A graduate of the M.S. in Engineering Entrepreneurship program will be an engineer who looks at the role of new technology in society with a business perspective. Students will have the ability to apply that knowledge to bring new technology to the marketplace. The program fills the growing regional and national need for exceptionally-trained engineering managers and entrepreneurs to start and lead new technology ventures.<br><br>Rigorous, formal, successful courses with proven impact will be offered by the Cox School in entrepreneurship knowledge and practice. Management in an engineering context will be taught in well-established courses in Lyle's OREM department. A third anchor for the M.S. in engineering entrepreneurship will be a new course offering that will be unique to SMU. The two-semester Technology Commercialization Studio will:<br><br>Focus on the management of products with high technology content,<br>Encourage the incubation of novel technology from students, and from SMU's research laboratories,<br>Include C-level mentors from successful small and medium sized engineering firms and venture capital firms, and,<br>Feature lectures from experts in intellectual property, legal aspects of businesses, ethics, financing, fundraising, sales and other subject matter vital to the practice of engineering entrepreneurship.