Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts
Session R34: Live Long and Prosper as Physicist, Innovator, and EntrepreneurCareers Education Industry Invited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP FED Chair: Chuhee Kwon, Cal State Univ- Long Beach Room: BCEC 205A |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
R34.00001: Physicists as Master Innovators: Why Innovation and Entrepreneurship should be highlighted in physics education Invited Speaker: Douglas Arion Physicists are positioned to be some of the most effective innovators - solving real-world problems by applying their broad knowledge and understanding of how the world works, and contributing to all sorts of organizations through an entrepreneurial mindset. How can we make that happen more often, and how can we leverage this to attract a larger and more diverse body of students into the field? Innovation and entrepreneurship education components - whether implemented in curriculum directly, co-curricular programs, or experiential learning opportunities - can be utilized to achieve these goals. Let's consider why we should take this on as an important part of physics education - as important as the canon of content we've always delivered. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
R34.00002: Live Long and Prosper as Physicist, Innovator, and Entrepreneur Invited Speaker: Crystal Bailey Physics graduates are among the most employable in the world, with 96% of graduates finding successful employment, mostly in private sector settings. While employers value the technical skills and ability to engage in continued learning that are hallmarks of physics graduates, physics majors also have the potential to become impactful, positive agents of change in the world as effective innovators and entrepreneurs. In this talk, I will explore the skills, knowledge and mindset that are essential to entrepreneurship, and describe national efforts that are taking place to make innovation and entrepreneurship education a regular part of physics students’ experience. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
R34.00003: Understanding the Value of Intellectual Property in Entrepreneurship: Finding Your Path Down the Yellow Brick Road Invited Speaker: Cynthia Pillote You’re done the hard work and you’ve got a brilliant idea for an invention. Now what? We’ll discuss considerations for faculty and students when developing intellectual property (IP), including university policies and procedures, grant provisions, and getting the most value for your IP. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
R34.00004: Making the Shift from Research to Revenue: Skills that Physicists Need to be Successful in Business Invited Speaker: Sam Wurzel Physicists bring with them many useful skills for starting businesses: the ability to develop innovative ideas, a comfort with technology and mathematics, and the grit required to solve hard problems. However there are key skills that physicists often lack: sales, marketing, accounting, law, and interpersonal skills key to business. Luckily these skills are learnable. In my talk I will discuss my long path to learning them when I left physics to start Octopart and how this process can be accelerated for physicists starting businesses today. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
R34.00005: Academia to Entrepreneurship- A Multi-pronged Journey Invited Speaker: Thirumalai Venkatesan There has been a sea change over the last few decades in the way academic institutions view entrepreneurial activities of the faculty and the role of the Institution in fostering an ecosystem conducive to such activities. This has become a global phenomenon and many of the leading Institutions in Europe and Asia are also beginning to replicate the model of the Boston or Silicon Valley academic Institutions. This clearly presents a wonderful opportunity for those who want to strike out on their own as opposed to waiting for someone else to offer them a job. This is the transition from a job seeker to a job creator. This is a multi-pronged journey with differing levels of risks and rewards. In my talk I will discuss a variety of models that are available to the academic entrepreneur, their pluses and minuses and also some of the critical knowledge one needs to understand about the world of entrepreneurship in general. I will use examples from several of my colleagues’ startups and my own experience in running a company for over three decades maintaining an academic life. |
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