- TechShop CEO Mark Hatch will give a lecture at Vanderbilt on Oct. 7
- Vanderbilt plans to launch a 10,000-square-foot Innovation Center in summer 2016
Nashville is a hotbed for innovation and Vanderbilt University wants to play its role in cultivating the next generation of creators.
In an effort led by Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering, the university plans to open a 10,000-square-foot Innovation Center in the summer as part of the under-construction engineering and science building.
The center will include a makerspace, entrepreneurship programming and educational resources to give students the tools they need to take their inventions to commercialization.
Peter Cummings, the School of Engineering’s associate dean for research, said many students are spinning off their own companies while at Vanderbilt or shortly after graduation. Giving those students access to otherwise expensive…
