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STUDENT SUCCESS: MCCAY ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY P. 18 ONE BIG QUESTION “HOW IS 21ST-CENTURY MANUFACTURING CHANGING?” P. 14 Florida Tech TODAY | 1 In This Issue SPRING 2016 • Volume 25, Issue 1 Departments Features President’s Perspective ........4 14 How is 21st-Century Manufacturing Changing? Two Cents....................5 Research professor Michael Grieves explains product lifecycle management and On Campus...................6 the Digital Twin concept facilitated by Florida Tech’s new Center for Advanced Behind the Scenes.............12 Manufacturing and Innovative Design. Etc. .15 Athletics .....................16 23 Create the Future Campaign Success Shattering university fundraising records and setting a new high-water mark for Space Coast philanthropy, Florida Tech raised $123.4 million during the Create the Future campaign. 26 Engineering an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Florida Tech has long-sought to unite engineering prowess with entrepreneurial savvy. Now, efforts to enhance the entrepreneurial environment on campus are taking root. GO GREEN, GET ONLINE! 18 Welcoming Florida Tech’s Fifth President Find expanded coverage, T. Dwayne McCay takes the helm as the university’s fifth president on July 1. photos and videos at: today.fit.edu 2 Dedication of the Florida Tech mural in Downtown Melbourne took place May 19. Part of Melbourne Main Street’s downtown mural project, the mural features Florida Tech’s athletic mascot tearing its way through land, sea, sky and space alongside the university motto “Ad Astra Per Scientiam,” or “to the stars through science.” The mural, painted by artist Christopher Maslow, adorns the western wall of The Baby Patch building, at the corner of New Haven Avenue and Waverly Place. TODAY http://today.fit.edu Florida Institute of Technology PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Anthony James Catanese, Ph.D., FAICP EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER T. Dwayne McCay, Ph.D. VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Wes Sumner Florida Tech Today is published three times a year by Florida Tech’s Office of Marketing and Communications and is distributed to over 60,000 readers. 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Florida Institute of Technology is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status, or other non-merit reasons in admissions, scholarship and loan programs, educational COVER PHOTO: T. Dwayne and Mary Helen McCay stand in the new Digital Scholarship Lab of the programs, athletic or other university sponsored programs or activities, and employment including employment of disabled Evans Library. T. Dwayne McCay assumes the Florida Tech presidency July 1. Photo by Dominic Agostini veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era, as required by applicable laws. Contact the Title IX Coordinator at (321) 674-8700. Florida Tech Today | 3 PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE Dear Florida Tech Alumni and Friends, This spring, we concluded our Create The Future capital campaign. It has certainly been a highlight of my tenure as your president, and a “final report” on this very successful effort appears in this issue of Florida Tech Today. Simply put, we shattered university fundraising records and set a new high for Space Coast philanthropy, raising $123.4 million. President Catanese stands with muralist This campaign exemplifies what the last 14 years have Christopher Maslow and Pete in Downtown Melbourne to dedicate a new Panther been about for me: finding new ways to exceed expectations, mural, a gift of art to the community. to “make no small plans.” Big ideas and higher expectations have been integral to what we have achieved … together. Nearly 60 years ago, this university was founded by people who dreamed of doing something new—of making contributions to society, and particularly the space program, in ways that had been previously unconsidered. That bold think- ing helped bring us to where we are today. It’s been my pleasure and privilege to continue that work. “High tech with a human touch” has been all about creating an environment where students and professors work together to do new things, learn new things and make greater contributions to our shared future. That kind of approach is critical to making big ideas a reality. President Catanese inspects student Thank you for your partnership. Thank you for your collaboration. Thank design projects at the Northrop Grumman you for proving once again that when we work together, there’s nothing we cannot Engineering & Science Student Design accomplish. Showcase this spring. I know we’ll see each other again soon. But until then … go Panthers! Sincerely yours, A.J. Catanese, Ph.D., FAICP President & Chief Executive Officer The Commencement crowd stands as President and Mrs. Catanese march out of their final ceremony as Florida Tech’s first family, May 7, in the Clemente Center. 4 TWO CENTS Feedback From Our Readers We welcome your input on the magazine. Have a comment about something you’ve read? Want to share a memory about your FIT days? Email us at [email protected]. COLLEGE PLAYERS: THEN & NOW “Top row, left side, is me! College Players was just a small organization of theatre kids in a sea of engineers (ok, some of us were engineering majors too!). This float was part of our set from the “Do we remember? Facebook was all a flutter with memories first musical we did, “Grease”! What good times we had. The best part? We’re all still connected on of this float by those of us who were on it or helped build it. Facebook and reminisce often. In the spring of 1992, College Players performed the musical My husband WAYNE SANFORD ’91 was part of College Players too before he graduated and we “Grease.” Taking place in 1959, a year after Florida Tech was married in 1994. Thanks for a great memory!” founded, “Grease” fit in perfectly with Homecoming’s theme of “Then and Now.” —Helene Blake Sanford ’92 Pictured in the front row: JOHN ALMASI, MARIAN (SULLIVAN) BILLS, MATT FILLINGIM, KIM BURT, UNIDENTIFIED COLLEGE PLAYER, LISA TUROCY and AMY (JUCHEM) KLOPPER. Back row: HELENE (BLAKE) SANFORD (who alerted us to this picture before our issues arrived), DOUG GRANDEY and LYDA (ACKER) AZELTON. Not visible: Fun House Shake Shack shakers ANGELO SCUDERI JR. and GREG PRAINO as well as the mystery driver and passenger. Another “Then and Now:” to see how I’ve changed, see page 34 of the Winter 2016 issue where I’m posing with my wife, MICHELLE (’97), and BINO at the San Francisco alumni reception.” —Matt Fillingim ’95, ’97 HOMECOMING 1980 While cleaning out her desk, CAROLE (SURPLUS) ESTES ‘83 came across her winter 2015 issue of Florida Tech Today magazine. She writes: “The event was the Lambda Chi Alpha Casino night in 1981. I’m the gal in the picture. The guy to my left is BILL MCCORMICK ‘83. The dealer in front of us is MERRILL THRASH ‘83.” Florida Tech Today | 5 ON CAMPUS BALDA FAMILY FOUNDATION BELIEVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION Believing that higher education is A Top 20 University a stepping stone to a better life, the Balda Family Foundation has supported more than 130 Florida Tech students through scholarship grants totalling nearly $100,000 over the last eight years. The Balda Family Foundation celebrates the life of Ricardo Balda,