Newsletter/Inaugural/Possible Topics
From Drexel Smart House
Transition to Second Generation of Leadership
- Andrew Cebulski
- Cody A. Ray
- Patrick T. Hoffman
- Prineha Narang
- Andrew Cebulski
Launch of the Open Wiki
What will the address be?
- Functional Committee Workspaces (Wiki, Mailing Lists, ...)
- Dates of all committee meetings
- Functional Committee Workspaces (Wiki, Mailing Lists, ...)
Research News
- Acceptance to ASEE
- Acceptance to ASEE
- Maintain an extensive and ongoing research program
- 16 projects during the 2007-2008 school year
- Approximately 20 new/ongoing projects for the 2008-2009 school year
Design News
- Presented cost estimates for 3425 Race Smart House to Drexel administration
Major Initiatives
- Curriculum Integration
- Ongoing – COE, B&E
- Past Success – 2 courses
- Civil Engineering 380 – Special Topics in Smart Design
- Architecture 499 – Special Topics in Smart House Design Development
- Outreach Efforts
- Ongoing – SLA, Lindy (with EWB, Sierra, Drexel Green)
- Technology Incubator
- Ongoing – Baiada, B&E, DU Law – IP Policy
- Past Success - Summalux, LLC
- Next in the pipeline - Architectural Coatings
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Student organizations (EWB, Drexel Green, Sierra, B&E Society, MCS, DGDG)
Outreach
- Science Leadership Academy
- Maintain an outreach program with the Science Leadership Academy
- Mentor students in an Individualized Learning Program for four hours each week for the full school year
- Mentored four students during the 2007-2008 school year
- Mentoring five students this year
- Philip B. Lindy Inner-City Public School Program
- The new initiative based at Drexel aims to “level the playing filed” by increasing academic achievement and expanding the social horizons for middle school students living in Drexel’s West Philadelphia vicinity.
- Each year, 75 middle school students in West Philadelphia will be admitted to the program as Lindy Scholars and are assigned a Lindy Scholars Advisor. These Advisors are Drexel students who serve as both mentor and tutor for the middle school students.
- to other univs
- Duke Smart Home
- Smart Living Association
- Lots of schools
- Conference april 3-5
- Bryn Mawr College
- "Bryn Mawr Activists," several "Growth and Structure of Cities" majors, which is a program that is a hybrid between Urban Studies, Architectural History and Sociology
- Alumni Connection to the University
- Hosted the Pi Lamda Phi Fraternity Alumni Association reunion
- Networked with 40+ Pi Lamda Phi alumni from various classes
- Presented original images of their fraternity house from the Drexel Archives dating to the establishment of the fraternity
Gave a walking tour of campus describing new construction
- Planning regular Alumni-sponsored Happy Hour events for Spring/Summer/Fall
- Suggested by members of CoEAA
- Already lining up sponsors
- What we’ve done for the broader Drexel Community
- Facilitated numerous guest speaker presentations -WE HAVE???
- Speaker on BIM for Drexel students -ONLY FOR THOSE IN COURSE
- Several industry speakers for ARCH499 (Mostly architects and interior designers)
- PVCA Support
- Very enthusiastic
- Happily re-zone the house for group living, but only for DSH
- Letter of support(?)
Tech Commercialization
- Established an incubator company in the Baiada Entrepreneurship Center
- Specialized research in daylight simulation LED lighting technology
- First place in the College of Engineering Senior Design Competition
- First place in the Baiada Business Plan and Incubator Competitions
- Established Summalux Technologies, LLC
What we can do for the University
- Public Relations
- Great Marketing Piece
- Operate as the research component of Drexel Green’s Marketing piece, funded largely outside the University
- Recruitment
- Students come to Drexel just for DSH
- Technology Transfer
- We’re a Drexel-subsidiary incubator abiding by the patent policy
- A large portion of the income for many research projects will go to the University
- Community favors
- They LOVE us
- We make cool things possible for “Joe 6-pack” (oh, Palin.. How I’m glad you epic failed)
- Model for other Universities
- Not only innovative technologies, but innovative program
- Extension of the cooperative education program at Drexel – real world projects for students
- Help receive accredidation for certain entrepreneurial programs (such as B&S)
- Boost rankings
Received Grants
- EPA P3 Award (Applied Dec 2007, Received May 9, 2008)
- $10,000 for Syntactic Selective Near Infrared Scattering Architectural Coatings (Download Grant Proposal)
- Drexel Alumni Association Spring 2008 Grants Program (Applied Mar 16, 2008, Received, May 7, 2008)
- $2000 for funding for the summer 2008 final design unveiling (Download Grant Proposal)
- Green Building Alliance Spring 2008 Product Innovation Grant - Proof of Concept (Applied Mar 10, 2008, Received Apr 25, 2008) (Download Grant Proposal)
- $20,000 for development of proof of concept product for Modular Living Environment
- Green Building Alliance Fall 2007 Product Innovation Grant - Proof of Concept (Applied Sep 2007, Received Dec 2007) (Download Grant Proposal) (Download GBA's Press Release)
- $20,000 for development of proof of concept product from CeeLite's LEC technology
- Westphal Synergy Grant (Applied Jul 2007, Received Oct 2007) (Download Grant Proposal)
Pending Grants
- EPA P3 Phase II ($75k) – Arch Coatings
Upcoming Grants
- Green Building Alliance Winter Product Innovation Grant (Idea form typically due in Feb & final proposal typically due in Mar)
- $20,000 Proof of Concept Grant
- $100,000 Full Product Innovation Grant
- The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation (Typically due in Jun)
- $10,580 for a "research or educational project that will contribute to a balance between technology and environmental preservation"
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Energy Harvest (Typically due in Jun)
- Up to $500,000 for funding energy efficiency improvements
- Green Building Alliance Fall Product Innovation Grant (Idea form typically due in Aug & final proposal typically due in Sep)
- $20,000 Proof of Concept Grant
- $100,000 Full Product Innovation Grant
- EPA P3 Award (Typically due in Dec)
- $10,000 for Phase 1 for projects "benefiting people, promoting prosperity, and protecting the planet through innovative designs to address challenges to sustainability in both the developed and developing world"
- $75,000 is available in Phase 2
Current Project
- Luminous Surfaces
- Received $20,000 Product Innovation grant from Green Building Alliance
- Utilizes Ceelite’s new LEC technology to illuminate large areas
- Flat, flexible film which produces no heat
- NSF Eng Edu / Library article / Proj Mgmt / etc
- 2 Pronged
- Curricular Integration
- Virtual collaboration environment
- Architectural Coatings
- Designing a glass hollow microsphere filled coating
- Selectively reflect Near Infrared radiation from sun
- Will significantly reduce solar gain of building’s exterior
- Other applications include infrared reflective window treatments and infrared reflective solar panel film
- Applied for $10,000 EPA grant
- Multitouch Interactions
- Multi user, multi touch screen interface
- Our first multitouch table measures 52” in diagonal
Translational Laboratory
3425 Race Street
DSH Statistics
- 10 colleges and schools
- 16 projects in 2007-2008 (80 students)
- 26 projects this year (130 students)
- $356,000 received (grants and in-kind donations)
- $385,000 pending (grants and in-kind donations)
- 3 outreach programs
- 8 industry partners
- 7 industry sponsors
- Dozens of industry contacts
Current Projects
- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
- Voice Activated Automation Systems
- Control, Sensors & Automation
- Architectural Coatings
- Luminous Surfaces
- Multitouch Interactions
- Energy Monitoring
- Smart Grid
- Flexible Floor Plans
- Biomass Air Filtration
Win for Drexel Students
- Multidisciplinary environment
- Real world experience with emerging applications
- Grants, patents, and publications
- Commercialize student-developed technology
- Networking within relevant industries
Win for the Community
- Powelton Village
- Renovation of deteriorating home
- Rapid adoption of emerging technologies
- Research community
- Student engagement
- Emerging applications
- Patents and publications
Win for Drexel University
- Renovating abandoned property for student housing
- Community endorsement
- Public Relations and Recruitment
- Marketing for Drexel Green
- Progressive IP Policy
- More Undergrad Research
- Enhancement to Drexel Co-op
- Technology Transfer
- Potential commercialization through TT
- Some income to University through IP policy
- Model for Other Universities
- Innovative technology, innovative program
- Adoption of student-developed technology
- Accreditation for entrepreneurial programs
