4/20/2018 Meeting notes

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Last updated: May 16, 2018
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Date

Meeting goals

  • Explore, connect and learn about emerging technologies

Attendees

  • Kyle Bean
  • Kellie Bryant
  • Monica Chan
  • Tom Chow
  • Alan Croswell
  • Laura Dabalsa
  • Parixit Dave
  • Michael DeLeon
  • Carmine Elvezio
  • Markeisha Ensley
  • Andrew Flatgard
  • Lawrence Furnival
  • Jason Guzman
  • Myles Grantham
  • Ian Headley
  • Kenny Hirschmann
  • Akil Johnson
  • Joanne Kim
  • Sharel Liu
  • Kyle Mandli
  • Sanjay Nambiar
  • Ann McCann Oakley
  • Stephanie Ogden
  • Keith Petoske
  • Marc Raymond
  • Rahul Rana
  • Jessica Rowe
  • Georgelle Russell
  • Josephine Tatel
  • Stacy Whelley
  • Mahlet Yifru

Purpose

  • To collaborate and share information amongst groups engaged in emerging technologies by discussing and documenting best practices, challenges, and standards and by developing support structure, sharing resources and learning from each other
  • To foster and support innovation by identifying and engaging forward thinkers interested in getting started  and by promoting creative thinking and cross-disciplinary collaborations
  • To publicize new initiatives and projects as an aggressive marketing strategy to invite industry partners and set up potential collaborations and/or to seek corporate sponsorship

Action items from previous meeting:

Today's Agenda

TimeItemWhoNotes
15 minsOpen network and discussion/welcome

Parixit Davé



30 minsPresentationMohamed Haroun, Manager of the Columbia Makerspace

Mohamed organizes superuser activities which include, seminars, workshops, machine builds, and all different types of fabrication activities. He is fabrication adviser to the Columbia FSAE Formula 1 race-car team and technical adviser to the Columbia Space Initiative. He is also a founder of NYC-Makerspace, which is a non-profit partner with the parks department seeking to create maker spaces in recreation centers in city parks.

Makerspace begain 2014 - founded by students

Mud Building

  • Free for all
  • Approx 900 users
  • Open to students, staff and faculty at Columbia. Users must take safety training
    • Super Users (run the space, teach seminars), Users
  • 3D printers
    • Ultimaker 2 extended, Ultimaker 3 extended
    • Formulabs Form 2
    • Makergear
  • 2 Laser Cutters
    • VLS 3.50 - 50W
    • Nova51 - 130W
  • Sewing and Embroidery
  • Electronics
  • Vinyl Cutter
  • Wood and Metal Working
  • Grad Projects
    • Creating complete turntable, radio
  • New 3,000 sq ft MakerSpace coming soon

45 minsPresentation

Gus Schmedlen, Vice President for Worldwide Education at HP

Gus directs HP’s education strategy, solution development, marketing, and channels and will introduce a new AR/VR/3D tech grant program that will bring monetary, equipment and knowledge resources to grant awardees. 

  • Work primarily in K-12 schools, K-12 emerging markets, higher education
  • 4 issues in higher ed: Student success, academic reputation, operational efficiency, managing risk

HP Campus of the Future at Ithaca

  • How can we create students that are flexible and adaptable to changes in technology and make them better learners?

XR - Extended Reality

  • XR modalities - virtual, mixed/blended, augmented

HP products

    • Z backpack - untethered immersion
    • Omen - 3D consumption
    • HP Mixed Reality HMD (Head mounted display)
    • HTC Vive, Vive Pro
    • Microsoft Hololens
    • Oculus Rift
    • Lasers
    • HP Z 3D Camera - Sprout Pro
    • XR Capture - 3D capture scanners
    • HP JetFusion 3D Printer

Which areas benefit from XR?

    • Partnering with Yale in 2017 - creating animal 3D prints for museums
    • Holographic Anatomy at Case Western
    • Hamilton College - 3D workflows
    • MIT - CLEVR - showing abstract ideas (going inside an atom)

Next steps - HP partnering with Columbia


xR modalitis