About the Innovation Center
The Center's mission emphasizes undergraduate engineering education that results in graduates with unique capabilities who research and develop new technologies and new product ideas. Today, they participate in over 80 projects every year that reflect today's business and industry arena!
Benefits:
- education for engineers in a global economy
- multidisciplinary interactions with campus and industry
- opportunities for creative students to create
- support for community inventor ideas
- projects enter the University of Dayton Business Plan Competition
Objectives:
- develop a prototype of a design
- write a business plan that the entrepreneur can use to seek funding and perhaps start a business
Our faculty and students gain from the business aspects of engineering, which is a cornerstone of our commitment to the University of Dayton and the Kern Family Foundation, a supporter of top engineering programs nationwide.
"The students provided us with a great design and testing that will enable us to go to market with a great product that meets our high standards." —Alex Moore, Southpaw Enterprises
Sponsors
Receive:
- feedback, which in the past has shown more than 85% of projects have exceeded or achieved goals
- important research results
- fresh perspective, concepts and innovative ideas
- multidisciplinary teamwork
- a systematic approach using project management
- new product development
- entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and business plan development
- intellectual property, research, guidance and recommendations
"Our problem is your project."
Students
Receive:
- experiential learning, which provides opportunities for leadership
- educational experience that is best-in-class
- interactions with a variety of disciplines
- interactions with industry professionals
- opportunities in leadership and management
- interface with School of Law to develop intellectual property understanding
- experiences that promote effective oral and written communication skills