PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Department of Technology and Society students sat down with department faculty and Career Center Coaches to learn something new, to discover networking opportunities and to discuss internship opportunities. The event was held in the department's seminar room on Wednesday, September 25th. More events like this are scheduled for the spring 2025 semester.
EST 599: Special Projects and Topics (1 credit), Fall 2024
Research Commercialization Bootcamp Start Up Methods “How to Build a Tech Startup”
Interactive hands-on course for graduate students engaged in academic research. The course introduces proven scientific real-world business startup methods. Established research teams, formed before or in class, will be immersed in the NSF I-Corps process for commercialization of academic research. The course teaches the structured methodology for testing assumptions through the “Customer Discover” process utilizing the “Steven Blank” Business Model Canvas established and utilized by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps process.
The course will determine the viability of “Broad Reaching”, “Deep Tech” business opportunities. The course will guide teams to develop hypotheses about the values and benefits of the research/product. These hypotheses will be researched through experimentation and customer discovery of “Target Market” prospective customers. Conclusions will be drawn to prove or disprove these hypotheses. These conclusions will be presented throughout stages of the bootcamp research course.
Mastery of the methodology is a key measure. Teams wanting to continue and move forward with forming companies can receive post-class support. Successful teams may be eligible for cash awards.
Prerequisite: Must be engaged in graduate level academic research
Contact Kevin Moriary at Kevin.Moriary@stonybrook.edu for more information.
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
EVENTS
A recent session titled "Addressing Food Waste: A State Perspective," featured insightful contributions from Hyein Lee. Here, she shared the findings of the Waste Data and Analysis Center's 2023 sampling results. The focus was to comprehensively comprehend the volume of food waste and compostables within the disposed waste stream, and discern the intricate relationship between food waste and socioeconomic factors in New York State.
Spring 2022 Lectures
Responsible Innovation and Ethically Aligned Design (February 2, Mr. John C. Havens)
Spring 2021 Lectures
Solving Wicked Problems: Engineering High Performance Solutions for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (March 24, Dr. Judith Clarke)
T&S Students Present Projects Involving Data Analysis and Modeling to Support Decision Analysis (April 7, Nancy Dong, Griffin Walker, Matthew Johnston)
Combating Indubiety and the Crisis of Trust: Engineering Needs a New Approach to Uncertainty (April 14, Dr. Scott Ferson)
Extremist Narratives on Social Media: Challenges and Possibilities (May 5, Dr. Todd Pittinsky)
NSF Data Science Workshop
January 9-10, 2020: Data Science Across the Undergraduate Curriculum
Website: sites.google.com/view/nsf-data-science-workshop
Four Sessions
- Undergraduate Data Science Education
- Data Science for Clean Energy
- Data Science for Urban Sustainability
- Ethics in Data Science
Fall 2019 Lectures
Wed. 1PM - 2:20PM
Old Computer Science, Room 1310
Life Cycle Analysis(Sept. 18, Prof. Tonjes),
- Alternative Approaches to Engineering Education (October 9, Prof. Bugallo)
- NSF's Broader Impact Criterion (November 13, Prof. Woodson)
- Automotive Ethics 2.0 (December 11, Prof. Schäfer)
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