<h2> = Student innovation Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship<br /> </h2>= <p>The Florida Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Melbourne, Florida. The university has 5 academic divisions, focusing mainly on engineering, science and mathematics. Over the past year Florida Tech has begun to focus on Innovation and EntreprenuershipEntrepreneurship, bringing in faculty with an I&E background, as well as starting up a student business incubator last year. Currently the student business incubator has 12 student start-ups and is still growing. </p><h2> Faculty innovation and Currently most of the innovation and entrepreneurship<br /> </h2><p>work is being done in the college of business, but Florida Tech has brought in two new faculty members with a background in Innovation is working on involving the engineering school and get more engineering students and Entrepreneurship. Both faculty members are involved in extensive I&E research. </p><p><b><u>DrFlorida Tech also has dedicated educational programs at graduate and undergraduate levels for Innovation and Entreprenuership. Scott Benjamin<More information abou those programs can be found [http:/u></b> cob.fit.edu/innovation-entrepreneurship.php here] = Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship<br/p><p>Dr. Scott Benjamin is = Florida Institutew of Technology has multiple faculty members across many disciplines who have a successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create history of actively practicing and encouraging Innovation and launch business venturesEntreprenuership. He received his undergraduate degree <u>'''Dr. Beshoy Morkos'''</u> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beshoy Morkos is an assistant professor in entrepreneurship the Department of Mechanical and real estate from Aerospace Engineering at the University Florida Institute of Miami Technology where he directs the STRIDE Lab (SysTems Research on Intelligent Design and his masters of business administration from the University of MarylandEngineering). After 20 years His engineering design research focuses on developing computational representation and reasoning support for managing complex system design. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of business ventures including real estate system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development & investment, continuing medical of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineering educationfront, hospital supplies Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and restaurantsentrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, he earned his doctorate degree improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in Entrepreneurship international teams and Strategic Management from settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the University of Maryland.</pNational Science Foundation (NSF), Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), and NASA JPL.</span> <pbr/>In addition to currently serving as a principle for Signature Properties, he is actively involved <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Morkos received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in the development of several companies providing a range of products including software, consulting services and apparel developmentClemson Engineering Design and Applications Research (CEDAR) lab under Dr. Joshua Summers. As time allowsIn 2014, Dr. Benjamin consults he was awarded the ASME CIE Dissertation of the year award for several companies on strategic management issues, business plan review his doctoral research. He graduated with his B.S. and negotiation trainingM.</p><p>In August 2012S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 from Clemson University and has worked on multiple sponsored projects funded by partners such as NASA, Michelin, Drand BMW. Benjamin came to Florida Tech as the Director of His past work experience include working at the BMW Information Technology Research Center for Entrepreneurship (ITRC) as a Research Associate and Business DevelopmentRobert Bosch Corporation as a Manufacturing Engineer. Dr. His first initiative Morkos was to launch a postdoctoral researcher in the Incubation Station Department of Engineering & Science Education at Florida TechClemson University performing NSF funded research on engineering student motivation and its effects on persistence and the use of advanced technology in engineering classroom environments. This innovative center provides physical space, resources, capital and mentoring services to student entrepreneurs seeking to launch a new ventureDr. At the centerMorkos’ research thrust include: design automation, design representations, computational reasoning, systems modeling, students learn to not only conduct the research necessary to develop the business plan but actually engage in the step of generating revenue for their businessesengineering education, design education, collaborative design, and data/knowledge management.</pspan> <pu>In his spare time, he coaches youth soccer, and plays anything that involves a ball or a puck'''Dr.Chiradeep Sen'''</p><p><b><u>Dr. Abram Walton</u></bu></p><p>Dr. Abram Walton Sen is an Associate Assistant Professor of Technology Management and Innovation Design at Florida TechInstitute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. teaches a series of courses in the area of design and M.S. manufacturing, including courses in Technology advanced design theory and Innovation Management from Purdue University. Before his academic lifemethods, design for manufacturing, he was a Fire Fighter creativity and EMTinnovation, artificial intelligence in engineering, and he later held leadership positions as a Manager of Walcomputer-Mart Storesaided design automation. He is a co-founder of His current research explores the International Journal mental models and cognitive processes of Innovation Science, an academic journal cited by most major indexing organizations innovative design and available at thousands of libraries throughout the worldcreativity. Dr. Sen received his M.S. and Ph. DrD. Walton has authored numerous publications, conference proceedingsin Mechanical Design from Clemson University’s CEDAR Lab, and his textbooks on Leadership and Management have sold over 15,000 copiesB.S. Drin Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University in India. Walton serves on He received the Executive Committee 2011 ASME Best Dissertation Award for his doctoral dissertation on the Board of Directors formal representation and reasoning on mechanical functions, a mental model used in innovative design for modeling complex systems in the International Association absence of Innovation Professionalsthe knowledge about their components and structure. Dr. He is the Director Sen has a total of the Center for Lifecycle and Innovation Management at Florida Tech14 years of experience in new product development in a variety of industries around the globe, including six years as well as a consultant, where he helped companies develop computer-supported processes for the Center for Ethics their innovative and routine designs. The companies and business verticals he served range from consumer product design and Leadershipmanufacturing, tools and was instrumental in launching the new B.S. dies, large industrial energy equipment, automotive, and Mmedical equipment.SAt Florida Tech, Dr. Sen directs the Research in Innovation and EntrepreneurshipInformation Science for Engineering (RiSE) research group. </pu style="font-weight: bold;"><pDr. Scott Benjamin</u>In addition to his academic pursuits, he Dr. Scott Benjamin is the Principal of a boutique technology commercialization consulting firm, serves as a Senior Consultant of Systems Engineering to the COO of a DOD firm specializing in counter-IED technologies, successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create and enjoys dabbling launch business ventures. He received his undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship and real estate investments. He has recently been a Fellow for from the National Intellectual Property University of Miami and Knowledge Management Task force and serves as a consultant for an Intellectual Property and Patent Management Organization (PMO). He frequently consults on a variety his masters of topics, business administration from the University of Maryland. After 20 years of business ventures including leadershipreal estate development & investment, lean process improvementcontinuing medical education, six sigma, innovation strategies, technology commercialization, product lifecycle managementhospital supplies and restaurants, he earned his doctorate degree in Entrepreneurship and new product developmentStrategic Management from the University of Maryland. He has successfully helped launch In addition to currently serving as a principle for Signature Properties, he is actively involved the development of several new technology ventures and works with companies on early-stage technology commercialization efforts, new product developmentproviding a range of products including software, consulting services and leadership apparel development.</p><p>As an Associate Professor of Technology time allows, Dr. Benjamin consults for several companies on strategic management issues, business plan review and Innovation at the Florida Institute of Technology, his research efforts focus on impacting technology-sensitive industries by creating sustainablenegotiation training. In August 2012, lean business models through Dr. Benjamin came to Florida Tech as the deployment Director of innovative continuous improvement methodologiesthe Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Development. He takes a unique systems-thinking approach His first initiative was to innovation and technology, leanlaunch the Incubation Station at Florida Tech. This innovative center provides physical space, healthcareresources, capital and product lifecycle managementmentoring services to student entrepreneurs seeking to launch a new venture. At the center, which has cultivated multi-disciplinary collaborations, generating students learn to not only conduct the research and scholarship on innovative organizational strategies and best practices necessary to develop the business plan but actually engage in the step of generating revenue for engineering and innovation initiativestheir businesses.</p><p>Program Chair of MIn his spare time, he coaches youth soccer, and plays anything that involves a ball or a puck.S. in Innovation and Entrepreneurship </pu><p>Director of Center for Lifecycle and Innovation Management'''Dr. Carlos Otero'''</p><pu>Director of Center for Ethics and Leadership</pstyle="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><h2> University Carlos E. Otero, Ph.D, is Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology Transfer Function<br /> </h2><p>Florida Tech's University Technology Transfer Function(.<nbsp;He has been a href="<tenure-track faculty in the College of Engineering at University of South Florida, Tampa, and the University of Virginia, Wise. Prior to that, he worked for 11 years in private industry as a href="<a href="http://wwwcomputer software engineer for military computer systems, including satellite communications, command and control, wireless security, and unmanned aerial vehicle systems.fit.edu/His research/committees/ipc/">http://wwwinterests are in computer systems engineering, with particular emphasis on the design, performance evaluation, and optimization of systems and processes across a variety of domain areas (including wireless, intelligence, and big data systems).fit Dr. Otero is a senior member of the IEEE.edu</research/committees/ipcp><div><br/></adiv>">'''<a href="http://wwwu>Dr.fit.eduAbram Walton</research/committees/ipc/"u>http://www''' Dr. Abram Walton is an Associate Professor of Technology Management and Innovation at Florida Tech.fitHe received his Ph.edu/research/committees/ipc/</D. and M.S. in Technology and Innovation Management from Purdue University. Before his academic life, he was a></Fire Fighter and EMT, and he later held leadership positions as a>"><Manager of Wal-Mart Stores. He is a href="<a href="http://www.fit.edu/research/committees/ipc/">http://wwwco-founder of the International Journal of Innovation Science, an academic journal cited by most major indexing organizations and available at thousands of libraries throughout the world.fitDr.edu/research/committees/ipc/</a>"><a href="http://wwwWalton has authored numerous publications, conference proceedings, and his textbooks on Leadership and Management have sold over 15,000 copies.fitDr.edu/research/committees/ipc/">http://wwwWalton serves on the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors for the International Association of Innovation Professionals.fit.edu/research/committees/ipc/</a></a></a>) is handled under He is the Director of the Center for Lifecycle and Innovation Management at Florida Tech, as well as for the Center for Ethics and Leadership, and was instrumental in launching the umbrella of the office of Researchnew B.S. The current value of Research Sponsored Projects is over $94 millionand M.S. The number of Florida Tech faculty who serve as principal investigators has also doubled in the last three years Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In addition to 90—four his academic pursuits, he is the Principal of which have received prestigious NSF Career Awards. University faculty expended $16.5 million a boutique technology commercialization consulting firm, serves as a Senior Consultant of Systems Engineering to buy equipmentthe COO of a DOD firm specializing in counter-IED technologies, support students, pay salaries and to cover general expensesand enjoys dabbling in real estate investments. In addition to over He has recently been a dozen research centers, five new interdisciplinary research institutes were initiated that are the focal point Fellow for the National Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management Task force and serves as a consultant for Florida Tech undergraduate an Intellectual Property and graduate researchPatent Management Organization (PMO). These new research university institutes include: Human Centered Design InstituteHe frequently consults on a variety of topics, Institute for Energy Systemsincluding leadership, Institute for Marine Researchlean process improvement, six sigma, innovation strategies, technology commercialization, product lifecycle management, Institute for Materials Science & Nanotechnology and Institute for Research new product development. He has successfully helped launch several new technology ventures and works with companies on Global Climate Change.</p><h2> Universityearly-Industry collaboration<br /> </h2>stage technology commercialization efforts, new product development, and leadership development. <p>Florida Tech has a lot As an Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation at the Florida Institute of collaboration with Harris Corporation(<a href="<a href="<Technology, his research efforts focus on impacting technology-sensitive industries by creating sustainable, lean business models through the deployment of innovative continuous improvement methodologies. He takes a href="http://harris.com/">http://harrisunique systems-thinking approach to innovation and technology, lean, healthcare, and product lifecycle management, which has cultivated multi-disciplinary collaborations, generating research and scholarship on innovative organizational strategies and best practices for engineering and innovation initiatives.com/</a>"><a href="http://harris Program Chair of M.com/">http://harrisS.com/in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Director of Center for Lifecycle and Innovation Management Director of Center for Ethics and Leadership = University Technology Transfer Function<br/a></a>"><a href="<a href=" Florida Tech's University Technology Transfer Function ([http://harriswww.comfit.edu/">http:research/committees/harris.com/<ipc/a>"><a href="http://harriswww.fit.comedu/">http:research/committees/harris.com/</a><ipc/a></a>]). The main collaboration between Harris and is handled under the umbrella of the University office of Research. The current value of Research Sponsored Projects is the Harris Institute for Assured Information(<a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-instituteover $94 million.fit.edu/">http://harris-instituteThe number of Florida Tech faculty who serve as principal investigators has also doubled in the last three years to 90—four of which have received prestigious NSF Career Awards.fitUniversity faculty expended $16.5 million to buy equipment, support students, pay salaries and to cover general expenses.edu/</In addition to over a>"><a href="http://harris-institutedozen research centers, five new interdisciplinary research institutes were initiated that are the focal point for Florida Tech undergraduate and graduate research.fit.edu/">httpThese new research university institutes include://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>Human Centered Design Institute, Institute for Energy Systems, Institute for Marine Research, Institute for Materials Science </a>"><a hrefNanotechnology and Institute for Research on Global Climate Change. ="University-Industry Collaboration<a hrefbr/> ="http:// Florida Tech has a lot of collaboration with Harris Corporation ([http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">com http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="com]) The main collaboration between Harris and the University is the Harris Institute for Assured Information([http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a>). The ]) The Harris Institute for Assured Information is an interdisciplinary center that focuses on high-risk disruptive work aimed at helping us trust the information that we so often rely on. Founded in 2009 by a grant from Harris Corporation, the Harris Institute brings together computer science, psychology, business and biology to carry out cutting-edge research in computer security. Our goal is lofty: to change the way we think about the information that flows around us, and to help drive a fundamental shift in how we protect it.</p><h2> = Regional and local economic development effortsLocal Economic Development Efforts<br /> </h2>= <p>Currently Florida Tech is working on forming more regional and local economic development efforts, but the main one currently in place is the Women's Business Center(<a href="<a href="<a href="[http://wbcweventure.fit.edu/">http://wbcweventure.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc]).fit.edu/">http://wbcThe vision of weVenture at Florida Institute of Technology is to help women and men become entrepreneurial leaders and thinkers and to successfully achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship.fit.edu/</weVenture at Florida Institute of Technology is a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbccommunity organization that provides business coaching, mentoring, training programs and seminars, and networking opportunities to assist startup and second stage entrepreneurs in Brevard, St.fit.edu/">http://wbcLucie and Indian River Counties with starting, growing and sustaining their businesses.fit.edu/ = Landscape Canvas<br/a>"><a href="http {{#widget://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fitGoogle Spreadsheet|key=1wE3ktqioldOasLaJ6YfwBRXHdWLlOenFvcifFcxpbeo|width=1300|height=700}} = Related Links = '''Florida Institute of Technology''' [[Florida Institute of Technology Student Priorities]] Fall 2015 Leadership Circle [[Chris Ballentine|Chris_Ballentine]] [[Gerid Paquette|Gerid_Paquette]] [[Chris Woodle|Chris_Woodle]] Spring 2016 Leadership Circle [http://universityinnovation.eduorg/<wiki/a><Briana_Cantos Briana Cantos] [http:/a></a>)universityinnovation. 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