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= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f6e0cf10-7fff-71c6-5589-de94bb0d1cf3"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 1312,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives Along with experiencethe Thingery, the opportunity is open to the communityIncubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college College of Business offers a Bachelors Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”Design, ” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university -sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yetFor more about Louisiana Tech's I&E information, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offerclick [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1udJsNftwEl1jDozpmvlLVowqAWimCqiJNC6hL65I5ew/edit?usp=sharing here].</span></span></span>

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship<br/> Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff27f80d-7fff-017c-969d-a7599cb7a45b"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies is are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend a the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (often times oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development.Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.</span></span></span>

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function<br/> Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts==

LaTech has <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f3ae4c55-7fff-8f14-77d9-bc9490ae26f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University is a technology transfer office called the Office hotbed of Intellectual Property ideas, entrepreneurship, creativity, and Commercialization that is an educational new partnerships created through collaborations involving students, faculty, and management resource for faculty business partners. Tech engages in local and students pursuing patent regional economic development efforts through the Innovation Enterprise team and licensing pathsthe Chief Innovation Office. It specifically focuses on facilitating To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of faculty assessing starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the commercial potential region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of their inventions and discoverieshelp from the community, and then negotiating with industrial partners Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to get receive funding from the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered New Louisiana Angel Fund 2, the funding will go to graduate business increasing the presence of innovation and engineering students to educate them entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus. Dr. Norris, the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from Chief Innovation Officer at the university to has served on several statewide boards including the Louisiana Business Incubator Association, the LONI Economic Development Advisory Board, and the marketLouisiana Occupational Forecasting Conference, thus making him a resource for every student on campus.</span></span></span>

== Facilitating university= '''[[Fellow:Andrew Bryant|Andrew Bryant]] UIF Fellow 2021''' ==='''<span style="font-industry collaborationsize: medium;">[[Fellow:Abigail Hildenbrand|Abigail_Hildenbrand]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2020<br/span> =='''

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus'''<span style="font- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.size: medium;">[[Fellow:Courtney_Wessels|Courtney_Wessels]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2020</span>'''

'''<span style== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts"font-size: medium;">[[Fellow:Jatavion_Jackson|Jatavion_Jackson]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2020<br/span> =='''

'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Related Links[[Noah Borden|Noah_Borden]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2019</span>''' '''<span style="font-size:medium;">[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2018</span>'''

[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]&nbsp;UIF Fellow 2017</span>''']]