The Innovation/Startup fellowship program, ProtoSem is a 20-week, full-semestercourse, during which students are nurtured & guided to develop core technical conceptsand key engineering skills and are transformed into 'Innovation Engineers'. We work as ateam with students from different engineering/technical/science streams, towardsdesigning, developing, and testing an innovative tech-enabled solution to solve a real-world problem (the Minimum Usable Prototype to test the… Show more The Innovation/Startup fellowship program, ProtoSem is a 20-week, full-semestercourse, during which students are nurtured & guided to develop core technical conceptsand key engineering skills and are transformed into 'Innovation Engineers'. We work as ateam with students from different engineering/technical/science streams, towardsdesigning, developing, and testing an innovative tech-enabled solution to solve a real-world problem (the Minimum Usable Prototype to test the technical feasibility andcommercial viability of the product innovation) sponsored by the industry, government,or social sector, etc. We are guided to solve real-world challenges using the toolsenabled by hardware, software, and computing technologies, and to evolve as GraduateInnovation Engineers and fully *rounded professionals with more balanced skills in theInnovation, Technology, and Engineering talent dimensions. We gain skills andcompetencies to transform ourselves into creative problem-solvers, capable of buildingdeployable/usable prototypes, selecting and applying technology to createcost-effective solutions, and are aware of the tools and techniques of managing theprocess of innovation to mitigate and reduce risks. We innovate and design solutions bysetting and achieving metrics in customer development & discovery, value-propositionvalidation, market definition & sizing, customer acquisition, revenue model &competition analysis. Show less