Conference Session

Panel: Infrastructure and Logistics Engineering

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Marc Brazeau

Providers Inter-Regional Flow & Inbound Transportation Outbound & Mexico Commercial Operations Convergence & FCAT Logistics/MOPAR Demand & Production Component Capacity Supplier Delivery Planning & Production Scheduling Risk Management EDI Infrastructure & Logistics EngineeringEDI Infrastructure & Logistics EngineeringPredators Video September 22, 2016 EDI Infrastructure & Logistics

Conference Session

Session 7: Health

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Karen Zaderej

effective treatments that reduce the economic burden of disease and thecost of care. • Between 1980 and 2010, advanced medical technology helped cut the number of days people spent in hospitals by 59 percent1 • Minimally invasive surgery using laparoscopic, endoscopic and catheter-based devices in place of standard open surgical approaches for certain procedures saved $8.9 billion in projected U.S. health plan spending in 2009 while reducing workplace absenteeism by 53,000 person-years, worth an additional $2.2 billion in savings.2 • Evidence suggests that between $34,000 and $57,000 is saved each year for every 100 patients who use insulin pumps, which reduce the risk of diabetes

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Scott A Ashford; Gregory Washington; Molly M. Gribb P.E.; Bob Kolvoord; Jim Garrett; John English; Ronald Harichandran

ENGINEERING DEANS INSTITUTE 2017 Cool Ideas Session April 3, 20171. Change Team for Diversity,Equity, and InclusionScott Ashford, Kearney Professor and Dean Goal 1 in our strategic plan is to become a model of an inclusive and collaborative community • Disrupted faculty hiring process for diversity • Last three years over half new hires women and minorities • Added Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement • Primarily to guide recruitment and P&T process • Unexpected benefit as resource for faculty in need • Established the “Change Team” in Fall 2016 • 25 faculty and staff across the college • Did not turn out as expected3 Change Team for College of Engineering as

Conference Session

Session 6: The Philosophy and Practice of Academic Makerspaces

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Dan Brateris; Moshe Kam; Vincent Wilczynski

ongoing or planned projects – Including recruiting campaigns 29 30 Enabling student-driven entrepreneurship• In most institutions, research initiatives and entrepreneurship were the domain of faculty and graduate students – New research initiatives often required high-level institutional support• The maker culture and availability of Makerspaces encourage initiation of research by student groups – A bottom-up approach sometimes coupled with availability of nearby incubators 303131