Episode #1 

Faculty Insight

Interview with Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu, PhD, Chief Scientist & Faculty Director of Berkeley Engineering's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET).

In this episode, Dr. Sidhu discusses the history of SCET on campus at U.C. Berkeley. 

00:56 - Introduction of Dr. Sidhu

02:29 - History of SCET

03:58 - Entrepreneurship on campus before SCET

05:12 - Entrepreneurship in the U.C. System today

06:03 - About Former Engineering Dean Richard Newton

07:19 - The 95-97% of Faculty vs the 3-5% of Faculty regarding New Ventures and their impact on students

08:40 - What brought Dr. Sidhu to Berkeley

12:01 - Why Berkeley

12:59 - Building SCET

16:20 - The way entrepreneurs see the world

17:25 - Characteristics of entrepreneurs and innovators - Berkeley Method and transfer to students

19:35 - Challenge labs

20:50 - The key differentiators for innovators to learn

25:38 - Logic & content first, then soft skills

27:01 - Stories of executive learning

31:30 - What's next for SCET labs - Real, Practical ML AI Data Science classes; the hackers guide class

36:40 - Challenge lab objectives - Talent & Topics

37:50 - Long-term objective of SCET

41:45 - Engaging Industry projects

44:15 - How to engage with SCET

45:30 - Fun!

Be sure to check out Professor Sidhu's new book, Innovation Engineering: A Practical Guide to Creating Anything New.