Laura Schoppe and I had a great time yesterday presenting our “Putting Your Interns to Work: A Step-by-Step Process for Technology Screenings” webinar. If you followed Fuentek’s tweets with the #techscreen hashtag, you have a reasonable sense of what w …

As spring is just about to round the corner into summer, our next webinar designed to train your tech transfer interns is also coming soon! Putting Your Interns to Work: A Step-by-Step Process for Technology Screenings will be held May 19th and the las …

This Story from the Field is based on Fuentek’s real-world experience with training tech transfer interns at a major research university. The tech transfer office hired interns to begin work at the start of the fall semester. Kick-off training sessions were held in late August and early September, before academic classes ramped up. These sessions provided an overview of the tech transfer process. They also gave basic information about the stages of intellectual property (IP) management. Fuentek then provided an in-depth series of webinars over 4 weeks.

It’s tempting to think of interns as cheap/free labor. But you must invest in them before they can provide a valuable return to your technology transfer office (TTO). To get the most of your interns—and for them to get the most out of their experience in your TTO—give them the support they need to be successful. Here’s how.

Yesterday and today you’ll find me in Raleigh’s Dorton Arena for my second year as an inspector for the NC FIRST robotics competition. (Click here to read about my experiences last year.) As was the case last year, gracious professionalism is the rule …

Now is the time to get the process underway for staffing your university tech transfer office (TTO) with interns. As discussed in our white paper about TTO internship programs, summer is the best time to have interns start. This allows them to work a full 30- to 40-hour week with few (if any) other commitments. It also helps them climb the learning curve more quickly.

Technology transfer offices across the country strive to find the most effective ways to market available technologies as well as to communicate with and attract potential partners. Many of our clients have discovered how powerful the Web can be in helping them achieve both of these goals. For example, Fuentek recently helped the Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center develop an exciting new Web site that features technology licensing opportunities as well as information about how potential partners can collaborate with the center—all wrapped up in an interface that is straightforward and easy to navigate.

Your time is precious, right? So when it comes to attending a webinar, you want to get the most out of your time—not to mention the registration fee that your company (or maybe even you yourself) paid. And if the webinar-based training is required for …

Having just completed a series of eight webinars to train interns at a major research university about the science and art of technology commercialization, I’ve learned a few things about the challenges of conducting training remotely. Sure, there are …

Fuentek conducted vital background research Implementing RCM in the cooling towers at NASA’s Central Air Station extended heat exchanger performance, reduced water consumption, and eliminated waste water disposal. Many of Fuentek’s blog posts discuss t …