http://ifoundry.illinois.edu The Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/06/iexpo-to-exhibit-student-achievements/ The iFoundry-sponsored 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is now accepting submissions on its website (here) or directly at the secure submissions site (here). iFoundry believes that the concern for mathematical and scientific rigor that has arisen in engineering and engineering education since the cold war needs to be ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/04/fpet-2010-open-for-submissions/ iFoundry co-director Ray Price's new book (with Chuck House) The HP Phenomenon is "a gem" according to a recent review in Forbes online: Truly new ideas are extremely rare in business books, but Charles H. House and Raymond L. Price have come up with a gem: how to build a great ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/04/hp-phenomenon-a-gem-according-to-forbes/ iFoundry co-director and William H. Severns Chair for Human Behavior, Professor Raymond L. Price, recently published a new book, The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation. Watch Professor Price talk about the book in the viewer below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfSlMTQqhaw To learn more about The HP Phenomenon go here. To view more videos on engineering and ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/03/professor-price-releases-new-book/ Check it: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9CUx1o_jPw http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/02/art-engineering-design-iteam-takes-on-the-missing-basics/ iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg's ASCE Philosophy and Civil Engineering presentation is available below in the viewer or at www.slideshare.net/deg511.  More information about philosophy & engineering is available at philengtech.org or @philengtech twitter. http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/10/30/welcome-asce-national-convention-attendees/ iFoundry co-director, David E. Goldberg, is attending the American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE) National Convention in Kansas City today to participate on a panel on Philosophy & Civil Engineering. If civil engineers are to become "the master integrators of the future," some self-reflection is in order to investigate the intellectual ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/10/30/ifoundry-at-asce-national-convention-for-philosophy-civil-engineering-panel/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/10/28/designmatters-3-hosts-mickey-mcmanus-maya-design-on-2-november-2009/ iFoundry co-director, Dave Goldberg, explores engineering as a liberal education in the 21st century, the role of emotion and passion in being a great engineer. He also discloses a personal secret to lifelong learning as an important aside in the middle of the presentation.  See the presentation here or in ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/10/28/exploring-the-pride-passion-joy-of-engineering/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/10/26/craig-mundie-of-microsoft-to-speak-on-rethinking-computing-4-november-2009/