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*New technological center at the School of Business
= Opportunities for Innovation in Action=
== Strategy 1: Creating a Maker Space ==
Villanova currently has a Multidisciplinary Design Lab which provides a location for students to work. However, students would truly benefit from another maker space. The additional maker space should have more resources within it for prototyping, and be more open to movement (as the MDL is separated into table sections) so students can collaborate with ease. The existent MDL is also frequently overcrowded, preventing students from working there if they did not put in the forethought to reserve their own area for the time period in which they plan to work. This formulaic planning to brainstorm or collaborate nearly defeats the purpose of having an MDL. A new maker space will have more room for students to freely walk in whenever they feel inspired.Villanova is currently working on an expansion of the Center for Engineering Education and Research which will include the development of an innovation space in the library and a tinkerer's lab in the basement of the building with a close proximity to the existent machine shop. These spaces should provide students with more of the resources and physical space they need to create.
== Strategy 2: Accessibility & Usage ==
Many students do not utilize the machine shop, 3D printer, and various other technologies made available to them because they are unaware of how to operate them. Workshops given by fellow students or instructors about how to operate all available machinery, or how to use certain programs, will help students take advantage of all that is available to them and gain the technical skills they need to create.
== Strategy 4: Idea Accelerator ==
The Idea Accelerator will be available for all students to utilize. There will be space and equipment for entrepreneurs to design. Durineg the weekends there will be workshops and speakers to help interested students discover what they can gain from and what they can give to innovation and entrepreneurship. This area will help future innovators gain the knowledge and practice to make their ideas realities.
= Project Pitch =
