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= Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Missouri S&T's student entrepreneurship ~~excells~~ excels in the areas of skills building (due in large part to its extensive opportunities for skills-building). Significant improvement is possible in the areas of student discovery of innovation and entrepreneurship, the facilitation of creative thinking and experimenting with potential entrepreneurial endeavors, and the pursuit and actuallization of a real endeavor. Existing and proposed programs for support these areas for students are presented below.

== Student Design Teams ==

In recent years Missouri S&T has emphasized the ~~conecpt~~ concept of experiential learningamong its students. Lever 1.1 of the university's strategic plan states that the university shall "require all undergraduate students to participate in some significant experiential learning activity before they graduate". These experiential learning activities have played a critical ~~roled~~ role in developing innovation and entrepreneurship skills in students (the second step, "Learn", in the landscape canvas presented below).

Traditionally experiential learning opportunities have centered around S&T's student design teams. Of the university's over 6000 undergraduates, over 800 students participated in at least one of the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center's (SDELC) fourteen student design teams in the last year. Student design teams have provided undergraduate students with opportunity to apply skills to solve real-world problems in a competitive environment. The teams are independently managed by the students, who conduct the majority of the adminstrative, business, PR, fundraising, engineering, manufacturing, and management activities of the team. The SDELC provides students with extensive 24/7 access to a machine shop, design studio, electronics lab, composites lab, welding equipment, and general fabrication space, all for design team activities. The challenging and independent nature of the design teams has foster a culture of creativity and innovation among the participating students (whether or not they realize it). Currently, the SDELC supports the following 14 teams:

Missouri S&T's Student Business Incubator (SBI) support students in the execution of startup companies. The SBI provides them with free office space and some advisory resources. The program is managed by the university's Technology Transfer and Economic Development Office.

== Innovation @ S&T ==

Missouri S&T in recent years has started this program with the ultimate goal of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by providing funding to proposed ventures. A grand total of $300,000 has been set aside for this specific program. Groups interested in making a difference on campus are encouraged to apply and sumbit a proposal. Some prior submitted proposals which have also been approved include Maker Spaces for students, orientation week workshops focused on innovation and entrepreneurial skills, and even funding for UIF canidates from S&T. More information can be found [http://innovate.mst.edu/ here].

== IDE MakerSpace ==

In an effort to augment facilities already on campus, 2015 and 2016 UIF canidates have successfully campaigned for the creation of a campus makerspace. The makerspace will house design and mechanical tools for testing and validating prototypes. Students can "collide" or socialize ideas, build prototypes, with facultly and staff. Sophisticated 3D fabrication utilities will also be housed here, along with more common tools for sawing, sanding, etc. The space can be linked to curriculum and programs for knowledege creation ultimately translating to technical skill building.

== Innovation and Entrepreneurship Minor ==

= Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

University-industry ~~colaboration~~ collaboration is perhaps another one of S&T's greatest strengths. The majority of the university's advancement efforts are ~~supporting~~ supported by industry collaborators, who assist the university in identifying the real-world needs of its students and faculty. Extensive collaboration exists in the university's numerous research centers and labs, student design and research activities, and student career development activities. These extensive university-industry collaborations support the extensive technology licensing activities described in the previous section.

= Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

= The Landscape Canvas =

The landscape canvas presented below summarizes Missouri S&T's existing and proposed programs and resources for supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. These entities are organized into five phases of the pursuit of these activities: ''Discovery, Learning, Experiment, Pursue, and Spin-Out''. It is clear that S&T's experiential learning activities along with an array of I&E themed courses have led to a ~~very maturing~~ mature learning phase, and St. Louis's expanding ecosystem has created strong opportunities for spinning-out new startups. ~~While it is always beneficial to~~ All five categories can be ~~improving~~ improved and ~~refining offerings~~ refined in ~~all catetgories~~their options, but S&T ~~is especially weak~~ could stand to improve the most in the areas of discovering innovation and entrepreneurship, facilitating the experimentationof potential startup problem domains and solutions, and the active pursuitand execution of startup activities in the university context. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dyn6f6gm8tQjFOffg_LHwwlqXSFbWk72DXdLTdsmZvk/edit#gid=0 Fall 2015 Landscape Canvas] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VDdMxBhf1BB_Kef-wGjhB5WuQk_HWXzpmZqtwtKd2oM/edit#gid=0 Spring 2015 Landscape Canvas] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fPzF3RecDsKW0mGsfub1az881LIWMoLZIhV1Wdk-6rE/edit#gid=0 Spring 2016 Landscape Canvas] [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VhfI3sa3_dfkDqB9dFHWkyTvhQ-Rwei4QllYAhZLln8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 Fall 2016 Landscape Canvas] == Related Links == '''Missouri University of Science and Technology''' [[Missouri University of Science and Technology Priorities|Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Fall 2016: [[Elizabeth Popoola]] [[Jonathan Bopps]] [[Atoosa Khiabani]] Spring 2016: [[Tyler Jenkins]] [[Katherine Ramsay]] [[Mark Raymond Jr.|Mark Raymond Jr]] [[Connor Wolk]]

Fall 2015:

[[Tim Buesking|Timothy Buesking]]

~~~~[https://docs.google.com/a/mst.edu/spreadsheets/d/1VDdMxBhf1BB_Kef-wGjhB5WuQk_HWXzpmZqtwtKd2oM/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/a/mst.edu/spreadsheets/d/1VDdMxBhf1BB_Kef-wGjhB5WuQk_HWXzpmZqtwtKd2oM/edit#gid=0[Eric Fallon]]~~~~

[[Cori Hatley]]

[[John Schoeberle|Jon Schoeberle]]

= Related Links =[[Spencer Vogel]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Jetter Josh Jetter]- Spring 2015 ~~UIF Candidate~~:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Missouri_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Priorities Missouri S&T Student Priorities - Spring 2015[Josh Jetter]]

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