Educational Partners
The Sensor Consortium’s
Education Partners includes Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Farmingdale State
College of Technology, and Suffolk Community College.
Each of the education
partners has a unique student body.
Stony Brook University, as a major research
university, has a student body that tends to have more
research experience even at the undergraduate level.
We have very successful undergraduate research
programs, including WISE, which encourages women students
to pursue science and engineering disciplines, as well
as URECA, , Research for Minority Scholars, etc.; all
have substantial female participation
Stony Brook University was chosen by NSF as one
of the top 10 national universities with outstanding
programs for undergraduate research. Our student body, therefore, tends to have a
strong theoretical background with unique research experience.
Hofstra University is a major private
university on Long Island. Among its important assets
are the business and law programs, complemented very
well by a strong liberal arts school. Hofstra
has already taken an active role in emphasizing and
enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of its student
body. Collaborative efforts have been initiated between
business and science students and industry partners
aimed at increasing students' exposure to real business
environments. The strong business exposure of Hofstra
science students as well as Hofstra
experience with entrepreneurial programs brings a crucial
component to the proposed Sensor Consortium.
Farmingdale State’s curriculum put
tremendous emphasis on practical and hands-on activities. Its student body, therefore, tends to possess
more practical and technology oriented skills.
Suffolk Community College has a large proportion of students beyond the
convention age cohort, mature individuals with a strong
drive and more work experience.
We believe that
by forming the Inter-University Entrepreneurship Task
Force, the four education partners will be able to bring
together a large and diverse student pool and could
have a far reaching impact on Long Island’s technology entrepreneurship
education. The
purpose of the Task Force is to oversee the Education
component of the Sensor Consortium.
Among the many activities of the education component
is the Technology E-Team Competition Program in which
we have four teams of students competing in the development
and commercialization of an innovation.
Each of the teams will consist of four undergraduate
students (one from each of the Education Partners) and
a graduate student from Stony Brook.
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