Business leaders are viewing the Innovation Zone project as a catalyst for solidifying Arizona’s stature as a leading hotspot for technology and engineering startups, as well as existing front-runners in those industries. The key starting point for the Innovation Zone’s creation is ASU’s Polytechnic Campus, more specifically The Polytechnic School, one of the six Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU. The schools give tech companies convenient access to engineering students being trained for careers in growing fields such as aerospace, alternative energy, human-technology integration, robotics and digital manufacturing, and to university faculty doing research in those areas and more.