MS&E 297 - Hacking for Defense
Solving National Security Issues with the Lean Launchpad
Interested in Entrepreneurship? Innovating at speed? Helping to make the world a better place? Working closely with members of the military and government to solve real, important problems?
Then consider applying for MS&E 297 - Hacking for Defense. A new class in Spring 2016 with a teaching team led by Steve Blank and including Tom Byers (Professor MS&E), Joe Felter (CISAC Senior Research Scholar), and Pete Newell (Managing
Partner BMNT Partners). In the class, students will apply the Lean Launchpad methodology to problems proposed or approved by Department of Defense/Intelligence Community sponsors.
Some of the problems already approved include:
Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Relief Mobile and Web based App (National Defense University)
Distributed, Disposable, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (Commander US Navy 7th Fleet)
Virtual Advice and Assistance Toolkit for IEDs (Joint Improvised Threat Defense Agency)
Wearable Sensors and Apps for Divers (Naval Special Warfare Group 3)
Interested in solving a problem not listed here but potentially related to the government or military? Contact the teaching team.
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