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In 2002, the Technology Entrepreneurship Program was formed with the goal of offering entrepreneurial business and law students the opportunity to experience the real-life challenges of launching a technology-based enterprise.

After the TEP Fellows are introduced to several promising technologies, each team of Fellows selects one of these technologies for detailed study. As they work together, the members of each team gain hands-on experience in creating a potential business as they move through technology examination, market analysis, the resolution of issues concerning intellectual property, and financial planning.

In the summer of 2009, TEP invited students from outside the University of Oregon to participate. Also for the first time, OSU inventions were included in the technology options along with those from UO and Battelle. The OSU and UO students were organized into five teams of four. Each team was comprised of a combination of JD, MBA and science students.

TEP 2009:
JD contingent – Jamie Moffitt, Barbara Aldave, Petar Klaetsch, Kelly Morgan, Moorisha Bey-Taylor, and Anne LaPorte
Not pictured – Nicholas Boehm

• Team
  Nick Boehm, JD
  Lily Feng, Science
  Eugene Gonzales, MBA
  Yonatan Schultz, MBA
• Team
  Kevin Harada, Engineering
  Petar Klaetsch, JD
  Lynn Merrill, MBA
  Galen Mitterman, MBA
• Team
  Eli Awtrey, MBA
  Chris Hart, MBA
  Kelly Morgan, JD
  Claire Romelfanger, Science
• Team
  Jake Haas, MBA
  Anne LaPorte, JD
  Lance Lucas, MBA
  David Stay, Science
• Team
  Moorisha Bey-Taylor, JD
  Andy Jenness, MBA
  Jack Shepherd, Engineering
  Sanjai Tripathi, MBA