November 14, 2007

Troy Hendricks, a PhD student in chemical engineering, is one of five fellows selected to comprise the first class of "Entrepreneurial Faculty for the 21st Century University." This new program is sponsored by the MSU Graduate School and the Michigan Center for Innovation & Economic Prosperity (MCIEP) at James Madison College. Each fellow receives a $5,000 stipend to support professional development in entrepreneurship and innovation.

The primary goal of the fellowship program is to provide opportunities for a diverse group of MSU graduate students to: a) consider what entrepreneurship and innovation mean in the context of an academic career; b) examine the variety of institutional arrangements used by universities to carry out their entrepreneurial and innovation missions in order to help the students evaluate the academic settings in which they may wish to work; and c) connect graduate students to private entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who may be interested in their future work.

Hendricks’s research focuses on preventing wrinkling and patterning in conductive nanomaterials using thin polymer films. His faculty adviser is assistant professor Ilsoon Lee. Hendricks has submitted three patents with Dr. Lee, including “Wrinkle-Free Nanomechanical Films,” [see Ilsoon Lee item]. Hendricks is an author of six papers that have been published or accepted for publication and was the first author on three of the papers.

He was also awarded the spring 2007 Dissertation Completion Fellowship by the MSU Graduate School.

Troy Hendricks's CV