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Fellow:Michael Mehta

2018-02-16T22:51:06Z

Michaelmehta:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the [[File:Michaelmehta.jpeg|thumb]]heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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= Related Links =

[[Santa_Clara_University|Santa Clara University Campus Overview]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University_Student_Priorities Santa Clara University Student Priorities]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QBSZTa0ubkONaFvb9USpw33U6veIZ97_IHqT7E4E7nA/edit#gid=0 Santa Clara University Landscape Canvas]

Other Fellows at SCU:

Spring 2018

[[taylor_mau|Taylor Mau]]

[[Connor_Tisch|Connor Tisch]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mariah_Manzano Mariah Manzano]

Spring 2017

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Will_McMullen William McMullen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rory_Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Priorities:Santa Clara University Student Priorities

2018-01-31T06:24:43Z

Michaelmehta:

= Overview =

        Santa Clara University has a huge amount of resources for all students who are interested in entrepreneurship and innovation, however, not many students are enrolled in these programs.  There seems to be a rather large disconnect between the students and the programs.  This is not for a lack of trying.  Many organizations try very hard to organize to students, but there are not very good channels for connecting the students to their desired program.  Sure, there are bulletin boards all around campus, and emails that go out, but most students ignore both of these methods.  There needs to be a better way to reach a larger amount of students.  

        There is also the problem of divisions.  Each school under the Santa Clara University umbrella (Arts and Science, Engineering, and Business) seems to have a disconnect.  They all seem to work with in their own school and not promote innovation by working together.  Bringing all these schools together would surely promote a greater pool of ideas and innovations.  

= Spring 2018 Priorities =

= STRATEGY #1: Expanding the pursuit of innovation at SCU =

== Tactic #1:  Bronco Innovation Center ==

        Santa Clara University has a wide range of Innovation and Entrepeneruship resources. The two biggest issues in strengthening the innovation culture at SCU seem to be broadening the scope of those resources and increasing student engagement with the opprotunities that are present. The Bronco Innovation Center concept is one to allow more resources for students to get hands on exploration and pursuit beyond the classroom relevant to innovation. This means learning more than just the brainstorming and basic prototyping that comes with the beginning of the design and innovation process, but really giving students the chance to understand the whole process.

The idea is to introduce a space on campus where students interested in pursuing their own projects or start-ups in the realm of innovation can get help from trained student consultants across disciplines (engineering, business, arts & sciences, law, etc.). The plan would be contigent upon heavy involvement from a faculty champion willing to help train volunteer student consultants. The volunteers would have the opprotunity to gain hands-on experience in many projects within their area of discipline, and would be centrally connected to a great resource to pursue their own ideas. Overall, it would be a student-based support ot the defecit in "pursuit" of innovation on campus. 

= Spring 2017 Priorities =

= STRATEGY #1: REINVENTING RESOURCE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS =

== Tactic #1:  Camino Utilization ==

        Santa Clara, as shown through our Landscape Canvas, has many resources - from classes to clubs, from speaker events to workshops - but these are far underutilized due to a system of communication that is both difficult for the administration to maintain and doesn't fully reach out to the students of each college. In the school of Engineering, there is a weekly email sent out that is hand-crafted every Sunday night that lists out most of the events that will be happening that week. Club meetings, Maker Lab events, workshops, and many others are listed off in this email- but in the eyes of many, it comes across as almost "spammy". Most notably, not all engineers are interested in all disciplines of engineering, so they need to sort through dozens of items in order to find one they might be interested in. Along those same lines, the Business and Arts/Sciences schools appear to lack anything close to this, and students have to be completely on top of the hundreds of emails they receive each week just to see what they’re actually interested in.

        By utilizing Camino, a resource that every student on campus already accesses on a near-daily basis, we could potentially completely rework how our school’s resources deal with communications. Through Camino, club leaders, event organizers, and school administrators could communicate resources directly to interested students by publishing announcements about events when they are announced, directly messaging students to work out questions or RSVPs, and automatically add the event dates, times, and details to the students’ Google calendars. Students would sign up for which “groups” they would be interested in, whether they be Entrepreneurship, Art, Career Preparation, whatever it might be, and only receive notifications for those interests. It would be much more streamlined and direct than our current means of communication, and also helps grey out the boundaries between schools.

= STRATEGY #2: REINVENTING CLASSES =

== Tactic:  Combining Pop-Up Classes ==

        In order to give the school an experience of innovation and entrepreneurship, Santa Clara offers various one-unit pop up classes on relevant topics. A problem with these classes is that they don’t satisfy any requirement, are offered at odd times, and they are only worth one unit. This makes it so students can't or don’t want to take them. Therefore by combining them all into a 4-unit class would solve this problem. A problem that hasn’t been resolved yet is the fact that these classes are traditionally at odd times and are hard to fit in the schedule. If the classes were all a part of the same class it wouldn’t have to be squeezed in eliminating the potential to take other classes. The largest benefit of these classes being in line so they can build off each other, and come together in a big final project that has a real world component.

= STRATEGY #3: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PURSUE =

== Tactic:  Multidisciplinary Startup Venture ==
<div>        Something that our landscape canvas revealed about Santa Clara University was that there was a clear gap when it comes to pursuing a startup venture and applying the innovative and design skills into a real and practical sense. Being in the heart of the Silicon Valley and sitting on top of many valuable resources, SCU does not do enough to foster the development of student-driven startups and fails to encourage collaboration and experimentation across different disciplines within the Business, Engineering and Arts and Science schools.</div><div>         To remedy this, we outlined a startup competition which pairs students from multiple disciplines as well as industry professionals and professors to organize an idea and bring it into a real, physical startup. This would be a yearlong commitment where most of Fall Quarter would be spent in the team and skill building phase. Students would organize amongst themselves and pitch startup ideas to industry professionals/professors who are interesting in providing their expertise to those ideas into fruition. After teams organize themselves, Winter quarter would be where the idea finally transcends into a real startup. Teams would develop business strategies, produce prototypes of their product or service, develop marketing tools, create a distribution system and search for potential investors. School funding as well as resources such as the Maker Lab would be accessible to students to eliminate any financial risks and apprehension. Finally, by the end of Spring Quarter, students would present their startup and be judged by industry professionals, potentially having their ideas and talent taken beyond the campus confinements and into either a company or on their own as a fully functional startup.</div>
= STRATEGY #4: INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY OF MAKER LAB =

== Tactic:  Laser Cutter Material for Sale ==

        One of the stated problems was that students fail to "experiment" and use the Maker Lab as much as it is open. Currently, the 3D printers are very popular because the school sponsors and provide free filament, up a reasonable amount, for students. However, the laser cutters, while equally popular, are not used as frequently because students need to bring in their own material. This can be quite difficult if they don't posses a car or want to impulsively or quickly make something. 
<div>        The proposed prototype is to install a large, locked cabinet in the mostly-empty break room just outside the Maker Lab that will hold laser-cutter-bed sized sheets of plywood and acrylic that students can purchase. The lab assistants running the open lab will use a credit card reader the Maker Lab staff has stated is already being installed. The cost of the sheets will be enough to refund the material cost, plus shipping, plus a small labor cost of TA's having to order and pick up the sheets. To simplify the system students will only be able to purchase full sheets and can either keep left overs to reuse to leave them in the community scrap bin.</div><div>


Related Links

Spring 2018

[[Michael_Mehta|Michael Mehta]]

[[Taylor_Mau|Taylor Mau]]

[[Mariah_Manzano|Mariah Manzano]]

[[Connor_Tisch|Connor Tisch]]

Spring 2017

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Will_McMullen William McMullen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rory_Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University SCU Campus Page]
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[[Category:Student Priorities|s]]

School:Santa Clara University

2018-01-23T06:18:50Z

Michaelmehta:

Santa Clara University

Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Santa Clara University has many institutions perfect for growing its students entrepreneurial skills.  A very popular minor at the school is entrepreneurship, where students take classes in many different business disciplines.  This minor also includes an internship with a start up in Silicon Valley. Similarly, the school offers a minor in Technical Innovation, Design Thinking and the Entrepneruial Mindset, which is held within the School of Engineering with the purpose of being easier to fit in to an engineer's schedule than the entrepeneurship minor. The school also offers opprotunities for project-based design thikning experience through clubs such as Bronco Design, ASME, IEEE, Santa Clara Entrepenurship Organization and more. The SCU School of Engineering offers many elective courses in design thinking and innovation as a part of the KEEN program, which looks to encourage innovation on campus. The KEEN program also sponsors quarterly project-based competitions with cash prizes to incentivize students to gain valuable experience. Santa Clara is currently in the process of implementing STEM 2020, a project which involves demolishing all of the current engineering buildings and replacing them with a massive STEM complex called the Sobroato Campus for Discovery and Innovation (SCDI). The new spaces are being built with promoting innovation in mind.

Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Being in the Silicon Valley, a lot of the professors here at Santa Clara come from entrepreneurial professions.  Many teachers in the business school teach with the entrepreneurial mindset, and give real world examples from their own experiences.  Often, faculty also have important relationships with start up companies and encourage these companies to come speak on campus.  Professors also get many grants that the hand off to students to encourage entrepreneurship.  For example in 2008, the engineering school was given a very large grant to grow the entrepreneurial opportunities on campus, and that they have.  Every single senior engineering student must create their own design product, working along side faculty, considering many entrepreneurial ideals. Santa Clara also hires real-world entrepenuers to teach some of their 1-unit elective offerings in the area of Innovation and Entrepeneurship through the engineering school.  

Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus facilitates the transfer of technology to students.  It runs various programs and brings speakers on campus all in the name of entrepreneurship.  The center provides a network of connections to various companies and technologies so the students can best flourish in the entrepreneurial mindset.  Technology is also encouraged in the Maker Lab at Santa Clara University, where any student who goes through training can use the lab as much as they wish and create anything they want there.  This very much encourages the creative mindset on campus. Furthermore, through the construction of the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovaiton (The new space for STEM at SCU), the school is investing in "Innovation Spaces" throughout the massive new buildings where students can collaborate on projects, as well as Maker Spaces similar to the Maker Lab to allow for hands on learning.

Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration

The university has many useful connections with companies in and out of the Silicon Valley.  Handshake is a site where students can see job and internship postings for companies looking for Santa Clara University students.  There are many startups and entrepreneurial opportunities on the sight.  As stated earlier, there are also very many useful connections with professors. Furthermore, all of the quarterly KEEN competitions that the school puts on are done with industry partners who the projects are based around.

Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts  

Santa Clara very much encourages its students to aid in regional and local economic efforts.  One very integral way is through the many jobs that Santa Clara University supplies the area with.  Students are given very many opportunities in the area and often stay to work in the area.  The school also runs collaborations with quite a few businesses in the area.  An example of this is the collaboration with NASA and the SCU Robotics Systems Lab, which is filled with graduates and undergraduates doing research. The school also encourages its students to be socially responsible in all things including promoting charitable programs in dorms, and even requiring an "engaged learning and social justice" core ciriculum requirement which gets students out volunteering in the community.  Santa Clara very much cares and utilizes the surrounding area in a beneficial way.

Landscape Canvas  

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QBSZTa0ubkONaFvb9USpw33U6veIZ97_IHqT7E4E7nA/edit#gid=1 LINK] to our Landscape Canvas assessment which breaks down and highlights the courses, programs, and organizations that promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship on our campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''Santa Clara University'''

[[Santa Clara University Student Priorities|Santa Clara University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellow:

[[Taylor_Mau|Taylor Mau]] [[Mariah_Manzano|Mariah Manzano]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Connor_Tisch Connor Tisch] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michael_Mehta Michael Mehta]

[[Laura Tschudy|Laura Tschudy]], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance], [[Rory Pannkuk|Rory Pannkuk]], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Will_McMullen Will Mcmullen,] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford], Melody Yang

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Fellow:Michael Mehta

2018-01-10T19:34:29Z

Michaelmehta:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the [[File:Michaelmehta.jpeg|thumb|Michaelmehta.jpeg]]heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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= Related Links =

[https://www.scu.edu/ Santa Clara University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University_Student_Priorities Santa Clara University Student Priorities]

Spring 2018

Taylor Mau

Connor Tisch

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mariah_Manzano Mariah Manzano]

Spring 2017

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Will_McMullen William McMullen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rory_Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Michael Mehta

2018-01-10T19:34:09Z

Michaelmehta:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the [[File:Michaelmehta.jpeg|thumb|Michaelmehta.jpeg]]heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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= Related Links =

[https://www.scu.edu/ Santa Clara University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University_Student_Priorities Santa Clara University Student Priorities]

Spring 2018

Taylor Mau

Connor Tisch

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mariah_Manzano Mariah Manzano]

Spring 2017

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Will_McMullen William McMullen]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rory_Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]

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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Organization:Epicenter - National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

2018-01-10T19:32:28Z

Michaelmehta:

= Overview =

[[File:Epicenterlogo.png]]

The National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) was founded as a National Science Foundation funded STEM center. Epicenter formed in 2012 from a five-year grant awarded to Stanford University and the [[National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance]]. In 2016, the Epicenter's grant expired. Epicenter offered entrepreneurship and innovation programs for engineering faculty and students; partnered with leaders in academia and government to build a national entrepreneurship agenda in engineering; conducted research on higher education models; hosted online classes and resources; and formed communities around entrepreneurship in engineering education. Though Epicenter is no longer funded, many of the entrepenurship and innovation programs that were established have continued on. 

Epicenter believes that teaching engineering students entrepreneurship and innovation as part of their undergraduate education will help them make a real impact. To be prepared to enter the work force and thrive in this ever-changing global economy, they need to be flexible, resilient, creative, empathetic, and have the ability to recognize and seize opportunities.

[[File:Epicenterphiloshopy.jpeg]]

= Mission =

The Epicenter's mission is to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of undergraduate engineering students across the United States to create bold innovators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to economic and societal prosperity. For more, visit [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/ epicenter.stanford.edu].

= Activities Offered =

During its funded period, Epicenter developed new programmatic opportunities to offer faculty and students engaging ways to support entrepreneurship and innovation learning in undergraduate engineering education. Many of the opprotunites they created have continued on.

== Student Support ==

Epicenter launched the [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows University Innovation Fellows] (UIF) program (formerly the Student Ambassadors Program). UI Fellows catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. The UIF Program is now backed by the Hasso Plattner Insitute of Design (d.school) at Stanford. 

== Faculty Development ==

Epicenter offered conferences and workshops for engineering faculty that provided exposure to new tools, approaches and methodologies for delivering innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives. Of their initiatives, the Pathways in Innovation program has survived and continued to prosper past the ending of the Epicenter's funding. The intent of the program is to launch a two-year transformation period to help faculty incorporate entrepeneurship and innovation into engineering curricula, and offer extracirricular opprotunities that foster an innovative spirit. While controlled by Epicenter, over 50 schools participated in the program. The program is now backed by VentureWell. 

== Research ==

Through an initiative titled Fostering Innovative Generations Studies (FIGS), the Epicenter examined models for education engineers in entrepreneurial thinking; undergraduate engineering students' entrepreneurial interests, abilities and achievements; and the integration of entrepreneurship activities into "traditional" engineering courses. Their research is now being continued by the Designing Education Lab in Stanford University's School of Engineering

= Get Involved =

Get involved with Epicenter and join innovative, entrepreneurial engineering faculty and students from around the country at these upcoming events and opportunities.

== University Innovation Fellows ==

Deadline for spring training: February 10, 2014

Nominated by their deans and faculty, University Innovation Fellows are engineering student leaders who catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows Learn more about how to apply,] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/story/engineers-take-action-university-innovation-fellows read about the students' activities].

== OPEN 2014 ==

Held March 21-22, 2014, in San Jose, California

Co-hosted by NCIIA and Epicenter, this annual conference is the premier event for faculty and university leadership to learn about the latest developments in technology entrepreneurship in higher education and share models and success stories from campuses across the nation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/open-2014-conference Learn more about the 2014 conference.]

== Lean Launch Pad Educators Program ==

Held January 22-24, 2014, at UC Berkeley

This workshiop, hosted by NCIIA in collaboration with Epicenter, will challenge faculty to rethink their approach to teaching entrepreneurship. The Lean LaunchPad emphasizes planning before the plan and searching for a business model before execution. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/lean-launchpad-educators-program-january-2014 Learn more about the January program.]

== Online Resources ==

Epicenter's series of online courses aims to enhance the educational experience in entrepreneurship and innovation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resource/epicenter-online-courses Read about our recent open online courses Crash Course on Creativity and Design Thinking Action Lab.] Epicenter also offers a constantly-growing collection of [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/story stories], [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/events events] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/all teaching tools] for engineering students and faculty.

= Contact Information =

'''Mailing Address''' National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation STVP, Huang Engineering Center, Suite 004 MC 4026 475 Via Ortega Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4121

'''Comments or questions''' can be sent to [mailto:epicenter@stanford.edu epicenter@stanford.edu]. 

Last Update By: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michael_Mehta Michael Mehta]

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Organization:Epicenter - National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

2018-01-10T19:27:43Z

Michaelmehta:

Organization:Epicenter - National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

2018-01-10T19:13:17Z

Michaelmehta:

= Overview =

[[File:Epicenterlogo.png]]

The National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) was founded as a National Science Foundation funded STEM center. Epicenter formed in 2012 from a five-year grant awarded to Stanford University and the [[National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance]]. In 2016, the Epicenter's grant expired. Epicenter offered entrepreneurship and innovation programs for engineering faculty and students; partnered with leaders in academia and government to build a national entrepreneurship agenda in engineering; conducted research on higher education models; hosted online classes and resources; and formed communities around entrepreneurship in engineering education. Though Epicenter is no longer funded, many of the entrepenurship and innovation programs that were established have continued on. 

Epicenter believes that teaching engineering students entrepreneurship and innovation as part of their undergraduate education will help them make a real impact. To be prepared to enter the work force and thrive in this ever-changing global economy, they need to be flexible, resilient, creative, empathetic, and have the ability to recognize and seize opportunities.

[[File:Epicenterphiloshopy.jpeg]]

= Mission =

The Epicenter's mission is to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of undergraduate engineering students across the United States to create bold innovators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to economic and societal prosperity. For more, visit [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/ epicenter.stanford.edu].

= Activities Offered =

The Epicenter continually develops new programmatic opportunities to offer faculty and students engaging ways to support entrepreneurship and innovation learning in undergraduate engineering education.

== Student Support ==

Epicenter is providing new opportunities for undergraduate engineering students across the country as part of the [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows University Innovation Fellows] program (formerly the Student Ambassadors Program). UI Fellows catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. The Spring 2014 enrollment deadline is February 28. 

== Faculty Development ==

Epicenter offers conferences and workshops for engineering faculty that provide exposure to new tools, approaches and methodologies for delivering innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives. The annual [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/open-2013-conference-washington-d-c OPEN Conference], hosted by NCIIA and Epicenter, brings together professionals in the field of technology entrepreneurship education. The [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/lean-launchpad-educators-program-june-2013 Lean LaunchPad Educators Program] aims at introducing best practices in innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship education into existing engineering courses. The [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/epicenter-retreat Epicenter Retreat] provided the opportunity for engineering and entrepreneurship educators to participate in hands-on collaborative sessions.

== Research ==

The Epicenter research team is examining models for education engineers in entrepreneurial thinking; undergraduate engineering students' entrepreneurial interests, abilities and achievements; and the integration of entrepreneurship activities into "traditional" engineering courses.

== Online Classes and Resources ==

Providing a collection of easily accessible online classes, stories, tools and events allows Epicenter to help make entrepreneurship and innovation resources accessible to engineering students and faculty nationwide. Students can use this content to supplement their engineering courses, learn about their fellow students' activities, and discover new techniques and ideas outside the classroom. Faculty can benefit from these resources to inform their own classes and activities at their universities, and to learn about other types of innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in higher education.

== Leadership Engagement ==

Epicenter is working with leaders in academia and government to encourage a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship as core priorities in engineering education. It aims to influence the national agenda around innovation and entrepreneurship through collaborations with our country's leaders in engineering and entrepreneurship, and participation in engineering leadership events such as the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference and the Engineering Deans Institute.

= Get Involved =

Get involved with Epicenter and join innovative, entrepreneurial engineering faculty and students from around the country at these upcoming events and opportunities.

== University Innovation Fellows ==

Deadline for spring training: February 10, 2014

Nominated by their deans and faculty, University Innovation Fellows are engineering student leaders who catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows Learn more about how to apply,] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/story/engineers-take-action-university-innovation-fellows read about the students' activities].

== OPEN 2014 ==

Held March 21-22, 2014, in San Jose, California

Co-hosted by NCIIA and Epicenter, this annual conference is the premier event for faculty and university leadership to learn about the latest developments in technology entrepreneurship in higher education and share models and success stories from campuses across the nation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/open-2014-conference Learn more about the 2014 conference.]

== Lean Launch Pad Educators Program ==

Held January 22-24, 2014, at UC Berkeley

This workshiop, hosted by NCIIA in collaboration with Epicenter, will challenge faculty to rethink their approach to teaching entrepreneurship. The Lean LaunchPad emphasizes planning before the plan and searching for a business model before execution. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/lean-launchpad-educators-program-january-2014 Learn more about the January program.]

== Online Resources ==

Epicenter's series of online courses aims to enhance the educational experience in entrepreneurship and innovation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resource/epicenter-online-courses Read about our recent open online courses Crash Course on Creativity and Design Thinking Action Lab.] Epicenter also offers a constantly-growing collection of [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/story stories], [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/events events] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/all teaching tools] for engineering students and faculty.

= Contact Information =

'''Mailing Address''' National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation STVP, Huang Engineering Center, Suite 004 MC 4026 475 Via Ortega Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4121

'''Comments or questions''' can be sent to [mailto:epicenter@stanford.edu epicenter@stanford.edu]. 

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Organization:Epicenter - National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

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= Overview =

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The National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) is a National Science Foundation funded STEM center. Formed in 2012 from a five-year grantawarded to Stanford University and the [[National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance]]. In 2016, the Epicenter's funding experied. Epicenter offered entrepreneurship and innovation programs for engineering faculty and students; partnered with leaders in academia and government to build a national entrepreneurship agenda in engineering; conducted research on higher education models; hosted online classes and resources; and formed communities around entrepreneurship in engineering education. Though Epicenter is no longer funded, many of the entrepenurship and innovation programs that were established have continued on. 

The Epicenter believes that teaching engineering students entrepreneurship and innovation as part of their undergraduate education will help them make a real impact. To be prepared to enter the work force and thrive in this ever-changing global economy, they need to be flexible, resilient, creative, empathetic, and have the ability to recognize and seize opportunities.

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= Mission =

The Epicenter's mission is to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of undergraduate engineering students across the United States to create bold innovators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to economic and societal prosperity. For more, visit [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/ epicenter.stanford.edu].

= Activities Offered =

The Epicenter continually develops new programmatic opportunities to offer faculty and students engaging ways to support entrepreneurship and innovation learning in undergraduate engineering education.

== Student Support ==

Epicenter is providing new opportunities for undergraduate engineering students across the country as part of the [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows University Innovation Fellows] program (formerly the Student Ambassadors Program). UI Fellows catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. The Spring 2014 enrollment deadline is February 28. 

== Faculty Development ==

Epicenter offers conferences and workshops for engineering faculty that provide exposure to new tools, approaches and methodologies for delivering innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives. The annual [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/open-2013-conference-washington-d-c OPEN Conference], hosted by NCIIA and Epicenter, brings together professionals in the field of technology entrepreneurship education. The [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/lean-launchpad-educators-program-june-2013 Lean LaunchPad Educators Program] aims at introducing best practices in innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship education into existing engineering courses. The [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/epicenter-retreat Epicenter Retreat] provided the opportunity for engineering and entrepreneurship educators to participate in hands-on collaborative sessions.

== Research ==

The Epicenter research team is examining models for education engineers in entrepreneurial thinking; undergraduate engineering students' entrepreneurial interests, abilities and achievements; and the integration of entrepreneurship activities into "traditional" engineering courses.

== Online Classes and Resources ==

Providing a collection of easily accessible online classes, stories, tools and events allows Epicenter to help make entrepreneurship and innovation resources accessible to engineering students and faculty nationwide. Students can use this content to supplement their engineering courses, learn about their fellow students' activities, and discover new techniques and ideas outside the classroom. Faculty can benefit from these resources to inform their own classes and activities at their universities, and to learn about other types of innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in higher education.

== Leadership Engagement ==

Epicenter is working with leaders in academia and government to encourage a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship as core priorities in engineering education. It aims to influence the national agenda around innovation and entrepreneurship through collaborations with our country's leaders in engineering and entrepreneurship, and participation in engineering leadership events such as the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference and the Engineering Deans Institute.

= Get Involved =

Get involved with Epicenter and join innovative, entrepreneurial engineering faculty and students from around the country at these upcoming events and opportunities.

== University Innovation Fellows ==

Deadline for spring training: February 10, 2014

Nominated by their deans and faculty, University Innovation Fellows are engineering student leaders who catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/university-innovation-fellows Learn more about how to apply,] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/story/engineers-take-action-university-innovation-fellows read about the students' activities].

== OPEN 2014 ==

Held March 21-22, 2014, in San Jose, California

Co-hosted by NCIIA and Epicenter, this annual conference is the premier event for faculty and university leadership to learn about the latest developments in technology entrepreneurship in higher education and share models and success stories from campuses across the nation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/open-2014-conference Learn more about the 2014 conference.]

== Lean Launch Pad Educators Program ==

Held January 22-24, 2014, at UC Berkeley

This workshiop, hosted by NCIIA in collaboration with Epicenter, will challenge faculty to rethink their approach to teaching entrepreneurship. The Lean LaunchPad emphasizes planning before the plan and searching for a business model before execution. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/event/lean-launchpad-educators-program-january-2014 Learn more about the January program.]

== Online Resources ==

Epicenter's series of online courses aims to enhance the educational experience in entrepreneurship and innovation. [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resource/epicenter-online-courses Read about our recent open online courses Crash Course on Creativity and Design Thinking Action Lab.] Epicenter also offers a constantly-growing collection of [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/story stories], [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/events events] and [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/resources/all teaching tools] for engineering students and faculty.

= Contact Information =

'''Mailing Address''' National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation STVP, Huang Engineering Center, Suite 004 MC 4026 475 Via Ortega Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4121

'''Comments or questions''' can be sent to [mailto:epicenter@stanford.edu epicenter@stanford.edu]. 

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Fellow:Michael Mehta

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the [[File:Michaelmehta.jpeg|thumb]]heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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Fellow:Michael Mehta

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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Fellow:Michael Mehta

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Michaelmehta: Created page with "<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-v..."

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.
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