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Empowering the Tinkering Spirit

This presentation by Dr. Don Lewis Millard focuses on the importance of fostering a tinkering spirit among students and innovators. It highlights strategies for integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into engineering education, emphasizing hands-on problem identification and solution development. The ongoing I-Corps™ initiative, alongside training and mentorship, aims to build a robust ecosystem of innovation. Participants are encouraged to cultivate their creative thinking and problem-solving skills, as critical components for future success in engineering and entrepreneurship.

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Empowering the Tinkering Spirit

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  1. Empowering the Tinkering Spirit Don Lewis Millard, Ph.D. National Science Foundation dmillard@nsf.gov

  2. Innovators... Develop Solutions Identify Problems Problems... Thinkers Those who think... Those who tinker... +

  3. 2 2 + 3 5 3 10v Training Given this input… Analyze this system… To get this output…

  4. 10v Career Given this input… w/this desired output… Design…this system

  5. Integration + Synthesis

  6. Childhood Toy

  7. PhD Toy

  8. Your leader Your public Your experience Your heart Later in life...

  9. An Honor

  10. A Simple Strategy

  11. Building an I-CorpsTM “Fabric” I-CorpsNodes (5) I-Corps Sites (4) I-Corps Mentors(>250) I-Corps Teams (>300)

  12. I-CorpsTMTeams • > 300 • Curriculum Delivery • Start-Up creations • Mentor network • SBIR/STTR proposal submission to various agencies • One acquisition • Private investments • I-CorpsTM Nodes (5) • I-CorpsTM Sites (4+) • MOU with ARPA-E • More to come... Two Years Later…

  13. Propagating effective and accessible innovation and entrepreneurship offerings for engineering students Faculty and student training, materials and resources to develop strong innovation and entrepreneurship offerings Implementing innovation and entrepreneurship instruction – as a key priority for the future health of our nation Epicenter - Goals

  14. Opportunity Abounds Identify Problems Tinker Innovate

  15. Thanks. dmillard@nsf.gov

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