Professor Tony Ward, University of York, UK will present “Great Engineering Failures” through a live video conference lecture at 11:30am on Thursday, November 19 in 410C1 Engineering Hall (SE corner of 4th floor).

This presentation is in celebration of Global Enterprise Week.

Design Matters3 is hosting Doris Wells-Papanek, design research consultant and learning coach at 5:30pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in the Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, Room 62, 500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign.  This event is free!

Wells-Papanek will share her latest study on creating change that matters and human-centered design in the 21st century.   More information on DesignMatters3 and Wells-Papanek may be found here.

CITES (Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services) presents a “Teaching and Learning with Technology” Brown Bag on Wednesday, November 18 from noon-1pm in 23 Illini Hall. Research shows that 75-85% of students are willing to view videos online before coming to class compared to 5% who will read the book. Christian Ray and Erin Whitteck from the department of Chemistry discuss different approaches to creating and using online video materials to supplement their lectures or to deliver the entire class online.

To view videos that iFoundry fellows have created, visit here.

Pauline Oliveros, UIUC George A. Miller Visiting Artist will present Telematics: An Expanded Venue for Performance and Education at 4pm on Monday, November 16, 2009, Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana).

The event is being co-sponsored by:  the Center for Advanced Study (CAS), the Colleges of Engineering and LAS, the Department of History and the Program in Science and Technology Studies.

For more information about CAS or Oliveros visit here.

All iFoundry students are strongly encouraged to attend today’s iTeam Meeting at 5pm in Everitt Lab Room 269.  iFoundry leadership will use the first 30 minutes to present information about iExpo.  Pizza will be provided. iExpo Student Overview attached as pdf flyer here.

On 14 November, six iFoundry students and one iFoundry student adviser will attend the NextGen Conference at Stanford University. Cory Levy, and 18-year-old entrepreneur who visited the Illinois campus on 16 October and presented to a group of engineering students, has paired up with Daniel Brusilovsky at Teens and Tech, in order to create this one day event. Participants will hear panel discussions and lectures from seasoned entrepreneurs and have the opportunity to network with experienced innovators.

To find out more about the upcoming  NextGen conference, visit here.

To view pictures from Cory’s presentation at the Illinois campus, visit here.

The iFoundry community is looking forward to welcoming Dr. Charles L. Karr, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama, to the Illinois campus on 7 December 2009.

Dean Karr is a three-time graduate of the University of Alabama, completing his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1984, his master’s degree in engineering mechanics in 1987 and his doctorate in 1989.  Dean Karr is also the author of three books and has written 44 chapters for various publications. He has been working at the University of Alabama since 1995.

Dean Karr will be on campus to learn more about iFoundry and to meet with members of the iFoundry community and discuss its initiative. To learn more about iFoundry’s goals and activity, visit our slide share site here.

Design Matters3 is hosting Denise DeLuca of Biomimicry on Tuesday, November 10th, at 5:30pm in the Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, Room 62, 500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820. This event is free!
DeLuca is a professional engineer, an LEED-accredited professional and outreach director for the Biomimicry Institute who works to advance the concepts and tools of biomimicry, and to integrate biomimicry into university-level education.  More information may be found here.

The iFoundry community is looking ahead and planning for next month’s iExpo, in which iFoundry students will display their final team projects. iExpo will be held on 2 December 2009 at the iHotel (1900 S. First St.) in Champaign from 5-7pm.  All iFoundry community members are welcome. iTeams will present their accomplishments in the world of work, service, academics and identity.

To view initial videos from the iTeam presentations shown at iFoundry’s midterm checkpoint (iCheckpoint) on 14 October 2009, visit here.

DesignMatters3 is hosting Mickey McManus, president and CEO of MAYA Design, on Monday, November 2nd, at 5:30pm in the Deloitte Auditorium, 1001 Business Instructional Facility, 515 East Gregory Drive, Champaign, IL.  The event is free.

MAYA applies human-centered design to help multi-national companies such as Whirlpool, Bayer Healthcare, and General Dynamics kickstart innovation around business challenges in the increasingly connected world.  Visit designmatters3 for more information.