Priorities:Texas Tech University Student Priorities Page

Texas Tech University Student Priorities Page

Strategy # 1: Resource Consolidation on Website:

1. Valente

Tatic #1: Organize each resource by category

• Description: Create a user friendly interface for students/faculty/staff to easily access I&E related resources
  • Milestones:
    1. Meet with OVPR administration
    2. Meet with point of contact for each resource
    3. Develop draft for web layout
    4. Relay information to director of communication for web development

Communication on Resources collaboration with clubs: Ben

• Leadership Circle Representative: Benjamin Simmons
• Tactic #1: Establish Contact with TTU Advising Faculty
  • Description: Develop a small group of faculty advisors throughout every college to inform their students of coming entrepreneurship. We will follow the steps mentioned below.
  • Milestones
    1. Make contact with college advisors. (Accomplished) 1/15
    2. Create a Texas Tech funded entrepreneurship program for students to join. 3/15
    3. Expand group to companies who wish to invest money in Tech student’s ideas  8/15
    4. Grow entrepreneurship program to other colleges. 1/17
• Tactic #2: Obtain Funding for entrepreneurship programs.
  • Description: Develop plans to obtain money to start and run Texas Tech entrepreneurship programs.
  • Milestones
    1. Make contact with Texas Tech entrepreneurship department. (Accomplished) 1/15
    2. Merge existing entrepreneurship programs to one well funded successful program. 9/15
    3. Continue to promote funding through existing entrepreneurship department as well as alumni funding. 1/16

Strategy # 2: Lab Survey Program

Leadership Circle Representative: Taylor

Tactic #1: Establish Lab Survey Team

• Description: Develop a team under the authority of the Office of the Vice President for Research. This team will carry out the tactics described below.
• Milestones:
  1. Pitch to administration: 2/15
  2. Begin interview process for the Tech Lab Survey team: 3/15
  3. Train selected candidates: 6/15
  4. Add to I&E resources page (priority 1): 8/15

Tactic #2: Laboratory Landscape Canvas

• Description: Evaluate current laboratory status (needs, unnecessaries, changes) across all colleges.
• Milestones:
  1. Tech Lab Survey Team conducts first round of assessments across campus. This will include inquiries regarding lab course, research and internship space: 8/15
  2. Feedback from faculty, students and affiliated lab personnel on value of lab survey assessments: 11/15

Tactic #3: Implement Changes

• Description: Determine the most essential and urgent changes within the available budget.
• Milestones:
  1. Change in lab spaces - Meeting for review with involved faculty and/or students, Tech Lab Survey Team and OVPR administration. Assessment of user satisfaction: 3/16
• Tactic #4: Alternatives for improvements without funding
  • Description: If lab-affiliated personnel have an idea for improved equipment, research methodology, etc. they are encouraged to use the TTU research park (expected completion 7/15) makerspace area. Approved ideas will likely receive funding for prototype development.
  • Milestones:
    1. Use of makerspace: 3/16 and on-
    2. Requests for funding to support innovative ideas: 4/16 and on-

Strategy # 3: ​Makers Space

Leadership Circle Representative(s): Taylor + Victoria

Tactic #1:

• Allocate space at the TTU Research Park for the use of students, faculty and staff at Texas Tech. Here, they will have the ability to transform an idea into a marketable product.
• Milestones:
  1. Space available: 7/15
  2. Requests for funding: 8/15

Strategy # 4: Increase Opportunities to Experiment with Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Practice

• Leadership Circle Representative: Victoria
• Tactic #1: Internships
  • Description: Consolidate, facilitate, and promote internal and external internship/fellowship opportunities (especially for those outside of the college of engineering)   
  • Milestones:

1. Reach out to current departments to facilitate cross talk: 2/14
2. Either create a new central department or update existing department: 3/15
3. Build a web page of information: 3/15
4. Hold promotional events: 4/15

• Tactic #2: Hands-on Learning Classes
  • Description: Promote and create classes that teach the application process of theories learned in a class
  • Milestones

1. Reach out to faculty network for discussion: 3/15
2. Find either internal or external support sources: 4/15
3. Class offering: Spring 2016

• Tactic #3: “Dorm Room Fund” of Texas
  • Description: Create an organization similar to http://dormroomfund.com/in which students run a venture firm that invest in student ideas of this local area.
  • Milestones:

1. Find experienced mentors: 3/15
2. Find initial funding: 4/15
3. Call for students: Summer/Early Fall 2015
4. Invest in student ideas: 10/15

Strategy # 5: OTC revamp and collaboration between colleges

• Leadership Circle Representative: Frank

• Tactic #1: Have interdisciplinary classes that are taught by at least two professors from different departments or colleges
  • Description: Train and provide hands on learning on how to design around a problem from conceptual to finished product in a one semester course.  
  • Milestones:
    • Reach out to current departments and colleges to facilitate cross talk and find volunteers: 2/14
    • Either create an institute for design in the research park or retro fit existing department: 3/15
    • Obtain funding for the program at $500 per student group and funding for travel to need areas (market) : 4/15
    • Promote program to undergraduate seniors and graduate students 7/15
• Tactic #2: Internship opportunities in the Office of Technology Commercialization for students
  • Description: Gain hands on learning on how to market technology and form a business around a technology
  • Milestones
    • Reach out to the office of the VPR on openness to do program: 2/15
    • Find funding sources for the program and the IP backlog in the OTC: 3/15
    • Send out student survey for program: 4/15
    • Promote program to undergraduate and graduate students: 5/15
• Tactic #3: Departmental “Champions” or points of contact for entrepreneurial design and studies
  • Description: Be a point of reference for faculty to communicate their current research endeavors and a reference for the OTC to relay market or industry interests to faculty.
  • Milestones:
    • Find experienced and enthusiastic innovators: 3/15
    • Create a database or knowledge base for faculty to vote on each others ideas or suggestions (before posting, they rank others ideas, but not theirs): 4/15
    • Discuss funding availability with the OVPR 5/15
    • Discuss with OTC about employing subject matter experts in the OTC to be counterparts to the departmental champions.9/15

Strategy # 6: Transportation improvement

• Leadership Circle Representative: Frank

• Tactic #1: Rental Bikes on Campus
  • Description: Have bikes stationed on areas around parking lots and campus perimeter
  • Milestones:
    • Reach out to current departments and colleges to facilitate cross talk and find volunteers: 2/14
    • Either create an institute for design in the research park or retro fit existing department: 3/15
    • Obtain funding for the program at $500 per student group and funding for travel to need areas (market) : 4/15
    • Promote program to undergraduate seniors and graduate students 7/15