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Turning a groundbreaking innovation into a venture-backed enterprise requires more than just technical brilliance—it demands strategic insight into how capital markets work. In this interactive webinar, Dr. Brien C. Walton—Chairman of the Maine Venture Fund and a national advocate for inclusive innovation—will demystify the venture capital process for engineers, scientists, and technical founders. Drawing from real-world examples and public-private collaborations, Dr. Walton will explain what investors look for beyond the patent, how to build a fundable startup around a technical solution, and why many promising innovations struggle to attract capital. Attendees will gain actionable tools to assess their own capital readiness, understand risk from an investor’s perspective, and learn how to position their work for scalable impact. Whether you are preparing for your first pitch or looking to translate lab work into a startup, this session offers a practical roadmap from prototype to portfolio. Speaker(s): Dr. Brien Walton Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/501404

Histotripsy is a method of non-invasive ultrasonic surgery using very intense pulses of focused ultrasound to mechanically fracture tissue. As of July 2025, histotripsy systems have been installed at more than 50 medical centers worldwide for ablation of liver tumors. This talk summarizes the approximately 25 year process of translating the physical mechanism of ultrasonically generated cavitation to a clinical product. I will also highlight a number of the substantial challenges faced by academics attempting to pursue scientific research translation, a large number of mistakes, and a few lucky breaks that lead to our success. This presentation is a virtual event hosted by the Engineering Medicine and Biology Chapter of SE Michigan IEEE Section Speaker(s): Timothy Hall, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518037