Fostering entrepreneurship and innovation through a biomedical technology PHD program in Australia

• Autores: Onnida Thongpravati, Alex Maritz, Paul Stoddart
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 32, no. 3 (Parte A), 2016, págs. 1222-1235
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The integration of entrepreneurship, innovation and biomedical engineering is a relatively unexplored field ofinterdisciplinary research and practice, and the aim of this study is to delineate the integration of these disciplines. Thispaper presents an overview of a unique research and application intervention in the form of a new Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) training program in Technology Innovation, delivered in the context of the Australian Medical Technologyindustry. The program is administered by the Australian Research Council Training Centre in Biodevices and Diagnostics‘‘BioReactor’’ at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. The Swinburne BioReactor program has recently beendesigned to develop biomedical engineering students to become the next generation of entrepreneurs, industry-readyapplied researchers and leaders in the field of biomedical devices and diagnostics. The program provides a paradigm shiftfrom traditional PhDs to industry-oriented PhDs by integrating multi-disciplinary research, entrepreneurship education,design-led innovation training, mentorship, industry partners, collaboration and a unique and innovative stage-gateprogram structure. The PhD recruitment, program features and associated entrepreneurship and innovation curriculum,as well as program structure, activities and timeline over the duration of PhD study are also described. The program overallprovides a contextual approach that can be adopted by other program designers and educators not only in Australia butalso more broadly in other counties and locations, especially in areas of biomedical engineering.