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= Overview =

NYU-Poly as a school of engineering has developed a philosophy based on innovation, invention and entrepreneurship, captured by its motto,  i2e. This is the motivation driving Poly’s culture both academically and socially. But as Poly transitions into full integration in the NYU network, current students and alums are yearning for outlets to express their i2e identity. And this is where the gap stems from: an unawareness of design, consulting, and innovation focused communities affiliated with NYU-Poly and opportunities for valuable professional experience through the use of creative problem solving methodologies to consult on real world problems.To tackle this issue, I am proposing to develop and host an innovation consulting competition. This competition serves three key purposes. The first is to provide an environment that enacts the i2e philosophy of NYU-Poly, thus allowing NYU-Poly students to practice with real world projects while collaborating with students from other schools. Second, is to start framing a narrative around students building a tangible portfolio of work  while offering corporate recruiters access to high profile talent. Lastly, the competition is a prototype that will expose NYU administration to the benefits of having a student innovation club and support the inauguration of the Greenhouse Collective (an innovation consulting group inspired by the Design Tinkering Club and the Greenhouse that is awaiting NYU approval and support).<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>Please click hyperlink to view the Prezi overview of my [http://prezi.com/gdr0ztk4wxc3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy campus ecosystem. ]

= Strategy #1: Share the Vision =

Gap #1: A general unawareness of design, consulting, and innovation focused communities affiliated with NYU-Poly and opportunities for valuable professional experience through the use of creative problem solving methodologies to consult on real world problems.Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: Building the Innovation Community ==

Description: I will be focused on building synergistic relationships among NYU students, faculty, and innovation consulting firms. We can tap into the different student clubs to source for talent and spread the world about the upcoming competition. We seek support from existing faculty who champion innovation and entrepreneurship, and tap into their networks for insight, advice, resources, and key networks. Lastly, we reach out to top innovation consulting firms willing to work with us to build relationship between their recruiters and out students.Team Leader: ~~Myself~~ UIF Fellows with the help of my our advisor, Anne-Laure Fayard.Milestones:<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>Build an excel sheet called "People of Interest" (includes club leaders, key I&E people at NYU, and outside resources)</li>

<li>Connect and share the competition proposal, gage their interest.</li>

= The Pitch =

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= Strategy 4: Makerspace on campus =

After interviewing a lot of stakeholders at the university, it seems like one thing that could further enhance the current I & E ecosystem at the university is a ~~makers space~~makerspace.  A space where students can get hands on experience with prototyping and others tools. Students can apply their in-class knowledge toreal-life. Conversely, student will be exposed to the latest, 'cutting-edge' technologies as they come out to ensure that the quality of our engineers matches the demand in the booming Brooklyn tech scene

real-life. NYU School of Engineering is in the initial ~~talk of~~ stages building a makerspace for their community.  Being an engineering school, this space would help foster creativity and design tinkering amongst students and faculty.

== Tactics: ==

<li>Recognize administrators and other stakeholders (students and faculty) at the university who are responsible/would be interested and connect with them..</li><li>Determine an ideal space on campus that could be useful for building makerspace.</~~span~~li><li>Create a hardware hacking space, biomaterial hacking space, and a 'hacker's lounge' for various students to work on and discuss their ideas.</li>

<li>Seek for corporate partners from the city who would be interested. This would bring in projects for students.</li>

<li>Regular workshops for students.</li>

<li>Collaborate with the other entrepreneurial and innovative spaces on campus, for example: Incubators, Greenhouse, Leslie E lab, Magnet etc.</li>

<li>Host regular hack fests and invention contest.</li>

<li>Take technologically-adept students and pay them to mentor other students</li>

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= Related Links =

== ~~= ~~~~Related Links<~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/~~span>~~Sarth_desai Sarth Desai] =

~~ ~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sarth_desai~~ <span style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent~~; text-decoration: underline~~; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~~Sarth Desai~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Terrence_Agbi Terrence Agbi]]

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Terrence_Agbi Terrence AgbiNoah_Geib Noah Geib]~~~~

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_York_University,_School_of_Engineering#Entrepreneurship_.26_Innovation_Landscape_Canvas New York University | School of EngineeringJay_Kumar Jay Kumar]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/John_Yvens_Henry John Henry]

<~~div~~span id="docs-internal-guid-554d5418-c809-5a53-9646-1906c459990a"><brspan style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/New_York_University,_School_of_Engineering#Entrepreneurship_.26_Innovation_Landscape_Canvas New York University | School of Engineering]</~~div~~span>==

= Impact =

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= ~~Related Links~~ = ~~[[Polytechnic Institute of New York University]]~~

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