SDE 6840

This course engages students in technology development and commercialization. Teams of students work closely as startup companies to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to meet global challenges. Teams will be supported by instructors and industry mentors and will have access to dedicated incubator space, lab equipment and manufacturing facilities to complete their projects. Students further develop their entrepreneurial, professional and technical skills through completing the necessary steps to commercialize their new innovative technologies and products. The course will focus on learning and applying various aspects of validation, incubation and business strategy development including lean startup, design for commercialization, design for certification, manufacturing and distribution planning, investor relations, business growth planning and corporate sustainability. Graduate-level project will be required as defined in consultation with the instructor. This course is not eligible for the PhD-SDE program. Cross-level listed with ENGN 4840; credit cannot be received for both courses.