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= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship<br/> =
Florida Institutew of Technology has multiple faculty members across many disciplines who have a history of actively practicing and encouraging Innocation Innovation and Entreprenuership.
<u>'''Dr. Beshoy Morkos'''</u>
<br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Morkos received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in the Clemson Engineering Design and Applications Research (CEDAR) lab under Dr. Joshua Summers. In 2014, he was awarded the ASME CIE Dissertation of the year award for his doctoral research. He 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, Michelin, and 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 Manufacturing Engineer. Dr. Morkos was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University performing NSF funded research on engineering student motivation and its effects on persistence and the use of advanced technology in engineering 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.</span>
<u>'''<u><u style="font-weight: bold;"></u>Dr. Chiradeep Sen</u>'''</u>
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 computer-aided design automation. His current research explores the mental models and cognitive processes of innovative design and creativity. Dr. Sen received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Design from Clemson University’s CEDAR Lab, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University in India. He received the 2011 ASME Best Dissertation Award for his doctoral dissertation on the formal representation and reasoning on mechanical functions, a mental model used in innovative design for modeling complex systems in the absence of the knowledge about their components and structure. Dr. Sen has a total of 14 years of experience in new product development in a variety of industries around the globe, including six years as a consultant, where he helped companies develop computer-supported processes for their innovative and routine designs. The companies and business verticals he served range from consumer product design and manufacturing, tools and dies, large industrial energy equipment, automotive, and medical equipment. At Florida Tech, Dr. Sen directs the Research in Information Science for Engineering (RiSE) research group.
= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts<br/> =
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([http://wbcweventure.fit.edu http://wbcweventure.fit.edu]). The vision of the Women's Business Center 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. The Women’s Business Center weVenture 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.
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[[Florida Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]
Fall 2015 Leadership Circle [[Randy StockmanChris Ballentine|Chris_Ballentine]] [[Gerid Paquette|Gerid_Paquette]] [[Chris Woodle|Chris_Woodle]] Spring 2016 Leadership Circle [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Cantos Briana Cantos] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Thomas_Haynie Thomas Haynie]
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Rumsey Alexander Rumsey]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Telega Nicole Telega]
[[Quintcey Parrish|Quintcey_Parrish]]
Spring 2017 Leadership Cirlce
[[Malia Ashmead|Malia Ashmead]]
[[Lara Eremita|Lara Eremita]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Maria_Sagastume Marifer Sagastume]
2017 UIF PItch: Panthers for Progress Youtube Link:
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