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It is imperative to fully engage undergraduate students in I&E early on in their college careers before they decide on other careers for their future (i.e., medical school, graduate school, law school, full-time job). Clemson University offers a myriad of extracurricular clubs that conceptualize the idea of innovation, design, and research. However, few opportunities exist to capitilize on these innovations through entrepreneurship. The mindset for taking one's research innovations to market where it can do its purpose and truly serve people is one that needs to vastly improve on the Clemson University campus. This gap exists in inspirational events held on campus, interactions with the university technology transfer office, and courses that emphasize and apply the values of I&E to undergraduates that have the immense potential to run with I&E and change their futures.
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=Strategy #1: Changing the Potential Value on Clemson's Campus =
Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:
**Negotiate incorporation of InnoGrid into the My.Clemson app for campus wide availability- Spring 2018
=Strategy #2: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at Clemson =
Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:
**<span class="s1">Work with the leadership of the program to determine credit guidelines- Spring 2015 through Fall 2015</span>
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=== <u>Tactic #4: Bringing an Interdisciplinary Approach to an Innovative Engineering Class</u> ===
* Description: Clemson has a program called the Grand Challenge Scholars that focus on solving 14 challenges that the National Academy of Engineering has identified. We believe that this kind of course could be beneficial for majors outside of engineering and an interdisciplinary approach to this class could help to provide more original and innovative solutions to these challenges.
* Timeline
** Reach out to the organizers of the GCS program at Clemson- November 2020
** Work on creating a new class/version of old class that includes this interdisciplinary approach- January 2021
** Work on guidelines and program requirements for new class - February 2021
** Work on outreach to other colleges around campus about new class - April 2021
** Implement new class - August 2021<br />
****Gather feedback from participants through surveys and other means to see what could be improved in the future. Begin the networking for next year's event (May 2021)
=Strategy #7: Create an Incubator for I&E Ideas on Clemson's Campus =
<span style="font-size:medium"><u>Tactic #1: Build off of the DEN by providing the next step in business development.</u></span>
**Planning for the next year's DENX (Fall Semester 2018)
=Related Links =
[[Clemson University]]