http://ifoundry.illinois.edu The Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/08/philosopher-historian-steven-l-goldman-to-keynote-fpet-2010/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/08/engineering-open-house/ 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. ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/08/new-world-of-work-wow-lecture-series-senior-engineering-designer-plans-visit-to-campus/ 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. http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/04/emily-pilloton-design-revolution/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/04/2nd-annual-entrepreneur-film-fest-during-tecs-innovation-week/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/02/01/co-authors-of-the-hp-phenomenon-plan-visit-to-illinois-campus/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/01/28/sarah-zehr-director-of-engineering-career-services-guides-ifoundry-students/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/01/28/tech-journalism-in-a-wired-era-offered-spring-2010/ iFoundry welcomed back the iCommunity on Wednesday, January 20th 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/01/22/iteams-elect-spring-semester-ichairs/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2010/01/22/illinois-engineering-freshman-experience-iefx-website-goes-live/