Assessing Undergraduate Students’ Level of Awareness of Commercialization of Engineering Research Innovation at a Historically Black College and University (original) (raw)

Volume 7: Engineering Education

Abstract

Engineering Research Innovation Commercialization (ERIC) seeks to translate products or services from the research laboratory to the marketplace or the end-user for societal benefit. Research indicates that universities have distinctive capabilities that allow them to play an important role in the process of research innovation commercialization. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), though originally established mainly as teaching and blue-collar trade institutions to educate African Americans, have been gradually commercializing several research innovations through patenting. However, this is significantly lower compared to that of their counterparts (specifically, Predominately White Institutions – PWIs). This according to available research is mainly because HBCUs have been traditionally under-served and under-resourced. Currently several programs such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps and National Science Foundation Center of Research Excellence i...

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