Technology Innovation Challenge

About the Competition

In the 2005 - 2006 academic year, Michael F. Malone, Dean of the College of Engineering, and Soren Bisgaard, the Eugene M. Isenberg Professor of Technology Management, are launching the Technology Innovation Challenge that will create a structured competition that promotes innovation education and participation of students and faculty based on technology conceived by faculty, students and alumni at UMass Amherst. The competition will focus on interdisciplinary student teams, in consultation with faculty members who are experts in the technology. The team will conceptualize a product with regard to its scientific and technological design, and create a business plan for its commercialization. The benefit to UMass Amherst students is the knowledge they acquire from taking part in the process of conceiving and developing an idea in commercial terms. In turn, the faculty and research efforts benefit from the strengthened connection between research and innovation.

Lead Sponsor

Wolf, Greenfield, & Sacks PC

Other Sponsors

Eric Janszen (BS 04, BDIC)

Takis Sparaggis (MS 90 ECE; MBA 93 ISOM; PhD 94 ECE)

Steve Collins (BS 81 ECE)

Long River Ventures

Scott Perry (BS 82 EE)

Consilient Capital Partners, LLC

Additional support provided by Ronnie and Eugene Isenberg.