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Program Elements The BioENGINE (BioEngineering, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship) Master’s Program will provide rigorous and practical hands-on team-based training in biomedical innovation, entrepreneurship / intrapreneurship and commercialization. BioENGINE will train students through experiential learning to become experts in developing biomedical devices and technologies. • 352 Biomedical Companies • 228 Medical Device • 105 Biopharm/Biotech • 19 Medical Svcs or Software
Novel Feature 3 Course BioENGINE Design Sequence to Learn how to Innovate Medical Device Technologies Year long course to go from medical need to working device prototype • Fall: Skill building (e.g. Solidworks, program microcontrollers, finite element modeling, data acquisition and analysis) , team assembly, understanding the medical problem • Winter: prototype conception (e.g. 3D printing) and design • Spring: prototype building, assembly, testing, data collection http://www.youtube.com/user/ucibme180/videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mGDxYebnik Global Health Efforts https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h462vsf22uhuck9/doYxr0dQFb#lh:null-Tang%20-%20Thailand%202013-07-17_1280x720.mp4 Advisory Board of Physicians Intrapreneurship and Entrenreneurship track (apprenticed start up)
Novel Feature • Teams will enter business plan competition • Write SBIR/STTR grants • Student teams are supported by the ecosystem we have developed for them, where they have ready access to physicians, successful entrepreneurs, prototyping labs, legal counsel, investors, regulatory experts, and major medical device companies.
Outcomes • BioENGINE Just funded by the Edwards Foundation It’s Good to