Integration of Entrepreneurship-TEAM concept into design classes

With funding from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Lemelson Foundation, Entrepreneurship-Teams (E-Teams) were integrated into the Philosophy of Design course at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In this product design and creativity course, where design process, design consideration, and creativity is taught the addition of E-Teams has created an environment of real world product design. Students are required to design and prototype a new product with commercial potential or social value. 18 teams were formed in Winter Quarter ´98, and 18 products were developed. This paper reports on the results and recommendation on future activities.