School:University of California Berkeley
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Student Groups On Campus
Design Engineering Collaborative
Website URL: http://dec.berkeley.edu/
Description: The Design Engineering Collaborative aims to tap into Berkeley's vast human resource pool through the implementation of an open design center. Within the framework of a highly creative approach to innovation and design, the collaborative serves as a launch pad for ideas and creativity outside of the everyday classroom environment.
Link to PROTOTYPE / BETA Collaborative Bug List:
Current Projects:
- ATT: https://attcodingchallenge.att.com/
- Project Lead: Corbin Halliwill → corbin.halliwill@berkeley.edu
- Project Description: The AT&T Coding Challenge is your chance to design and build an Android-based application using AT&T’s industry leading APIs. The theme for the challenge will support the “It Can Wait” campaign. What creative app can you dream up that will entice people to stop texting and driving? Let your creativity and imagination flow! Five winning teams will be rewarded with cash awards.
- Microsoft: https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/create-new-real-world-applications-of-microsoft-kinect-technology
- Project Lead: Adam Eastman → aeastman26@gmail.com
- Project Background Information: The Kinect is one of the most innovative technologies to be released in the past 5 years. If you don't already know, Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. It was the "fastest selling consumer electronics device", selling a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days.
- Many of the early applications of Kinect used voice and gesture recognition for gaming experiences. However, as Kinect becomes more mature, the market has recognized hundreds of new areas where the hardware's motion sensor technology can be revolutionary. Third parties have already used human gestures and Kinect to control robots, manipulate web browsers, or even play a virtual piano.
- Project Deliverables: Explore new experiences that you can create using the Kinect. Then, submit ONE of the following:
- An explanation of your application and the user experience. Visuals are highly encouraged! Write your description in the text field and upload helpful images/drawings. Powerpoint is also a great option.
- -OR-
- A design document describing the architecture of your proposed application. Include high-level code samples to explain your architecture (Applications can be built in C++/CLI, C#, or Visual Basic .NET). For additional info, take a look at the Kinect SDK.
- Green Peace Challenge
- http://greenpeacechallenge.jovoto.com/
- Project Lead: ???
- Deadline: November 15th
- Note: Adam sent email to Ralph King about getting Extreme By Design movie to be shown on campus… waiting for response
- GE Flight Quest Challenge
- http://www.gequest.com/c/flight2
- Project Lead: ???
- Deadline: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 -- Milestone entry deadline
- Global Multi-core Challenge
- Project Lead: ???
- Deadline: November 30th
- Register: here
- Description: This is a bare metal programming contest for any undergrad, with cash prizes to design a fast sorting algorithm using C/C++ on a multi-core simulator. First and second prizes total $7448 (plus, we have a 2nd contest to explain the rationale for that amount!). We offer sample code, instructional materials and online seminars to give inexperienced students a running start.
- Webinar to orient students to the Challenge: September 12th @ 10-11am PDT
- The link for the Sept 12webinar is here
- Disney Imagineering Challenge
- Project Lead: ???
- Deadline: October 15th
- Register: https://disneyimaginations.com/
- Description: There are many wonderful urban environments around the world where millions of people live, work and play every day. Select a large and densely populated urban area, and design an experience that temporarily or permanently transforms the city for the enjoyment of its citizens and visitors. The experience must take advantage of existing infrastructure, and may be above, below or anywhere in between existing development.
Contact Info:
President: Jared Karp → jaredkarp10@gmail.com
Space Captain: Nicolai Doreng-Stearns → nicolaidorengstearns@gmail.com
- ^ = who to contact for reserving the SHED AKA Bridges Lounge in Bechtel
- for reserving the SHED also refer to http://esc.berkeley.edu/facilities.html
EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Information
Website URL: http://ewb.berkeley.edu/
Description:
EWB-UC Berkeley works under EWB-National. Within EWB-UC Berkeley there exists the Peru Team and the Executive Office. The Executive Office handles executive responsibilities such as financial issues and the Peru Team handles the project. Within the Peru Team itself exist "component" teams such as Coagulation. These teams do not compete against each other but instead work together to meet the goals of the respective communities we are working with. Powerpoint that was presented at the general meeting that gives some details about the organization and project:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1UPKYMOsp4dBI7UCYfHcEAFIuHiWJvWvcN3n9X9PrZ_RISrwGJQvjnM5PPH-V/edit
Current Projects:
Peru Team:
Rainwater: In charge of researching and designing systems that catch water in order to provide for large amounts of community members.
Coagulation: In charge of researching and designing coagulation systems that uses a simple iron matrix to separate arsenic in the water to levels safe to consume.
Education: Designs education materials for adults and children relating to our project, organization, health and is the backbone of how EWB communicates with the communities involved.
Translation: This team serves under education and is in charge of translating documents and education materials to the native language of the community (Spanish Speakers are desired)
Tres Vasijas (Filter): In charge of designing filters to filter water with high amounts of arsenic while at the same time build a filter that is small enough to fit in individual homes in the community.
Exec Office:
We currently need help in fundraising, web design and other tasks so feel free to ask how you can help!
Contact Info: Joshua - EWB Secretary - hernandezjo147@gmail.com
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhC2Zm4rGez6dGRTNE16MmtCYXkwOEpQa3dNSjJ4bHc#gid=0
BI (Berkeley Innovation)
Website URL: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~binnov/
Description: We're an undergraduate human-centered design group at the UC Berkeley. Our members come from a wide range of disciplines, but share a love of design thinking and innovation.
Current Projects:
- Campus Insight
- The Strudel Guy
- BI Branding
- Ground System for NextGen Communications (G-SyNC) User Interface Design
- One Soap Per Child
- Improving Parks
- DesigNote
Contact Info:
- berkeley.innovation@gmail.com
Design & Innovation Strategy Club (DISC)
Website URL: http://haas.campusgroups.com/disc/about/
Description:
- DISC is a student run organization that provides opportunities for students to explore how design-thinking skills fit into the larger business context and how business skills fit into the design world. Our goal is to build a collaborative community that will enable students to develop relevant skill-sets and leadership approaches to solve today’s increasingly complex problems.
- DISC strives to engage individuals from across the spectrum of the design and innovation community, including students, faculty, Haas alumni, industry professionals, consultants and non-profit groups. This diversity of perspectives and experiences is the foundation for a vibrant network of people passionate about the design thinking discipline and its many applications.
- Through a wide range of experiential opportunities, club members meet with, learn from, and work alongside breakthrough design thinkers. These activities typically include company visits, guest lectures, workshops, and ongoing education. Every event is focused on reinforcing fundamental design thinking tools and concepts that can in turn be applied to any industry, community, and/or career.
Current Projects: ???
Contact Info: go to website to contact group
Design for America (DFA)
Website URL: http://designforamerica.com/
Description:
Design for America (DFA) is an award-winning nationwide network of interdisciplinary student teams and community members using design to create local and social impact. We teach human centered design to young adults and collaborating community partners through extra-curricular, university based, student led design studios tackling national challenges in Education, Health, Economy and Environment. Founded at Northwestern University in 2009 they now have studios all over the country within universities such as Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Yale and more with over 2,000 students in our network and 350 core team members. DFA is a pipeline of innovators, change makers, and social entrepreneurs. This year, two of their start-ups SwipeSense and Jerry the Bear have gone on to raise nearly $1.5 million in start-up capital, with more projects in the pipeline ready to make an impact. DFA, their students, and projects have been featured in publications such as the cover of Fast Company, Oprah Magazine, Inc Magazine, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, Harvard Business Review and more.
DFA student teams work on 2-3 self-selected design projects throughout the academic year applying the skills and expertise gained through their for-credit academic courses. They look to their local community to assess pressing challenges and work in teams with organizational partners to understand user’s needs, ideate, prototype and test potential solutions. Projects that receive validation from their partners, users and mentors are encouraged to continue into implementation. DFA students must be fearless in moving forward on a good idea and fearless enough to take a step back when they may need to go back to the drawing board. DFAers represent diverse academic fields such as engineering, design, psychology, and economics. DFA believes that all students have the capacity to use design to innovate the world around them and DFA is a platform to do so.
Current Projects: http://designforamerica.com/projects/
Contact Info: http://designforamerica.com/contact/
The Berkeley Group (TBG)
Website URL: http://www.theberkeleygroup.org/
Description: The Berkeley Group uses innovative ideas, academic training, and passion to enable nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions and create a better world - one nonprofit at a time. Our values include passion - a shared dedication to our client and social change, professionalism - displayed through quality projects with high professional standards, and initiative - taking individual action and collaborating as an organization.
Contact Info: http://www.theberkeleygroup.org/contact.html
Innovative Design [graphic design]
Website URL: http://www.innod.net/
Description: Innovative Design is a family of graphic designers and photographers at the University of California, Berkeley. We are creative individuals who are continuously evolving by collaborating, inspiring and educating one another. It is through our different artistic tools and talents that we are able to create novel photography and designs for our peers and professional clients.
Contact Info: innovativedesignatcal@gmail.com
Hackers @ Berkeley
Website URL: http://hackersatberkeley.com/
Description: Hackers @ Berkeley is here to help you, whether you want to learn practical coding skills, find partners to work with, or promote your project. We're an organization that fosters a culture of creation at Berkeley. As a community of hackers, we do not have hierarchy or elections. The club is led by a group of officers.
Contact Info: team@hackersatberkeley.com
ReUSE
Website URL: http://reuse.berkeley.edu/
Mission: To promote the concept and ethic of reuse to the campus population and to divert reusable materials from landfills.
Description:
- How: ReUSE will achieve the mission statement by collecting reusable materials from individuals and departments and redistributing them back to the campus community. This service aims to encourage the campus community to reconsider their traditional notions of waste and incorporate reuse into their daily lives.
- ReUSE makes donated reusable items available on campus through mini ReUSE stations. These stations are either bookshelves, cabinets, or old phone booths located in various buildings, and are stocked with office supplies and other materials. The campus community can take anything for free, and can donate materials that are in good condition and are reusable. See “Procedures” on website for details.
- Why: Reuse saves money and resources on labor, freight, and reprocessing and is thus environmentally preferable to recycling. Since UC Berkeley is seeking to reduce its waste stream into landfills, it must employ the diversion technique of reuse, which has been highly underutilized on this campus in the past.
- The Goal: ReUSE seeks to divert 20-30 tons of material annually, as this amount was identified as reusable in campus waste audits.
- Who: ReUSE serves the UC Berkeley campus community including students, staff, and faculty and is a subset of the Campus Recycling and Refuse Services.
Contact Info: UCBerkeleyReUSE@gmail.com
Maker/Hacker Spaces On Campus
The SHED [Student Hub for Engineering Design]
Website URL: http://dec.berkeley.edu/
Location: next to the Engineering Library (AKA first floor of Becthel)
Description: The Design Engineering Collaborative aims to tap into Berkeley's vast human resource pool through the implementation of an open design center. Within the framework of a highly creative approach to innovation and design, the collaborative serves as a launch pad for ideas and creativity outside of the everyday classroom environment.
Tools Available:
- 3D printer
- mobile whiteboards
- low-fidelity prototyping material
- brainstorming materials
How to Reserve:
- check http://esc.berkeley.edu/facilities.html to see if the room is reserved
- email “ESC Facilities Manager” to reserve the room
Contact Info:
Space Captain: Nicolai Doreng-Stearns → nicolaidorengstearns@gmail.com
Invention Lab (in Citrus)
Website URL: http://invent.citris-uc.org/
Description: The CITRIS Invention Lab supports faculty, student and community innovation by providing the knowledge, tools and support to rapidly design and prototype novel interactive products, embedded sensing systems and integrated mobile devices. The new facility will be a vital piece of the CITRIS pipeline running from the minds of researchers through CITRIS laboratories, and into the markets, industries, and streets of the world. The 1,700 ft2 Invention Lab is located on the first floor of Sutardja Dai Hall at UC Berkeley and supports 3 major functions:
- Learn: Faculty teach Engineering and New Media courses on interactive product design and prototyping
- Build: The lab offers a full suite of tools, technical support, and fabrication services for creating functional prototypes
- Launch: The lab promotes turning concepts and ideas into new ventures by offering work space for the Foundry business incubator
Equipment & Facilities:
- Next Engine 3D ScannerHD
- Afinia H-Series 3D Printer
- Projet 3000 3D Printer
- Product Photo Studio
- VLS3.50 Laser Cutter
- Solder Tools
- Roland GX-24 CAMM-1 vinyl cutter (cutting width is 24″)
- Craft & Hand Tools
- Power Electronics
Contact Info:
BiD (Berkeley Institute of Design)
Website URL: http://bid.berkeley.edu/
Description: The Berkeley Institute of Design (BiD) is a research group that fosters a deeply interdisciplinary approach to design for the 21st century, spanning human-computer interaction, mechanical design, education, architecture and art practice.
Contact Info: Professor Alice Agogino → agogino@berkeley.edu
Cal Design Lab
Website URL: http://ced.berkeley.edu/research/cal-design-lab/
Description: The Cal Design Lab at Wurster was established in spring 2010 as an experimental studio space to promote hands-on, interdisciplinary design. Faculty and students from UC Berkeley's many schools and departments come together at the Cal Design Lab to work on critical design challenges. The goal of the lab is to be a nexus for interdisciplinary activity and to facilitate discourse that will help Berkeley to forge a strong identity around its multi-faceted strengths in design.
Contact Info: caldesignlab@berkeley.edu
Swarm Lab
Website URL: http://swarmlab.eecs.berkeley.edu/
Description:
The Swarm Lab seeks to foster the creation and distribution of exciting applications of large swarms of sensors and actuators through the adoption of an open and universal platform. The Swarm Lab builds on the strengths of Berkeley in integration and in building bridges between different fields.
Current Research:
- Interaction Swarms
- Action Swarms
- Software & Services
- Platforms
Contact Info:
- Swarm Administration
- Mila MacBain
- mmacbain@eecs.berkeley.edu
- 510-642-6239
- Research, Sponsorship, & Membership
- Ken Lutz
- lutz@eecs.berkeley.edu
- 510-642-6237
Professor Connections On Campus
Mechanical Engineering Department
Refer to the link below to see the list of faculty members.
Click on any professor’s name to see their contact info and research interests.
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/index.html
EECS Department
Refer to the link below to see the list of faculty members.
Click on any professor’s name to see their contact info and research interests.
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Lists/list.shtml
Haas School of Business
Refer to the link below to see the list of faculty members.
Click on any professor’s name to see their contact info and research interests.
http://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty.html
School of Information
Refer to the link below to see the list of faculty members.
Click on any professor’s name to see their contact info and research interests.
http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/people/faculty
Company Connections
IDEO
Website URL: http://www.ideo.com/
- IDEO is a global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow.
- We identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs, behaviors, and desires.
- We envision new companies and brands, and we design the products, services, spaces, and interactive experiences that bring them to life.
- We help organizations build creative culture and the internal systems required to sustain innovation and launch new ventures.
Connections to DEC: Adam & Jared have a strong connection to Dennis Boyle (who is a founder and partner) due to the fact that he came to DEC to talk and then follow it with a brainstormer. He also gave us a generous donation somewhere about ~$250
AutoDesk
Website URL: http://www.autodesk.com/
Description: Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design software for entertainment, natural resources, manufacturing, engineering, construction, and civil infrastructure.
Connections to DEC: Morgan & Sam are interning there
MindSumo
Website URL: http://www.mindsumo.com/
Description: MindSumo connects college students and companies. Solve challenges to prove your skills, win cash prizes, and land jobs.
Connections to DEC:
- Adam & Jared spoke with Trent & Keaton to plan the Microsoft challenge at the SparkTruck BBQ
- Mindsumo said they reached out to Accenture to see how we could collaborate on the Innovasion event
StormBoard
Website URL: https://www.stormboard.com/
Description: Real-time Brainstorming and Collaboration Tool
Connections to DEC:
- Adam talked with Reg (Founder and President) to get Stormboard to be the first “sponsor” of DEC
- Adam got Reg to come to the SHED when Dennis Boyle came to talk and brainstorm with us about bicycles
Accelerators / Funding / Innovator Training
Free Ventures
Website URL: http://www.freeventures.org/
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2013
E-Team Program
Website URL: http://nciia.org/eteam_program/
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 6TH, 2013
Hertz Grant
Website URL: www.hertzfoundation.org
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1ST, 2013
Big Ideas
Website URL: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 5TH, 2013
University Innovation Fellows
Website URL: http://dreamdesigndeliver.org/
University Innovation Fellows: Jared Karp and Adam Eastman
Jared and Adam's Landscape Analysis (Presentation Summary)
Academic Programs
- Innovation Engine initiative to blend Engineering, Design, and Entrepreneurship
- Hope to update design-centric courses in College of Engineering to crowd-source problem solving and attract people from different disciplines
Student Initiatives
- Honor societies and academic fraternities help students connect academically and network within their interests
- Competition teams- human powered vehicle, solar vehicle, sustainable design, etc.
- Student clubs like the Kairos Society to promote entrepreneurship
- Student design organizations including graphic, sustainable, and innovation design
School Resources
- Professor Sarah Beckman leading charge to promote entrepreneurship by connecting engineering and business students
Additional Resources: How to build a Design Institute on campus
Related Links
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