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We would like to pursue expanding KES' and T-Space's engagement from mostly Kettering Students to more of the community. We are located in Flint, Michigan, and only a few miles away are two other college campuses. We are interested in trying to engage these campuses and involve them in any way whatsoever. Additionally, we are interested in expanding involvement to others in the community. We have found that there are many entrepreneurial minded people in Flint's community, and combining this with some I&E minded students at the other campuses, we could tap into an incredible resource and all collaborate together.
= Open Labs/ Maker Space<br/> =
== Background ==
Like a makerspace, we would like to open labs to students. We believe that by offering open labs, we can allow for students to experiment on their own time, allowing for more "bulbs to click" and thus helping them understand the course better. This translates to different perspectives, and individual ideas. It's like giving a child a box of Legos for a Saturday afternoon. Once they understand how to use the equipment, they will then have the opportunity to experiment on their own.
= Kettering Entrepreneur Society & T-Space Infrastructure Improvements =
== Description ==
Our idea is to try to expand upon current KES & T-Space involvement and to improve upon the current involvement by bettering the current infrastructure. By students using both these resources (KES & T-Space), I&E would largely increase around campus. One aspect we are interested in is how many students in KES use the T-Space and vice versa; how many T-Space users are active in KES. If we find that there is a large overlap, then we would be interested in investigating the idea of hosting KES meetings in the T-Space. This would allow for us to "tinker" with projects and show them off at the same time. If there is not a large overlap, then we are interested in sponsoring students to create an LED advertisement board for KES that we can display in a window for the students and public to view. The purpose of this would be to show off a student's project (a flashy LED advertisement via programming) and to try to engage more people to actively participate in KES who may not have already been participating.
Additionally, we are interested in surveying active students in KES and who use the T-Space to see what improvements in infrastructure they believe would be beneficial to their development of an I&E mindset. Tailoring the two resources to the people who actually use them could be largely beneficial for more fluid thought and I&E mindset.
= Maker Faire =
[[Kettering University]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/Alan%20Xia Alan Xia]
[http://universityinnovation.org/Cheyne%20Westerman Cheyne Westerman]
[[Saheb Kapoor]]