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Football Makes a Comeback After 72-Year Hiatus FALL/WINTER 2018-19 LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Football makes a comeback after 72-year hiatus Robofest has global reach | Marburger STEM Center hits third year | LTU architecture in Italy ‘Conversations Worth Having’ bring business success | Robots learn from nature | And more Fall/Winter 2018-19 Volume XXXVIII, Number 1 Published by Lawrence Technological University, Office of Marketing and Public Affairs, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058; 248.204.2200 or 800.225.5588, ext. 4 LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Fax 248.204.2318 [email protected] Virinder K. Moudgil President TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr. ([email protected]) Managing Editor: Matt Roush ([email protected]) Design: NetWorks Design, Inc. Writers: Bruce J. Annett Jr., Paul Heney, Kristine L. Persinger, Matt Roush, Nikolina Samardzic, Jim Schneider Editorial Support: Krysta Coleman, 2 10 15 Kristen DeVries, Robin LeClerc, Robofest – More than 25,000 students Architecture exhibit in Italy – On-Campus – From Commencement Sofia Lulgjuraj, De’Sha McCurdy, from around the world have gained Design meets sustainability and sound to Convocation, prestigious accredita- Brande Oliver, Kristine L. Persinger, Lauren Seebold, Renee Tambeau, valuable STEM experience thanks to the in a Lawrence Tech exhibit at a presti- tion in business and engineering, new Julie Vulaj inventive and curious CJ Chung, profes- gious Italian architecture exhibition and manufacturing and robotics labs, real sor of computer science conference estate moves, and more. Photography: Aaron Blendowski, CJ Chung, Gary Duncan, Karen Foster, Alex Johnson, Matt Roush, Glenn Triest, and others © 2018 Lawrence Technological University. All rights reserved. Bylined articles reflect the author’s views and not necessarily either the opinions or the policies of the University. Comments about the magazine, articles, or letters may be sent to the 6 12 36 editor. Send address changes to the Marburger STEM Center – The gift Conversations worth having – In Alumni News – LTU alums boost postal, fax, or email addresses noted above. of a former Microsoft CEO who took LTU her new book, LTU business professor women and minorities in architecture, math classes as a high schooler has been Jaqueline M. Stavros tells readers how a scholarship for a beloved engineer, a Notice of non-discriminatory put to good use in K-12 outreach. to make the most of every moment major technology award, and more. policy: Lawrence Technological University adheres and conforms to all federal, state, and local civil rights Sound analysis equip- Alumni Notes – regulations, statutes, and ordinances. ment – It’s just noise? Comings, goings, career No person, student, faculty, or staff Hardly. New lab gear will news, awards and more member will knowingly be discrimi- 13 enhance the analysis 41 from LTU and DIT alumni nated against relative to the above and prevention of noise for LTU student near and far. statutes. Lawrence Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. engineers and architects. Friends We’ll Miss On the cover: LTU wide receiver Learning from nature Kendyl Williams (FR, Mt. Clemens) 8 – In this reprint from leaps for a touchdown reception at Ninety years of impact – A party Design World magazine, 44 LTU’s 2018 Homecoming game Oct. 13. The Blue Devils went 5-2 in their for the ages marked the 90th birthday 14 mechanical engineering “reboot” season, the first football of LTU President Emeritus Richard assistant professor Hamid Vejdani de- LTU wins autono- action for LTU since 1946. Lawrence Marburger scribes how biology can inspire robotics. Back mous vehicle world Tech will play a full varsity schedule championship– For the in 2019 as a member of the Mid- Cover States Football Association in the second straight year, LTU National Association of Intercollegiate is the world champion of autonomous Athletics. vehicles. Cover photo by Alex Johnson, BSMCÕ20. “LTU has always been a leader in what most educational authorities view as the most important parts of higher education in today’s economy” FROM THE PRESIDENT ithout a firm foundation in the humanities – from classical literature to history to writing skills to interpersonal communication skills – even the foremost expert in the W STEAM disciplines is limited in reaching his or her potential. This may come as a Virinder K. Moudgil shock to some, coming from the president of a university like Lawrence Tech. You might be among the world’s most brilliant scientists, engineers, architects or accountants. But if you can’t communicate your work and your discoveries effectively, if you can’t convinc- ingly persuade others that your discoveries will make a difference, if your business invention or idea is not relayed in understandable language, if you can’t work effectively with those around you, you will not be successful in the long run. That is why incoming freshmen in technological disciplines need to study not only calculus and chemistry, but also classes like our “Foundations of the American Experience,” which covers philosophy, political theory, science, and religion that contributed to the development of the United States. Students are also enriched studying “World Masterpieces.” a class exploring the great works of literature and art in their historical context. Also, a writing course teaches them the basics of expository composition. Just as an opera singer should be able to balance a checkbook and calculate percentages, we believe a competent engineer or designer should have the ability to write a coherent essay and be able to quote from Shakespeare, Sun Tzu, or W.E.B. Du Bois. It strikes me that the current divide between science and art, and the scorn to which humanities subjects are occasionally subjected, is a relatively recent phenomenon. After all, there was very little divide between science and art for great figures of the past like Leonardo da Vinci – or, more recently, Steve Jobs, whose business acumen and products combined trailblazing function with lawrencetechu exquisite design. And who cannot sense the mathematical precision behind the music of Bach or LawrenceTechU Mozart? Similarly, our students in audio engineering technology learn how solid-state electronics work and become familiar with the intricacies of the science of acoustics – at the same time they lawrencetech are developing an ear for what makes a great guitar solo. Lawrence Technological University was established in 1932 as an engineering school, and soon Lawrence Tech Alumni thereafter added programs in business, architecture, and design. LTU has always been a leader in what most educational authorities view as the most important parts of higher education in today’s lawrencetechu economy – STEM, for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which has lately been expanded to STEAM, adding art and architecture. But the university is also home to a healthy humanities program that is crucial to our students’ success. For only with an appreciation for all of the world’s incredible body of knowledge can our full potential be realized. Virinder K. Moudgil For the latest about Lawrence Tech, visit President and CEO www.ltu.edu/news L AWRENCE T ECH M AGAZINE 1 ROBOFESTbrings fun and real-world robotics to STEAM education More than 25,000 K-12 students reached – and counting CJ Chung’s inspiration came in Paris, from students who hailed from Denmark, which is also the home of LEGO, the toy company whose robot they were using. Robofest, it seems, had an international flair from the very beginning. In the fall of 1998, Chung had just wrapped up a stint as a lecturer at Wayne State University, where he got his PhD in robotics. He was about to start his new job as a Lawrence Tech faculty member when he attended a robot soccer competition in Paris. “I met a team from Denmark, and they showed me the first LEGO robot,” Chung recalled. “At the time I was using a robot costing over $3,000, but the robot they showed me was just $200. And I thought, what a great opportunity for education us- ing this inexpensive robotics kit. So right after Robofest’s mas- I came back from Paris, I purchased a LEGO cot, “Mr. 1010,” has captured robot for $200 using Lawrence Tech’s money. attendees’ But people were quite skeptical about a profes- imaginations. sor using university money to buy LEGO toys. 2 F ALL/WINTER 2018-19 This panoramic One day, Charles Chambers, who was LTU’s photo captured president at the time, stopped by my office, the competi- because he was curious about the LEGO toys I tors at the 2017 Robofest. was purchasing. After seeing the LEGO robot, he asked me to do something productive with it. I thought the best way would be to start a competition, with everyone learning by using the same robot.” Robofest, LTU’s largest K-12 outreach program, was born. Lawrence Tech’s first Robofest was held in April 2000. Some 46 teams signed up for the event, and 36 teams – comprised of 109 students – actually participated. Almost all were from the Detroit area; the farthest traveler was a team from Goodrich in Michigan’s Thumb, a school district with a long and proud history in robotics. Chung came up with three competitions – a RoboRace, to build the fastest autonomous robot that could follow a path that wouldn’t be disclosed until the competition; Robot Firefighter, to build the fastest autonomous robot that could locate a fire – a candle – and extinguish it while follow- ing a path that also wasn’t disclosed until competition; and RoboTag, in which robots were designed either to catch or avoid another robot. My, how Robofest has grown. Chung keeps meticulous records of every competition at the Thus, the robots had to be able to differentiate In the Robofest event’s website, www.robofest.net, so you can check for your- between tennis balls and water bottles through exhibition divi- self: last year, the event attracted 2,464 students, on 811 teams, machine vision, and have a mechanism to pick sion, competi- tors can dream with nearly 50 regional competitions held all over the world up the balls and dump them in the box.
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