1. “Systemness at an Anchor Institution” – Dr. Zimpher, Chancellor, SUNY
Impact of Motorola’s Vision on Florida Atlantic University’s Engineering Curriculum
Presenter: R. Shankar, Engineering, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
(561)
Co-Authors: J. Borras, Motorola Senior Fellow and Former CTO, Motorola iDEN,
and Don Ploger and other
FAU academic colleagues from the colleges of Arts & Letters, Business, and Education
“Systemness at an Anchor Institution” – Dr. Zimpher, Chancellor, SUNY
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MTC
Tracing the History :
Motorola One–to-one OPP R&D Project at FAU
iDEN Division (15+) Motorola: $1.1 M CSI (30+). See csi.fau.edu
2009-Present:
Professionals as mentors Many –to-many Multi-college App courses
Artists, engineers, & entrepreneurs SBA: $130 K Android, Robotics, Sem Web
(27 Marketable Apps) joint courses, 589 students
Multiple High Tech Businesses MTC Networking Industry R&D Projects
Industrial Advisory Board NSF: I/UCRC: $1.4M CAKE: IT, Comm., and Comp.
18 Industry projects faculty & 20 students
“Whole is greater than the sum of its parts” “Systemness”
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3. OPP (One Pass to Production)
Vision: Product Development Cycle from 24 months to 24 hours.
Not Impossible! – Other successes – IC, HW, and SW technology, PCR, and Ford auto plants
Status: 3 to 4 month cycle possible (~4 fold). More concurrent activities. Cost reduced ….
Our papers are at
Focus here: Impact on teaching & FAU. Lessons….Does this innovation have legs? Yes, at least at FAU! My sabbatical leave – Others took over.
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4. Recipe For (Academic) Productivity
Methodology:
Top-Down Design: Prototype (Reqs  Analysis  Design)  Demo to user  Repeat  Aesthetic and marketable Platform
Bottom-Up Design: Engineering, Arts, IT, and Market Components for Reuse
Middle-Out Design: Mix and match platforms and components;
Optimize for engineering metrics, aesthetics and user interface, and market niche
Other Issues:
Standards: Decide and Incorporate Standards
Tools: Open Source preferred (for academia)
Focus: State-of-the-art topics: jobs, small businesses, and economic impact.
Separation of Concerns: Match needs to strengths and encapsulate
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5. Academic Productivity Process
Develop courses that introduce students to state-of-the-art fields – Smart phone Apps, Robotics, and Semantic Web
Deliver on most ABET Criteria 3 (a-k) student outcomes – Team-based projects, across colleges; judged by successful professionals
Map Methodology to student levels – Top-Down with Undergraduates, Bottom-Up with Graduates, and Middle-Out with High School students. A 3-course sequence every year.
Optimized Apps by student-led small-businesses or our university research teams.
Addresses Dr. Zimpher’s 3 (of 6) aspects of ROEI: Seamless Education Pipeline, Entrepreneurship, and Vibrant community. More with content providers on health, climate change, math.
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Results (2009 to Present)
Smart Phone Apps:
University Presentation (2012)
Robotic Apps:
Semantic Web Apps:
Personal Semantic Web (MTC, Spring 2012)
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Metrics (2009- Present)
Students: 462 (Android Apps) from engineering, arts, business, and anthropology; 62 in robotics (engineering and pre-engineering); and 65 in semantic web (engineering and arts)
Apps Developed: 27 – need to port them to the new Android OS versions
Business Incubation: Five. Three active. One in UMC
Jobs: Not tracked, but many local businesses and projects at our NSF center employ these students.
Diversity: Ethnic, cultural & professional
STEM/STEAM: Aesthetics is a key goal
Dissemination: Promotional videos, code, report, storyboard, presentation slides, etc.
Conference Papers: 12+
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8. Scalability, Transferability, and Sustenance
Scalability: eLearning course in Summer 2012; Anthropology majors as ‘resident’ observers in teams during spring Identified tools to facilitate this.
Transferability: Open source, well documented sites
Sustenance: An account to receive revenue; Niche Apps –not just fun and game Apps – on climate change, math, health, etc. $20K revenue is reasonable to expect – supports two undergrads
Every university has its own niche advantages.
Our flow and tools may help others exploit the same.
Collaborators to scale and transfer are welcome! Thanks!
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