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A view of Penn’s Engineering School complex.

Wharton‘s not the only breeding ground for entrepreneurs at Penn.

Since 1993, Penn’s Engineering School has offered an Engineering Entrepreneurship program in hopes of showing engineering students the practical applications of what they’re building in the lab. Three thousand students – both undergraduate and masters – have gone through the program, started by professor Tom Cassel, says associate director of the program Jeffrey Babin, and it’s continued to grow.

This year, the program hired another faculty member to help accommodate student demand (last year 500 students took the courses): Elliot Menschik, founder of Callowhill coworking spot Venturef0rth.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Engineering Entrepreneurship at Penn: now in its 13th year, entrepreneurship program for engineers expands faculty to accommodate demand — Technically Philly