Do your research !
- What are the key players in the market for your idea?
- How can you reach them?
- What can you do with your idea to reach a greater market?
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| Listed below are some projects that we are working on or plan to work on in the future. Some examples are shown. |
You can join in on any of the projects below or you can start a new project. |
Meet with us to learn how to develop ideas from concept to market by actually doing it ! |
Organization Projects:
- designing and establishing an innovation lab at GMU
- developing workstations for each step in concept-to-market procedures
- planning a series of concept-to-market workshops
Student Projects:
- designing PC input device
- developing technologies to assist the visually impaired
- designing and building self-reconfigurable robotic modules
- designing a portable low-cost data collector
- and more . . .
Community Projects:
- evaluating and enhancing technology for the visually impaired
- developing manufacturing and marketing proposals
- evaluating and designing assistive technology
- improving and enhancing consumer products
- analysis and design proposal for pharmaceutical equipment
- and more . . .
Outreach:
- offering intership programs for highschool students
- working with at-risk or disadvantaged youth inspiring them in innovations and entrepreneurship and encouraging them to pursue academic excellence towards productive and rewarding careers
- finding needs in the community to develop technology to help those who are physically challanged
- finding business needs in the community to help develop technology to meet their needs
- reaching out to businesses, organizations and professionals interested in sponsorship, contributions and partnership with the Students Center for Innovations
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SCI partners with local elementary school to inspire children to innovate. Tony Abbott, SCI Director, created an interactive display in which the kids had to pedal faster and faster to make all the LEDs light light up and the fan to spin. The kids had a blast! So did we!
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SCI Leadership Roles - Accepting Applications
SCI offers a great way to gain experience in your major or other field or exercise your area of interest to help you prepare you for the future. There are many officer positions as well as business and management positions to choose from. If you have an idea for a position that would help the club and you want to take that on then send us an application.
To apply, email the following to sci@gmu.edu
- name
- gmu email address
- phone number
- the position you are interested in (see below)
- tell us about yourself
- how you will impact SCI and the GMU community
Applications accepted throughout the academic year.
All positions are considered for the current and upcoming semesters.
Elections are held at the end of each semester and two weeks prior to the serving semester as positions are available.
Note: experience is not necessary. Freshmen encouraged to apply. We can support your leadeship role and help you develop the necessary skills. Your willingness to learn and develop skills and to commit the time needed for the position will weigh more during the election process.
Opportunities:
Officers
- President*
maintains SCI's vision, direction and progess, manages organization requirements, public relations
- Vice President*
manages projects, events and operations, and assists President
- Treasurer*
manages fiscal requirements, fiscal records, budget and funding requirements
- Secretary*
manages documentation of events and projects, records history
- SA Liaison*
facilitates events and Student Activities correspondances
- Vice President of Technology
manages technical logistics and provides technology solutions
- Director
directs SCI's operations, manages projects, serves as public and business liaison
- Entrepreneur Liaison
interdisciplinary liaison facilitating entrepreneurship by promoting cross-cooperation among student groups, faculty and field experts with the end goal of achieving George Mason University's innovative vision
* Requires student status and a 2.0 GPA
SCI Management Roles Consists of the Following
- Advertising
- Events Management
- Accounting
- Public Relations
- Project Manager
- Resource Manager
- Graphics Designer & Webmaster
Other Upcoming Roles as projects reach new stages
- Marketing
- Business Development
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Safety and Liability
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Help make SCI a leading center for innovations. Students, staff and faculty from all departments are welcome and encouraged to get involved !
If you are interested in any of the opportunities above, now or in the future, please contact us !
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Demos
LED Sequence on Model Car
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This is an example of concept to reality. If you have an idea that might be worth pursuing, consider the possibilities of making it happen at the Students Center for Innovations.
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| A remote controlled car was modified to simulate the effect of the glowing lights on the automated vehicle on the Knight Rider TV show. The model was configured with a series of LED’s blinking in sequence. To achieve the “glowing effect”, subsequent LED’s are set to half power. |
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Whether it is a project for fun, or for an important application, you can get started right away. Just by spending an hour or two each week, you will gradually make progress on the project you are involved with.
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Portable Training Device
| Inventions do not always require extensive research, development and resources. Quite often a relatively low cost device that can be quickly built can become a very useful resource to the area of its application. For example, a device was created to be used in training personnel.
The need was for a portable device that will sound an alert at random intervals. The device would then display a message alerting the person of a situation, emergency, or other event requiring immediate action. The person would then have to carry out a series of commands pertaining to that event.
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| This is another example of concept to reality. The Students Center for Innovations is all about ideas and inventions, and more importantly, all about bringing those concepts into reality. The sophistication and quantity of practical, innovative and marketable designs will be a direct measurement of how effective we are as an organization. This measure will be used to continually guide and refine the Students Center for Innovations to lead us into breaking new grounds in science and technology. |
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