What is Innovation Engineering? What is Innovation Engineering (IE)? Innovation Engineering is a groundbreaking program that provides a systematic approach to innovation. The fundamental concepts of the program include tools and methods for • Creating • Communicating • Commercializing meaningfully unique ideas For students, IE • is a minor that complements any major or field of study including the sciences, arts, humanities, business, engineering, and education • enables them to learn how to employ the tools and methods of innovation in their field of interest • helps them to acquire skills that are essential to participation in the global economy • facilitates them to gain knowledge to lead the commercialization of new products, services and technologies For businesses, IE • accelerates a continuous ﬂow of innovations - big and small - to address your departmentʼs, divisionʼs, and companyʼs very important problems & opportunities • can be used on major innovation projects that have a dramatic impact on sales and proﬁts or minor projects that help transform the culture • is a four-stage process of Deﬁne, Discover, Develop and Deliver • integrates painlessly with classic project management systems such as Compression Planning, Stage-Gate, Design for 6 Sigma or Hoshin Planning The Body of Knowledge The 48 Innovation Engineering Skills Meaningful Uniqueness Problem Solving Sessions Stimulus & Diversity Drive Out Fear 1.0 Triz Lateral Thinking Techniques CREATE Insight & Market Mining Create Sessions Leadership Patent 1.0 Tech Mining Check Lists, Matrices & I Engineering Future Mining Create Sessions – Spark Decks Customer & Problem Benefit Promise true Proof Complete Ideas - Synergy Ideas to Paper Free Writing Clarity - Name and Headline Advanced Benefit Promise Secondary Proof Patent 2.0 - Tech Translation & ® Communication Translations Proactive Selling Meaningful vs. Mindless Marketing COMMUNICATE COMMERCIALIZE SYSTEMS Requirements for a IE Minor 4 classes •Create •Communicate •Commercialize •Systems 2 Internships Please contact Dr. Santanu Borah at sborah@una.edu or 256-765-4605 for more information about the IE Minor Twitter: Facebook: https://twitter.com/unainnovation https://www.facebook.com/innovationengineeringatuna