E&TIM Highlights

E&TIM Highlights. . .

• Now accepting applications for the E&TIM program beginning spring 2012.

• ETIM student Skylar Roebuck has been chosen as one of Carnegie Mellon's 2011 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows. The fellowship is a mentored, paid summer internship with a venture-backed start-up. Congratulations, Skylar!

• ETIM student Deepthi Uppala wins 2011 Google Anita Borg Scholarship. Congratulations, Deepthi!

• ETIM student Yu "Frank" Fan and team wins second place in the Heinz College's Social Innovation Solutions Challenge for their project on pipe robots to detect water leakage in Northern China. Congratulations, Frank and Team!

• On March 28, ETIM hosted the Product Development and Management Association seminar, "Built to Love," with Carnegie Mellon Professors Peter Boatwright and Jonathan Cagan. The professors discussed their research on what they've identified as the "science of product emotion."

• E&TIM hosts 2009 University Lecture Series with speaker Steven Hoover, Vice President and Center Manager of the Xerox Research Center.

• E&TIM hosts 2009 University Lecture Series with speaker Matt Calman, Senior Vice President and Innovation Executive at Bank of America.

• "The Myths of Innovation" author and E&TIM Seminar speaker Scott Berkun gives Carnegie Mellon University Lecture.

• Interested in a dual masters degree in E&TIM and a traditional engineering program at Carnegie Mellon? Dual Degree applications for students beginning E&TIM in spring 2011 are now being accepted. Read about E&TIM's Dual Degree Program.

• Read about E&TIM spring project course "Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship" in Carnegie Mellon University's The Piper (see page 3).

• "The Myths of Innovation" author and E&TIM Seminar speaker Scott Berkun gives Carnegie Mellon University Lecture.

• 2008 E&TIM student Deepti Madan and team win Social Innovation Business Plan for ePanacea project for the recycling and safe disposal of e-waste.

E&TIM In the News

• IEEE Online: "Masters Program Helps Engineers Fuel Value Creation."

• Carnegie Mellon University's The Piper: Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship (see page 3).

• TMS Online: "Bridging Business and Technology."

• Pittsburgh Business Times: "CMU Degree Will Teach Engineers Business Behind Their Innovations."

• BusinessWeek.com: "Educating Engineers for the New Market."

• Carnegie Institute of Technology's Engineering magazine: "Innovation Management Master's Program Promises New Breed of Engineers."

Guest Speakers

The “Innovation Management in Practice” class brings outside speakers who provide Engineering and Technology Innovation Management students with the opportunity to learn first hand about approaches to real innovation management challenges.

Speakers have included:

Patrick Atkins, Environmental Consultant, Pegasus Capital Advisors

Nikhil Balram, Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Entertainment Business Unit, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.

John Bares, Director and Research Professor, National Robotics Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Martin Bates, Director of Alcoa Program Office, Alcoa

Jim Berardone, CEO and President, Product Strategy Network

Scott Berkun, Author, "The Myths of Innovation"

Peter Boatwright, Tepper School of Business Professor,
Carnegie Mellon University

Daniel Bryant, Research Fellow, Alcoa Technical Center

Matt Calman, Senior Vice President and R&D Executive, Bank of America

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Faculty, Harvard Business School;
Partner and Leader of Innovation Practice, McKinsey & Company

Eric Close, President and CEO, RedZone Robotics

Edward Copus, human resources consultant

Anuj Dhanda, CIO, PNC Bank

Lori Gallagher, National Employee Communications Manager, Deloitte & Touche

S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys

Troy D. Hammond, Vice President of Products, Plextronics, Inc.

Dean Hering, Chief Innovator, NetCentrics Corporation

Ronald N. Herring, Jr., Vice-President, Innovation and Total Quality, MSA

Steven Hoover, VP of R&D, Xerox

Razi H. Imam, Founder, Landslide Technologies Inc.

Kate Jackson, Sr. VP and Chief Technology Officer, Westinghouse

Amar Kapadia, New Ventures, Vocollect

Chris Kasabach, Cofounder of BodyMedia, Inc.

Richard Katz, Director, Research and Engineering, MSA North America

Tom Kubilius, President, Bright Innovation

Mark Lavender, Associate, K&L Gates

James Matheson, Chairman and CFO, SmartOrg Inc.

Shane McClelland, Director of Strategy, Ericsson; President, Claric LLC

Andy Melder, Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development, Intellon

Fritz Morgan, Chief Technology Officer, Color Kinetics

Christopher Murasso, IBM Industrial Solutions

Audrey Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public & International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Katz/CBA School of Business

Jason O'Connor, Phd Student researching the effect of regulatory change on innnovation activity in agricultural biotechnology, Economics, Northwestern University

Valerie Patrick, Sustainability Coordinator, Bayer Corporation

Jerry Pauly, Project Manager and Senior Engineer, Nokomis, Inc.

Vickie Pisowicz, Partner, Alyne Consulting

Scott Russell, Venture Captialist

Jim Schriver, Director of New Technologies, Black Box Corporation

Phil Spano, Vice President of Innovation Advancement and Business Development, McKesson Automation Inc.

John Sontag, Director of Infrastructure Virtualization and Data Center Architecture, HP Labs

Todd Summe, Manager of the Product Design & Development Division, Alcoa

Rob Totterdale, Senior Partner (retired), Accenture

Arthur Uber III, Fellow, Medrad

Mathew Wagner, EPP/Chem E alumnus, Carnegie Mellon University; Innovation Manager,
Praxair International (retired); CFO, RYN USA, LLC

David Westfall, Director of Emerging Technologies, UPMC
Pittsburgh Labs

Jimmy Williams Jr., Director of Product Strategy and Applications, Military and Defense Sector, Alcoa Technical Center

Ray Yourd, Director, Bayer MaterialScience LLC

Kareem Yusuf, Director, Product Management, WebSphere Software Application and Integration Middleware, IBM Software Group

Important Dates

The next E&TIM session starts January 2012.
Applications are due by:

February 28 (for March notification)
August 31 (for September notification)
September 30 (for October notification)

Application Schedule

Admitting for January 2013 E&TIM session.

Applications Are Due By:
January 31 for March notification
(recommended for fall entry dual degree applicants)

August 31 for September notification (recommended for international students)

September 30 for October notification

E&TIM MS Program Contacts

E&TIM Admissions Assistant
Email: etim@andrew.cmu.edu

Eden Fisher, PhD
E&TIM Executive Director
Phone: 412.268.9067

Meryl Sustarsic
E&TIM Program Coordinator
Phone: 412.268.5626

Contact Information

Email: etim@andrew.cmu.edu

Phone: See above for appropriate contact
Fax: 412 268-3757

Mailing Address:

Engineering and Technology Innovation Management (E&TIM)
129 Baker Hall
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

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