Transcript Foundation Perspectives NCIIA September 28, 2005 BME-IDEA Workshop BMES Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education.

Foundation Perspectives
NCIIA
September 28, 2005
BME-IDEA Workshop
BMES Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD
Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education
Outline
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NCIIA overview
Grants program
BME IDEA Competition
Invention to Venture technology entrepreneurship workshops
NCIIA Annual Conference
Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education
InformationInspirationAction
The NCIIA supports invention, innovation, and
entrepreneurship education at U.S. colleges and
universities by providing faculty and students
from our member institutions with grants and
resources to encourage the formation and work
of E-Teams.
The “E” is for excellence and entrepreneurship.
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The NCIIA helps effect lasting changes within and beyond its
member institutions through support of curricular
transformation that increases institutional and individual
capacity for effective innovation and technology
commercialization through:
•Cross-disciplinary collaboration
•Cross-institutional collaboration
•Technology transfer and commercialization
•Informal educational opportunities
•Societal impact
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Lemelson Foundation grants
Each year the NCIIA provides approximately $1 million in
grants to member colleges and universities. Proposals are
submitted twice each year online at www.nciia.org.
Proposals for Course and Program and Advanced E-Team
grants are reviewed by panels of business and technical
faculty, industry representatives, and venture capitalists.
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Course and Program Grants
• Faculty and staff from member institutions
• To create a new course or program or enhance one
already in place, leading to the formation of E-Teams.
• Designed to create institutional change, and to foster an
entrepreneurial approach to technological education.
• $2,000-50,000
• One to three years in duration
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Advanced E-Team Grants
• E-Teams from member institutions with ideas ripe for
commercial development
• Evaluated based on the product or technology’s
potential for sustainability and commercialization, the
professional and demographic diversity of the team,
and the project’s likelihood to produce social benefits.
• $1,000-18,000
• Twelve to eighteen months in duration
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Advanced
E-Team Projects
An E-Team from the University of Pittsburgh has
developed an Oxygen Flow Indicator for Hospital
Transport. This device monitors the flow of oxygen
through patients' tubes, preventing decompensation
caused by a kink in tubing or depletion of oxygen
supply. In the event of supply failure, an inline impeller
facilitates oxygen flow to the patient.
Breast augmentation is the second most common
cosmetic surgery procedure in the U.S. Meeting a
demand for a device that would provide a minimally
invasive approach, an E-Team at the University of
Miami devised a trans-axillary breast implant
placement instrument, with support from an NCIIA
grant.
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Advanced
E-Team Projects
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Each year, 140,000 patients
are affected by deficit of the
seventh cranial nerve. An ETeam from the University of
Pittsburgh has developed a
prosthetic device to facilitate
blinking in patients suffering
from facial nerve palsy. The
device consists of a number
of tiny silicon chips
implanted in the upper
eyelids that act as both
sensors and actuators.
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Students in E-Teams work with faculty
and industry mentors
These mutually beneficial relationships
often continue beyond the life of the
E-Team project and result in
further collaborations.
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Advanced E-Team grant evaluation criteria
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Strength of the commercial opportunity
Diverse student and advisor skills
Technical feasibility and appropriateness
Licensability or marketability of product or service
Demonstrated knowledge of market
Commitment- both individual and institutional
Faculty and mentor recommendations
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Course and
Program Grants
Introduction to Biomedical Design and
Discovery: University of Virginia
The first course of the undergraduate BME major at
UVA is Introduction to Biomedical Design and
Discovery. Course-based E-Teams develop a novel
device, method, program or experiment. At the end of
the course, E-Teams present their projects to a group of
faculty and local entrepreneurs.
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Course and
Program Grants
Design for the Developing World:
Duke University & Engineering World Health
Students design medical equipment for developing world
applications, getting a solid foundation in the entrepreneurial
model for the world’s poorest economies. Teams are formed
of two or three Biomedical Engineering Majors, and an
Engineering Management Major, with additional help from a
medical professional and a representative from a developing
world hospital. Developing a formal system for training the
students in field interviewing techniques to identify and report
and act on technological needs in developing world hospitals.
PI: Robert Malkin
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Course and
Program Grants
Design of Biomedical Systems and Devices I
and II: Vanderbilt University
This grant to Vanderbilt University awarded $36,000 to
integrate E-Teams into the required capstone sequence
for all bioengineering undergraduates. In the two
courses, students learn design principles and invent
solutions to design problems in medical devices and
systems.
PI: Paul King
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Course and
Program Grants
Integrating Entrepreneurship with Biomedical
Engineering: Johns Hopkins University
This $14,500 grant helped found a university-based
corporation called Homewood Biomedical Design
Associates (HBDA). Within HBDA, structured E-Teams
work on commercially promising projects of interest to
the university, encouraging interaction between
students, faculty, industry, and business to develop
technical prototypes with market potential.
PI: Robert Allen & Art Shoukas
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A Sampling of
Biomedical Course and
Program Grants
Innovation in Biomedical Engineering:
University of Portland
This new course at the University of Portland focuses
on biomedical engineering, bioscience, and
entrepreneurship to address societal needs. Juniors
and seniors from UP attempt to commercialize cuttingedge technology from the Oregon Health & Science
University (OHSU), stimulating entrepreneurship while
at the same time providing the graduate researchers
from OHSU with an opportunity to mentor young
entrepreneurs.
PI: Robin Anderson
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Course and Program grant evaluation criteria
• Expertise
• Pedagogical methods encouraging team formation,
group problem-solving, and effective entrepreneurial
approaches
• Institutional commitment
• Availability of resources
• Support for E-Teams after course or project ends
• Opportunities for developing ideas that will lead to
substantial social benefits
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Apply for grants online December
‘05 and May ‘06
Guidelines and application at
www.nciia.org
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BME IDEA
Competition
Seeking and
celebrating the finest
in student biomedical
innovations
Sponsored by the NCIIA, NSF, Medical Device Diagnostics Industry, a publication of Canon Communications LLC and
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) in partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society and the Council of
Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs.
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Invention to Venture
Workshops in technology commercialization
Invention to
Highlights:
Biomedical I2V
UC San Diego October 19
Life Sciences I2V
Harvard U. Spring 2006
Invention to Venture is an intensive,
one-day workshop, targeted to
students, faculty, and the local
entrepreneurial community. I2V
addresses key issues for turning a
technology into a commercial venture,
and helps build entrepreneurial
Venture
splash
networks.
The program is in its third year,
presenting workshops nationwide
Sponsors:
The Lemelson Foundation
Kauffman Foundation
Ernst and Young
www.invention2venture.org
NCIIA 9th
Annual Meeting
Dynamic Learning:
Changing Models for
Changing Times
San Diego, CA
March 17-19, 2005
Doubletree Hotel
San Diego Mission
Valley
NCIIA Annual Meetings
provide opportunities to
build networks, share new
ideas, and learn from
colleagues.
The NCIIA 10th Annual
Meeting will take place
March 23-25, 2006 in
Portland, OR
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