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We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing
resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:   A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.  A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.  A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.  Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.  A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.  An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.
== Milestones ==
Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.  Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.  Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity. Maintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups
aintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal
= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =
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