Achievement

NSMS IGERT fellow Eric Martin's team took first place at this year's Technology Business Plan Competition. He and his team are continuing on to other business plan competitions. These efforts are directly related to the newly created Professional Science Masters program at UNM. Eric's team developed a business plan, worked with licensing entities, and presented their concepts to a panel of investors. The business and management courses now offered to NSMS IGERT fellows by the Anderson School of Management provide valuable practical knowledge for real world implementation of innovation in the marketplace. This has allowed Eric and his team to be intimately involved in the marketing of their new innovation: an organic polymer photovoltaic cell phone case able to recharge a cell phone.