During fiscal years 2019 and 2020, Carolina inventors turned an increasing number of ideas from their labs into inventions, patents, technologies and startups that translate into commercial products and services
Startup consulting engagements are bringing together a dozen serial entrepreneurs who offer coaching, funding connections and business service support.
With a nearly $600,000 grant from the Kern Family Foundation and Carolina's inclusion in the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network, the Department of Applied Physical Sciences will launch a new undergraduate program that is infused with an entrepreneurial mindset.
The nine-credit program will launch in spring 2021 to teach design thinking skills for solving complex problems across diverse fields of research and practice.