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Steve Cho
Biography:
Steve T. Cho is a lecturer in the technological entrepreneurship and management program of the Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Cho applies technology to new business ventures and his expertise includes entrepreneurship, strategic marketing and leadership. His experience covers seven different industries such as defense, semiconductor, biomedical, display and solar. He has served in a variety of company sizes (start-ups to Fortune 500) and has held a variety of titles (sr. research scientist, project and program manager, VP engineering, CTO, COO). His interests include: technology entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial marketing, digital marketing, business strategy, micro-sensors (MEMS), IoT, drug delivery, heat transfer, packaging, and energy harvesting. He holds 31 patents, 30 publications and 10 awards. Cho is also part of the Barrett's Honor Faculty and is on the facculty of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Education:
- M.B.A. University of California-Los Angeles 2001
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan 1991
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University 1987
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, The Massachuetts Institute of Technology 1985
Publications:
S.T. Cho, I. Black, A. Jagannathan, J. Barone, A. Chavez, Performing Under Innovative Uncertainty: Learning to Groove, TEMSCON 2018, Chicago, IL, June 2018
S.T. Cho, A. Chavez, J. Bronowitz, A Map of Technology Entrepreneurship, TEMSCON 2017, Santa Clara, CA June 2017.
Presentations:
S.T. Cho and R. Filley, Technological Entrepreneurship & Management: Housing Entrepreneurship In The Engineering School, Deshpande Symposium, Lowell, MA, June 2018
Sample publications:
D. S. Marshall and S.T. Cho, "Micro-combustor Thermoelectric Power Generator for 10-50W Applications", SPIE Defense Security and Sensing, Orlando, Fl, April 2010.
S.T. Cho, “Solar Takes a Page from WLP Playbook”, IMAPS 2008, October 2008
S.T. Cho, “Direct-Energy Plating: A New Electrodeposition Process for Interconnects”, Semiconductor International On-Line, http://www.semiconductor.net/article/CA6526624.html, /CA6529622.html, Feb 2008. Editor Pick
S.T. Cho, S. Basame, L. Levine, “The Development of a Single Chamber, Multi-Metal, Bump Plating Tool”, 4th Annual IWLPC, September 2007
S.T. Cho and F.M. Erdmann, “A High Performance Hermetic Sealing Technology”, IEEE Solid-State Sensors and Actuator Workshop (Hilton Head ‘98), pp. 229-232, June 1998
J. Bernstein, S.T. Cho, A.T. Kourepenis, P. Maciel, and M. Weinberg, “A Tuning Fork Rate Gyroscope”, IEEE MEMS ’93, pp. 143-148, February 1993
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TEM 300 | Career Mgmt Entrepr & Innovtr |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| EGR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| TMC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| IVD 630 | Scaling Entrepreneurial Leader |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 330 | Leading the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| TMC 584 | Internship |
| DSC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| EGR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| IVD 630 | Scaling Entrepreneurial Leader |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| TMC 584 | Internship |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TMC 470 | Enterprise Planning & Implemen |
| TEM 482 | Startup Workshop |
| EGR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| TEM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| OMT 570 | Advanced Project Management |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| OMT 549 | Research Techniques & Apps |
| TMC 584 | Internship |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TMC 584 | Internship |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TEM 431 | Innovation Management |
| TEM 482 | Startup Workshop |
| TEM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EGR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| TEM 531 | Disruptive Innov & Tech Evol |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TEM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| OMT 520 | Strategic Mgmt of Technology |
| OMT 549 | Research Techniques & Apps |
| AMT 592 | Research |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TEM 482 | Startup Workshop |
| EGR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| TEM 494 | Special Topics |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 330 | Leading the Enterprise |
| TEM 400 | Technology Entrepreneurship |
| TEM 482 | Startup Workshop |
| EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| OMT 549 | Research Techniques & Apps |
| TEM 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| TMC 310 | Promotion of the Enterprise |
Industry Positions:
NCR Corp - Process Development Engineer
The University of Michigan - Research Fellow
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory - Sr Member of the Technical Staff
Candescent Technologies - Assembly Engineering Manager
Abbott Laboratories - Project, Program Manager (New Product Development)
Surfect Technologies - Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
CUBE Technologies - VP, Engineering
EnerGaia LLC - COO, CTO