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== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Overview of the Institution</span></span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: center"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: center"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>[[File:Stony Brook Campus.jpg|thumb]]</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Stony Brook University (SUNY) is a public University with a four-year accredited undergraduate programs ranging from Business to Engineering to Medicine. There are The University was established in 1957 as a state University and contains over 200 buildings in roughly 1450 acres of land, enrolling about 24, 500 students undergraduate and graduate. It has received various accolades such as the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the Fields Medal and more as well as expanding various opportunities such as housing and developing four business incubators. Stony Brook is on it's way to becoming one of the leading institutions in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.[[File:Stony Brook Campus.jpg|thumb|Stony Brook Campus.jpg]]   = Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship = Stony Brook University has various fast track programs such as the 5 year, engineering and MBA program for all the engineering studentsto help prepare them for various fields. Stony Brook is dedicated to advancement and progress and has spent over $225.3 million in Research and Development. This research has created an entrepreneurial culture allowing for students to pursue programs that they normally didn’t have access to before. It has even led to the creation of an innovation space in partnership with the College of Business and Engineering allowing for students to collaborate and prototype products of their choosing. The Innovation Lab is also holding multiple workshops in collaboration with Matlab to learn how to utilize algorithms in the program as well as use them with Lego Mindstorms as well as holding introductory workshops to learn how to use the 3D Printer. Moreover, Stony Brook also encourages the sharing of these research and senior design projects through URECA that focus on students presenting the work and research they have completed within the last year and give opportunities to students to network with other individuals.</span></span></div><div><br/></div><div style ="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''''Faculty &nbsp;Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''''</span></span><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia As mentioned before,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(0there have been various incubators set up at Stony Brook, 0especially it's accompanying campus, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">Regional in the Research and Local Developmental Efforts</span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1Development Park.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: center"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-25cf8843-5258-c8ee-d57c-ba37cb485dc8"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0Also, 0quite recently, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[File:BNLstudents and faculty have partnered up as part of the Innovation Center to launch startups and some have successfully patented their technology.jpg|thumb|BNLThe Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology also has been leading in working with MBA students to launch startups at the end of their semester.jpg]]</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:georgiaThere are also many active faculty working on intriguing research projects on campus in the Center for Molecular Sciences,serif;"><span style="color: rgbat the on campus accelerator as well as in nearby partnerships with Brookhaven National Laboratory (0, 0, 0BNL); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; background-color: transparent;">   = Regional and Local Developmental Efforts = Currently, Stony Brook is partnered up with the Long Island Incubator as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and has had students participate in both areas as well. There has been increasing interest in creating a startup space and panelists from Long Island startups have come in to discuss how they started and pursued their ideas. These efforts are still relatively small as the last attendance was limited to roughly 35 students, compared to the campus population which is about 25000 students (undergraduate and graduate). There are a lot of resources on campus available to students though there are not as many funding opportunities as desired. These would be probably be arranged through the local and regional companies and organizations; it will surely stimulate the development of the startup culture at Stony Brook University.</span></span></p><p dir   ="ltr" style="lineUniversity-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dirIndustry Collaboration ="ltr" style="line There has been limited University-height: 1Industry Collaboration and most of it has come through students participating in programs externally outside of the academic programs.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1Currently, the student societies hold mixers and informational sessions with companies located on Long Island, such as BAE Systems, Raytheon Systems, Cognizant and more.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1Also, many student teams have received sponsorship from local businesses and companies to support their preparation for the regional, national and international competitions.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1Students have also interned with numerous organizations across the nation, such as NASA, GE, Qualcomm, Intel and others.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgiaHowever, on the academic level,serif;">''<span style="font-size:medium;">'''University-there has been very limited collaborations with Industry Collaboration'''</span>''</span></p>.<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">BNL Partnerships, Internship Office</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">''<span style="font-size:medium;">'''University Technology Transfer Capabilities'''</span>''</span></p><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Patent and Licensing Office</span></span><p style="text-align: center"></p><span style="font-family:georgiaCurrently,serif;">''<span style="font-sizethe University has an [http:medium">'''Stony Brook University Resources Overview'''</span>''''{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1rQ2EpXH6yHP-j-YTNUPZfQVgWamJ6w6lMpY2XUNEkH4|width=1300|height=700}}'''''</span>research.stonybrook.edu/otlir Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Relations] on campus that deals with helping students and faculty obtain patents for their work as well as working with the school in developing better proprietary agreements to attract more inventors. The Office holds various competitions such as the DARE challenge as well as work with the Centers on campus to provide individuals with the opportunities they need to succeed in launching their company.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>=== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Related Links'''</span></span> ===