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<span style="font-size: small;">In order to remedy the areas for improvement outlined above, a long-term 3 year program has been proposed for participation of students from every major offered through Tech (not all will be represented, but all will be eligible). This program will offer extensive exposure to I&E concepts and interdisciplinary collaboration while promoting the use of available resources for student innovative and entrepreneurial ventures. Divided into yearly cohorts, the program will give students the opportunity to form long-term interdisciplinary relationships for collaboration in solution development to problems found in the surrounding area and/or on mission trips to more distant locations.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''First year cohorts will focus on learning the design thinking process, the business model canvas, and other vital resources which facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship from concept generation to production & sales'''. The program will integrate into the curriculim curriculum critical & creative thinking exercises challenging students to apply these concepts to the world around them.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Second year cohorts will be assigned projects for solution development and execution'''. This year will focus on design thinking solutions to the assigned problem, developing prototypes/minimum viable products (MVPs) from data collected through research, and working to bring the solution to production using resources available on campus and in the regional I&E ecosystem.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Third year cohorts will self-identify problems and develop design solutions with the end goal of achieving student liscensure licensure of the product, venture start-up status, and/or commercialization of the product by an outside entity'''. This project will serve as the capstone of the program, challenging students to work together effectively while pooling knowledge not only from the previous two years in the program, but also knowledge gained within each student's respective discipline.</span>
=== <span style="font-size: small;">STRATEGIES FOR EXECUTION</span><br/> ===