“I had the privilege to attend the evidence-based entrepreneurship class taught by Melissa at Georgia Tech during Summer 2018. I got to know Melissa as a very passionate lecturer who always went above and beyond for us. From the first lecture on, she challenged us, and her style of teaching is one of the best I have ever experienced. She always focused on the big picture but at the same time, she never failed to highlight the details needed to better understand how startups work. Also, thanks to her incredible network, Melissa arranged several workshops at local innovation centers, which featured both, American and German corporations. These workshops enhanced our understanding of design thinking and allowed us to apply our learned skills to real-life challenges that face companies every day. I have learned many invaluable skills from Melissa and she has positively impacted my development as a young professional. I will carry my new skills and experiences with me as I continue my career, whether within other opportunities or with Sixt.”
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Georgia Educator Certificate
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We Do Not Pick Winners: Coaching student and faculty research teams to listen to customer needs as they innovate
IEEE Potentials
The objective of this article is to support student and faculty researchers who endeavor to commercialize their technology. We share our experiences as evidence-based lean start-up instructors who coach fledgling start-ups as they attempt to spin out intellectual property from within research institutions. Our instruction is deeprooted in customer discovery-the act of talking with and observing customers to ensure that the solution provided best fits their needs and, as a result, will more…
The objective of this article is to support student and faculty researchers who endeavor to commercialize their technology. We share our experiences as evidence-based lean start-up instructors who coach fledgling start-ups as they attempt to spin out intellectual property from within research institutions. Our instruction is deeprooted in customer discovery-the act of talking with and observing customers to ensure that the solution provided best fits their needs and, as a result, will more likely bear the fruit of a successful commercialization effort.
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Transferring In-Class Rapport to a Virtual Classroom in a Technology Entrepreneurship Graduate Engineering Course
Advances in Engineering Education
The objective of this work is to support our colleagues in building classroom rapport. We share our experiences transitioning an in-class graduate team-based engineering entrepreneurship course to a virtual classroom in Spring 2020. These experiences are placed in the context of fundamental research in rapport-building and online education. In our course, where engineering students must shift out of their comfort zone and interview stakeholders, we demonstrate the importance of estab- lishing…
The objective of this work is to support our colleagues in building classroom rapport. We share our experiences transitioning an in-class graduate team-based engineering entrepreneurship course to a virtual classroom in Spring 2020. These experiences are placed in the context of fundamental research in rapport-building and online education. In our course, where engineering students must shift out of their comfort zone and interview stakeholders, we demonstrate the importance of estab- lishing rapport to maintain open communication channels for meaningful discussions. The enduring elements of classroom rapport include instructor openness, clear communication/guidelines, and usage of a web-based learning management system.
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Decatur Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners (presiding Chairperson 2017-present)
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United Methodist Children's Home
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