Entrepreneurship and technology innovation center: Bringing together industry, faculty, and students

Abstract

The School of Engineering and Computing Sciences (SoECS) of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) is launching a new Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC). The ETIC will consolidate and expand the School's ongoing industry-academic partnerships by fostering innovation and promoting collaborations between industries, the academic community, professional organizations, and government. The ultimate goal of the partnerships is to strengthen the SoECS' educational and programmatic offerings in order to graduate engineering professionals for the 21st Century. The premise is that by creating the right learning environment for students to engage with industry in innovative real-world problem solving, project-based learning, teamwork, direct contact with practitioners, they will gain key competency and entrepreneurship skills required in today's rapidly evolving, globalized economy. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2013.