Co-authors of the newly released book, The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation, Charles House and Raymond Price, will be visiting the Illinois campus on 11 February 2010.  House and Price will be holding a book talk from 3-5 pm in 106B1 Engineering Hall. The HP Phenomenon, which was released in 2009, discusses the many innovations and transformations that Hewlett Packard was able to make throughout the years while most of their competitors were unable to make even one significant transformation.

House is currently the executive director at Media X, Standford University’s Industry Affiliate research program on media and technology.  To read more about Chuck House visit here and to view his blog visit here. Price serves as a Professor, Severns Chair for Human Behavior and iFoundy co-director at Illinois.  Students and faculty from UIUC may sign up to attend this unique event here.  Other guests may phone the iFoundry office at (217)244-3821 to register.

Steven L. Goldman will speak on Beyond Satisficing: Design, Trade Offs and the Rationality of Engineering at the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology to be held at the Colorado School of Mines 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday-Monday).  More information about the talk and the speaker is available here.

Engineering Open House will take place on March 12 and 13, 2010.  Engineering Open House is an amazing opportunity to showcase technical skills and creativity to a multitude of distinguished campus visitors. Deadlines for this great, student facilitated event are approaching quick. Visit here to register for the event and learn more about this fantastic opportunity available only to UIUC students.

iFoundry is proud to welcome Aaron Ferber, a senior designer for IDEO,  as part of the World of Work student lecture series.  Mr. Ferber will be on campus on 18 February and the presentation will take place from 5-6pm in the NCSA auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend the event. To learn more about IDEO and Mr. Ferber, visit www.ideo.com

iFoundry students and others may be interested to view Emily Pilloton, who wants to create things that aren’t just well designed, but have a positive social impact.  See clip from 18 January 2010  Colbert Nation presentation here.

iFoundry students might be interested to attend the 2nd Annual Film Fest as part of the Technology and Entrepreneur Center (TEC) sponsored Innovation Week Activities on 21 February 2010 beginning at 12:30pm at the Activities and Recreation Center.  Tickets are $5 each or $12 for a full day pass.  For more information or to register, visit here.

This year’s features are:

Gerry Maguire – 12:30pm

Tommy Boy – 3:10pm

Office Space – 5:10pm

Innovation Week is scheduled for 16-25 February 2010.

Sarah Zehr, Director of Engineering Career Services (ECS), presented information to iFoundry students at the weekly iCommunity meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 in Room 106B1 Engineering Hall.  Her guidance included the following areas:

• Understanding the recruiting process
• Making the most of ECS
• Gaining experience through internships
• Navigating the current hiring environment
• Next Steps

To view the pdf version of her presentation, visit here.

Tech Journalism in a Wired Era, ENG 498 TJW (cross-listed as JOUR 460 TJW) is being offered on Wednesdays from 9:00-10:50am to both graduates and undergraduates as a one-time 8-week course which meets 15 Mar 2010 – 5 May 2010 in Room 1131 Siebel.  This one-credit course satisfies LibEd designation in the College of Engineering and will focus on writing about technology for the public as well as how technology is changing journalism.  More information here.

iFoundry welcomed back the iCommunity on Wednesday, January 20^th during the weekly iCommunity meeting. iTeams met for the first time since the holiday break and elected new iChairs for the spring semester. The new leaders are as follows: AED elected co-chairs Matt Johnson and Jeremy Kaiser, EI elected iChair Islam Sharabash, ESS elected iChair Peter Mounche and SSE elected iChair Ramy Cohen Masri. Congratulations to our new leaders and we are looking forward to another great semester with iFoundry!

The Illinois Engineering Freshman Experience (iEFX), formerly piloted by iFoundry, now has a website.  iEFX is designed to transform the first year of Engineering at Illinois and the experience is built upon coursework, projects, and a community that extends past the boundaries of the classroom.  The program will be available to a portion of the 2010 engineering freshman.  To view the iEFX website, live as of 21 January 2010, visit here or on the right side of this site under the heading “iFoundry related.”