Enterprise Team: International Business Ventures
Industry Partner: TBA
Principle Advisors: Robert Warrington and Anne Warrington

Disciplines Needed: Electrical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Business, Computer Science and Technical Communications.

Goals & Objectives: to develop an international partnership with universities from other countries. An initial partnership with the University of Toronto is proposed. Students of the partnership will have the opportunity to collaborate across national boundaries and develop skills in virtual teaming. Topics of study for this team would include:

* Product Conceptualization: Development of innovative products and technologies.
* Business Plan Development: Patent investigations, market research, financial analysis, venture capital development, self-employment topics, legal aspects of business/engineering and business start-up.
* Product Development - Concurrent product, process, and material design to identify optimal business solution for cost, quality, manufacturability, packaging and marketability concerns