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AeroSpace Innovation Competition - The latest Innovation Competition will be held from October 27 - November 18 and will include several competitions relating to the field of aerospace.  Teams of students will compete for a Grand Prize of $2,000 by demonstrating their creativity and skill and a range of tasks focused on engineering, teamwork, design, marketing, and customer focus.  [Learn More]
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Interested in engineering innovation and entrepreneurship? There are many ways you can get involved with SCU's new opportunities for engineers interested in this area.

Join the Club - Join the Santa Clara Entrepreneurs Organization (SCEO), a student club focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. [website]

Get a Mentor - Join us at our next mentoring reception to meet and network with practicing engineers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. The next mentoring reception will be held at the NASA Research Park on November 18 as part of the AeroSpace Innovation Competition. Contact Dr. Kitts to RSVP. [contact]

Enter a Competition - Several student-based competitions in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship are held each year, and others are available to join throughout the Silicon Valley. [information]

Attend a Seminar - Seminars are held throughout the campus with speakers on the forefront of technology innovation, Silicon Valley startups, and technology corporations.  [schedule]

Take a Class - Expand your horizons by taking a class to hone your business acumen, learn product design techniques, or engineer community based projects. [more information]

Select the Pathway - Pathways dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship are being developed.  Stay tuned for more information.

 
The Design Thinking Pathway - Looking for a Core Curriculum Pathway? A new Pathway in the area of Design Thinking, is being developed and will focus on a) technical innovation, b) design processes that allow innovation to be incorporated into products/services/systems that solve a customer need, c) enterprise strategies for harnessing the value and ensuring the sustainability of innovative products, and d) social aspects regarding the value and impact of innovation on the world.  Contact Dr. Ruth Davis or Dr. Kitts for additional information.
Global Entrepreneurship Week - November 23-27 is Global Entrepreneurship Week, an event that celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the world.  Events include:
+ Tuesday Nov 17, noon. Brown bag lunch with James Bickford BSME '08, entrepreneur and project manager for the SCU 2007 Solar Decathalon project. Forbes Family Conference Center, Lucas Hall 126
+ Wednesday Nov 18, 6 pm. Mentoring reception and Aerospace Innovation Competition awards ceremony. CREST Facility, Bldg 583c, NASA Research Park. 
BMW Product Pitch Competition - Congratulations to our Spring Innovation Competition winners, Crash Test Dummies. 
This team took the $500 first prize with their winning concept for a new product or service that matched the BMW Mini brand through its use of a smartphone, GPS-based location data, and realtime  information about the automobile's performance.

KEEN Award  - A grant from the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) is supporting several new initiatives within the School of Engineering that will formalize and strengthen the School's educational focus on engineering innovation and entrepreneurship.  This program concentrates on curricular enhancements to the undergraduate educational program and on co-curricular and extra-curricular activities that foster the spirit of innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset within the School. KEEN is sponsored by the Kern Family Foundation.
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