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Ilya Avdeev has been named director of innovation at the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. In this role, Avdeev \u2014 an associate professor of mechanical engineering who has been instrumental in fostering entrepreneurship at 51ÁÔÆæ \u2014 will lead program development and partnership cultivation.<\/p>\n

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Ilya Avdeev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The position is funded through the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Programming, which is already running full speed, will be housed in the center when its doors open in spring 2019.<\/p>\n

The position builds on activities Avdeev had undertaken with the College of Engineering & Applied Science, many of which harness his commitments to helping faculty, undergraduates and graduates in any discipline to turn their ideas into a business.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been instrumental in leading 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s entrepreneurship efforts, not only at the College of Engineering & Applied Science, but across campus,\u201d said Brian Thompson, director of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and president of the 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation. One of Avdeev\u2019s initial goals will be to broaden faculty participation in entrepreneurship activities, Thompson said.<\/p>\n

Avdeev is co-founder of the 51ÁÔÆæ Student Startup Challenge, director of the National Science Foundation I-Corps Site Program, founder and director of the Advanced Manufacturing and Design Laboratory, faculty advisor for the 51ÁÔÆæ Prototyping Club and a University Innovation Fellows mentor. He has trained at Stanford University\u2019s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design on entrepreneurship education, including curriculum design that supports student innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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