November 2012

Judy and Joseph Steig, NCIIA's Treasurer and Manager of Venture Development, facilitated two workshops for the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (CSMC) at the University of Oregon in early November.  Lens of the Market (LoM) is an introductory 1-day workshop for STEM graduate students wishing to learn the language of the market in addition to the language of science.  InnovationLab is a deeper dive into what it really means to take an idea from the lab to the market, with students considering their own research as they work for 2 intensive days with Judy and Joseph onsite, and then over the course of 6 months develop value propositions and do market research based on their own science.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently published "From Science to Business: Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transitions into Entrepreneurship: Summary of a Workshop."  Judy was on Panel IV, "Alternative Forms of Entrepreneurships in Sustainable Technologies: Intrapreneurship in Corporations and Government, Social Entrepreneurship, and Traditional Entrepreneurship."

Visit the NAS website http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13392 to download a free copy of the entire report!

July 2012

Judy and her partner Joseph Steig of NCIIA visited the Phase I CCI at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, "Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP)" to facilitate a Lens of the Market workshop.  A total of 15 graduate students, post docs and faculty from the Center participated.

Centers for Chemical Innovation or CCIs are funded through the National Science Foundation.

May 31, 2012

Judy visted Rutgers University - her alma mater - at the end of May and presented "Intersection - The Planet, Careers, STEM and YOU" to an audience of chemistry and engineering graduate students and faculty.  Judy's stressed that scientific solutions are needed to address major global issues, and that scientists and engineers are the key to these solutions!  Innovation is needed, meaning that the results of scientific research need to be translated to practical use and deployed effectively as solutions to market needs.

April 2012

Judy visited the Phase I CCI at Purdue University, "Quantum Information Center for Quantum Chemistry (QIQC)" to facilitate a Lens of the Market workshop.  A total of 16 graduate students, post docs and faculty from the Center participated.

Centers for Chemical Innovation or CCIs are funded through the National Science Foundation.