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Northwestern UniversityMcCormick School of Engineering

Engineering Engineering EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipProf. Bill White – Industrial Engineering Departmentw-white3@northwestern.eduBarbara Mueller – Office of

Industry Relationsbjmueller@northwestern.edu

Cooper Marcus (student Pres., InNUvation)

cmarcus2005@kellogg.northwestern.edu

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Program Mission Statement“The primary objective of our activities

within the engineering school is to train students to be able to critically evaluate a new venture idea. This is done by creating

an appreciation and awareness of what entrepreneurship means and involves and introducing the basic tools. Then, through serious, student-run campus organizations the student can, if desired, become actively involved with all facets of an actual start-

up.”

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Program Audience:Engineering Undergraduate &

Graduate Students

Number of Faculty:2 Full Time; 1 Adjunct

Number of Courses Offered:•Engineering Entrepreneurship

(Undergrad) – 2 sections•Technical Entrepreneurship (grad)

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What is your most exciting activity?

Organizing the tremendous amount of student enthusiasm

found on campus and linking our engineering, business, law,

journalism, and arts & science schools in entrepreneurial

activity.

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What are the biggest challenges you face?

•Overcoming engineering & business student differences in understanding and perspective of what constitutes disclosure, and what being a shareholder

entails and entitles.

•Coordinating teams across schools effectively

•Determining what kinds of entrepreneurial courses to add & finding faculty to teach them.

•Determining correct balance between teaching strictly entrepreneurship versus how to use

entrepreneurial evaluation within the corporate world.

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What new initiatives are you planning?•Sponsoring student-run business on

campus

•InNUvation – a university-wide, student-run organization acting as an umbrella for seed-

stage entrepreneurship on campus

•IDEA - Institute for Design Engineering & Applications – to train students to

understand the process of value creation and provide a strong foundation in

creativity, modern design process, cross-disciplinary teamwork, effective

communication, and adaptive learning.