FSU Innovation Hub
2022-23 Accomplishments

The Innovation Hub had a landmark year in 2022-23 receiving generous gifts to expand our services, hosting record numbers of students and faculty, and helping to launch a new Seminole Innovator RSO. Much of our progress over the past year has laid the foundation for valuable new programs and services in the coming years. This page lists some of our accomplishments over the past year and our plans for upcoming year. Many thanks to our supporters who are key to our success!

By the numbers…

4,169

students, faculty, and staff were active at The Hub

8,969

3D-printing orders filled by our Fablab staff on our 40 FDM printers

1,196

students attended Innovation Hub educational activities

630

students learned the Design Thinking innovation framework

30

students were awarded the Seminole Innovator medallion for excellence in innovative projects

58

academic research projects were supported by Hub staff and equipment

Breaking New Ground

The Gail Rubini
New Media Design Lab

  • 14 Top-of-the-line Alienware Workstation

  • 14 Vive XR Elite VR Headsets

  • 6 2d design Microsoft Surface Workstations

  • XR Demo Spaces

The Advanced Manufacturing Lab

  • Formlabs Fuse 1 Powder SLS 3D Printer

  • 6 Formlab liquid resin SLA 3D Printers

The Perfect Hosts

Hosted the 15 universities of the ACC for the

2023 ACC InVenture Prize

Served up innovative guest presenters and 150 pizzas at our biweekly

Seminole Innovator Lunch Hour & Ideathon

Partnered with the College of Nursing to explore Smart Home Design for Aging in Place at our

24-Hour
Design Sprint

And that’s not all!

We supported over 50 classes and groups from across campus with tours, class visits, and guest lectures.

We worked with enthusiastic students to establish the new Seminole Innovator student organization.

We supported 20 undergrad interns from across academic units thanks to the generosity of our partners.

And we’re just getting started! Over the next year. we will…

Launch a new program in

New and Immersive Media Design

Nurture faculty interest and connections around emerging technologies with new

Special Interest Groups (SIG)

Partner with industry and local organizations to host

Weekend Hackathons and Design Sprints

Lead the charge with presentations and workshops on the topic

Generative AI in Higher Education

Support faculty and student research in our new

Advanced Manufacturing Lab

Launch 2 new classes

ENT3605 Systems Thinking

ENT4601 Innovation Grand Challenge

Host weekly

Friday Events and Lunches