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Inventing Tomorrow Winter 2006 • Vol POWER PLAYERS When it comes to business, Institute of Technology grads have the right stuff >> A maGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | winteR 2006 InventIng tomorrow Winter 2006 • Vol. 30, No. 1 ADMINISTRATION Dean Steven L. Crouch Associate Dean, Student Affairs Peter Hudleston Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Roberta Humphreys Associate Dean, Research and Planning Mostafa Kaveh EDITORIAL STAFF Communications Director Managing Editor Rhonda Zurn Senior Editor Carolyn Wavrin Designer Robyn Meadows Webmaster Skeeter Burroughs Contributors Amy Barrett Jonathan Chapman Jayme Halbritter Steve Linders Judy Woodward © 2006 University of Minnesota Inventing Tomorrow is published by the Institute of Technology communications team twice a year for alumni and friends of the college. This publication is available in alternate formats for those with visual impairments by calling 612-626-7959. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. TeLL US WHAT YOU THINK Inventing Tomorrow welcomes readers’ comments about the 14 magazine and story ideas for future issues. We’re looking for students, faculty, and alumni involved in interesting projects or conducting breakthrough research. Email your comments and ideas to us at [email protected]. U.S. Mail Inventing Tomorrow Institute of Technology 105 Walter Library 117 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Email [email protected] Fax 612-624-2841 Web www.it.umn.edu MOVING? Send us your new address to keep receiving Inventing Tomorrow. 12 18 36 E Printed on recycled paper winter2006 departments InventIng tomorrow From the Dean Why the Institute of Technology is one of the U’s greatest assets, especially now • 2 Tech Digest Engineering a Better World • 12 U and top-tech rankings, IMA’s record-setting grant, Students form state’s first chapter faculty honors, fishy chemistry, solar car, missing cosmic dust, of Engineers Without Borders and more • 3 BY STEVE LINDERS Investing in IT New biomedical engineering fellowship, new retention Leading by Example • 14 initiative, a GEM of a program for girls • 40 Dean outlines vision for the college at a pivotal moment in U’s history Alumni News Tech-family ties, first-ever BY RHONDA ZURN Minnesota Cup winners, career services merger, UMAA award to ITAS, and more • 42 Power Players • 18 Retrospect U researchers driven to make Survey confirms Institute of Technology’s transportation safer • 44 role as economic engine PROFILES BY JUDY WOODwaRD & AMY baRRETT Forces of Nature • 36 University scientists and engineers are on the Cover finding ways to better understand, predict, A tragic accident inspired and manage nature’s dynamic powers alumnus John Weinel to found a business dedicated to making BY RHONDA ZURN winter recreation safer • 34 PHOTO BY JONATHAN CHapMAN From the dean steven L. Crouch Past success paints picture for the future HE beginning OF A new caLendaR YeaR is a natural time for contemplating the past, T celebrating the present, and planning for the future. During 2005—my first year as dean of the Institute of Technology—I talked with hundreds of people about how the college can best serve the University and our citizens during a time of trans- formational change. As many of you know, the University of Minne- sota has set the ambitious goal of becoming one of the world’s top three public research universities One article showcases the important research by within the next 10 years. We are in the early stages chemistry professor Thomas Hoye, who is involved in of this systemwide strategic positioning initiative, developing a nontoxic synthetic pheromone to con- with 34 task forces currently gathering information trol the sea lamprey population in the Great Lakes. I believe the and making preliminary recommendations to top Another article highlights recent support from the University leaders. National Science Foundation for groundbreaking re- Institute of In this issue of Inventing Tomorrow you will find search at the University’s Institute for Mathematics Technology evidence to support my contention that the Institute and its Applications. You’ll also learn about the re- of Technology is one of the University’s greatest as- searchers who are working to understand and predict is one of the sets, especially at this critical juncture in its history. the dynamic forces of nature in an effort to minimize University’s The college’s strengths—in research, academics, in- the impact of natural disasters. terdisciplinary collaborations, external partnerships, Serving the public good also means that we must greatest assets, and human resources—place us in an ideal position do all we can to encourage and prepare more stu- especially at this from which to serve the University’s goal and ad- dents at all educational levels to pursue careers in critical juncture vance the public good. science and engineering. A recent grant from the Many of our alumni reflect the University’s past 3M Foundation is helping us launch several outreach in its history success in their accomplishments today. In “Power programs this year to increase the number and diver- Players” we tell the stories of eight Institute of Tech- sity of engineering students in the future. In addition, nology alumni who achieved their goals by thinking a gift from Boston Scientific is establishing a fellow- big, taking risks, working hard, and solving problems ship fund in biomedical engineering that will allow creatively. us to continue to attract top graduate students. The legacy of the past and its impact on the pres- For those of us in the Institute of Technology, ent are also illustrated in “Retrospect.” The article complacency is not an option—especially at a time traces the lineage of transportation safety research when the future of our University, the state, and the at the University, from the hands-on experiments by nation is at stake. As dean, I am committed to using the legendary James “Crash” Ryan during the 1950s the college’s resources in ways that best serve our to the high-tech, interdisciplinary work now under students, faculty, stakeholders, and the larger com- way at the Center for Transportation Studies. munity. Your ideas and suggestions will help guide Today, more than ever before, people expect their our decisions during this pivotal time. public research universities to deliver breakthrough I care very deeply about this college, which has solutions in the sciences and technology. In this is- been part of my life for more than 40 years. With sue you will meet some of the college’s researchers your help, I will do everything I can to ensure its who are working to meet those expectations. bright future. n INVENTING TOMORROW Winter 2006 techdigest> U figures in top tech-city ranking for Minneapolis THE UniversitY’S Digital Technol- ogy Center (DTC), Center for Dis- tributed Robotics, and Laboratory for Computational Science and En- gineering are three reasons why Minneapolis ranks as America’s DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER top tech city, according to a re- cent article in Popular Science. The centers and lab are part of the Institute of Technology. The survey placed Minneapolis first among U.S. cities in innovative transportation solutions, fourth in energy technology, and above the 50th percentile in every category measured. Calling the University “home to quite a roster of innova- tive thinkers” and an “invention factory,” the article describes the synergy created by the DTC’s inter- Computer science and engineering graduate student Brian Ries (left) and Birali Runesha, a group manager at the disciplinary research and partner- Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, test the virtual-reality window at the Digital Technology Center. The equipment ships between the University and allows users to walk through a site simulation and see the impact of design modifications on the environment. industry, all of which typify the city’s creative mindset. The DTC, guided by director An- nized for its development of Scout of Homeland Security, the system In a related story, the St. Paul drew Odlyzko, received high marks robots—soda-can-sized search- will get a test at the Omaha airport, Pioneer Press reported that two from Popular Science for its fo- and-surveillance robots that could said Professor Maria Gini, another companies, Aveso and Innova- cus on interdisciplinary research, be used to find victims buried in a robotics expert and colleague of Light, were originally attracted numerous partnerships between collapsed building or kidnappers Papanikolopoulos. to Minnesota by nanotechnology the University and industry, and hiding in a house. The article also Popular Science also mentioned research and expertise within the programs that give students what mentions another of the center’s Paul Woodward, professor of as- Institute of Technology. Aveso, a they need to succeed in today’s projects—the design of a smart tronomy and director of the Uni- spinoff from Dow Chemical, pro- digital society. video-monitoring system to de- versity’s Laboratory for Compu- duces ultra-thin low-power printed The Center for Distributed Robot- tect unattended packages in pub- tational Science and Engineering, electronic displays. InnovaLight is ics team, led by computer science lic spaces and other suspicious who demonstrated his minutely developing a nanotech approach and engineering professor Niko- situations. Being developed with detailed 3-D simulations of the in- to making lightbulbs. laos Papanikolopoulos, was recog- funding from the U.S. Department ternal workings of stars. ON S Mechanical engineering professor U ranks high in nanoscience Uwe Kortshagen has worked with THE UniversitY OF Minnesota was recently ranked as one of the top NANCY JOHN InnovaLight, Inc. to develop silicon five U.S. universities in nanoscience research and industry outreach nanoparticle light-emitting struc- programs in nanotechnology, according to the results of a survey con- tures. These vessels hold solutions ducted by Small Times magazine. Sent to more than 100 universities containing ~5nm (red) and ~3nm in the U.S., the survey measured respondents’ research, educational (green) particles.
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