La Misión de las carreras Universitarias para aportar a la innovación de las EmpresasRamón Vásquez, PhDUniversidad de Puerto Rico

Founded in 1903, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is the

oldest and largest university system in Puerto Rico;

The system is run much like a state university system (though

Puerto Rico is not a U.S. state);

Its programs are accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies;

UPR consists of 11 campuses. Three of them are graduate

campuses:

Rio Piedras, Medical Sciences, and Mayaguez

UPR has an enrollment of approximately 75,000 students

UPR at Mayaguez UPR

MedicalSciences

UPR at Rio Piedras

Current student enrollment, Second Academic SemesterUPRM enrollment: 13,828 students

College of Engineering Undergraduate enrollment: 4,732 students

(34%)

3,226 male (23%) and 1,506 female (11%)

College of Engineering Graduate enrollment: 421 students

300 male and 121 female

First Year (Freshmen) Engineering enrollment

742 students

Current Programs COESpecialty Degrees

Electrical Engineering Bachelor, Master

Computer Engineering Bachelor, Master, PhD (within CISE)

Mechanical Engineering Bachelor, Master

Chemical Engineering Bachelor, Master, PhD

Civil Engineering Bachelor, Master, PhD

Surveying Bachelor

Industrial Engineering Bachelor, Master

Aerospacial Engineering MinorMaterial Sciences and Engineering Minor

Upcoming programsProgram Status

PhD in Electrical Engineering Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs

PhD in Mechanical Engineering Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs

MS in Material Sciences and Engineering

Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs

BS in Computer Science and Engineering

Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs

BS in Software Engineering Vicepresidency for Academic Affairs

PhD in Bioengineering UPRM Deanship of Academic Affairs

ASEE Rankings (May 2009)ASEE Rankings (May 2009)Item Rank

Number of Bachelors 28Number of Female Bachelors 6Number of Bachelors to Hispanics 1Number of Bachelors in Chemical Engineering 2Number of Bachelors in Civil Engineering 14Number of Bachelors in Industrial Engineering 14Number of Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering 34Number of Bachelors in Electrical Engineering 18Number of Bachelors in Computer Engineering 10Undergraduate Enrollment 14

The Research Revolution @ UPRM

UPRM Research AreasCollege of Engineering Proposed Strategic Research Areas

Information Technology ($$$)Materials (promoted from opportunistic, nanotechnology)Environmental ($$$)Bioengineering/Pharma (opportunistic)Energy/Power ($$$, sustainable)Infrastructure ($$$, natural/anthro disasters)Atmospheric Science & Engineering ($$$)

NSF Sponsored Engineering Research Centers

Centro PI Depto.

CenSSIS (NSF-ERC)Center for Subsurface Imaging Sensing

Miguel Vélez Reyes ECE

CASA (NSF-ERC)Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the

Atmosphere

Sandra Cruz PolJosé Colom

ECE

PREM (NSF)Partnership for Research and Education on

MaterialsCREST (NSF - 2008)

Marcelo Suárez INGE

WIMS (NSF-ERC Outreach)Wireless Integrated Microsystems

Nayda Santiago ECE

MAEC (NSF-ERC Outreach)Mid America Earthquake Center

Ricardo López INCI

Center for Structured Organic Composites(NSF-ERC - 2006)NASA URC (2008)

Carlos VelázquezArturo Hernández

InQu

DHS Centers – 2008 (2)Maritime Domain Awareness & ALERT

José ColucciMiguel Vélez

COE/ECE

Other Engineering Research CentersCENTER PI Depto./

Decanato

CTTT (DOT)Center for Transfer and Transportation Technology

Benjamín ColucciFelipe Luyanda

INCI

CIICCenter for Investigation of Civil Infrastructure

Luis Godoy INCI

WRRI (USGS-DOI))Water Resources Research Institute

Jorge Rivera Santos

INCI

ICISInstitute for Computing and Informatic Studies

Domingo Rodríguez

ECE

Center for Energy Alternatives David Serrano INME

LARSIPLaboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image

Processing

Miguel Vélez Reyes

ECE

INDUSOFTCenter for Industrial Software Development

Bienvenido Vélez IND.

Instituto de Verano en Transportación Didier Valdés INCI

PaSCoRPartnership for Spatial and Computing Research

Ramon Vazquez ECE

NDMCNatural Disaster Mitigation Center

Ricardo López INCI

SEGI: Social, Ethical & Global IssuesEngineering is practiced in a social context. This brings

about ethical, social, and global issues, which need to be

embedded in the disciplinary curriculum.

The main focus of the program is on the delivery and

assessment of course modules:

Freshman Module, Capstone Course Module

Social and global awareness modules

Materials that help with ABET accreditation guidelines

New Academic InitiativesAim: Add value to current engineering baccalaureates by providing

training paths that are aligned with emerging industrial and societal

demands. The following Curricular Sequences are in the making or in the

approval pipeline:

Nuclear Engineering

Bioinformatics

Systems Engineering

Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (being designed

by: Elvia Camayd, Walter Alomar, Jaime Seguel)

Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Office (IP-TTO)IP-TTO was create to facilitate the development,

protection and commercialization of intellectual property

such as research and inventions of the faculty, students

and personnel of the UPRM.

VISION : To advance the development of the UPRM faculty’s

groundbreaking inventions, discoveries and ideas into new products,

processes and services for the betterment of society, while

improving Puerto Rico's economic competitiveness.

MISSION: Partnering with UPRM faculty to develop and

implement innovative strategies to protect and commercialize their

new inventions and discoveries so as to generate revenues for the

University, the community and the general public, in close

collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico Office of

Intellectual Property and Commercialization.

IP-TTO’s current activitiesIP-TTO’s webpage (www.iptto.uprm.edu)

General information about IPTTO’s servicesResources for the inventorGlossary of relevant IP termsDocuments & FormsUseful linksRelevant news & articles

IP-TTO’s current activitiesDevelopment of educational material and useful tools for

UPRM’s faculty and students on IP and other relevant topicsUPRM Inventor’s handbook on IP & Technology Transfer

What is an Invention

Keeping lab notebooks, etc.

Minor in IP (3 courses, 9 credits total)

Intellectual Property for Scientists and Engineers

Already codified (INTD 5007) as temporary

Fundamentals of Patents and Patenting

IP Management & Technology Licensing

Main focus – “preventive” through faculty development and curriculum

change incorporating lessons learned in Entrepreneurship Education

from around the world

First to establish a faculty development program in Small Business

and Entrepreneurship

First to design and implement a series of new courses in

Entrepreneurship that is the foundation for a Certificate in

Entrepreneurship offered to all UPRM students

Entrepreneurship

First to promote and sponsor research in Entrepreneurship

among faculty and graduate students

First to establish an “Entrepreneur in Residence”

Leaders in establishing entrepreneurial initiatives

such as:

PR and Caribbean affiliate of the ICSB (1996-1997)

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization in PR (1997)

“Premio Éxito Empresarial Universitario” (2000)

Entrepreneurship

Partners assisting in the establishment of other entrepreneurial

initiatives such as:

Innovation Competition by the Partners for Innovation program

(NSF)

Grupo Guayacán’s Enterprize Competition

Students in Free Enterprise

others

Entrepreneurship

The combination of faculty development, curriculum

design and implementation, research and other initiatives

contributed to a cultural change

from preparing to be an employee to aspiring to be

an entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

New Infrastructure and Support to facilitate current and future enterprising initiatives

Technology Innovation CenterBusiness CenterBusiness Support Center

A campus-wide;island-wide endeavor

Student Initiatives

Reto 2.0 (http://www.apex.pr/reto/)

Initiatives for profesor and student

EnterPRize (http://enterprizepr.com/)

Enterprises Innovations

(http://www.prteconline.com/innovacionempresarial/)

In the most recent Enterprize competition the winners where

Eduardo Juan; Sonar Sensing Technologies

(http://younoodle.com/startups/sonar_sensing_technologies)

RUM NanoEssentials (http://younoodle.com/startups/nanoessentials)

Initiatives

To really have an impact on changing the mindset, we need

to change:

who “teaches” (beyond faculty members)

where learning takes place (beyond the classroom)

how learning occurs (beyond lectures/books)

THANKS