Middle Tennessee State University

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Middle Tennessee Technology Corridor
Welcome to

• Middle Tennessee State University

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Program Outline

• Middle TN Corridor in Context
• MTSUs Role
• Research (RC)
• Education Programs (TC)
• Workforce and Economic Development (TC)
• Science and Technology Infrastructure (AF)
• Innovations at MTSU -
• Charles Perry, Bill Robertson, Anthony Newsome
• Tour of Flight Simulators or MTSU
  Interdisciplinary, Microanalysis and Imaging
  Center

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Research Overview

• Robert F. Carlton
• Interim Vice Provost for Research
• Dean, Graduate Studies

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MTSU Research Investments

• MIMIC (core facility) 800,000
• Instrumentation (PhD) 500,000
• Intellectual Infrastructure 500,000
• Research and scholarship
• (seed funds) 500,000
• Undergraduate Research 300,000
• Other research projects 100,000
• 2.7M

FY 2006 and 2007
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External Funding
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State Capital Expendituresfor Research
Infrastructure

• New Science Bldg
• Planning/Infrastructure
• Renovate WP/D
• Renovate KOM

• 133,000 ft2 (110 M)
• 15 M
• 70,000 ft2
• 33,000 ft2

5 - 10 yrs
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Considerations for MTTC

• How can MTSU participate?
• What are the roles of the players?
• What are potential impediments?
• What can we do now to increase probability of
  success?

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The Players

• Academia
• Knowledge creation transfer
• Business Manufacturing
• Products, innovation profit
• Citizens
• Quality of life
• Government
• Economic development

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The Concerns

• Academia
• Isolation from other sectors
• Business Manufacturing
• Competition workforce quality
• Citizens
• Salaries
• Government
• Quality of jobs
• Sustainability

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The Solutions

• Create knowledge
• Use interdisciplinary teams
• Develop projects with
• R D partners

• Mentor students
• Experiential courses
• Educate Workforce
• Continuing education

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Solutions for Other Players

• Business Manufacturing
• SBIR development, outsourcing of research
• Citizens
• Increase degreed
• Government
• Pilot STEM growth models
• Support innovation

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Education and Workforce

• Tom Cheatham
• Dean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

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Education and Workforce Tom Cheatham Dean,
College of Basic and Applied Sciences
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Undergraduate Education

• 21,000 undergraduates
• 60 degree programs through 35 departments
• Niche Areas in Science/Technology
• Undergraduate research/EXL
• NSF and MTSU funding
• Engineering vehicle projects
• Aerospace/Agriculture/Horse Science/Nursing

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Undergraduate Education

• Niche Areas in Science/Technology (continued)
• Biotechnology
• Concrete industry management (CIM)
• Actuarial science
• Professional Pilot and Air Traffic Controllers
• Nursing (BSN, RN-gtBSN, fast LPN-gtBSN (new))
• Under development BS in Forensic Science

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Graduate Programs

• 2,200 students (low)
• 54 degree programs
• 4 PhD programs
• (Human Perf, Engl, Econ, Public Hist)
• Niche Programs in Science/Technology
• MS-PS (BioTech, BioStat, HealthCareInfo,
  Proposed Forensic Science)
• RODP Masters of Science in Nursing
• AERO science Horse Science (proposed)
• Science PhDs in planning

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Interdisciplinary Science PhDs

• Computational Science
• (Positioned between theory and experimentation
• with a focus on the solution of complex
• problems using numerical solution,
• computational modeling, and computer
  simulation.)
• Integrative Life Sciences
• (Study of the living world as a whole through
  synthesis of sub disciplines of biology in
  specialized areas such as biosciences,
  biochemistry, biotechnology, and bioinformatics
  to solve complex problems in science, medicine,
  nutrition, agriculture, energy, engineering and
  the environment.)
• Math and Science Education
• (Mastery of a specific field in mathematics or
  science as well as the educational research
  methodologies associated with the teaching and
  learning of mathematics and the sciences. Areas
  include Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and
  Curriculum Development.)

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MTSU Infrastructure for Science, Technology, and
Commercialization

• Andrienne C. Friedli
• Assistant to the Vice Provost
• for Research

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Science and Technology Infrastructure

• Physical
• Biol/Chem Building renovations
• Nursing Building addition, Core Microscopy
  Facility
• CIM Building
• Administrative
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences (Graduate
  College)
• Degrees and Programs
• Personnel
• Office of Research
• Sponsored Programs, Compliance, Intellectual
  Property

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Biology/Chemistry Building

• All of Biology and Chemistry activities and
  personnel
• 133,000 ft2 110 M
• Science architects
• Finished in 2011

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MIMIC

• Microscopy and microanalysis labs (2500 ft2 )
  with Scanning Electron (SEM) and Transmission
  Electron (TEM) Microscopes, ICP-MS operational
  since summer
• Advisory board with reps from
• 6 departments Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Eng
  Tech, Sociology/ Anthropology, Physics
• Half-time technician 8 Internal (faculty) users
  and 4 external customers
• Academic/business model

www.mtsu.edu/ mimic
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Discovery Leads to Innovation

• Intellectual Property / Technology Transfer
  are emerging interests at MTSU
• Faculty champions
• Policy / procedure
• Intellectual Property Advisory Committee
• IP at various stages of development
• Newsome - marketing stage
• Robertson - device in development stage
• Perry - ideas in refinement stage

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Business Infrastructure

• Business and Economic Research Center (BERC)
  Penn / Arik
• Tennessee Small Business Development
• Center (TSBDC) Geho
• Community University Partnerships Office
  Owens
• Smart Park preliminary feasibility study
• Geho
• Entrepreneurship-Science Alliance

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Economic Development

• MTSU economic impact
• on the region is 1 billion
• BERC identifies trends

• Healthcare-related jobs in Nashville area
• gt1 in 5 (18.3 billion economic impact)
• By 2012, 6 of 10 fastest growing occupations
• will be in healthcare
• Nashville ranked 1st among 13 regions

Dean Burton in Tennessees Business, 2006