Special Focused Session on Entrepreneurship and Commercialization
This session explores the essential skills and attributes that define successful materials engineers and scientists in today’s dynamic landscape. Core competencies such as team building, creativity, communication, and business acumen are increasingly vital for driving innovation and achieving professional excellence. Among these, entrepreneurship and commercialization have emerged as key enablers of job creation, innovation, and career development, offering unparalleled opportunities for growth and impact. A variety of perspectives encompassing insights into the entrepreneurial process, a journey marked by freedom of thought, originality, and calculated risk-taking, are welcomed. Whether scaling up groundbreaking technologies, bridging the gap between research and industry, or fostering a spirit of innovation, the tools and strategies discussed in this session will empower participants to elevate their impact in the field.
Proposed session topics
- Designing a successful start-up, for example, building a diverse team, business strategy, and business idea generation
- Assembling a focused team for a successful venture or product development
- Reallocating different resources, for example human resource management
- Promoting problem-solving and creative and out-of-the-box thinking
- Creating saleable products from research results
Symposium organizer
- Valerie Wiesner, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
- Young-Wook Kim, WORLDEX Industry & Trading Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea
- Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota, USA
- Jie Zhang, Institute of Metal Research, China
Point of Contact
- Valerie Wiesner: l.wiesner@nasa.gov
- Young-Wook Kim: ywkim@uos.ac.kr