Brown Innovation Center
Our Mission
Our Mission
Flagler College’s Brown Innovation Center (BIC) teaches students and the public about innovation’s vital role in our lives. Innovation is introducing something new that creates value, like an idea, product, or service. Innovation is vital to everyday life and can transform specific areas or even society. The BIC’s faculty and staff help students explore innovation. Innovation is more than learning skills; it takes mindfulness, tinkering, exploring, and appreciating the human condition to make the world a better place.
Hours of operation: 24/7 for current students.
Our Services
We provide the following services for aspiring creators and changemakers:
- Meeting space for collaboration among faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community
- 3D printers
- Laser Cutter
- 3D Scanner
- Sewing Machines
- Cricut Machine
Reserve the Innovation Center (Now using Saints Connect for reservations)
Location and Hours
The BIC is located on the first floor of the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St.
It's open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
To reserve space within the Brown Innovation Center, click on the box above, “Reserve the Innovation Center.”
To schedule a time to use the equipment, click on the box above labeled “Request Use of Technology.”
Yes.
Programming, such as lectures, activities, and training, will be available to our campus community. Be sure to check out our upcoming calendar of events on Saints Connect.
Yes, Jason Schwab, our Technology Director, will be developing in-person group training sessions on our equipment. Registration for the in-person training sessions will be available on Saints Connect.
There are no fees required to use The BIC space. You may need to purchase supplies to use some equipment. Please contact Jason Schwab at jschwab@flagler.edu to find out what those supply needs may be.
Alumni Innovators
Speaker Series
The BIC recently hosted the Alumni Innovators Speakers Series, which featured Flagler College alumni who are distinguished in their fields. Some of the talks are below.
Watch Innovations in Nonprofits Watch Innovations in Art Watch Innovations in Law
Meet Our Team
Meet Our Team
Derek K. Yonai is the Director of the Brown Innovation Center and the Peter and Sue Freytag Associate Professor of Economics in the School of Business at Flagler College and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics.
Derek has had a long career in academia. To learn more about him, visit his profile page. Or, read our news article.
Jason Schwab is the Brown Innovation Center Technology Director and an Associate Professor in the Visual Arts Department. He specializes in photography and sculpture, and his work manifests as a hybrid between the two.
Visit Jason's profile page to learn more about his teaching and artistic work.
Contact Us
Contact Us
Have a question, request, or suggestion? Here's who to contact.
Derek Yonai, Director of the Brown Innovation Center
Jason Schwab, Technology Director of the Brown Innovation Center