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Enhancing Collaboration between MIT and The Engine: Joint Findings of The Engine Working Groups

Final Report to the MIT Community

Acknowledgements

The MIT senior leadership would like to thank the authors of this report—The Engine Working Groups—for their many months of fact-finding, deliberation, and thoughtful assembly of preliminary observations and recommendations. We also are grateful for the input we received from members of the MIT community via the EWG online idea bank and community forums. We look forward to continuing the dialogue in response to these recommendations.

The Engine Advisory Committee

  • Anantha P. Chandrakasan (Chair: Advisory Committee), Dean, School of Engineering; Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Timothy Swager (Chair: New Models of Technology Licensing Working Group), John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Martin Culpepper (Chair: Facilities Access Working Group), Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Klavs F. Jensen (Chair: Conflict of Interest Working Group), Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Dick Yue (Chair: Visas for Entrepreneurs Working Group), Philip J. Solondz Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Fiona Murray (Co-Chair: MIT Innovation Ecosystem Working Group), Associate Dean for Innovation; William Porter (1967) Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Vladimir Bulović (Co-Chair: MIT Innovation Ecosystem Working Group), Associate Dean for Innovation; Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Professor of Emerging Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Mark DiVincenzo, Vice President and General Counsel
  • Elisabeth B. Reynolds, Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
  • Glen A. Comiso, Senior Director for Institute Affairs, Office of the President

New Models for Technology Licensing Working Group

  • Timothy Swager (Chair), John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Yet-Ming Cheng, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Dina Katabi, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Fiona Murray, Associate Dean for Innovation; William Porter (1967) Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Harvey Lodish, Professor, Departments of Biology and Biological Engineering; Member, Whitehead Institute
  • Richelle Nessralla, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
  • Lesley Millar-Nicholson, Director, Technology Licensing Office
  • William (Billy) Moses, Undergraduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Qifan Zhang, PhD Candidate, Department of Chemistry
  • Zhizhou Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  • Andrea Barry, Executive Assistant, Technology Licensing Office

Facilities Access Working Group

  • Martin Culpepper (Chair), Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Joseph Jacobson, Associate Professor, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
  • Jacqueline Lees, Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research and Associate Department Head, Biology; Associate Director, Koch Institute
  • Krystyn Van Vliet, Associate Provost; Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • John Donahue, Associate Director, MIT Office of Sponsored Programs
  • S. Jason Baletsa, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
  • Dennis Grimard, Associate Director of Operations, MIT.nano, School of Engineering
  • Israel Soibelman, Assistant to the Director for Strategic Initiatives, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Oliver Thomas, Lead, Community Partnerships Team, Faculty, Students, and Academic Departments, Labs, and Centers, Information Systems and Technology
  • Louis Diberardinis, Director, Environmental Health and Safety Office
  • Robert Shin, Director, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works Center; Head of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Tactical Systems Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Katherine Nazemi, Undergraduate Student, Department of Political Science
  • Ben Linville-Engler, Fellow, MIT Systems Design and Management, School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management
  • Zhizhou Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  • Sean Adams, Senior Financial Analyst, Office of Treasury and Planning
  • Jonathan McIndoe Hunt, Associate Director, Project Manus

The Facilities Access Working Group would like to thank the following people and entities for their assistance with the collection of data, facility tours, and thoughtful advice: Greentown Labs, Lab Central, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Dr. Vicky Diadiuk (MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratory), and Adam Shervanian (Department of Materials Science and Engineering).

Conflict of Interest Working Group

  • Klavs F. Jensen (Chair), Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Joseph Paradiso, Alexander W. Dreyfoos (1954) Professor of Media Arts and Science; Director, Responsive Environment Group, MIT Media Lab
  • Chris Kaiser, Professor, Department of Biology
  • Suzanne Glassburn, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
  • Michelle D. Christy, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of the Provost
  • Alberto Hernandez, Undergraduate Student, Physics Department
  • Kelli Xu, PhD Candidate, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
  • Timothy Kassis, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics
  • Rupinder Grewal, Conflict of Interest Officer, Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of the Provost

Visas for Entrepreneurs Working Group

  • Dick Yue (Chair), Philip J. Solondz Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • David C. Elwell, Associate Dean and Director, International Students Office, Office of Graduate Education
  • J. Chappell H. Lawson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
  • Mihaela Papa, Assistant Director for International Activities, Office of the Provost
  • Allison Romantz, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
  • Penny Rosser, Director, International Scholars Office, Office of the Provost
  • Jinane Abounadi, Executive Director, MIT Sandbox Innovation Program, School of Engineering
  • Daniel Franke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry
  • Liz Cox, Undergraduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Arolyn Conwill, PhD Candidate, Department of Physics; President, Graduate Student Council
  • Pinar Yanardag Delul, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
  • Rachel Smederovac Drake, Human Resources Administrator, Research Laboratory of Electronics

MIT Innovation Ecosystem Working Group

  • Fiona Murray (Co-Chair), Associate Dean for Innovation; William Porter (1967) Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Vladimir Bulović (Co-Chair), Associate Dean for Innovation; Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Professor of Emerging Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Steve Haraguchi, Former Executive Director, MIT Innovation Initiative
  • Bill Aulet, Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Timothy Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Ian A. Waitz, Vice Chancellor; Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Sherwin Greenblatt, Director, MIT Venture Mentoring Service
  • Martin Culpepper, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Kathleen D. Kennedy, Director, Special Projects, The Engine
  • Eswar Anandapadmanaban, Undergraduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; President, VR@MIT Director, StartLabs
  • Monique Guimond, Graduate Student, MIT Sloan School of Management; Managing Director, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
  • Rabia Tugce Yazicigil, Postdoctoral Associate, Microsystems Technology Laboratories
  • Laura Halligan, Senior Program Coordinator, MIT Innovation Initiative

Special thanks to Lydia Snover, Director of Institutional Research; Kimberly Mancino, Director of Reference Publications; Katherine Brady, Communications Coordinator, Reference Publications; Sean Preston, Manager, Integration, Information Systems & Technology; Matt Pearson, DevOps Engineer, Information Systems & Technology; and Robert and Kathleen Thurston-Lighty, Thurston-Lighty Ltd.