Penn State University Uni' Park

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Penn State University - Uni. Park Engineering
Entrepreneurship Minor Liz Kisenwether,
Director LizK_at_psu.edu /http//e-ship.ecsel.psu.ed
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• Mission Statement
• Develop students life skills so they can
• thrive in product-focused, diverse-skilled teams
  
• generate concepts of high IP value to patent,
• launch a company, or license
• use Intelligent Fast Failure
• develop solid, sustainable business models
• use passion, leadership, and hard work to
• lead innovation in a new or existing company

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Program Audience Number of Faculty 5 tenured or
tenure track 5 fixed-term Number of Courses
offered each semester 4 core courses (132
students) 3 supporting courses (115 students)
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• What are your most exciting
• activities?
• Course creation and teaching
• Smeal College of Business
• College of Engineering
• BA/ENGR497G Intro. To E-SHIP
• BA/ENGR497E Market-Pull Tech.
• Commercialization
• New external E-SHIP Advisory Board

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• What is the biggest challenge
• you face?
• Minor operates in academic cocoon
• what are best ways to bring in realities
• of technology entrepreneurship?
• Resource usage focus on few
• high-potential students or the
• many students with e-ship interest

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• What new initiatives are
• you planning?
• International E-SHIP experience
• (Budapest, Hungary)
• 1 credit seminar Spring 05
• 2 credit trip May 05
• PSU New Venture Competition
• E-SHIP MBAs mentor undergrad teams
• Prize trip to business plan competitions