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The Schaeffer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides services, resources, and activities for CSUN stakeholders to act on fresh ideas to create wealth and social welfare.

We help CSUN students, faculty members, alumni, and community members access educational programs, team building and networking events, facilities for making prototypes, technology transfer services, and funding organizations, and form technical and business partnerships.

2008-06-20

FollowQ DMX 512 Alpha Prototype Completed

Professor Barry Cleveland of Theater Department, and Professor Ron Mehler and a group of six senior design students of the Electrical Engineering Department completed the alpha protype for the FollowQ DMX 512 cuing device for spot operators in theaters and stages. The team plans to complete and test the device in the Fall under actual show conditions. This is the first product developed for commercialization by a multi-interdisciplinary team of faculty members and students at CSUN. Schaeffer Center provides partial funding for the project.

2008-04-01

Schaeffer Center Presentation at Tech Fair

Professor Jeff Wiegly and Ms. Carina Howell represented the Schaeffer Center at the College of Engineering Tech Fair

2007-12-23

E-club Seminar: Writing a Winning Business Plan

Mr. Bob Kay, CEO of Elite Engineering, provides a seminar on how to write successful business plans.

2007-11-20

Networking Event: Cocktail Party

Mr. Schaeffer hosted a cocktail party for advisory board members, faculty, students to network and enjoy cocktail in an informal setting.

2007-11-04

E-club Seminar: "How Can an Entrepreneur Identify and Select a Valuable Opportunity?"

Mr. Keith Moore, President of Phenix Limited, LLC, presented ideas, strategies, and a formula for entrepreneurs to identify and select valuable opportunities.

2007-10-19

Schaeffer Center Received $23,500 Grant from the National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance (NCIIA)

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2007) Cal State Northridge has received a $23,500 grant from the National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance (NCIIA) that will provide seed money to student entrepreneurs and faculty members to develop prototypes of

2006-05-22

Inventor and Space Pioneer Ernie Schaeffer Pledges $2 Million for Entrepreneur Program at Cal State Northridge

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., May 22, 2006) -- Pioneering inventor and entrepreneur Ernie Schaeffer has had a long relationship with Cal State Northridge. Over the years, he has mentored students, collaborated with faculty and hired countless alumni to work at his

2006-01-19

Alum Creates Endowment for Entrepreneurship in CSUN's College of Engineering

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Jan. 19, 2006) -- Engineering alumnus Robert S. Behl, a biomedical innovator and entrepreneur, has created a $25,000 faculty endowment for entrepreneurship in Cal State Northridge's College of Engineering and Computer Science--seed mo