Master of Engineering in Design & Commercialization University of Alabama at Birmingham Alan Eberhardt, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering

2015 BME-IDEA – Tampa, FL Program Elements This is a one year, non-thesis (project based) Master of Engineering track, which includes a graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship from the Collat School of Business

2015 BME-IDEA – Tampa, FL Novel Feature Innovation-Commercialization (IC) projects Multi-disciplinary (business + engineering teams of excellence (E-teams) take promising innovations through the research and development (R&D) process to create marketable devices and start new businesses

2015 BME-IDEA – Tampa, FL Novel Feature Innovation-Commercialization (IC) projects This year’s E-teams have adopted projects from UAB Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, UAB Physics Lab, and a local dental implant company, Biohorizons Ex: Recumbent patient mattress scale: elements of mobile/digital health, in the form of data sharing of weight with general/emergency health providers.

2015 BME-IDEA – Tampa, FL Best Practices EGR 693 IC Project course: Hands-on training of “maker activities” –computer aided drawing (CAD) –hand machining –CNC machining –3-D printing –plastics molding –Arduino/Raspberry Pi –printed circuit boards (PCBs)

2015 BME-IDEA – Tampa, FL Outcomes: Student Proposal for Program Structure “Employee-Owned” Small Start-up Company Approach –Includes the equal-equity-for-all model –Floater System: All students involved on all projects –Project Managers (PM’s) responsible for deliverables Matrix Organization (CBSE structure) PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4 Engineer I70 %10% Engineer II20% 40% Engineer III5%30%5%60% ……………