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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 Entrepreneurship, 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. Currently most of the innovation and entrepreneurship 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.
Florida Tech also has dedicated educational programs at graduate and undergraduate levels for Innovation and Entreprenuership. More information abou those programs can be found [http://cob.fit.edu/innovation-entrepreneurship.php here]
= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship<br/> =
Florida Tech Institutew of Technology has brought in two new multiple faculty members with across many disciplines who have a background history of actively practicing and encouraging Innovation and Entreprenuership. <u>'''Dr. Beshoy Morkos'''</u> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beshoy Morkos is an assistant professor in Innovation the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology 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. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and Entrepreneurshipproject planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineering education front, Dr. Both faculty members are involved Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in extensive I&E international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ researchis currently supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), and NASA JPL.</span>
<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>'''Dr. Chiradeep Sen'''</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. <ustyle="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Scott Benjamin</u>'''
Dr. Scott Benjamin is a successful entrepreneur turned academic whose passions include helping students create and launch business ventures. He received his undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship and real estate from the University of Miami and his masters of business administration from the University of Maryland. After 20 years of business ventures including real estate development & investment, continuing medical education, hospital supplies and restaurants, he earned his doctorate degree in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management from the University of Maryland.
In his spare time, he coaches youth soccer, and plays anything that involves a ball or a puck.
<u>'''Dr. Carlos Otero'''</u>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Carlos E. Otero, Ph.D, is Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. He has been a 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 computer software engineer for military computer systems, including satellite communications, command and control, wireless security, and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. His research interests 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). Dr. Otero is a senior member of the IEEE.</p><div><br/></div>
'''<u>Dr. Abram Walton</u>'''
= 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. = Landscape Canvas<br/> = {{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1wE3ktqioldOasLaJ6YfwBRXHdWLlOenFvcifFcxpbeo|width=1300|height=700}}
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'''Florida Institute of Technology'''
[[Florida Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]
Fall 2015 Leadership Circle
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[[Gerid Paquette|Gerid_Paquette]]
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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:
<span style="background-color: rgb(148, 176, 243);">[Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8oDeSZFn2Y&feature=youtu.be Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8oDeSZFn2Y&feature=youtu.be]</span>
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