NUvention Fall Classes OverviewMay 20, 2015

NUvention: Medical Innovation is an interdisciplinary experiential learning program designed to expose students to the entire innovation and entrepreneurial life cycle of new medical technologies. Medical innovations evolve from basic clinical needs, and

NUvention is designed to simulate how they become businesses in the real world.

Faculty Lead: Pete McNerney AB Lead: Edward Voboril

Taught Wed 6-9 Fall and Winter QtrChicago and EvanstonSchool breakout:

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14 KelloggMcCormickFeinbergLaw

63 Total

BriteSeed is a medical device company that created a technology that can be integrated into surgical tools to detect blood vessels during surgery and prevent unintended bleeding.

NuCurrent represents the new gold standard for high-efficiency (“High Q”) inductors. NuCurrent works with you to custom-design, fabricate and integrate the optimal High Q inductor for your specific application, whether it is wireless power antennas, surface-mount inductors or inductive coils.

NUvention: Nanotechnology brings together interdisciplinary student teams to work on commercializing existing faculty research. The technology will have been disclosed to INVO and the teams will focus exclusively on creating business models and plans to

create a successful enterprise in the nanotechnology space.The NU International Institute for Nanotechnology is a Partner.

Tuesdays 12:30-3:30NU Garage

ProticonTM is a biotechnology company built on a revolutionary technology platform developed in the Mrksich Lab at Northwestern University. We are focused on the discovery and development of next generation protein therapeutics, including bi-specific antibodies and multi-valent proteins, for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

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Faculty Lead: Mark Werwath

NUvention: Consumer Products is a new one quarter class for students interested in innovating in the consumer products space. Proctor and Gamble has agreed to sponsor the class and loan us a senior scientist to lead the class.

Faculty Lead: Robb Olsen, Faculty Support: MichaelMarasco

Focus Areas:• Consumer products• Packaging• Paths to purchase and market• Brands

Thursday's, 1-4, NU Garage

Differences with other classes:• P&G Sponsorship• Robb on leave from P&G• P&G pays students to release IP to them• P&G may release IP back to students• Consumer Products very hard to innovate solo