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Lee Martin

Lee Martin is a clinical professor in the Tickle College of Engineering and is the program leader of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. He is a successful entrepreneur, holds 21 U.S. patents, authored the book “Techonomics” and is a mentor of many area entrepreneurs. As an undergraduate in the 70s, he received UT’s highest student honor (the Torchbearer), and he was recognized as the National Young Engineer of the Year by NSPE in 1986. He has received two Research and Development RD100 awards for innovation in product design and started a company that went public in the NASDAQ exchange creating technology for virtual internet home tours.