SBU Innovation Lab Annual Report 2015
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SBU Innovation Lab Annual Report 2015
Message from the Director of Research Technologies and Innovation, David Ecker It has been an exciting and innovative inaugural year for the SBU Innovation Lab. As the Director, I am thrilled to see our progress, and look forward to the opportunities that are available to us. The energy and excitement that is spreading throughout the Innovation Lab is contagious. Our mission is to develop and utilize a cross discipline approach toward innovation and entrepreneurship on the campus and is meant to be a resource and development space for all Faculty, Staff and Students. The plan for our first year goal was to develop an innovative facility where we could house the latest technologies and equipment that would foster the interdisciplinary maker focus that is in our core. To do this, we opened in the Spring 2015 semester with one 3D printer, a sewing machine and some hand tools. We were fortunate to receive lots of support from many people and departments on campus who donated various supplies and tools that helped us open strong. After this, I noticed that that we needed more equipment to make our facility even more of a success. We were fortunate to have significant support from the College of Business and Division of Information Technology so that we could purchase silk screen supplies, additional 3D printers, and various other tools. Jim Quinn from Engineering donated soldering supplies and a vinyl cutter, and George Hart donated an additional 3D printer. Thank you to everyone that helped to turn this vision into a reality. The facility itself was only one aspect of our plan. We knew we would need to create a unique environment, a positive place that encourages all members to take a risk,. Our environment supports the thought process of ‘it’s okay to fail, sometimes it is just part of the process.” To accomplish this, I worked to find the right student staff, people who could bring energy and passion to the Innovation Lab. I am most proud of all the staff’s dedication, supporting our vision of creating and developing this lab. I felt we needed to offer informal learning experiences in the form of workshops and expert seminars to educate students, faculty and staff. Our positive atmosphere in the facility helps students better understand and communicate the culture of the Innovation Lab. Were able to offer various student workshops that helped educate the community on the application of their knowledge (see list enclosed). We have had four expert workshops this year, each having large attendance and generating enthusiasm from the attendees and presenters - all of the presenters who volunteered their time have asked to return for future workshops. At the beginning of the Fall 2015 semester, I was delighted to announce that the new SUNY Intellectual Property Policy that had been approved by the SUNY Chancellor now covers our Innovation Lab. The policy is a more favorable policy toward undergraduate students ensuring that they retain ownership of their work created in the space. In this annual report, you will find a number of highlights from workshops, demonstrations, events and projects. I would like to thank the Division of Information Technology, the College of Business, the VP of Economic Development and IREP for their partnership and contributions to make this undertaking a success. Finally, I would like to thank the dedicated student staff for their hard work, and for being a pleasure to work with. I am honored by their enthusiasm and energy. History In the Summer of 2014, there was a meeting of various researchers to discuss their need for 3D printing on campus, and at the same time there were on-going discussions about how to create an interdisciplinary location that would promote innovation. At that time, we decided to merge these ideas into what we came to call the SBU Innovation Lab. The SBU Innovation Lab is a cross between a makerspace, a development space and innovation facility, with an entrepreneurial spin. This space is meant to foster and empower our Faculty, Staff, and Students to take their ideas to the next level. To assist in this endeavor, we knew that we needed to design the right facility, one that would encourage the spark of innovation. Meetings were held with the College of Business, the Division of Information Technology, IREP and the VP of Economic Development to discuss our distinct needs and how we could work together to create a central innovation facility where prototypes could be developed, workshops could be run, and events would take place. This was the genesis of what has become the Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab is located in what had been an old Physics classroom 30 years ago, and contained the original paintings, science benches, chairs and gas for the Bunsen burners necessary for those classes. We pondered how to make update but also incorporate the existing furniture into our plans. We reached out to colleagues across campus to see if they could provide us with any donations and suggestions. Luckily for us, we had numerous donations from departments and professionals to help move the idea to the next level. We received Mac desktops, wire, hand tools, tables, boxes, graph paper, and art supplies. This wonderful support helped us incorporate these materials into our core mission of “donations” - giving back either through supplies and equipment or with spending our time to support another person’s ideas and projects. The facility opened for use by all of the SBU Community on February 2, 2015. Since the beginning, it began to draw in people who were curious about joining the community and those with a creative or entrepreneurial spirit. We offered an Open House on March 11th to highlight specific demonstrations. From the beginning we have believed that collaboration is crucial to our success. This will allow innovators to be exposed to all aspects of developing their idea to fruition and prototype. We are excited to work with innovators on all levels to go from idea generation to design to the printing of a prototype, and then having a team work together to bring the product to market. Before the Innovation Lab Innovation Lab Open House 2015 In the News The Innovation Lab has been making a name for themselves. Several articles have been written about the Innovation Lab. We were mentioned for the first time in: Newsday Article, “Long Island Maker Festival: 6 things to check out”, published on June 14. 2015 A Long Island Ad Agency mentioned the Lab, which was then recognized in SBU Happenings! Innovation LI, “Harriman Hall, Retooled For Innovation”, published on July 21, 2015 This article stated that, “The Innovation Lab not only gives inventive students a place to flex their creativity but literally teaches them the tools of the trade by hosting a series of workshops instructing the basics of soldering irons, complex software packages and other equipment and programs inventors need to know.” Additional newspaper articles: Newsday Article, “Wolfie Tank to give Stony Brook a taste of ‘Shark Tank’”, published on September 13, 2015. Orientation Leaders at Innovation Lab The Statesman, “Wolfie Tank brings invention and innovation to SBU”, published on September 29, 2015 Lastly, we were recognized as a makerspace on: Oswego MakerBridge Blog, “Stony Brook University Innovation Lab” published on October 5, 2015 Student Workshops We designed a program called “Workshop Wednesdays” where students design and teach workshops during the Stony Brook Campus Lifetime. These workshops are to engage students to learn something new. These educate about what it means to be innovative and what the Innovation Lab has to offer. We gave these successful workshops during the Spring 2015 semester. MatLab Robotics Workshop Market Yourself Programming an Arduino Building a Solar Car We expanded the selection in Fall 2015 semester with workshops that included these: Maker Mentality Marketing Yourself Screen Printing Image Editing 3D Design Tools Intro. To Arduino Basics of App Development Intro. To Web Development Interactive 3D Printer Build All about Drones Expert Workshops We always wanted to include expert workshops where professionals come to present what they specialize in to educate students, faculty and staff on campus. Bringing experts in the field to share their first hand experience with the Innovation Lab community enhances the creative nature that we are instilling in all our members. We asked these 3 distinguished experts to offer workshops. “Intellectual Property – Do’s and Don’ts” by Allison Singh, a IP lawyer at Perfumania “Paper Math Construction” by George Hart, a renowned Mathematician and sculpture Lastly, “How to take an Idea and make it a Business” by Paul Trapani, Vice President of LISTNet Comments we received from participants: “George Hart is really cool and fascinating teacher. I enjoyed learning how he things and coms up with ideas for new sculptures and patterns. The handson aspect was also really fun and interesting.” “Paul Trapani, I liked as a speaker that actually has this experience and that he can tell from his experience what is important. The workshop is helpful.” Events and Tours The Innovation Lab gives tours and demonstrations to classes, groups and departments allowing them to see our facility. This gives them an interactive place to go to when they want to plant their ideas. A sample of these tours and demonstrations this year are: ADV 101 Intro. Class Global Health Club Lunch and Learn from College of Business Faculty/Staff Philip Baldwin, a Professor at Stony Brook group sessions with students Local Girl Scouts troop Philosophy for Engineer classes Undergraduate College Science and Society CSTEP WISE Workshop to 7th grade girls Events where we had interactive tables to highlight the many technologies and ideas that are happening at the Innovation lab: CEWIT Conference Computer Science Job Fair Long Island GIS Conference Long Island Maker Festival STEAM Conference at Huntington LaunchPad TEDxSBU Earthstock 2015 Presentations from the Innovation Lab team this year: “Innovation at Stony Brook” at STC 2015 “Ideas for Innovation” at CEWIT 2015 Wolfie Tank a pitch competition similar to the NBC hit show Shark Tank, was brought to Stony Brook University for the very first time on November 2, 2015. We had 4 distinguished judges from off campus: Paul Trapani, Founder of PJ T Consulting, LLC and Vice President of LISTNet Derek Peterson, Senior Executive of Intelligent Pr oduct Solutions Andrew Hazen, Vice Chair man of the Long island Angel Network, Advisory Board Member of BDS Capital, and Board Member of LISTNet James Keane, Global Dir ector of Disr uptive Gr owth Explor ation at Anheuser-Bush InBev We received many applications to present at Wolfie Tank and were only able to choose 7 to present. The presenters are: Brian Ton, pr esenting the use of electr onic tinting in the eyewear industry Chris Conrad, pr esenting CEVTA, a device designed to r educe exhaust turbulence of wet/dry vacuum cleaners with minimal reduction in suction efficiency Ruchi Shah, pr esenting Mosquitoes Be Gone LLC, an all-naturallow-cost mosquito repellent Stony Brook Web and Application Development Club, presenting an online freelance marketplace Maxwell Fayans, pr esenting RipSense, a br acelet-like device for children and teens to wear in the water Peter M. Small, MD, pr esenting a sound r ecor ding device that can recognize, monitor, and report coughing Nathaniel Hobert, pr esenting Fantasy Pr ophet, a fantasy spor ts destination that provides a fair playing field to maximize the player’s chance of winning money Here are what other’s had to say about the event: “It was an exciting event and I think everyone benefitted from it!” said by Benjamin Conard. “I thought the event was amazing and a great learning experience and also feel that it can be used for networking even further.” said by Maxwell Fayans. “Honestly, I believe that the event was really good, and that I could not have done it any better.” said by Brian Ton. One of Various Projects Going On In Lab Paul Philipsberg, a biomedical engineering major on the pre-med track graduating this December 2015, is student working on one of the unique projects only found at the Stony Brook University Innovation Lab. Since September, the last few months he has been able to assemble a brain-controlled drone using a Mindwave headset, an Arduino board, a wireless module, Xbox 360 controller, and a quadcopter drone – all connected to a laptop. This is wirelessly connected to the laptop, which is directly connected by a wire to an Arduino board and the Xbox 360 controller. When the sensor detects the brainwaves, it sends the information to the laptop. Upon receiving values, the computer checks the level of relaxation to set a different value for the throttle and sends it to the Arduino board, where the wireless module communicates it with the quadcopter. To control the movements of the quadcopter, Philipsberg practices control of his current emotional states that affect the brainwaves. When calm, the quadcopter rises off the floor and is capable of hovering if he maintains that composure. It took Philipsberg several versions such as a remote control toy car to test how it worked before the quadcopter. Currently, Philipsberg is working on improvements such as using an open VCI – a file extension to refine its performance. Ideally, he wants the quadcopter to have more sensors, because it would be capable of balancing and controlling movement better if it were “aware” of itself in XYZ space. Philipsberg sees potential in this project to build up to the technology that’s necessary to making 3D gaming happen or wireless IP security cameras. It would need to be a joint effort of brain control and muscle control. For 3D gaming, it would be necessary to include things such as a gyroscope or an accelerometer. For the security cameras, simple but distinct arm motions could be used to the control the way the cameras move. Philipsberg took up this project as a personal challenge while working in the Innovation Lab along with several other projects, but found this to be most interesting and relatable to the career he wants to pursue in neuropsychology. Written By: Tiffany Huang Technology/Tools 3D Printing: Our members, students, faculty, and departments are passionate about our 3D printing. We have many requests for a 3D print objects. Sometimes the community wants to create their own for projects or for fun! Students come up with different creations and make various prototypes such as: Anatomical Heart A Car (fully functioning with wheels) Einstein Prosthetic Hand Screen Printing: Is a technique where you use a screen made of fine material to transfer ink forcefully onto a surface to create a picture or pattern. Students, clubs, and organizations come to the Innovation Lab to use and make silk screens to print t-shirts. Recently, the dance team came in to make screen print t-shirts for their event. Soldering: Involves a material called solder that melts when placed on a hot object; the melted solder cools and forms a bond between two items. Your most basic soldering tool is a soldering iron with a soldering station. The solder cools and hardens onto the metallic surface, creating a surface for electricity to be conducted. In the lab, soldering is most commonly used to build projects and class assignments. We have seen numerous members of the community use our soldering stations from designing robots, fixing equipment or building their own designs. For more information on our technology and tools, you can visit us on our website: www.stonybrook.edu/innovationlab Advancements in Medicine 3D Printed Prosthetic Ellie Evans is a student intern who printed and assembled a prosthetic hand using Innovation Lab’s 3D printer. The idea came up as an e-Nable project. E-Nable is a global community of volunteers who use 3D printing to create assistive hand devices for those in need. Ellie is a political science major at the University of Rhode Island, who became interested in the technologies available at the SBU Innovation Lab and interned there during the summer of 2015. Ellie learned the basics of how to use a 3D printer, such as adding the filament and fine tuning it to print larger objects. One of the challenges she faced while assembling the pieces was figuring out how tension worked in a human hand. This was necessary so that the 3D printed hand’s tension would mimic a real hand. Ellie adapted the concept of “Tunnel Vision”, while working on her 3D printed prosthetic. Ellie describes “Tunnel Vision” as knowing when a piece is supposed to go together a certain way, but not being able to figure out why it won’t work. The project was difficult, but Ellie said that this project was made possible with her great colleagues in the lab, who were always available to lend a hand or share a different perspective, making her job a little easier. Data and Statistics Thank You We would like to thank all who have helped to make this vision possible Student Staff from Research Tech. Akshay Asok Allisha Parvez Alysha Bullock Chris Tasso Edward Qiu Ellie Evans Halaa Menasy Jenny Chen John Feinberg Kelly Smith Kelsey Price Miguel Perez Morgan Kelly Ai Tai Zhen Wu Nicholas Olynik Peter Ledeoux Samiha Shakil Sneha Chittabathini Veronica Burnett Erickson Reyes Kelly Liu Yakov Gaberman Elizabeth Lyton Tiffany Huang Christina Scalice Thank you to the Division of Information Technology and Partners: College of Business VP of Economic Development IREP CEAS Thank you to the various donors who have contributed to the Innovation Lab: Athletics Bio Engineering CEWIT Chemistry Geosciences Jim Quinn, Material Science and Engineering Thank you to the Innovation Lab community for their involvement and excitement. Thank you to the countless other students and clubs that have amazing ideas! Thank you for Partners that Contributed to our success: Allison Singh George Hart Paul Trapani Owen Evans Jennifer Adams Philip Baldwin Anurag Purwar Helmut Strey Alexander Orlov Marie McCallion Margaret Schedel Robert Crease Richard Chan Marypat Taveras Rita ReaganRedko Amy Milligan Joseph Barry Gary Van Sise Phil Rugile Alissa Betz Chuck Powell Andrew White Manuel London Nancy Goroff AnnMarie Scheidt James Quinn LIGIS CEWIT Contact Us The SBU Innovation Lab is run by Research Technologies, part of the Division of Information Technologies at Stony Brook University. David Ecker, Director Research Technologies and Innovation David.ecker@stonybrook.edu 631.632.1156 Facebook us @sbuinnovationlab Instagram us @sbuinnovationlab Email us: sbu-innovationlab@stonybrook.edu The SBU Innovation Lab is located in Harriman Hall room 210.