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 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 that were 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.

iFoundry students may be interested in a special presentation by Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer of Microsoft on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 2:00pm at Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 South Lincoln, Urbana, IL.  Mundie will speak about how software and information technology can help solve the most pressing global challenges we face today.   For more information, visits here.

iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg will speak about “The Importance of Pairwork in Interdisciplinary and Educational Initiatives” at the 2009 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference tomorrow, Monday, 19 October 2009, in the session M2F Promoting Engineering Student Success from 10-11:30 am in La Vista.  The powerpoint for the presentation is available in the viewer below

or at www.slideshare.net/deg511, and a pdf version of the paper is available on the FIE website here.

iFoundry’s mid-term iCheckpoint is being held today (October 14, 2009) from 5-7pm in Room B02 of CSL (Coordinated Science Lab).

The four iTeams will each make a presentation and receive feedback on their identity/social presence, academics/advising, world of work, and service.

A map to CSL (1308 W. Main St) may be found (here).

The first in a new InfoStructure series (intersections between social and technological systems) will host a lecture by Jonathan Sterne of McGill University titled, The MP3 as Standard Object, today (October 12, 2009)  from 12:30-1:30pm in Room B02 of Coordinated Science Laboratory (1308 W. Main Street).

Jonathan teaches in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies and the History and Philosophy of  Science Program at Mcgill University.  He is author of  The Audible Past:  Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction (Duke, 2003), and other articles on media, technologies and the politics of culture.   For more information about Jonathan and this series, please visit InfoStructure.

DesignMatters3 is hosting Blaine Brownell who will present Materials futures in architecture and design on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 5:30pm in Room 141 Wohlers Hall (1206 S. Sixth).  The event is free.

Blaine is a Minnesota based architect, author, and Fulbright Recipient who provides today’s architect, designer, and engineer with a steady flow of inspiration that could be likened to a 21st Century version of the Grammar of Ornament.  Visit designmatters3 for more information.

All iFoundry students, especially those interested in entrepreneurship, are encouraged to attend the first in a new WOW (World of Work) student development series which will feature a Networking and Initiative workshop with presentor, Cory Levy – an 18-year old entrepreneur – from 12:00-1:30pm on Friday, October 16, 2009, in NCSA Auditorium (1205 W. Clark Street).  A FREE lunch will be available 11:30-12:00 and pre-registration is required (here).

The WOW series is co-sponsored by iFoundry, Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC), Engineering Career Services (ECS), and the Undergraduate Programs Office.  More information about Cory Levy and his initiatives may be found (here).

iFoundry students may be interested in this week’s design matters3 speakers:  Bill Buxton Principal Researcher for Microsoft at 5:30pm in 141 Wohlers Hall (1206 S. Sixth St.) on Monday, September 28th; and Michael Johnson Head of the Moving Pictures group at Pixar Animation [Monsters Inc, WALL-E, Incredibles, Cars, etc.] and UIUC Alum also at 5:30pm in 141 Wohlers Hall (1206 S. Sixth St.) on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009.

Designmatters is a campus-wide lecture series brought to you by the School of Art & Design and sponsored by the Provost’s Office, the Deans’ of Engineering and College of Fine & Applied Arts.

iFoundry students and stakeholders are encouraged to mark their calendars as plans are being finalized for iFoundry’s mid-term iCheckpoint being held from 5-7pm on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in Room B02 of CSL (Coordinated Science Lab).

The four iTeams will each make a presentation and receive feedback on their identity/social presence, academics/advising, world of work, and service.

A map to CSL (1308 W. Main St) may be found (here).