1. La Misión de las carreras Universitarias para aportar a la innovación de las Empresas Ramón Vásquez, PhD Universidad de Puerto Rico

2.  Founded in 1903, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is the oldest and largest university system in Puerto Rico;  The system is run much like a state university system (though Puerto Rico is not a U.S. state);  Its programs are accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies;  UPR consists of 11 campuses. Three of them are graduate campuses:  Rio Piedras, Medical Sciences, and Mayaguez  UPR has an enrollment of approximately 75,000 students

3. UPR at Mayaguez UPR Medical Sciences UPR at Rio Piedras

4. Current student enrollment, Second Academic Semester  UPRM enrollment: 13,828 students  College of Engineering Undergraduate enrollment: 4,732 students (34%)  3,226 male (23%) and 1,506 female (11%)  College of Engineering Graduate enrollment: 421 students  300 male and 121 female  First Year (Freshmen) Engineering enrollment  742 students

5. Current Programs COE SpecialtyDegrees Electrical EngineeringBachelor, Master Computer Engineering Bachelor, Master, PhD (within CISE) Mechanical EngineeringBachelor, Master Chemical EngineeringBachelor, Master, PhD Civil EngineeringBachelor, Master, PhD SurveyingBachelor Industrial EngineeringBachelor, Master Aerospacial EngineeringMinor Material Sciences and EngineeringMinor

6. Upcoming programs ProgramStatus PhD in Electrical EngineeringVicepresidency for Academic Affairs PhD in Mechanical EngineeringVicepresidency for Academic Affairs MS in Material Sciences and Engineering Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs BS in Computer Science and Engineering Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs BS in Software EngineeringVicepresidency for Academic Affairs PhD in BioengineeringUPRM Deanship of Academic Affairs

7. ASEE Rankings (May 2009) ItemRank Number of Bachelors 28 Number of Female Bachelors 6 Number of Bachelors to Hispanics 1 Number of Bachelors in Chemical Engineering 2 Number of Bachelors in Civil Engineering 14 Number of Bachelors in Industrial Engineering 14 Number of Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering 34 Number of Bachelors in Electrical Engineering 18 Number of Bachelors in Computer Engineering 10 Undergraduate Enrollment 14

8. The Research Revolution @ UPRM

9. UPRM Research Areas  College of Engineering Proposed Strategic Research Areas  Information Technology ($$$)  Materials (promoted from opportunistic, nanotechnology)  Environmental ($$$)  Bioengineering/Pharma (opportunistic)  Energy/Power ($$$, sustainable)  Infrastructure ($$$, natural/anthro disasters)  Atmospheric Science & Engineering ($$$)

10. NSF Sponsored Engineering Research Centers CentroPIDepto. CenSSIS (NSF-ERC) Center for Subsurface Imaging Sensing Miguel Vélez ReyesECE CASA (NSF-ERC) Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere Sandra Cruz Pol José Colom ECE PREM (NSF) Partnership for Research and Education on Materials CREST (NSF - 2008) Marcelo SuárezINGE WIMS (NSF-ERC Outreach) Wireless Integrated Microsystems Nayda SantiagoECE MAEC (NSF-ERC Outreach) Mid America Earthquake Center Ricardo LópezINCI Center for Structured Organic Composites (NSF-ERC - 2006) NASA URC (2008) Carlos Velázquez Arturo Hernández InQu DHS Centers – 2008 (2) Maritime Domain Awareness & ALERT José Colucci Miguel Vélez COE/ ECE

11. Other Engineering Research Centers CENTERPIDepto./ Decanato CTTT (DOT) Center for Transfer and Transportation Technology Benjamín Colucci Felipe Luyanda INCI CIIC Center for Investigation of Civil Infrastructure Luis GodoyINCI WRRI (USGS-DOI)) Water Resources Research Institute Jorge Rivera SantosINCI ICIS Institute for Computing and Informatic Studies Domingo RodríguezECE Center for Energy AlternativesDavid SerranoINME LARSIP Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing Miguel Vélez ReyesECE INDUSOFT Center for Industrial Software Development Bienvenido VélezIND. Instituto de Verano en TransportaciónDidier ValdésINCI PaSCoR Partnership for Spatial and Computing Research Ramon VazquezECE NDMC Natural Disaster Mitigation Center Ricardo LópezINCI

12. SEGI: Social, Ethical & Global Issues  Engineering is practiced in a social context. This brings about ethical, social, and global issues, which need to be embedded in the disciplinary curriculum.  The main focus of the program is on the delivery and assessment of course modules:  Freshman Module, Capstone Course Module  Social and global awareness modules  Materials that help with ABET accreditation guidelines

13. New Academic Initiatives  Aim: Add value to current engineering baccalaureates by providing training paths that are aligned with emerging industrial and societal demands. The following Curricular Sequences are in the making or in the approval pipeline:  Nuclear Engineering  Bioinformatics  Systems Engineering  Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (being designed by: Elvia Camayd, Walter Alomar, Jaime Seguel)

14. Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Office (IP-TTO)  IP-TTO was create to facilitate the development, protection and commercialization of intellectual property such as research and inventions of the faculty, students and personnel of the UPRM.

15.  VISION : To advance the development of the UPRM faculty’s groundbreaking inventions, discoveries and ideas into new products, processes and services for the betterment of society, while improving Puerto Rico's economic competitiveness.  MISSION: Partnering with UPRM faculty to develop and implement innovative strategies to protect and commercialize their new inventions and discoveries so as to generate revenues for the University, the community and the general public, in close collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization.

16. IP-TTO’s current activities  IP-TTO’s webpage (www.iptto.uprm.edu)  General information about IPTTO’s services  Resources for the inventor  Glossary of relevant IP terms  Documents & Forms  Useful links  Relevant news & articles

17. IP-TTO’s current activities  Development of educational material and useful tools for UPRM’s faculty and students on IP and other relevant topics  UPRM Inventor’s handbook on IP & Technology Transfer  What is an Invention  Keeping lab notebooks, etc.  Minor in IP ( 3 courses, 9 credits total)  Intellectual Property for Scientists and Engineers  Already codified (INTD 5007) as temporary  Fundamentals of Patents and Patenting  IP Management & Technology Licensing

18.  Main focus – “preventive” through faculty development and curriculum change incorporating lessons learned in Entrepreneurship Education from around the world  First to establish a faculty development program in Small Business and Entrepreneurship  First to design and implement a series of new courses in Entrepreneurship that is the foundation for a Certificate in Entrepreneurship offered to all UPRM students Entrepreneurship

19.  First to promote and sponsor research in Entrepreneurship among faculty and graduate students  First to establish an “Entrepreneur in Residence”  Leaders in establishing entrepreneurial initiatives such as:  PR and Caribbean affiliate of the ICSB (1996-1997)  Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization in PR (1997)  “Premio Éxito Empresarial Universitario” (2000) Entrepreneurship

20.  Partners assisting in the establishment of other entrepreneurial initiatives such as:  Innovation Competition by the Partners for Innovation program (NSF)  Grupo Guayacán’s Enterprize Competition  Students in Free Enterprise  others Entrepreneurship

21.  The combination of faculty development, curriculum design and implementation, research and other initiatives contributed to a cultural change  from preparing to be an employee to aspiring to be an entrepreneur Entrepreneurship

22. New Infrastructure and Support to facilitate current and future enterprising initiatives  Technology Innovation Center  Business Center  Business Support Center  A campus-wide;island-wide endeavor

23.  Student Initiatives  Reto 2.0 (http://www.apex.pr/reto/)http://www.apex.pr/reto/  Initiatives for profesor and student  EnterPRize (http://enterprizepr.com/)http://enterprizepr.com/  Enterprises Innovations  (http://www.prteconline.com/innovacionempresarial/)http://www.prteconline.com/innovacionempresarial/  In the most recent Enterprize competition the winners where  Eduardo Juan; Sonar Sensing Technologies (http://younoodle.com/startups/sonar_sensing_technologies)http://younoodle.com/startups/sonar_sensing_technologies  RUM NanoEssentials (http://younoodle.com/startups/nanoessentials)http://younoodle.com/startups/nanoessentials Initiatives

24. To really have an impact on changing the mindset, we need to change:  who “teaches” (beyond faculty members)  where learning takes place (beyond the classroom)  how learning occurs (beyond lectures/books) THANKS