PFI: Integrated Technology Innovation and Commercialization from Universities: A Sustainable University Approach

该创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目提议制定一项综合技术创新和商业化（InTICo）计划。拟议的工作涉及两个基本的重点领域。“从理念到产品”（I2P）试点项目将创业理念引入技术课程；技术创新映射（TIM）工具将通过新技术和知识产权的反向功能映射来探索潜在市场和商业化机会，以找到这些潜在市场。功能图与产品设计方法一起用于为已知问题创建解决方案。TIM工具将进一步开发和改进，它将颠倒这一过程，以探索技术的功能能力和潜在应用。该项目以德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校自然科学学院、工程学院、麦库姆斯商学院、德克萨斯大学纳米与分子科学技术中心和计算机科学系的师生合作为特色。大学商业化项目的合作伙伴包括UT奥斯汀技术商业化办公室、奥斯汀技术孵化器、IC2研究所和MootCorp竞赛。建议的课程应该很容易转入其他大学。InTICo项目的创建将利用I2P项目和TIM工具，并将整合几个学术项目。此外，拟议的工作还支持全球外联和代表性不足群体的参与。德克萨斯大学（UT）是美国授予西班牙裔学生博士学位最多的大学，在授予非洲裔学生博士学位的数量上，德克萨斯大学排名第16。该大学过去一直积极招收代表性不足的群体和女性。合作伙伴：合作伙伴包括德克萨斯大学（牵头机构）和以下公司合作伙伴：Fish & Richardson， Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary， Austin Ventures和Sematech。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project proposes to develop an Integrated Technology Innovation and Commercialization (InTICo) program. The proposed work involves two basic areas of concentration. The Idea to Product (I2P) pilot program introduced entrepreneurial ideas into the technological curriculum; and the Technology Innovation Mapping (TIM) tool will explore potential markets and commercialization opportunities through reverse function mapping of new technologies and intellectual properties to find these potential markets. Function maps have been used with product design methodologies to create solutions for known problems. The TIM tool, which will be further developed and refined, inverts this process to explore functional capabilities and potential applications for technologies. The program features collaboration among faculty and students within the University of Texas at Austin in the College of Natural Science, College of Engineering, McCombs School of Business, UT Center for Nano & Molecular Science & Technology, and Department of Computer Sciences. University Commercialization Program Partners include the UT Austin Office of Technology Commercialization, Austin Technology Incubator, IC2 Institute, and MootCorp Competition. The proposed program should be readily transferable to other universities. The creation of the InTICo program will leverage the I2P program and the TIM tool and will integrate several academic programs. Moreover, the proposed work also supports global outreach and the participation of underrepresented groups. The University of Texas (UT) awards the largest number of Ph.D. degrees to Hispanic students in the United States and the University of Texas is sixteenth in the number of Ph.D. degrees awarded to African-American students. The university has been pro-active in the past in recruiting underrepresented groups and women.PARTNERS: The partners include the University of Texas (lead institution) and the following corporate partners: Fish & Richardson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Austin Ventures, and Sematech.