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== '''<u>Overview</u>''' ==

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Wichita State University is a public research university of 15,000 students located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.&nbsp;In April of 2014, the university established its commitment towards an Innovation Campus with the purpose to transform the world through innovation, applied learning, entrepreneurship and economic impact. In line with the school’s vision and its multi-disciplinary concept, Wichita State University is starting to offer new avenues to encourage students and faculty to be innovative while attracting industry partners.

== The Wichita State campus is expanding to reflect the innovation and entrepreneurship demands of the economy. In spring of 2017, a new makerspace named GoCreate, located in the John Bardo Center, opened to cater to innovative Wichita State students from all majors and backgrounds. GoCreate'''<u>Promoting Student Innovation s purpose to be a special place where people can meet, collaborate and make things happen – it is part manufacturing plant, part design studio and part garage workshop. It’s a place where creative people of all ages and skill levels have access to sophisticated equipment and training, shared work spaces and Entrepreneurship</u>''' ==a supportive community.&nbsp;

Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship is a foundation of Wichita State University’s curriculum and strategic plan. Wichita State holds Kansas’ only entrepreneurship major as well as an entrepreneurship minor for both business and non-business majors, a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation and an MBA with focus on entrepreneurship. WSU is expanding its degree opportunities by offering an Innovation Design Masters degree beginning Spring 2016. The schools of Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Business, and Engineering are offering courses that incorporate entrepreneurship into the foundations of their curricula[[File:EEB Eagle 560.jpg]]

The Wichita State campus is expanding to reflect the innovation == '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and entrepreneurship demands of the economy. In fall of 2016, a new Makerspace will open to cater to innovative Wichita State students from all majors and backgrounds.Entrepreneurship''' ==

Beyond academics, there are several programs encouraging entrepreneurship on campus. Every year students compete in Many faculty at Wichita State University identify that the Shocker New Venture Competition, where winning student groups are awarded startup capital university encourages them to aid pursue innovation in and out of the classroom. This is becoming increasingly evident through the launch goals of their new venturethe university's Strategic Plan. Students also attend inspirational and informational speaker series focused on entrepreneurship, Wichita State University is working towards becoming an innovation university by transforming the world through innovation, and designapplied learning, such as Business Booster Seriesentrepreneurship, Shocker Startup Impact, and Lunch and Learneconomic impact.

== '''<u>Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</u>Applied Learning''' ==&nbsp;– Breaking down walls and going beyond the books to provide real-world experience for real-world results.

Many faculty at Wichita State University identify that the university is encouraging them to pursue innovation in and out of the classroom. &nbsp;However, there is a clear sentiment that the incentive system of the university is not in line with promoting innovation. '''Entrepreneurship&nbsp;Faculty members recognize that the money on campus '''– Fostering an environment where risk-taking is in traditional research rather than innovation encouraged and entrepreneurshipbig ideas can become big business.

An exciting new development is the Brenton Myers Innovation in Engineering Education Award. '''Economic Impact'''&nbsp;The purpose of this award is to provide funds – Creating new avenues for College of Engineering faculty to introduce new curriculum that is designed to implement innovative and entrepreneurial methods in the classroom. &nbsp;Although only engineering faculty will have access to these funds, effective strategies that are created by the faculty will be shared financial growth while infusing existing industries with other colleges in the universityresources needed for future success.

== [https://wichita.edu/services/wsuventures/ '''<u>Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</u>WSU Ventures''' ] ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aafb0876-802d-1bd5-dcd4-e696b455348d"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Many faculty WSU offers a unique opportunity to students and admin feel that individuals in the university’s current IP policy generally favors students and promotes innovationcommunity through an organization called WSU Ventures. However, a significant portion The goal of the student body WSU Ventures is to assist entrepreneurs and faculty view upstart companies with having the IP policy negatively. Wichita State University’s Technology Transfer has been trying to rectify this. For example, resources they have begun to question the intellectual property agreement and have opened the discussion need in order to studentsflourish. Some design-based classes lead students to produce academic creations WSU Ventures has multiple services that could easily be patentable. Technology Transfer has made it a point to speak at some of these classes (Senior Design provides including research and development opportunities; research lab space; providing expert feedback on ventures; patent application assitance and guidance; as well as searching for Engineering)investors. There These various services offered to entrepreneurs are even workshops extremely beneficial in helping to ensure that help students all steps are covered throughout the product planning and faculty understand intellectual property and patent lawimplementation stages for new ventures.</span></span>

== '''<u>Facilitating Actively Supporting the University-Industry Collaboration</u>Technology Transfer Function''' ==

With <span id="docs-internal-guid-aafb0876-802d-1bd5-dcd4-e696b455348d"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Many faculty and administration feel that the creation university’s current IP policy generally favors students and building promotes innovation. However, a significant portion of the new Innovation Campus, WSU is partnering up with some big industry names to bring collaboration student body and innovation faculty view the IP policy negatively. Wichita State University’s Technology Transfer has been trying to its new campusrectify this. The goal of such partnerships will be For example, they have begun to encourage and improve collaboration question the intellectual property agreement and innovation between students and professionals in have opened the industry.&nbsp; The new innovation campus will boast multiple Partnership Buildings where companies will be able discussion to lease space and work with WSU students and faculty. These Partnership Buildings will open up a new line of networking between Some design-based classes lead students and industry to provide internship and job opportunities. At the same time, the companies will produce academic creations that could easily be able to provide and fund new research and experimental facilitiespatentable. As Technology Transfer has made it a benefit point to them, they will be able to recruit speak at some of these classes (Senior Design for Engineering). There are even workshops that help students and faculty understand intellectual property and new talent continuouslypatent law.</span></span>

Some of <span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Faculty at Wichita State University are passionate about ensuring that students know the companies and organizations that have already partnered with WSU include Airbus, NetApp, Applied Technology Acceleration Institute, National Institute of Aviation Research, Tech Mahindra, iTalent Corp, Youth Entrepreneurs, ABI Group, Koch Industries, copyright and othersintellectual property policies. AirbusIn some courses, professors have a lecture dedicated specifically for example, will relocate their engineering center in downtown Wichita these topics and offer additional help to the new Innovation campusstudents seeking it. Airbus’ presence on campus will allow them to access researchThe Wichita State University library also offers workshops, testing labs, student employeesguides, and faculty expertise quickly and other tools to make this information easily. With NIAR already present on the campus, Airbus relocating to the new WSU campus will add to the research centers provided to accessible for students.&nbsp;</span></span>

Wichita State is working to facilitate university== '''Facilitating University-industry collaboration at a much aggressive pace than in past year due to the need to bring advance research and experimental facilities for students and faculty. The goal is to turn Wichita State into an innovation focused university that is partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry.Industry Collaboration''' ==

== '''<u>Engaging With Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts</u>''' ==the creation and building of the new Innovation Campus, WSU is partnering up with some big industry names to bring collaboration and innovation to its new campus. The goal of such partnerships will be to encourage and improve collaboration and innovation between students and professionals in the industry. The new Innovation Campus will boast multiple Partnership Buildings where companies will be able to lease space and work with WSU students and faculty. These Partnership Buildings will open up a new line of networking between students and industry to provide internship and job opportunities. At the same time, the companies will be able to provide and fund new research and experimental facilities. As a benefit to them, they will be able to recruit new talent continuously.

Campus outreach Some of the companies and organizations that have already partnered with specific industries is very strongWSU include Airbus, NetApp, Applied Technology Acceleration Institute, some National Institute of the industries represented more than others are aerospaceAviation Research (NIAR), Tech Mahindra, iTalent Corp, Youth Entrepreneurs, ABI Group, Koch Industries, Inc., Hexagon, manufacturingDeloite, and educationFirepoint. In aerospace Airbus, for example, has relocated their engineering center in downtown Wichita to the university engages in a mass amount of new Innovation Campus. Airbus’ presence on campus allows them to access research for advanced materials, coatingstesting labs, student employees, and general controls designfaculty expertise quickly and easily. Wichita hosts With NIAR already present on the campus, Airbus relocating to the new WSU campus will add to the number one industry funded Aerospace research firm in the nation named NIAR (National Institute For Aviation Research)centers provided to students. In manufacturing the university has many researchers who specialize in advanced manufacturing and prototypingAnother example is Firepoint, most an innovation company that employs students of these resources are being used varying disciplines to accelerate strategic projects for Aerospace researchindustry partners. In education Recently, Firepoint partnered with the department reaches out Army to the schools host a challenge offering a combined $35,000 in our community funding to create better teachers and facilities. Unfortunately not all of the industries are represented in the university's outreach but there is room for improvementdesign a new drone.&nbsp;

 Wichita State is working to facilitate university-industry collaboration at a much more aggressive pace than in the past year due to the need to bring advanced research and experimental facilities for students and faculty. The goal is to transform Wichita State into an innovation-focused university that is partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry. A recent partnership that the new Innovation Campus secured in Spring 2017 was with Boston Consulting Group with the goal of increasing collaboration and to advance the Wichita manufacturing industry. Wichita State opened a new law enforcement training center on its innovation campus in January of 2018. The center includes training space and classrooms for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department, Wichita Police Department, and Criminal Justice students. Students will also greatly benefit from internships, cooperative education and applied learning opportunities through the partnership. The new training center enables the Wichita Police Department to build a partnership with WSU&nbsp;and gives students access to top-notch training and aid in recruitment opportunities. With the opening of the Partnership Building 2 in 2018, this building opens up avenues for businesses such as Spirit Aerosystems, and Firepoint Innovation Center, as well as for different offices to take up residence, such as GEEKS, and the College of Engineering's Dean's Office. A new Barton School of Business building is currently under talks of being built, with plans already being drawn up.  In 2019, construction began for Partnership 3 which will open more avenues for business and student collaboration. Partnership 3 should be completed in 2020 and will house Textron Aviation. '''<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; transform-style: preserve-3d; backface-visibility: hidden;">WSU Innovation Campus Master Plan Walkthrough</span>'''<p style="text-align: center;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=QWz_nNS99iM}}</p> == '''Engaging With Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts''' == Campus outreach with specific industries is very strong. Some of the industries represented more than others are aerospace, manufacturing, and education. In aerospace, the university engages in a mass amount of research for advanced materials, coatings, and general controls design. Wichita hosts the number one industry funded Aerospace research firm in the nation named NIAR (National Institute for Aviation Research). In manufacturing, the university has many researchers who specialize in advanced manufacturing and prototyping with most of these resources being used for Aerospace research. WSU also has many connections with Koch Industries, allowing business students and some engineering students, to find connections and pursue careers. In education, the department reaches out to the schools in Wichita's community to create better teachers and facilities. Unfortunately not all of the industries are represented in the university's outreach, but there is room for improvement. == '''Landscape Canvas''' == <span style="font-size:larger;">'''Google Spreadsheet'''</span> [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eJ3lwpQT7s3BYdbjd9VGXlC9W4xlq4ar11EeCu14sTE/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eJ3lwpQT7s3BYdbjd9VGXlC9W4xlq4ar11EeCu14sTE/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;] <span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VDLHpMIfUIKNsSHFWEdMuevwmwEyPXPlEuuXo7U-SuM/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VDLHpMIfUIKNsSHFWEdMuevwmwEyPXPlEuuXo7U-SuM/edit#gid=0</b>]</span> <span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hHxmqjMuQbUTPJMk10fkyWJ8tLQYQxM-BGbUg5QWgJU/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hHxmqjMuQbUTPJMk10fkyWJ8tLQYQxM-BGbUg5QWgJU/edit#gid=0]</span> <span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pMufSvqgyP1fMYxxMW9wIpk1pnP3xtsueITsylnJWEs/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pMufSvqgyP1fMYxxMW9wIpk1pnP3xtsueITsylnJWEs/]</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">'''Google Presentation'''</span> <span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Bkny3LY7_kO0MmlMgKrHjbcd3LpXSKaMu_cTBrF6mlg/ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Bkny3LY7_kO0MmlMgKrHjbcd3LpXSKaMu_cTBrF6mlg/]</span> == '''Related Links''' == <span style="font-size:larger;">'''Wichita State University'''</span>

'''[http://universityinnovationfellows.org/ University Innovation Fellows'''] <u>2019 Fellows</u> [http://universityinnovation.org/Savannah%20Redfern Savannah Redfern] [http://universityinnovation.org/Jacob%20Burns Jacob Burns] [http://universityinnovation.org/Molly%20Carlson Molly Carlson] <u>Fall 2018 Fellows</u> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Christian_Ammerman Christian Ammerman] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mikah_Betterton Mikah Betterton] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Maggie_Brown Maggie Brown] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sierra_Bonn Sierra Bonn] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/RJ_Clark RJ Clark] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noah_Foster Noah Foster] <u>Spring 2018 Fellows</u> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Spencer_Lueckenotto Spencer Lueckenotto] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_Kopecky Kyle Kopecky] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jessica_Aldrich Jessica Aldrich] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:WillV William Valentine] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Austin_Nordyke Austin Nordyke] <u>Spring 2017 Fellows</u> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelsey_Hanna Kelsey Hanna] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isaac_Carrillo Isaac Carrillo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/LeviLowe Levi Lowe] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mohamed_Moustafa Mohamed Moustafa] <u>Spring 2016 Fellows</u> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Galicia Jocelyn Galicia] [http://universityinnovation.org/Jesus%20Gomez Jesus Gomez] [http://universityinnovation.org/LaRissa%20Lawrie LaRissa Lawrie] [http://universityinnovation.org/Michael%20Schlesinger Michael Schlesinger] [http://universityinnovation.org/Caylin%20Wiley Caylin Wiley] <u>Fall 2015 Fellows</u>