3 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture
(ABE 62600) The course is designed to introduce graduate students and faculty mentors to the intellectual, financial, and management processes associated with translating research into tangible products through university initiated, early-stage commercialization (start-up) activities. Lectures will present case studies of technologies and pathways to commercialization. Guest speakers will illustrate the start-up process through real-world experience, and will also address approaches for managing entrepreneurial activities, intellectual property and conflicts of interest in a university environment. No course prerequisites, however students should be involved in research with commercial implications. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the processes through which translation of research from laboratory to products occur.
2Describe technologies and commercialization strategies for IT, analytical instrumentation, biopharmaceutical, biomedical, biofuels, and other technologies.
3Achieve literacy in the business and other discourse related to intellectual property and technology commercialization.
4Be connected to a network of innovators, entrepreneurs, and service providers on and off campus.
5Execute analysis required to determine if, how, and when to launch new technologies into a translational pathway.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.