University of Pennsylvania Dan Bogen Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Education

Best Practices: It’s the Culture, Not the Courses Science culture Entrepreneurship culture Clinical culture Design culture University of Pennsylvania

Best Practice (1): To Have Culture, You Must Have Wide Opportunities Inside the classroom: courses –Engineering Entrepreneurship I & II –Product Design –Medical Devices –Bioengineering Case Studies –Bioengineering Senior Design –Wharton: finance, management, marketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, business plan University of Pennsylvania

Best Practice (1): Wide opportunities, inside and outside the classroom Outside the classroom –Wharton Business Plan Competition –Tech House –Entrepreneurship Clubs –Really doing it Venture Initiation Program Small Business Development Center University of Pennsylvania

Engineering Entrepreneurship –Case studies (Harvard Business School) –“Bootstrap” emphasis Product Design –Ulrich & Eppinger, Product Design & Development Medical Devices –Reverse engineering Bioengineering Case Studies –Medical technology case studies Best Practice (2): Culture through Case Studies University of Pennsylvania

It’s not a medical device, it’s a medical device product. PennTOYS ® Design Program –Engineering-design & product-development lab to develop medical and rehabilitation technology for children –Primarily operates as section of Bioengineering Senior Design Project –Core technologies & methods –Focused expertise & product line Best Practice (3): Product-Oriented Design University of Pennsylvania

Best of All “Best Practices” Creative faculty actually involved in invention, design, entrepreneurship A culture of problem-seeking and problem-solving where innovation is the natural result, rather than the goal University of Pennsylvania