CLEMSON UNIVERSITYCLEMSON, SC

WATT FAMILY INNOVATION CENTER

Watt – Libraries SummitApril 29, 2019

VISIONThe Watt Family Innovation Center is a driving force for change that enables

Clemson University and its partners to lead in the development of creative solutions to significant technical and social challenges of

the 21st Century.

MISSIONCreate an environment where collaborations

between students, faculty, and industry leaders generate ideas, solve complex problems with high

performance computing networks and virtual global connectivity systems, and develop solutions to take

to marketplace.

WATT Center Role in Industry Partnerships

• Serves a “matchmaker” between industry partner and faculty incolleges

• Manages research projects involving gifts• Enlists industry support for federal grants• Assists in the transition of gifts to sponsored programs managed

by the colleges• Serves as principal investigator or subcontractor on government

contracts

FOUNDING INNOVATION PARTNERS

SUSTAINING INNOVATION PARTNERS

INNOVATION PARTNERS

The Watt Center is central to the ClemsonForward Plan

• Foster evidence-based academicengagement• Develop cutting edge techniques to

promote academic engagement• Analyze impacts on student success

• Build a Global EngagementInfrastructure• Enable global virtual connectivity

• Increase research

Driven by ClemsonForward

6 Research Engagement Academic core Living

National Recognition

Leadership in Student

Engagement

Diversity & Inclusive

Excellence

Strengthened Academic Core

Extend the Clemson

Experience

Promote Innovation &

Retention

Recruit National

Talent

PromoteAdult

Learning

Leverage Emerging

Technology

Support research

online

Increase Prominence

Improve Quality

Connect Campus & Innovation

Centers

Build Global Community

Watt Center Creative Inquiry Clemson Online

Programs and Services for Students and Faculty

• Creative Inquiry• MakerSpace• Virtual Reality – Immersive

Space• CyberSecurity Operations

Center• Student Competitions (e.g.

Hackathons, Digital Art)• NSF National Research Training

– Resilient Infrastructure Project

• Interactive, flexible classrooms• Collaboration tools• Technology-enhanced learning• Communications Studios• Clemson Online• OTEI• Watt Faculty Fellows Program• Data Analytics applications

The Watt Hosts Classes from All Colleges

2/3 of all General Engineering Students

11 BUSINESS classes ~356 students

26 AAH classes ~509 students

10 BSHS classes ~337 students

3 EDUCATION classes ~85 students

>18 CECAS classes~560 students

3 SCIENCE classes ~245 students

INNO & HONORS classes ~153 students

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Creative Inquiry

Invites companies to engage talented, creative Clemson undergraduates in industry-relevant projects and in doing so contribute to building the workforce of the future.

• Students collaborate with industry to apply their knowledge and skills to ‘real world’ problems• Honing of skills today for the evolving workforce needs of the future• Industries gain visibility and opportunities to recruit interns or employees• Industry sponsorship is credited as a gift to Clemson

Corporate Creative Inquiry is best suited for open-ended topics that can be addressed through iterative exploration, design, implementation and evaluation cycles.

MAKERSPACE

Provides tools and training to individual students, in all majors, and to classes

• Participation• 11,416 visits logged; 1,765 unique Clemson users• Faculty, staff and students from 61 majors

• 3,460 successful 3D prints• Financial Support

• $282,361 funding from Undergraduate Student Governmentand IT Student Advisory Board

• $58,780 from CI, UPIC, Watt Center, and Spiro Institute• Watt Center supports student interns

makerspace@clemson.eduhttps//www.cuMaker.space/

Nursing students are second only to Mechanical Engineering students in the number of Makerspace visits – attributed to a Nursing CIproject and incorporation ofMakerspace into NURS 1400

VIRTUAL REALITY – IMMERSIVE SPACEAdvancing Visualization

Serves all disciplines with training and demonstrations for individuals, courses, CI projects, and campus organizations

• Supported by Watt interns and the Virtual Reality Club to:• educate the Clemson University community on the uses of

virtual reality• provide an environment within which to experience virtual

reality• support and explore projects using immersive technologies

including virtual reality, augmented reality, and 360-degreemedia

• History & Funding• VR Club established Feb 2017; Watt MOU - June 2017; Grand

opening: Oct 2017• IT Student Advisory Board (ITSAB) funding for equipment and

some interns• Watt support for one intern

• Major Activities• VR instruction and support for individual students and classes• Support for workshops and events, including MakerDay

vrclub@clemson.edu Watt staff: Nathan Newsome

CYBER SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER

What We DoHere at the Clemson Cyber Security Operations Center, our uniquely qualified team protects your information from the dangers the web and cyber criminals bring about. We specialize in detecting, monitoring, and fixing issues Clemson University individuals have on a day to day basis. The most important task our team has is to educate individuals on the importance of protecting your information, how to prevent information from being stolen, and awareness of cyber criminals.

https://ccit.clemson.edu/cybersecurity/operations-center/

Mission Statement“To prevent and detect breaches that impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Clemson University’s Information Technology Infrastructure, while educating and preparing students for careers in Cyber Security.”

Student Competitions at the Watt CenterCompleted:ACCAC InnoVenture Competition – with DEN and SpiroPitch Smackdown – led by Spiro InstituteWatt Innovation Forum Awards - April 2017Digital Art Contest – December 2017 & January 2019Passport to the Arts – March 2018“CUhackit” - App Hackathon – March 2018 & January 2019

• Planning:• Cybersecurity Challenge - Preliminary discussions• Analytics Challenge - Preliminary discussions

DATA ANALYTICS: IBM Watson Engagement Overview

Active projects using Watson:

• 9 Watson CreativeInquiry projects

• 2 Traditional grants• 1 Capstone project• 1 GHS Collaboration

Researchers engaged:• 32 CI Students• 14 Clemson faculty• 2 Lecturers• 3 PhD students• 1 GHS physician

Watson CI ProjectsStudent Majors

Cross-disciplinary engagement:•6 of 7 Colleges•13 Departments•12 Student Majors

Research Outputs:•6 research grantsubmissions•2 research grantsawarded•$113k in research funding (beyond IBM gifts)•4 presentations atacademic conferences•3 academic journalmanuscripts in progress

Industry Partnership

Precision Wire Manufacturing

Ulbrich

EducationINNO Course forUndergraduates (Spring 2019)

Creative Inquiry Smart Building

Ulbrich & Watt

ResearchSmart Building

Facilities & WattWhite & Howard

NSF CNHConservation StudyDyckman & White

African Park and Wildlife Management

Allen & White

Professional Development

SAS CertificationMath & WattEllen Breazel

DATA ANALYTICS: SAS Engagement: Overview

Watt Faculty Fellows

• Kyle Anderson, Accounting• David Blakesley, English• Maria Bose, English• Linda Dzuris, Performing Arts• Michael Kleiss, Architecture• Miriam Konkel, Genetics & Biochemistry• Janice Lanham, Nursing• Matthew Macauley, Mathematical Sciences• Mariah Maganotti, General Engineering• Nathan McNeese, School of Computing• Chad Navis, Management

• Jennifer Ogle, Civil Engineering• Natalie Pough, Teaching & Learning• Johannes Schmidt, Languages• Marissa Shuffler, Psychology• Dotan Shvorin, Industrial Engineering• Christa Smith, History & Geography• Brygg Ullmer, School of Computing• Melissa Vogel, Sociology, Anthropology and

Criminal Justice• Erica Walker, Graphic Communications

This inaugural group of Watt Faculty Fellows will explore the Watt’s unique capabilities and relationships as they develop cross-disciplinary activities that support ClemsonForward goals

Evidence-based Academic EngagementEngagement Indicators:• attraction to

work, class,or project

• persistence,• sustained

enthusiasm,• teamwork,• mentoring• volunteerism

WFIC Initiatives:• tech-enhanced learning

• Environments,classrooms

• Faculty dev. & training• undergraduate research• multidisciplinary

collaboration• innovation spaces• industry engagement• events, seminars,

posters• integrated enterprise

Potential Measures:• attendance;

occupancy system• room reservation

system• surveys, apps• audience response

system (polling)• WAP utilization• Solstice connections• CUID card accesses