<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&
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</p><h2> Faculty Currently most of the innovation and entrepreneurship
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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.
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Dr. Scott Benjamin is a successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create and launch business ventures. He received his undergraduate degree Beshoy Morkos is an assistant professor in
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University Department of
Miami Mechanical and
his masters of business administration from Aerospace Engineering at the
University Florida Institute of
MarylandTechnology where he directs the STRIDE Lab (SysTems Research on Intelligent Design and Engineering). His engineering design research focuses on developing computational representation and reasoning support for managing complex system design. The goal of Dr.
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business ventures including real estate system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development
& investmentof system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineering education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering,
continuing medical address challenges in senior design education,
hospital supplies and
restaurants, he earned his doctorate degree promote engineering education in
Entrepreneurship international teams and
Strategic Management from settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the
University of MarylandNational Science Foundation (NSF), Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), and NASA JPL.
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is actively involved was awarded the
development ASME CIE Dissertation of
several companies providing a range of products including software, consulting services the year award for his doctoral research. He graduated with his B.S. and
apparel developmentM.
As time allowsS in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 from Clemson University and has worked on multiple sponsored projects funded by partners such as NASA,
Dr. Benjamin consults for several companies on strategic management issuesMichelin,
business plan review and
negotiation trainingBMW. His past work experience include working at the BMW Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a Research Associate and Robert Bosch Corporation as a Manufacturing Engineer.
</p><p>In August 2012, Dr.
Benjamin came to Florida Tech as Morkos was a postdoctoral researcher in the
Director Department of
the Center for Entrepreneurship Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University performing NSF funded research on engineering student motivation and its effects on persistence and
Business Developmentthe use of advanced technology in engineering classroom environments.
His first initiative was to launch the Incubation Station at Florida TechDr.
This innovative center provides physical spaceMorkos’ research thrust include: design automation,
resourcesdesign representations, computational reasoning, systems modeling, engineering education, design education, collaborative design,
capital and
mentoring services to student entrepreneurs seeking to launch a new venturedata/knowledge management.
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Chiradeep Sen'''</
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<p>In his spare time, he coaches youth soccer Dr. Sen is an Assistant Professor of Design at Florida Institute of Technology. He teaches a series of courses in the area of design and manufacturing, including courses in advanced design theory and methods, design for manufacturing, creativity and innovation, artificial intelligence in engineering, and
plays anything that involves a ball or a puckcomputer-aided design automation. His current research explores the mental models and cognitive processes of innovative design and creativity.
</p><p><b><u>Dr.
Abram Walton</u></b></p><p>DrSen received his M.S.
Abram Walton is an Associate Professor of Technology Management and
Innovation at Florida Tech. He received his Ph.D.
in Mechanical Design from Clemson University’s CEDAR Lab, and
Mhis B.S. in
Technology and Innovation Management Mechanical Engineering from
Purdue Jadavpur University
in India.
Before He received the 2011 ASME Best Dissertation Award for his
academic lifedoctoral dissertation on the formal representation and reasoning on mechanical functions,
he was a
Fire Fighter and EMT, mental model used in innovative design for modeling complex systems in the absence of the knowledge about their components and
he later held leadership positions as structure. Dr. Sen has a
Manager total of 14 years of
Wal-Mart Stores. He is experience in new product development in a
co-founder variety of
industries around the
International Journal of Innovation Scienceglobe,
an academic journal cited by most major indexing organizations including six years as a consultant, where he helped companies develop computer-supported processes for their innovative and
available at thousands of libraries throughout the worldroutine designs.
Dr. Walton has authored numerous publications, conference proceedings, The companies and
his textbooks on Leadership business verticals he served range from consumer product design and manufacturing, tools and
Management have sold over 15dies, large industrial energy equipment, automotive,
000 copiesand medical equipment.
At Florida Tech, Dr.
Walton serves on Sen directs the
Executive Committee Research in Information Science for
the Board of Directors for the International Association of Innovation ProfessionalsEngineering (RiSE) research group. <u style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Scott Benjamin</u> Dr.
He Scott Benjamin is
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Innovation Management at Florida Tech, as well as for real estate from the
Center for Ethics University of Miami and
Leadership, and was instrumental in launching his masters of business administration from the
new B.SUniversity of Maryland.
After 20 years of business ventures including real estate development & investment, continuing medical education, hospital supplies and
M.S. restaurants, he earned his doctorate degree in
Innovation Entrepreneurship and
EntrepreneurshipStrategic Management from the University of Maryland.
</p><p>In addition to
his academic pursuitscurrently serving as a principle for Signature Properties, he is
actively involved the
Principal development of
several companies providing a
boutique technology commercialization range of products including software, consulting
firm, serves as a Senior Consultant of Systems Engineering to the COO of a DOD firm specializing in counter-IED technologiesservices and apparel development. As time allows,
and enjoys dabbling in real estate investmentsDr.
He has recently been a Fellow Benjamin consults for
the National Intellectual Property several companies on strategic management issues, business plan review and
Knowledge Management Task force and serves negotiation training. In August 2012, Dr. Benjamin came to Florida Tech as
a consultant the Director of the Center for
an Intellectual Property and Patent Management Organization (PMO)Entrepreneurship and Business Development. His first initiative was to launch the Incubation Station at Florida Tech.
He frequently consults on a variety of topicsThis innovative center provides physical space,
including leadershipresources,
lean process improvement, six sigma, innovation strategies, technology commercialization, product lifecycle management, and capital and mentoring services to student entrepreneurs seeking to launch a new
product developmentventure.
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the Florida Institute of Technology
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deployment University of
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command and
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generating and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. His research
interests are in computer systems engineering, with particular emphasis on the design, performance evaluation, and
scholarship on innovative organizational strategies optimization of systems and
best practices for engineering processes across a variety of domain areas (including wireless, intelligence, and
innovation initiativesbig data systems). Dr. Otero is a senior member of the IEEE.</p><
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The main collaboration between Harris and the University is the Harris Institute for Assured Information(<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://harris-institute.fit.edu/">http://harris-institute.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a></a></a>). 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 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="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a>"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a>"><a href="<a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a>"><a href="http://wbc.fit.edu/">http://wbc.fit.edu/</a></a></a></a></a></a>). The vision of the Women's Business Center at Florida Institute of Technology is to help women and men become entrepreneurial leaders and thinkers and to successfully achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship. The Women’s Business Center at Florida Institute of Technology is a community organization that provides business coaching, mentoring, training programs and seminars, and networking opportunities to assist startup and second stage entrepreneurs in Brevard, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties with starting, growing and sustaining their businesses.<br /></p>Florida_Institute_of_Technology]]<h2> Other </h2>{{CatTree|Florida_Institute_of_Technology}}