The Biomedical Engineering Partnership Program at FIU: Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship, Commercialization, and Clinical Implementation

0227869普拉萨德 这个奖项是给佛罗里达国际大学，以支持下面描述的活动24个月。 该提案是为了响应创新计划征集伙伴关系（NSF 02060）而提交的。合作伙伴合作伙伴包括佛罗里达国际大学（牵头机构）、南佛罗里达浸信会卫生系统、贝克曼库尔特公司、生物心脏公司、波士顿科学公司、Cardis（约翰逊约翰逊）、IDEXX实验室公司、美敦力外周血管、迈阿密心脏和血管研究所、迈阿密儿童医院、Mt.西奈医学中心，Scion Cardio Vascular，Scion International，Inc，Syntheon，LLC和The beacon理事会。该计划为佛罗里达国际大学的创业和技术转让活动建立了永久性的基础设施，重点是生物医学行业。 基础设施为教师和学生提供了一个场所，让他们参与工业，将他们的发展项目转移到商业化。该地区在医疗器械和制药行业拥有大型和小型创业公司的均衡混合，这些公司在全国排名前13位。 除了大学的研究和开发成果的商业化，这将创造经济财富和新的就业机会的活动，该奖项支持的活动将教育学生生物医学工程的劳动力为区域产业。 生物医学产业在风险资本的大量投资下发展迅速。 南佛罗里达已将这一行业确立为经济增长的重中之重。 该提案的目标是提供劳动力，使该行业能够在该地区发展。创造新的就业机会将对该地区产生重大影响。佛罗里达国际大学目前在西班牙裔和非洲裔美国工程师毕业方面排名前20位。 此外，该区域代表性不足的群体人数很多。 因此，该奖项扩大了代表性不足的群体对该地区技术和经济企业的参与。

0227869Prasad This award is to the Florida International University to support the activity described below for 24 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF 02060).PartnersThe partners include Florida International University (Lead Institution), Baptist Health Systems of South Florida, Beckman Coulter, Inc, Bioheart, Inc, Boston Scientific Corporation, Cardis (Johnson & Johnson), IDEXX Laboratories, Inc, Medtronic Peripheral Vascular, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami Children's Hospital, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Scion Cardio Vascular, Scion International, Inc, Syntheon, LLC, and The beacon Council.The program establishes a permanent infrastructure for entrepreneurial and technology transfer activity at Florida International University with a focus on the biomedical industry. The infrastructure provides a venue for faculty and students to engage industry to transfer their developmental projects to commercialization. The region has a balanced mixture of large and small entrepreneurial corporations in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries that rank in the top 13 in the nation. In addition to commercialization of the research and development output of the university, an activity that will create economic wealth and new jobs, the activities supported by this award will educate students in biomedical engineering for the workforce for the regional industry. The biomedical industry is growing very rapidly with large investments of venture capital. South Florida has established this industry as a top priority for economic growth. The goal of this proposal is to provide the workforce to enable the industry to grow in the region. The creation of new jobs will have a significant impact on the region. Florida International University currently ranks in the top 20 in graduation of Hispanic and African American engineers in the nation. In addition, the population of the region is high in underrepresented groups. Hence, the award broadens the participation of underrepresented groups in the technological and economic enterprise of the region.