25 Years Of Technology Entrepreneurship
- Conference
- Location
-
Louisville, Kentucky
- Publication Date
-
June 20, 2010
- Start Date
-
June 20, 2010
- End Date
-
June 23, 2010
- ISSN
-
2153-5965
- Conference Session
- Tagged Division
-
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
- Page Count
-
19
- Page Numbers
-
15.5.1 - 15.5.19
- DOI
-
10.18260/1-2--15660
- Permanent URL
-
https://peer.asee.org/15660
- Download Count
-
456
Paper Authors
David Barbe University of Maryland
James Green University of Maryland
James V. Green is Mtech’s Director of Entrepreneurship Education with responsibilities for the Hinman CEOs Program, the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. As a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director with Mtech, Dr. Green designs and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. Dr. Green earned a Doctor of Management and an MS in Technology Management from the University of Maryland University College, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dean Chang University of Maryland
Dean Chang is the director of Mtech’s award-winning venture creation programs and a strong advocate of preparing students to compete in the 21st century by weaving technology, business, and entrepreneurship together. Dean previously was CTO and VP Gaming at Immersion (NASDAQ: IMMR). Dean holds over 30 patents and received his B.S. from MIT and an M.S. and PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He also holds an MBA with honors from the Wharton School.
Abstract
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract
25 Years of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Abstract
Over the past 25 years technology entrepreneurship programs of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech), a unit of the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UM), have evolved from an on-campus incubator for technology-oriented startup companies to a dozen innovative programs in entrepreneurship education, venture creation and industry partnerships, three of which are national models. These programs form an innovation ecosystem, a continuum that provides a full range of supportive activities for entrepreneurial endeavors. This continuum can be thought of as a system whose inputs are ideas, concepts and intellectual property (IP), and whose outputs are seasoned entrepreneurs and sustainable companies. Over 600 students enroll in Mtech’s entrepreneurship courses annually. Each year, the most promising research results are selected for company formation and enter into the Venture Accelerator Program for 1-2 years of intense mentoring. Mtech’s technology transfer program enables Maryland companies to access UM faculty and graduate students who develop new and improved products and services for the companies. Since 1987, these programs have contributed $22 billion to the economy of Maryland.
1.0 Introduction
Before 2000, most entrepreneurship programs were in business schools; however, since then, many, if not most, engineering and science schools have instituted various entrepreneurship activities, either alone or in cooperation with business schools. These entrepreneurship activities of engineering and science schools tend to concentrate on “technology” entrepreneurship.
2.0 Overview of Mtech’s Entrepreneurship Programs and Activities
Mtech began in 1984 as a result of an initiative of the Board of Visitors to encourage closer collaboration between the College of Engineering and industry in the State of Maryland. Initial programs included: On-campus incubator opened in temporary buildings and moved to a permanent building in 1998 Program to establish industrially oriented laboratories Manufacturing extension
In 1987, a new program was added to facilitate R&D projects for Maryland companies, carried out on campus by faculty and graduate students – Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS).
Since 1999, Mtech’s entrepreneurship programs have evolved significantly with the following timeline:
1999 Hinman CEOs residential program for juniors and seniors 2001 Technology Startup Boot Camp University of Maryland Business Plan Competition
Barbe, D., & Green, J., & Chang, D. (2010, June), 25 Years Of Technology Entrepreneurship Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. 10.18260/1-2--15660
ASEE holds the copyright on this document. It may be read by the public free of charge. Authors may archive their work on personal websites or in institutional repositories with the following citation: © 2010 American Society for Engineering Education. Other scholars may excerpt or quote from these materials with the same citation. When excerpting or quoting from Conference Proceedings, authors should, in addition to noting the ASEE copyright, list all the original authors and their institutions and name the host city of the conference. - Last updated April 1, 2015