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<span id=== This page contains the following errors: ==="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><div span style="font-size: 15px; font-family:monospaceArial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);fontbackground-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-sizespace:12pxpre-wrap">error on line 1 at column 5859With over [http: Opening //www.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/researchers/centers-institutes.php 60 centers and ending tag mismatch: wbr line 0 and pinstitutes] in addition to recently being named a Tier 1 Research Instiution by the Carnegie Foundation, </divspan><span style=== Below "font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">research is a rendering strong throughout many departments within Texas Tech University. &nbsp;However, efforts are continuously being made to translate this research and innovation into industry and commerical application. With the recent construction of the page up [http://www.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/research-park/about/index.php Research Park & Innovation Hub], resources are readily available to startups and technology commercialization initiatives. When summed together, these effots result in massive strides forward for the first errorentrepreneurial ecosystem of Texas Tech. </span><span style==="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">&nbsp;</span></span>

&lt= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-family: Arial;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship:</parsererror&gt;span></span> =

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-colorsize: transparent15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduction</span></span><big><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech University hosts a number of student organizations that promote the concepts and practice of and engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship:</span></span></big> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With over 60 centers and institutes (</span>[http://wwwdoubletimettu.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/researchers/centers-institutes.php <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgborg Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship and Entrepreneurship (17, 85, 204TTIME); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/researchers/centers-institutes.php] </span>]<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) &nbsp;research is strong through all departments at Texas Tech University. &nbsp;However, many efforts are still being made to translate this research into industry. &nbsp;With the construction a student organization for both undergraduate and graduate students of a Research Park (</span>[http://wwwany discipline.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/research-park/about/index.php <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17This program promotes entrepreneurship through connecting students with innovative faculty mentors, 85local entrepreneurs, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/research-park/about/index.php</span>]<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) that will house new startups, entrepreneurship is on and the riseresource channels to go from concept to customer. &nbsp;</span></span>

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="fontbackground-familycolor: Arialtransparent; color: rgb(510, 510, 510); font-weightfamily: boldArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting Student Innovation and EntrepreneurshipTexas Tech also has a chapter of the [https:</span>/www.facebook.com/ttuceo/?fref=ts Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization], which through the College of Business promotes entrepreneurship.</span> =

<span idfont color="#000000" face="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433fArial"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech University has For those who are interested in a technical entrepreneurial experience, the [https://www.facebook.com/SDCTTU/?fref=ts Software Development Club] aims to help members hone their skills and channel it into ways to solve real-world problems. Although being a number of student relatively new organization that promote and engage students in innovation and , the leadership team is making efforts to become an impactful part the entrepreneurship:community at Texas Tech.</span></spanfont>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship and Entrepreneurship (TTIME) (</span>At the undergraduate level, student innovation is fostered through the many research [http://doubletimettuwww.org <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http:depts.ttu.edu/vpr/researchers/doubletimettuundergraduate-research.orgphp opportunities]</span>]<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) . While funding is a student organization available for both undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline. This program promotes entrepreneurship while connecting students with innovative faculty mentorsto travel to conferences to present their research, little assistance is available for student to turn their research into a startup. &nbsp;TTIME currently host a 3 Day Startup event every semester to promote and facilitate entrepreneurship.</span></span>

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(051, 051, 051); backgroundfont-colorweight: transparentbold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Media Entrepreneurship and Encouraging Faculty Innovation Group is a student organization from the College of Media and Communications that promotes startup media companies and entrepreneurial projects.Entrepreneurship:</span></span>=

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Faculty's primary responsibility lies in research; however, moderate participation in entrepreneurial endeavors (60/40) should also be encouraged. With extensive dedication to teaching and research responsibilities, faculty can devote upwards of 60 to 80 hours of their time on these two areas.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech Therefore, expecting them to also has a chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization, which through the College of Business promotes entrepreneurshipchase after companies to buy into their research or consider their patent portfolio should be incentivized for doing extra work. &nbsp;</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the undergraduate level, student innovation is fostered through the many research opportunities (</span>The [httphttps://www.depts.ttu.edu/vpr/researcherscommercialization/undergraduate-Office of Research Commercialization] (ORC) does provide a way for research.php <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17to be patented and commercialized, 85however, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.depts.ttuthe system doesn't have the best reputation.edu/vpr/researchers/undergraduate-One professor has had several research.php</span>]<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0discoveries rejected as patents, 0, 0)and within weeks&nbsp; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). While funding is available for students or months of publishing his research large companies came forward to travel ask him to conferences give a talk on it. So the university missed out on an opportunity because people in the ORC didn't understand the potential value of the research. The old system (according to present their research, little assistance is available faculty and staff) didn't include a rigorous enough process for student to turn their evaluating the value of research into a startup. &nbsp;It's currently undergoing changes that were started after new leadership took over.</span></span>

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(510, 510, 510); fontbackground-weightcolor: boldtransparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation A relatively new avenue for research commercialization is the Kinetic accelerator. It's run by someone with many years of experience in this field and Entrepreneurship:they specifically encourage students to take on the task of commercializing TTU research and patents.</span></span> =

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(051, 051, 051); backgroundfont-colorweight: transparentbold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faculty primary responsibility lies in research but they should also partake in some entrepreneurial endeavors (60/40). Faculty already have teaching and research responsibilities which take up upwards of 60 to 80 hours of their time. Therefore, expecting them to also chase after companies to buy into their research or consider their patent portfolio should be incentivized for doing extra work.Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:</span></span>=

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer FunctionEngaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts:</span></span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is Improvements can be made regarding the responsibility of the office establsihment and maitenance of technology commercialization to recognize when a technology is considered groundbreaking, especially after winning many accolades (i.e. Dr. Harvinder Gill's Pollen and Microneedle patents)alumni network relations. Staff should be taught to analyze and Whenever new technologies are developed that can interface with faculty regularly following up with faculty on their projects and &nbsp;interest in industry partners. It would help if there were subject matter experts in , it is important to utilize the office with technical qualifications in the faculty disciplines; be it a phD in engineeringknowledge and experince of alumni by presenting opportunities, Biologyseeking their input, Computer Science and MBA and a JD. The staff in utilizing their connections to the commercialization office needs to be motivated</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">applicable industry.</span></span>

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<span id="[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19Vk8LX6LL-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span styleoVgSeraZpYLjtrEUA72Eoqm6Y8smb2Hy8/edit?usp="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There needs to be a reward or incentive for faculty sharing Click here to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. Such a reward could be university sponsored funding for view the most innovative technology ideaSpring 2016 Landscape Slidedeck. Also, faculty needs to know their interests will be protected and that they will not be thrown under the bus or that the technology will be licensed to qualified personnel or business, with technical capabilities or the ability to recognize that they will need inventor help to move technology forward</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>]

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-4220-609f-6ecf-ce9ff068433f"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also need to maintain a better alumni network. Whenever a new technology is developed that can interface with industry we need to tap into alumni and present the opportunity to them seeking their opinion and support to connect with industry. Need to better educate faculty and students on the advantages of going through [[Texas Tech to commercialize technology and update them on existing industry partners.</span></span>University Student Priorities Page|Texas_Tech_University_Student_Priorities_Page]]

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Francis Atore: </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Francis_Atore <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Francis_Atore</span>[Alberto Garcia|Berto Garcia]]</span>

<span id="docs[[Isaac Griswold-internalSteiner|Isaac Griswold-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Benjamin Simmons:</span></span>Steiner]]

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321">[https://novoed.com/epicenter-uif-spring-2015/users/BenjaminSimmons <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://novoed.com/epicenter-uif-spring-2015/users/BenjaminSimmons</span>[Jared Steele|Jared Steele]]</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-sizeSpring 2015: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Valente Rodriguez: </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Valente_Rodriguez <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Valente_Rodriguez</span>]</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Victoria Young: </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Victoria_Young <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Victoria_Young</span>Francis_Atore Francis Atore]</span>

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