Bvertical-align: baseline;&#x5Bwhite-space: pre-wrap;Kelly Schutt&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Rebecka Seward&#x5D;&#x5D; Fall 2016">Research: &#x5B;&#x5B;Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Sienna George|Sienna George&#x5D;&#x5D; Boise State attracts more than $37M in research awards, 80% of which are from federal sources</span></span></span> = Related Links = == Additional Information == [httphttps://universityinnovationdocs.google.orgcom/spreadsheets/d/wiki11JjdaVCnz0GlY2aaq4qxi0TT0KP4guxfXnemFNDSYhg/Alexander_Schloss Alexander Schlossedit?usp=sharing Landscape Canvas] Spring 2017:  [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Carson_Addison Carson Addisonindex.php?title=Boise_State_University_Student_Priorities Student Priorities]&nbsp;<br/>[http:/ == Previous Cohorts == === Spring 2016 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Andreason Zachary AndreasonAnn_Delaney Ann Delaney]<br/> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CamilleEddy Camille Eddy<br />Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/ThomasLippman Thomas Lippman<br Rebecka_Seward Rebecka Seward] === Fall 2016 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/>Donovan_Kay Donovan Kay] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sienna_George Sienna George] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Schloss Alexander Schloss] === Spring 2017 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Carson_Addison Carson Addison]&#x5B;&#x5B;HaydenRogersnbsp; [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Andreason Zachary Andreason] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CamilleEddy Camille Eddy] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/ThomasLippman Thomas Lippman] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/HaydenRogers Hayden Rogers]&nbsp; === Fall 2018 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Evanann_Whitaker Evanann Whitaker] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pamela_craig Pam Craig] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ollie_Shannon Ollie Shannon] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chris_Dagher Chris Dagher] [[Category:Universities|b]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Boise_State_University]]{{CatTree|HaydenRogers&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Category:Universities&#x5D;&#x5D;<br/><br/><br/><br/>Boise_State_University}}