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3.00 Credits
Business, engineering, and design arts students work in cross disciplinary teams of 4-6 students on conceptual design including marketing, financial and economic planning, economic and technical feasibility of new product concepts. Teams work on industrial projects with faculty advisors. Oral presentations and written reports. Prerequisite: junior standing in engineering, business or arts and science. (Mechanical Engineering students must register for ME 211).
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2.00 Credits
Business, engineering and design arts students work in cross disciplinary teams of 4-6 students on the detailed design including fabrication and testing of a prototype of the new product designed in the IPD course 1. Additional deliverables include a detailed production plan, marketing plan, detailed base-case financial models, project and product portfolio. Teams work on industrial projects with faculty advisors. Oral presentations and written reports. Prerequisite: ENGR 211
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3.00 Credits
Supervised cooperative work assignment to obtain practical experience in field of study. Requires consent of department chairperson. When on a cooperative assignment, the student must register for this course to maintain continuous student status. Limit to at most three credits per registration period. No more than six credits can be applied towards a master's degree and no more than an additional nine credits towards a Ph.D. The credits must be taken P/F.
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3.00 Credits
Analytical techniques are developed for the solution of engineering problems described by algebraic systems, and by ordinary and partial differential equations. Topics covered include: linear vector spaces; eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and eigenfunctions. First and higher-order linear differential equations with initial and boundary conditions; Sturm-Louiville problems; Green's functions. Special functions; Bessel, etc. Qualitative and quantitative methods for nonlinear ordinary differential equations; phase plane. Solutions of classical partial differential equations from the physical sciences; transform techniques; method of characteristics.
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1.00 Credits
Projects conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Includes analytical, computational or experimental work, literature searches, assigned readings. Regular meetings with the advisor to consider progress made and future direction are required. The course is open only to graduate students and may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and departmental approval.
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3.00 Credits
First year practical engineering experience; introduction to concepts, methods and principles of engineering practice. Problem solving, design, project planning, communication, teamwork, ethics and professionalism; innovative solution development and implementation. Introduction to various engineering disciplines and degree programs. Mandatory for and open only for first year RCEAS students.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the nature and process of entrepreneurship. Emphasizes entrepreneurial opportunities, creativity, innovation and vision, and pursuit of opportunities beyond resources. Topics include: concepts of entrepreneurship; attributes of entrepreneurs; new venture creation; introduction to entrepreneurial finance and marketing in resource-constrained environments; intellectual property; new venture business planning for both emerging and existing enterprises.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates skills and steps for entrepreneurial success: mindset; opportunity scanning and screening; informal networking; finding and managing external resources; managing risk; developing marketing plans; sales; investors; debt and venture capital; horizontal management; developing a leadership team and creative culture; technology cycles; structuring; managing change; ethics; exit strategies. Cross-functional team-based experiential practice and discussions with entrepreneurs. Prerequisite: ENTP 101 or permission of minor program director.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-disciplinary teams of 4-6 students with faculty and alumni: marketing and financial planning; business and technical feasibility of products or service. Students may work on projects related to LU intellectual property, or ideas from outside entrepreneurs, or on their own projects. Oral and written presentations and discussions with guest speakers are integral parts of the course. Prerequisite: Junior standing and ENTP 201, or permission of minor program director.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates in detail the critical steps and activities necessary when entrepreneurs seriously consider starting their own businesses. Organizational structure, governance and legal forms of business. Advisory boards. Business and product liability. Intellectual property protection. Sources of capital, establishing credit, seeking angel investors and venture capital. Writing and circulating the Venture Profile. Generating and defending financial projections, revenue streams and expense categories, cost and price estimates, pro-forma financial statements. Negotiating contracts. Licensing. Methods of valuation. Exit strategies. Discussions with successful entrepreneurs are integral to the course. Prerequisites: Junior standing and ENTP 311, or equivalent ILE option, or permission of minor program director.
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