The Mack Institute is thrilled to announce the winners in our third annual Y-Prize Competition.…Read More
Announcing the 2014-2015 Y-Prize Winners
Events
In Search of Solutions for Clinical Needs
The Mack Institute’s Innovation Clinic workshops aim to empower a community of innovators at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
Seven Things I Learned at the Mack Institute Fall Conference
At the Mack Institute Fall Conference, speakers shared valuable insight about how their respective businesses are trying to maintaining customer satisfaction while responding to the disruption created by software and technology.…Read More
Introducing the 2014-2015 Y-Prize Finalists
The Y-Prize is a competition in which student teams propose innovative commercial applications for technology invented by University of Pennsylvania researchers.We are thrilled to introduce the finalists in the 2014-2015 Competition.…Read More
Innovation Clinic Day 1: Innovation Tournaments
One key piece of the Mack Institute’s mission is to enable innovation across the Penn community. To that end, on November 7th the institute hosted the first of its Innovation Clinics, a workshop series aimed at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
Y-Prize Competitors Throw Their Hats in the Ring
While much of the country was staying up late on the first Tuesday in November to watch election results roll in, for Mack Institute staffers the night after was the real nail-biter. This was the deadline for entries in the Y-Prize, and our anticipation was well rewarded.…Read More
Collaborative Energy at the Y-Prize Kick-Off
The Y-Prize Competition asks students to take a fresh approach to the challenge of inventing new applications for Penn research. At last week’s Kick-Off, students from diverse corners of the Penn community gathered in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology.…Read More
Y-Prize Competition Kick-Off
The Mack Institute is proud to announce the opening of the third annual Y-Prize competition.…Read More
Incubating Innovation in Established Firms
Finding the path that will allow established companies to take advantage of their strengths while also giving them the flexibility to innovate is one of the most pressing concerns of many executives. This was the theme of the Mack Institute’s Spring Conference, titled “Incubating Innovation in Established Firms.”…Read More
“Think Big, Start Small, Learn Fast”
Chunka Mui wants you to know that the conventional narrative about start-ups versus large companies—the small and nimble Davids against the slow and clumsy Goliaths—doesn’t actually have much basis in reality.…Read More
Fostering Agility through HR Practices
How can an established firm foster innovation through its HR practices? Peggy Tayloe of Infosys shares how the company uses HR practices to stay flexible despite its size.…Read More
Nurturing the Ecosystem: Innovation within Corporate Culture
Intel’s Neil Blecherman shares how the company puts the mantra “innovation is everything” into action within its business ecosystem.…Read More
Looking Ahead: Spring Conference 2014
With the memories of a frigid East Coast winter still fresh in our minds, we at the Mack Institute are looking forward to our now-traditional foray out to sunny California for our West Coast conference on June 10, 2014. …Read More
Perspectives on the Y-Prize: Grand Prize Winner Emily Plumb
“She was so passionate about the her goal—utilizing TRHex to get students interested in STEM subjects. Her enthusiasm was infectious! She utilized an existing technology in a creative way, and she did a great job of communicating her idea and bringing the business to life.” That’s how Michelle Proctor—Director of Innovation…Read More
Perspectives on the Y-Prize: Consultants Gavin Kenneally and Isabelle Park
A key goal of the Y-Prize Competition is to foster collaboration between various schools at Penn. Isabelle Park, an MBA candidate at the Wharton School, and Gavin Kenneally, a Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, describe the joys and challenges of working on a cross-disciplinary team. What role did you play in shaping…Read More
Perspectives on the Y-Prize: Head Judge Tom Fitzsimons
The Y-Prize Competition is all about sparking innovation at Penn. Tom Fitzsimons, CEO of Kerathin LLC, discusses why the competition is unique and what made this year’s prizewinning idea stand out. What makes the Y-Prize competition interesting to you? The goal of the Y-Prize competition is to get a different perspective…Read More
There’s No Place Like (Countries Well-Connected to Your) Home
The Mack Institute co-hosted its annual Wharton Technology and Innovation Conference on April 12 and 13, 2014. This guest post by Glenn Hoetker (W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University) summarizes one of the papers for which he was a discussant. In the global competition for innovative success, location matters.…Read More
Congratulations to the Y-Prize Winner!
The Mack Institute is thrilled to announce Emily Plumb, a Mechanical Engineering Masters student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), as the winner of the 2013-2014 Y-Prize Competition. Emily is a passionate advocate of STEM education for young children, and her enthusiasm showed clearly throughout her presentation at…Read More
Introducing: The 2013-2014 Y-Prize Finalists
The first round of the 2013-2014 Y-Prize saw a wide range of inventive submissions from student teams across the university. Now, four finalist teams are hard at work (with assistance from their GRASP Lab tech consultants and Wharton business consultants) to perfect their ideas for commercializing Penn robotics technology. As a testament to the…Read More
Your Customers Notice
Our longtime corporate partners at Teradata are frequent and enthusiastic participants at our yearly conferences. One attendee, Monica Mullen, recently shared her key takeaways from our recent Fall Conference. Her post originally appeared in the company’s Industry Experts blog. I had the pleasure of talking with Mr. J. David Power…Read More