1. Purdue University VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016
Jan Allebach Yung Lu Carla Zoltowski

2. Numbers The Institution VIP First term students enrolled unknown
Enrollment 29,000 undergraduates
Student body 54% Indiana residents, 28% other U.S. states, 18% international
Diversity 20% minority domestic
VIP
First term students enrolled unknown
Number of teams 15 – most recent term
unknown – upcoming term
Enrollment 70
Diversity by ethnicity Mostly non-minority
by major Mostly ECE
by year 14 SO, 19 JR, 37 SR

3. Success(es)
Poster Session (20 April 2016)

4. Success(es) (cont.) Student testimonial
I believe that this research has allowed me to gain much more knowledge then any of my other classes. This course will help me in my courses by developing my independent and research skills. It is one thing to learn theoretical work, however in this course I was able to actually apply my knowledge to real world scenarios. I’ve acquired lots of inspiration from talking with Professor Allebach and other graduate students. The work performed in this group will have a positive impact on society with the advancement of the methods I observed. I feel this course should be essential for other EE students because it not only increased my technical knowledge on topics but it made me a better student. (Jiancheng Wang, ECE Sophomore and first-semester VIP student)
Clustered-dot halftone patterns analyzed for print stability by Jiancheng Wang

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Key Factors to Success
One size does not fit all
We believe that faculty members need to be able to tailor their teams to what is well-suited to their individual research programs.
Our 15 teams with a total enrollment of 70 students for the Spring 2016 semester ranged in size from a minimum of 1 student to a maximum of 11 students, with an average size of 5 students per team.
Despite the fact that we still cannot offer Senior Design credit, VIP continues to be attractive to our undergraduate students as a way to engage more directly with faculty members and graduate students and to participate in campus research activities.
Exploded view of metal-free GUI for conducting MRI experiments designed by students on neuroimaging team and fabricated with a 3D printer
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6. Challenges and Possible Strategies
Continue to improvement assessment of outcomes
Obtain Senior Design credit for VIP
Obtain university-wide course designator (VIP 2xx, VIP 3xx, VIP 4xx)
Engage more faculty members and students from outside ECE and Engineering
Simplify registration process
Hire Purdue VIP coordinator
Strategies
Recruit Yung Lu as one of Purdue VIP co-directors
Obtain teaching release for Fall 2016 (Jan Allebach)
Give presentations about VIP at departmental faculty meetings across campus
Create Youtube videos on team leadership (Yung Lu Summer 2016 activity)

7. Opportunities
Intellectual Property Team (2 students) – Indiana University Maurer School of Law
CAM2 Team (3 students) – Three separate grants from NSF totalling $583K; University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Aletheia University (Taiwan), and University of Stavanger (Norway) have acquired parts of source code; two students have started a company Perceive, Inc. to develop technology using video analysis in retail stores, and applied for an NSF SBIR grant.
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Team (7 students) – Epiq Solutions has provided two Sidekiq development boards and very extensive engagement with our students. They are looking to improve accessibility of SDR to undergraduate students.

8. Opportunities (cont.)
Electromagnetics Compatibility (EMC) Team (11 students) Engagement with DLS Electronics, a full service compliance laboratory, including all-day tour of facility.
Earth History Visualization Team (4 students) Developing visualization tools for International Commission on Stratrigraphy.
Imaging and Printing Team (11 students)
Working with HP LaserJet Enterprise Systems to develop tools for dust detection and real-time PQ defect diagnosis
Working with HP Labs – Palo Alto to develop tools for detection and recognition of people from video sequences
Working with Poshmark to develop tools for analysis of photographs of fashion items
Working with Dzine Steps to develop tools for visualization of replacement finishes in the user’s home setting.