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= Project Pitch Video =
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= Overview =
= Project 2: <span style="font-size:smaller;">SpaceX Hyperloop Design Competition</span> =
UIF Involved: Carson Muscat
Our university has been given an amazing opportunity to host a large scale event focused around fostering the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit within student minds.
Texas A&M University and SpaceX have been working closely together to be able to host the SpaceX Hyperloop Design Competition. This event will bring a spotlight on innovation and entrepreneurial mindsets as students gather from around the country and world to develop innovative solutions to a future problem.
The University Innovation Fellow program and the student body has an amazing opportunity to help this event be a spotlight to encourage the ecosystem not only on our campus, but also campuses across the globe.
== Milestone #1:<br/> ==
Help run the event to perfection come January 2016.
= Project 3: TAMUHack integration = Currently, one of the largest Innovation and Entrepreneurship events at our school is TAMUHack. TAMUHack is a 24h event in which students from multiple schools come to build a hack, pitch their idea, and win prizes. At the moment, the event is completely student-organized and the university does not provide a significant amount of sponsorship or coverage to it. The funds for the event are raised through industry sponsors. I believe the event could be expanded to include more people, and there could be additional ways to integrate more engineers, rather than computer scientists. == Milestone #1: == To begin the process of change: 1) Contact the TAMUHack board to let them know my intentions. 2) Join the board and aid with organization and sponsor/fund acquisition. == Milestone #2: == After I've joined, we need to take the following steps/goals: 1) Improve fund acquisition to increase attendance; 2) Have better media coverage of the event, and more publicity/advertising. 3) Arrange a meeting between the I & E steering council of A&M with the TAMUHack board. == Milestone #3: == After we've arranged / integrated TAMUHack with our I&E expansion, we can then begin the process of arranging / implementing all the goals. = Project 4: U-Ignite Video Competition = UIF Involved: Jean-Claude Faa The U-Ignite Video Competition is a one-minute idea pitch competition established in Fall 2014. It establishes a platform for students to submit a one minute video, detailing an innovation idea they may have, for a chance to win a grand prize. == Milestone #1: == 1) Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Modules for Introduction to Engineering freshman course 2) Establish student-led pop-up classes for students interested in further instruction on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3) Advertise the U-Ignite Video Competition, and hold informational sessions Deliver date: December 14, 2015 == Milestone #2: == Launch U-Ignite Video Competition (January 2016) - Open video submission box - Open online voting and judging - Reward top submission Delivery date: April 2016 == Milestone #3: == Competition Follow-up
= Related Links =
[[Texas A & M University]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Carson_Muscat Carson Muscat] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Faa Jean-Claude Faa] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brendan_Cooper Brendan Cooper] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jeff_Zhao Jeff Zhao] [[/Kanika Gakhar|/Kanika_Gakhar]] [[Category:Student Priorities|]][[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:Texas_A_&_M_University]][[Category:Student_Priorities]]{{CatTree|Texas_A_&_M_University}}