The ASU Chandler Innovation Center is a public-private partnership among Arizona State University (ASU), City of Chandler, and TechShop. It is an innovative model to support entrepreneurs, students, and inventors to create products and start businesses. This Center consists of more than 35,000-square-foot space outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment, software, and tools provided through TechShop and ASU classrooms and meeting rooms for courses, workshops, and events. It gives ASU students and the broader community access to a wide range of prototyping equipment and a creative community to support the advancement of innovative ideas. The ASU Chandler Innovation Center represents an alliance, which offers innovative learning models and interdisciplinary educational programs in engineering, applied sciences, management and entrepreneurship. ASU is t he first university in the country to partner with TechShop a collaboration that provides a model for other higher education institutions in support of the maker movement. With technology changing at a rapid pace – and education often lagging behind – it is critical for municipalities and academic institutions to embrace the needs of communities, industries and employers in providing a qualified workforce and innovation capacity. All three partners believe the ASU Chandler Innovation Center embodies this very movement. View the full case study at: http://universityeda.org/value-to-members/best-practice-sharing/awards-of-excellence/2014-awards-of-excellence/awards-of-excellence-2014-finalists/asu-chandler-innovation-center/

1. 2014 UEDA Awards of Excellence
Mitzi Montoya
How to bring the maker movement to higher education
The TechShop / ASU Chandler Innovation Center case study
UEDA Theme: Community Connected Campus
entrepreneurship.asu.edu

2. Mitzi Montoya
Vice President and University Dean of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Mitzi M. Montoya is Vice President and University Dean for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Arizona State University. She also
serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Entrepreneurship in
the W.P. Carey School of Business. Dr. Montoya received her Ph.D. in
Marketing and Statistics and a B.S. in Applied Engineering Science,
both from Michigan State University.
Dr. Montoya is responsible for advancing ASU as a leader in
entrepreneurship and innovation and for strategic direction for ASU’s
broad portfolio of entrepreneurial and innovative initiatives, including
student and faculty entrepreneurship as well as advancement of the
entrepreneurial ecosystem. She has established ASU as a national
leader in the growing maker movement and developed an innovative
partnership with TechShop uniting a public open prototyping facility
with higher education.

3. about ASU & the New American University model
design aspiration / value entrepreneurship
ASU inspires action. We harness knowledge for
innovation and create purposeful ventures in all
sectors and realms. We are entrepreneurial as
individuals and as an institution.
IDEA
SOCIAL
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

4. E+I mission
Our mission is to support regional
economic growth and social change;
foster an innovative culture among the
students, faculty and all units at ASU; and
be a national model for E+I at a public
research university.

5. the need
The integration of TechShop into the ASU Chandler Innovation Center
democratizes access to tools for innovation and opens up tremendous new
opportunities for our students to learn and create.
ASU’s partnership with TechShop and the City of Chandler enables ASU to
offer students and the community more access to state-of-the-art technology
and resources than any other educational setting nationwide.
Additionally, it provides a resource to the business community. It offers
companies and employees opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and develop
their ideas.

6. the partnership
1st
ASU is the first university in the country to partner with TechShop.
1m
The partnership provides ASU students, faculty, staff and community members with
over $1M in prototyping equipment, tools and technology.
35k
TechShop and the ASU Chandler Innovation Center provides over 35,000 sq. ft. of
space outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment, classrooms and software.

7. impact to date
Since launching in November of 2013…
more than 780 individuals have signed up for TechShop memberships including over
200 ASU students.
over 400 ASU students have attended for-credit engineering courses held at
TechShop.
over 1,300 K-12 students have been exposed to making and prototyping through
on-site TechShop tours and demonstrations/presentations at schools and community
event.

8. impact to date: continued
100%
of full-time ASU students have access to a complementary memberships to
TechShop, regardless or major.
$100
each ASU student member receives a $100 voucher to receive specialized TechShop
trainings.
8k
we expect 10% of the ASU student population, roughly 8,000 students, to engage in making
& entrepreneurial programs in academic year 2014/2015.

9. a community connected campus
From an economic development standpoint, TechShop is changing the
paradigm of innovation and job creation as it has been the birthplace of
many inventions that have resulted in the launch of successful companies
and fueled the growth of new jobs in the U.S.
Our partnership connects students to a community of makers and
inventors, providing an unprecedented example of hands-on learning in
higher education.
This fall, ASU will be leveraging the Center to host the Higher Education
Maker Summit. The summit is designed to promote collaboration among
higher education institutions in support of making and to facilitate the
sharing of best practices in regards to making, maker spaces and maker
education.

10. 2014 UEDA Awards of Excellence
Mitzi Montoya
How to bring the maker movement to higher education
The TechShop / ASU Chandler Innovation Center case study
UEDA Theme: Community Connected Campus
entrepreneurship.asu.edu