Welcome to the Shape Corp. Innovation Design Center

The Shape Corp. Innovation Design Center for Engineering is part of Grand Valley State University's Padnos College of Engineering.  The 63,000 square foot facility and its 2.7-acre campus not only serves as a vital resource for students, but as a catalyst for innovative partnerships between the college, companies, and community.  This facility provides expanded flexible project space for our students, dedicated space to bring multiple schools together for K-12 STEM projects, and benefits our industry partners with better equipped student projects and usable spaces. 


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The HBCU/HSI Consortium welcomed its ninth and 10th partners: Wilberforce University and Voorhees University.

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Five visionary projects seen at Tech Week GR

Catch up on some of the groundbreaking research and inventive applications from GVSU alumni, faculty and students and Grand Rapids tech firms specializing in AI, software engineering and data science.

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