New Management Department faculty will supervise student projects, introduce new innovative courses, and conduct cutting-edge commercialiation research.

Graduate students will be placed in innovative firms and national laboratories.

Cross-disciplinary graduate students - in Engineering, Management, and at least one further STEM field - will be started at the university.

A Director will be in place, and will assume responsibility for student teams, graduate students, patent and IP issues, and communication with our partners.

New Management Department Faculty will be added to work with and support the OIC.

The OIC maintains an active presence throughout all departments at New Mexico Tech.

New student projects will be added as more faculty and students become involved in Intellectual Property creation - both for themselves and the University.

The OIC will have an established presences in the Tech community as determined by student and faculty involvement in economic development activities.

A thriving campus culture will have been created that encourages and nurtures new ideas and innovations, particularly those with the potential to solve wideranging problems.

The OIC will offer easy access to funding sources and partnership opportunities with private entrepreneurs.

The OIC will offer applied research and commercialization opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.

The OIC will guide research efforts directed at the process of technology innovation and commercialization.