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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&
amp;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 Currently most of the innovation and entrepreneurship
<br /> </h2>work is being done in the college of business, but Florida Tech is working on involving the engineering school and get more engineering students and faculty involved. <p>Florida Tech
also has
brought in two new faculty members with a background in dedicated educational programs at graduate and undergraduate levels for Innovation and
EntrepreneurshipEntreprenuership.
Both faculty members are involved in extensive I&E researchMore information abou those programs can be found [http://cob.
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Scott Benjamin is a successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create Beshoy Morkos'''</u> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beshoy Morkos is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and
launch business ventures. He received his undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship 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 Engineering). His engineering design research focuses on developing computational representation and reasoning support for managing complex system design. The goal of
MarylandDr.
After 20 years 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 education
front,
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
Entrepreneurship engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and
Strategic Management from the University of Marylandsettings. Dr.
</p><p>In addition to Morkos’ research is currently
serving as a principle for Signature Propertiessupported by the National Science Foundation (NSF),
he is actively involved the development of several companies providing a range of products including softwareKern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN),
consulting services and
apparel development. As time allows, Dr. Benjamin consults for several companies on strategic management issues, business plan review and negotiation training.NASA JPL.</span> <
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Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Clemson Engineering Design and
Business DevelopmentApplications Research (CEDAR) lab under Dr. Joshua Summers.
His first initiative In 2014, he was
to launch awarded the ASME CIE Dissertation of the
Incubation Station at Florida Techyear award for his doctoral research.
This innovative center provides physical spaceHe graduated with his B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 from Clemson University and has worked on multiple sponsored projects funded by partners such as NASA,
resourcesMichelin,
capital and
mentoring services to student entrepreneurs seeking to launch BMW. His past work experience include working at the BMW Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a Research Associate and Robert Bosch Corporation as a
new ventureManufacturing Engineer. Dr.
At the center, students learn to not only conduct Morkos was a postdoctoral researcher in the
Department of Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University performing NSF funded research
necessary to develop on engineering student motivation and its effects on persistence and the
business plan but actually engage use of advanced technology in
the step of generating revenue for their businessesengineering classroom environments. Dr. Morkos’ research thrust include: design automation, design representations, computational reasoning, systems modeling, engineering education, design education, collaborative design, and data/knowledge management.</
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p><p><b><u> Dr.
Abram Walton</u></b></p><p>Dr. Abram Walton is an Associate Sen is an 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,
he was a Fire Fighter and EMTdesign for manufacturing,
creativity and
he later held leadership positions as a Manager of Walinnovation, artificial intelligence in engineering, and computer-
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.
Walton has authored numerous publications, conference proceedings, and Sen received his
textbooks on Leadership M.S. and
Management have sold over 15Ph.D. in Mechanical Design from Clemson University’s CEDAR Lab,
000 copiesand his B.S.
Drin Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University in India.
Walton serves on He received the
Executive Committee for 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 of Innovation Professionals. He is the Director absence of the
Center for Lifecycle knowledge about their components and
Innovation Management at Florida Tech, as well as for structure. Dr. Sen has a total of 14 years of experience in new product development in a variety of industries around the
Center for Ethics and Leadershipglobe,
including six years as a consultant, where he helped companies develop computer-supported processes for their innovative and
was instrumental in launching the new B.S. and Mroutine designs.
S. in Innovation The companies and
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he is the Principal of a boutique technology commercialization consulting firmautomotive,
serves as a Senior Consultant of Systems Engineering to and medical equipment. At Florida Tech, Dr. Sen directs the
COO of a DOD firm specializing Research in
counter-IED technologies, and enjoys dabbling in real estate investmentsInformation Science for Engineering (RiSE) research group.
He has recently been a Fellow for the National Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management Task force and serves as <u style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Scott Benjamin</u> Dr. Scott Benjamin is a
consultant for an Intellectual Property and Patent Management Organization (PMO)successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create and launch business ventures. He
frequently consults on a variety received his undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship and real estate from the University of
topics, Miami and his masters of 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 and Innovation at the Florida Institute of Technology, his research efforts focus time allows, Dr. Benjamin consults for several companies on
impacting technology-sensitive industries by creating sustainablestrategic management issues,
lean business
models through the deployment of innovative continuous improvement methodologiesplan review and negotiation training. In August 2012, Dr.
He takes a unique systems-thinking approach Benjamin came to
innovation and technology, leanFlorida Tech as the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Development. His first initiative was to launch 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.
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Center for Ethics and Leadership</p><h2> Technology. He has been a tenure-track faculty in the College of Engineering at University
Technology Transfer Function<br /> </h2><p>of South Florida
Tech's , Tampa, and the University
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