TEC Technology Entrepreneur Center

TEC Created in 2000 Located in College of Engineering Campus-wide entrepreneurship Courses and programs New! Grainger Engineering Library Informatics, Design, Data Visualization Space (GLID2) providing students and faculty with the skills, resources and experiences necessary to become successful innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who tackle grand challenges and change the world TEC OFFERS: Courses Programs Experiences

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TEC Offers COURSES PROGRAMS EXPERIENCES

Courses 19 Different Courses offered through TEC 14 Undergraduate & 5 Graduate 3 specific for LLC students Focus of courses: Overview of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Guest Lectures Projects Legal, Marketing, Finance, Venture-Funded Startups ~1,000 students take courses annually

Why Take TEC Courses? Build skill sets necessary to be entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial Network opportunities Receive a certificate Resume builder to show narrow focus and commitment to learning/honing skills

Certificates 3 undergraduate 2 graduate ILEE (Innovation, Leadership, and Engineering Entrepreneurship) Experiential Innovation (Freshman & Sophomore) Sequence of courses Technology Commercialization 2 graduate Business Management Strategic Technology Management

New TEC Course Initiatives BS Innovation Leadership Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE) BS degree for engineering students in COE 4-15 hours experiential Under review at EdPol Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellows Program Faculty Proof of Concept activity Buyout of teaching and committee work for 12 months $50k for Proof-of-Concept development Working with students in course on Breakthrough Innovations Started in June 2015 2 Faculty in Fall 2015 4 Faculty in Spring 2016 FEF information Mani Golparvar Fard – Flying superintendent/Actionable Data Analytics for Construction Projects John Rogers – Ultra-miniaturized, Wireless Optoelectronic Devices JJ Cheng – 3D Printing based on hindered polyuria malleable thermoset Xiuling Li – 3D Passive Electronic Devices and Circuits: Extremely Small, Light, Fast, and Wearable

TEC Offers COURSES PROGRAMS EXPERIENCES

PROGRAMS ~5,000 student participants annually SocialFuse (March TBD) a pitching and networking event that brings students, faculty and community together and fuses them through skills, ideas, and entrepreneurial ambition Illinois Innovation Prize (Nominations due Feb 14th) awarded on an annual basis to the most innovative student on campus Cozad New Venture Competition (Intent to Compete Due Feb 7th) designed to encourage students to create new businesses and offers teams assistance in the form of mentors to help guide them through the phases of venture creation, workshops to help with idea validation, pitching skills

COZAD NEW VENTURE COMPETITION 2015-2016 16th year; Campus-wide Historically ~$160K in FUNDING and prizes Spans 4 months 2015 winners: PSYONIC & FlipWord TEC’s flagship Program: I list our sponsors from last year because it really is a community effort. Proud to note that most of the student companies and alumni panel companies participated and won awards in the Cozad New Venture Competition. And they are still here in Illinois. OrangeQC, StudyCloud, PrintECO, Oso Technologies, Cellular Diagnostics, Microlution, and Servabo are all here today. Again thanks for those groups here today that have participated in the past that have made it possible – like Joe Jablonski and WeGather, Origin Ventures, IllinoisVentures, HydePark Venture Partners, Lightbank, ITA, and TechNexus. If you are here today and not on this list, we’d love to have you involved this year.

TEC Offers COURSES PROGRAMS EXPERIENCES

EXPERIENCES Silicon Valley Student Workshop Early January, with 25-30 students Visit alumni tech companies in Silicon Valley ThinkChicago Workshops Students take a tour of Chicago’s fast-growing tech scene Partnership with the City of Chicago, World Business Chicago and 1871 iVenture Accelerator (applications due Feb 10) An educational accelerator for the top student startups Provides startups with co-working space, funding, expertise, and access to resources and alumni. Innovation Living Learning Community Located in Illinois Street Residence Hall Partnership between TEC and Housing 200 students Should we include Elevator Pitch – St. Louis event?

TEC Brooke Newell bsnewell@Illinois.edu Stephanie Larson larson42@Illinois.edu Ashley Hipsher ahipsher@Illinois.edu TEC www.tec.Illinois.edu