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<span style="font-size:larger;">Currently, first year engineering students can be found using their brainstorming and innovation skills in class. These skills are typically not used again until the student reaches their fourth or fifth year and are taking Senior Design or join an Enterprise Team. There are many instances where students have a hard time trying to think of ideas for projects because they are trying to focus on what they have learned from the books, but when they get out into the real world, the answer will not be in the back of the book.</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;">This class will help students to continue to use their brainstorming and innovation tools that they have learned so that they can use these tools in the future. This course will also help guide students to think outside the box so that it is easier to tackle problems in future courses and in the real world. This could possibly be a program of classes that will take <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">place </span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">during </span>both the student's second and third year in order to make sure that the student is ready to tackle the final projects before graduating and heading out into the work force.</span>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Strategy Three: Invention Space Innovation Retreat</span> ==
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span><span style="font-size:larger;">A small maker space is currently in the works to be implemented in the current Enterprise lab. At this timeCurrently, there are very few spaces Michigan Tech has a focus on campus where students can come together retreats for Leadership and work collaboratively and have access to prototyping tools and suppliessimilar skills, but no such thing for Innovation. Much There is plenty of time within the renovation necessary curriculum schedules of students who are interested to create an effective invention space has been completedattend a weekend retreat to the surrounding wilderness of Michigan Tech, but additional support is needed to gather tools and supplies. This space will allow us focus solely on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to obtain student feedback in order to potentially expand to a much larger and extensive invention space on campushelp cultivate an Innovative Mindset.</span><br/></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:larger;">This space will serve multiple purposes outside of providing a collaborative workspace. It can be used to hold classes in an nonarial,helvetica,sans-traditional style classroom with an alternative setup. The Invention Space will also host events focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship on campus mentioned below. The space will also serve as an "IP Free" zone in hopes that students would be less worried about having to worry about legal issues with the University and more focused on creating new ideas.</span> <span style="font-size:largerserif;">Key Features:</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">Movable furniture: tables This retreat would help students cultivate Innovation Mindsets by presenting them with adjustable heightsreal world challenges, adjustable rolling chairsand giving them time to work on finding solutions for these challenges, and stackable seatingfollowed by creating prototypes of their solutions by using whatever resources they find in the surrounding area.</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">Prototyping supplies: one wall of On the final day, the room students will be lined with cheap craft supplies and an array discuss challenges in the local community of tools for students to use</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">Technology: projector for student teams to present their ideas Michigan Tech and 3-4 desktop computers used how they might go about solving those challenges, as well as other strategies for product designstaying involved in an innovation mindset after they leave the retreat.</span> <span style="font-size:larger;">Other: storage space for student teams, portable whiteboards, and power distribution throughout the space for students to plug in</span>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Strategy Four: I&E Event Series</span><br/> ==
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= <span style="font-size:x-large;">Completed Strategies</span> =
== <span style="font-size: x-large;">Invention Space </span> ==
<span style="font-size: larger;">A small maker space has been completed to be implemented in the current Enterprise lab. At this time, there are very few spaces on campus where students can come together and work collaboratively and have access to prototyping tools and supplies. Much of the renovation necessary to create an effective invention space has been completed, but additional support is needed to gather tools and supplies. This space will allow us to obtain student feedback in order to potentially expand to a much larger and extensive invention space on campus.</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">This space will serve multiple purposes outside of providing a collaborative workspace. It can be used to hold classes in an non-traditional style classroom with an alternative setup. The Invention Space will also host events focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship on campus mentioned below. The space will also serve as an "IP Free" zone in hopes that students would be less worried about having to worry about legal issues with the University and more focused on creating new ideas.</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Key Features:</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Movable furniture: tables with adjustable heights, adjustable rolling chairs, and stackable seating.</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Prototyping supplies: one wall of the room will be lined with cheap craft supplies and an array of tools for students to use</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Technology: projector for student teams to present their ideas and 3-4 desktop computers used for product design</span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Other: storage space for student teams, portable whiteboards, and power distribution throughout the space for students to plug in</span>
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