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== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

[https://beinvolved.jmu.edu/organization/arcdclub Architectural Design Club]

*​The IDSA at JMU is an interdisciplinary group that meets weekly to organizes workshops, keynote speaker events, collaborative design projects, and trips to conferences. At its core, the IDSA is empowering industrial design students to make an impact on their community with their innovative design skills. Many are active in other groups that are altering campus or have personal pursuits in design and entrepreneurship. With the industrial design concentration now becoming a full major and the number of students increasing, it is becoming a more vital part of the track for industrial designers at JMU.

Mad Inc. Labs

*Mad Inc. Labs is JMU’s first seed-stage startup investment accelerator. It aims to serve JMU’s most talented student founders by allowing them to experience a traditional accelerator program; with the mentorship, funding, and office space - while maintaining status as a student.

[https://beinvolved.jmu.edu/organization/JMUSOE Society of Entrepreneurs]

*​The JMU Society of Entrepreneurs brings entrepreneurially minded students together. In the organization, members educate each other and the JMU community on topics of interest, support each other with new ventures, and reach out to entrepreneurs in the community to help them and learn from them. The society also hosts speakers and events to educate the JMU community about different topics based around entrepreneurship. The society is application based and therefore consists of high-caliber entrepreneurs at JMU.

[https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/tedx-program TEDx]

*Students are able to attend lectures from other students, professors, and guest speakers.

*Events can be located here:&nbsp;[https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18693 2016 (Theme: Fool's Gold)],&nbsp;[https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/20798 2017 (Theme: Horizons)],&nbsp;[https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/25554 2018 (Theme undetermined)<br /><br />]

[https://a2ru.org/ Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (A2RU)]

*​James Madison University has been accepted as a founding member of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities largely for its proven reputation as an institution valuing and supporting interdisciplinary undergraduate research. JMU is one of 28 founders and the only comprehensive institution in the alliance whose aim is "to help equip students and faculty to address the world's most pressing, complex and open-ended challenges with creative confidence as well as disciplinary expertise," according to alliance documents.

ISAT Capstone Projects

*​As part of the ISAT experience, every senior completes a capstone project.&nbsp;Working individually or in teams, students work on a problem with a real-world component, sometimes teaming with a local industry or governmental sponsor.&nbsp;Capstone project ideas can come from the students themselves, from faculty advisors, or from sponsors. The capstone project allows students the opportunity to use the knowledge and skills they learned in ISAT to address a real-world problem and receive valuable hands-on experience. Students are required to produce a final project report, both in written form and in the form of an oral presentation to the faculty, their student peers, and the public.<br/>&nbsp;

Engineering Ambassadors

*The Engineering Ambassadors Network is an international program that focuses on "changing the conversation" about engineering. The focus of the group is to demonstrate that, while math and science are important, art, history, and other classes are just as important. Other classes can provide a well-rounded insight to understanding how engineering is incoroporated into every day life. Students who participate in workshops are taught the Human Centered Design Process to brainstorm innovative solutions for their clients.

Engineering Capstone Projects

*​Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty advisor to tackle an engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oral presentations are covered. We emphasize practical, hands-on experience, and integrate analytical and design skills acquired in companion senior-level core courses.

Engineers Without Borders

*​Engineers Without Borders is an organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. JMU EWB is open not only to Engineering majors. &nbsp;Our hope is to recruit students in ISAT, Health and Human Sciences, Business, and Education.

Entrepreneurship RLC

*​The Entrepreneurship Residential Learning Center is in the process of being developed here at JMU. Students who participate in this Residential Learning Community will have the unique opportunity to live and take classes with a small group of students who share similar interests in Entrepreneurship. &nbsp;The Entrepreneurship RLC is planned to be ready for the incoming class of 2019.

[https://www.jmu.edu/cob/graduate/mba/innovation/index.shtml MBA Program]

*​This two-year masters program starts with the fundamentals of business before taking a deep dive into creating an inventive environment where students transform into leaders in technology. The program responds to the realization that the business world outside of the university setting is increasingly getting faster so the content of the class aligns with functional topics. While in the curriculum the student is required to take an international trip to one of three countries and gain leadership skills through workshops. Overall, the Innovation MBA provides the graduate with a competitive advantage for approaching problems in a business setting.

Project Lab (The Pit)

*&nbsp; The Pit is a flexible laboratory space that contains overflow machine tools, materials testing equipment, and other experimental equipment. Labs for materials science courses are conducted in this space under the guidance of faculty and trained student assistants.

[http://swejmu.weebly.com/ Society of Women Engineers (SWE)]

*The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is an educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders. SWE establishes engineering as a highly desirable career for women through an exciting array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, outreach and advocacy activities, and much more.

[https://www.jmu.edu/cap/recruitaduke/ Recruit-A-Duke]

*Recruit-A-Duke is James Madison University’s online career services management system&nbsp;that provides JMU students&nbsp;access to internships, full-time jobs, career fairs, workshops,&nbsp;information sessions, and more.

[https://www.jmu.edu/engineering/places/labs-studios.shtml Visualization Lab]

*Laboratory for Engineering students that includes 3D printers to visualize prototypes and computers to analyze drawings or create flow simulations.

[http://sites.jmu.edu/3SPACE/ 3Space Classroom]

*The 3Space Classroom is the first 3-D printing lab in the country designed for general-education use. Students in any major can enroll in 3Space classes and then be granted access to the 3-D printing computer lab.&nbsp;

[http://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/ICE.shtml The ICE House]

*The Innovation, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship (ICE) House is a lean startup started by the College of Business, Center for Entrepreneurship, JMU Technology Innovation and 4-VA. It is run by JMU X-Labs to set up, speed up and support business ideas or lean. startups and encourage Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

[https://jmuxlabs.org/ X-Labs]

*This on-campus makerspace facilitates open labs and pop-up classes that teach students skills such as 3D printing, laser cutting, glassblowing, and virtual reality.

Engineering Labs

*The engineering labs offering various spaces that coincide with the design process. This includes the make shop, prototyping lab, communication studio, inspiration studo, and ideation studio. The engineering department also offers spaces for collaborative work between students.These spaces are restrictied to use by engineering students.

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== [https://www.jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-for-entrepreneurship/students/competitions.shtml Competitions]: ==