Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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The Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University's College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Raj Soin College of Business are offering the Master's in Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship program (MEIE). The MEIE program prepares students for innovation and entrepreneurship through seven key goals.
The seven key goals of the program:
- To expose students to the concepts of entrepreneurship from both a business and engineering perspective
- To emphasize problem solving and creative thinking
- To provide first-hand experience in generating a business plan
- To provide students with practical industry experience from concept development in preparation for market introduction
- To expose students to multiple engineering and business disciplines, and to work in diverse, multi-cultural teams
- To provide students the opportunity to interact with, and learn from Dayton area high tech entrepreneurs
- To produce graduates who have the technical expertise and the keen understanding of the business environment needed to succeed in entrepreneurial activities
Who Should Apply
This program seeks individuals with a solid undergraduate record, irrespective of major, who have a strong desire to pursue a successful career in business. Applicants with one or more years of experience in engineering or business are encouraged to apply.
Requirements
Regular admission:
- A completed bachelor's degree (minimum GPA 2.7)
- 2.5 GPA with a 3.0 GPA for the last 90 hours
Conditional admission:
- A completed bachelor's degree (minimum GPA 2.5)
- 2.3 GPA with 2.7 GPA for the last 90 hours
Submit graduate application form and $25 admission fee
- Submit transcripts from all prior colleges
- A GRE (Graduate Record Examination) score for candidates from non-ABET accredited engineering programs. Make arrangements for GRE testing at www.ets.org
Core Courses
Foundation Courses
- MBA 5100 - Survey of Accounting*, 4 credits
Core Courses
- EC 7280 - Economics of Innovation, 3 credits
- EGR 7050 - Design & Analysis of Engineering Experiments, 3 credits
- IHE/BME 6010 - Ethics in Engineering Research & Practice, 1 credits
- IHE 6400 - Engineering Economy, 3 credits
- IHE 6410 - Technology-Based Ventures, 3 credits
- MBA 7600 - Marketing Strategy, 3 credits
- MKT 7300 - Entrepreneurship, 3 credits
- IHE 6420 - Seminar on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, 1 credit
- EGR 7910 - Team Project, 3 credits
- Technical Track, 9 credits
* Check with advisor to determine if 500-level class is required. This determination will depend upon previous course work.
Raj Soin College of Business
- Dr. Riad A. Ajami
- Dr. Robert Premus
- Dr. Todd Dewett
- Dr. John T. Hogan
College of Engineering & Computer Science
- Dr. Bor Jang
- Dr. Ruby Mawasha
- Dr. S. Narayanan
- Dr. E. Jennings Taylor
- Dr. Lang Hong
- Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan
- Dr. Nathan Klingbeil
- Dr. Alok Das
- Dr. Mary Fendley
- Dr. Arthur Gooray
- BME 7131 - Medical Ultrasonics
- BME 7132 - Computed Tomography
- BME 7112 - Processing of Medical Images
- BME 7110 - Biomedical Signals
- BME 7133 - NMR in Medicine
- EGR 7020 - Systems Engineering & Analysis
- IHE 6711 - Optimization Methods
- IHE 7712 - Discrete EVent Modeling and Analysis
- IHE 7010 - Understanding & Aiding Human Decision Making
- IHE 7810 - Engineering Health Systems
- IHE 7713 - Stochastic models for Engineers
- CS 6700 - Introduction to Database Management Systems
- CS 7700 - Advanced Database Systems
- CS 7720 - Data Mining
- CS 7800 - Information Retrieval
- CS 7820 - Advanced Topics in Semantic Web
- CS 7810 - Knowledge Representation
- EE 7010 - AppliedLinear Systems
- EE 6360 - Digital Signal Processing
- EE 7150 - Digital Image Processing
- EE 7160 - Multisensor/Data Fusion
- EE 7170 - Target Tracking and Data Association