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= Student Innovation and & Entrepreneurship<br/> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tennessee Technological University is an upbeat campus filled populated with students who are interested in making the world work to make a better place in positive impact on their own form and fashionworld daily. For those Numerous on-campus resources exist for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, there are numerous onand these resources offer services and access to students from disciplines across the campus.</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Icubelogo.png|border|Icubelogo.png]]</span></span></p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Venues available&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">for I&E oriented student interaction </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">include the b</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">usiness and engineering </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">living-campus resourceslearning villages, 20+ student organizations fostering I&E mindsets, and the [http://www.ttuicube.com/ iCube] & iMakerspace where students and faculty imagine, inspire, and innovate.&nbsp;Located on the 3rd floor of the Volpe library, t</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">he 6,000 square foot iCube and iMakerspace facility provides students and faculty with access to virtual reality and immersive experience technologies (Oculus Rift and Vis-Box), 3-D printers, and shop tools for innovative design and prototyping. These spaces truly enable all Tech students to bring their dreams to life through hands-on design, experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">TTU has many venues on This innovative campus for like-minded students to interact spirit is strengthened within the business and create and has incorporatedengineering curricula through courses focusing on real world applications. These courses,&nbsp;b</span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">usiness including CHE 4410 Process Design, CHE 4661 Transport in Biochemical and Biological Processes, and engineering BMGT 4930 Business Strategy, </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">living-learning villages into the residence hall system allowing innovative environments to naturally emerge. This innovative spirit is strengthened by a curriculum which involves classes with real world examples. These courses show students how to not only work with theoretical design models of their designs, but also and develop the economic and & marketing side of strategies for their venture. These upper level courses include CHE 4410 Process Design and 4930 Business Strategyventures. MKT 4900, a new course piloting Spring 2015, provides all students interested in I&E with the opportunity to participate in innovative activities through experiential learning as taught by local entrepreneurs. Additionally, this course helps prepare prepares students for the campus wide Eagle Works business pitch competition with $10,000 in prizesheld every spring.</span>

<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Interest is also found at events like Tedx Nashville and The newest I&E-Week. Tedx Nashville is a yearly event recently supported by the Dean’s Officecourse piloted Fall 2015, which promotes student attendace by purchasing student tickets[https://www. E-week is a national event in which many universities participatetntech. During the event, various engineering majors are brought together and pitted against each other in competitions.<edu/news/span><releases/span><span style="color: rgb(68nursing, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; fontengineering-students-collaborate-on-size: 15px; whitehealth-space: precare-wrap;">Even if you are not a business or problems Clinical Immersion at Disciplinary Interfaces], synergizes the minds of nursing and chemical engineering majorstudents to develop solutions for health care innovation. Over the semester, there is still plenty students explore the local hospital and interview health care providers to take part in, such as identify problems and develop solutions which fit the needs expressed through these experiences. At the end of the&nbsp;recent Researchcourse, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum where speakers from the NSF gave talks each team composed of nursing and chemical engineering students present their projects and prototypes to a panel of faculty and students regarding I&Eprofessionals from the community.</span>

<spanid="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can then take their ideas to Interest is also found at events like [http://tedxnashville.com/ Tedx Nashville] and E-Week. Tedx Nashville is a yearly event recently supported by the new innovative spaces on campusDean’s Office, which promotes student attendance by purchasing student tickets. E-week is a national event in which many universities participate. During the iCube event, various engineering majors are brought together and iMakerspace! These new additions provide Tech students with a virtual reality roompitted against each other in competitions.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 368); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-D printerswrap;">Even if you are not a business or engineering major, and lots of lab space. The iCube and iMakerspace truly enable students there is still plenty to bring their dreams take part in, such as the&nbsp;recent Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum where speakers from the NSF gave talks to life as they take shape faculty and evolve through hands-on design and experimentationstudents regarding I&E.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE 4/18/2016: The Tennessee Board of Regents just recently approved an [[Filehttps:Icubelogo//www.png|frame|Icubelogotntech.pngedu/certificates/innovation-and-entrepreneurship-certificate I&E certificate]]to be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate bachelors degree. We are so excited this opportunity has been approved for our students and cannot wait to award these certificates!<br/span></divspan></div>= Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship<br/></div>=

<span id= Faculty Innovation "docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The teaching faculty at Tech is extremely involved with real world innovation. Many professors currently perform research which they plan to develop into a product in the future, and Entrepreneurshipothers have already started companies through their research.<br/span></span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The faculty at Tech are extremely involved Along with real world this environment of start-ups, there is a movement forming which promotes innovationdirectly. Many professors currently perform research which With the help of VentureWell, faculty members attended a workshop in February 2014 where they plan received training similar to develop into a product in that which the future, and others have already started companies through their researchUniversity Innovation Fellows receive.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with this environment This same group of start-ups, there is a movement forming which faculty also promotes innovation directly. With the help creation of VentureWell, faculty members were able to attend a workshop in new major on campus. This pathway of study would combine aspects of the month business and engineering curricula to create an area of February 2014. They received similar training to that which the University Innovation Fellows receive but on a higher levelstudy for students interested in entrepreneurship specifically.<br/></span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span>

<span idfont color="#444444" face="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465Arial"><span style="fontcaret-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This same group of faculty is Faculty also pushing to create a new major on campus. Something which would combine aspects of participate in courses provided by the business Center for Innovation in Teaching and engineering curricula Learning, where cross-disciplinary approaches to create an area of study for students interested in entrepreneurshipI&E are discussed and presented.</span></spanfont>

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The [http://www.thebizfoundry.org/ Biz Foundry ] is a local business accelerator in Upper Cumberland Tennessee, partnered with [http://launchtn.org/ Launch Tennessee]. They are focused The organization focuses on building a startup community that which nurtures local talent, innovation, and entrepreneurs in order to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. The accelerator program pairs startups with mentors and investors in order to help aid with the business modeldevelopment.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Biz Foundry , located across the street from campus, is found right off campus. It’s a place for students and faculty to go for any ask questions related to start-up ventures. To aid in these start-up ventures , the Biz Foundry holds 24 Hour Launch events for students to bring their ideas to the next level of development.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech also has houses a [https://www.tsbdc.org/ Small Business Development Center ] for students to go and regional entrepreneurs seeking improve on their innovative ideas. It works as a sort of pre-meeting area before you go and seek more help. They also provide The center provides local business internships to students that allows them to work with local businesses. The Small Business Development Center hosts and host business seminars covering a wide range of topics dealing with innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrapmedium;">At TN Tech the same faculty that have attended VentureWell workshops are now pushing the development of a Innovation and Discovery Center. This will be a space for students from every major to come and work. It will serve as a meeting ground and possibly center for entrepreneurship related clubs and industry leaders interested in the research being held on campus</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also with With the aid of grants , such as NSFs the [http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/index.jsp National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps] (I-core Corps^TM), the amount of research on Tech's campus is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. More and more faculty are partnering with industry to turn their research into a marketable productproducts.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to these grants, the Innovation iCube and Discovery CenteriMakerspace, and help from places external organizations like the Biz Foundry , local Businesses businesses from the near-by cities of Nashville and Knoxville now have a place to go to discuss the research happening at TN Tech.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id= Regional "docs-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech is located in the small town of Cookeville, TN. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects of the town and Local Economic Development Effortsis subsequently a large contributor to the local economy. Besides the fact huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from the local businesses, there is also a lot of community service which takes place.<br/span> </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Events like the Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring, and university and roadside clean-ups coordinated by Greek life organizations keep the city clean.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech is located Due to Cookeville's location in Cookeville. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects center of the town and one three of the biggest economic factorsTennessee's major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga), it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Besides Much work is done between these four cities to bring businesses from across the fact that huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from country to the local businesses, there is also a lot increasingly innovative state of community service that takes placeTennessee.<br/><br/></span></span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Events like Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring. Campus wide clean ups keep the university clean and roadside clean ups mostly from Greek life organizations keep the city clean.</span></span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee also launched the "Rural Reimagined" initiative to challenge students to use their I&E skills to improve rural life. These projects include expanding healthcare access, internet access and other vital resources to Cookeville being in the center underserved populations of 3 major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga) it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Much work is done between these 4 cities in terms of bringing in Businesses from across the country to TennesseeUpper Cumberland.</span></span></span>

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= Related Links =[[Tennessee Technological University Student Priorities|Tennessee Technological University Student Priorities]] [https://www.tntech.edu/innovation Tennessee Tech I&E Program] [http://www.ttuicube.com/ TTU iCube] University Innovation Fellows Fall 2019 [[Rachel N. Smith|Rachel N Smith]] [[Courtney Savage|Courtney Savage]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mik_Davis Mik Davis] Fall 2016 [[Justin Medley|Justin Medley]]&nbsp; [[Shelby Williams|Shelby Williams]] [[Alicen long|Alicen Long]] [[Caroline timpson|Caroline Timpson]] Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ashlin_Wildun Ashlin Wildun[Nicholas Russell|Nicholas Russell]]

[http[Ashlin Wildun|Ashlin Wildun]] Spring 2015://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enis_Cirak Enis Cirak [[Jonathan Abbotoy|Jonathan Abbotoy]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jonathan_Abbotoy Jonathan Abbotoy[Abigail Collins|Abigail Collins]]

[httpSpring 2014://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abigail_Collins Abigail Collins]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tennessee_Technological_University-_Student_Priorities Tennessee Technological University Student Priorities[Enis Cirak|Enis Cirak]]

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