Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
An Introduction
Mos Kaveh
Associate Dean for Research and Planning
Centennial Professor, Electrical & Computer
Engineering
CRAD Meeting
March 12, 2009
Institute of
Technology
• 12 departments
•
Two programs
• 16 major research centers
and facilities
• Numerous departmental
research centers
• $110M in annual research
expenditures-12%
industrial funding
Institute of
Technology
• Unique combination of
- Engineering
- Physical Sciences
- Mathematics
• Multiple opportunities for
interdisciplinary research
• IT: challenges in the name
Institute of
Technology
• Engineering
– Aerospace Engineering and
Mechanics
– Biomedical Engineering
– Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science
– Civil Engineering
– Computer Science and Engineering
– Electrical and Computer
Engineering
– Mechanical Engineering
Institute of
Technology
• Physical Sciences
– Astronomy
– Chemistry
– Geology and Geophysics
– Physics
• Mathematics
• Free-standing Programs
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- History of Science and Technology
Institute of
Technology
Students
• 4,500 undergraduate
students
• 2,550 graduate students
• About 400 tenured,
tenure-track faculty
members
Major Multidisciplinary
Initiatives and Examples
• Digital and Information Technologies
– bio- and health – informatics, imaging
– Computers, communications and networks
• Engineering in Medicine
– medical device design, neuroengineering
• Energy and Environment
– solar, wind, biocatalysis, water and air quality
• Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
– new materials, devices, analysis and delivery
Major Research
Centers
• Characterization Facility
• Institute for Mathematics
and its Applications (NSF)
• Digital Technology Center
• Industrial Partnership for
Research in Interfacial and
Materials Engineering
• National Center for Earthsurface Dynamics (NSF)
Major Research
Centers
• Center for Nanostructured
Applications
• IEM/Medical Devices Center
• Nanofabrication Center
• Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center (NSF)
• Engineering Research Center for
Compact and Efficient Fluid
Power (NSF)
Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Jointly Sponsored by the Institute of Technology
and the Medical School
Jeffrey McCullough, M.D., Director
Medical Devices Center
Center for Cardiovascular Repair
Arthur Erdman,Ph.D., Director
Doris Taylor, Ph.D., Director
Mission
Members
•
•
Foster and support interdisciplinary research and
development at University of Minnesota:
– Solve medical problems or improve medical care for
patients through engineering
•
Enhance relationships between the University and
Minnesota’s medical device industry:
– Foster appropriate collaborative research and
development
– Leverage the strengths and expertise of each for the
benefit of the citizens of Minnesota
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•
110 Faculty Members:
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70: Medical School
–
29: Institute of Technology
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7: College of Pharmacy
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2: College of Liberal Arts
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1: College of Veterinary Medicine
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1: School of Dentistry
33 Disciplines Represented:
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24: Health Sciences
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9: Engineering
Cooperating: Center for Neuroengineering
The Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Design of
Medical
Devices
Conference
The Medical Device
Center
Fellows
Program
Interaction
with
Industry
Fund U of M Cross
Disciplinary R & D
MDC Core Labs
Entrepreneurship
• Institute of Technology Founders2005 Survey of alumni who
have started businesses:
– 15,000 alumni responded
– 3,024 have founded one or more companies
– 4,150 active companies, worldwide, employing 551,000, with
annual revenue of $90B
– 2,600 active companies in Minnesota, employing 175,000,
with annual revenue of $46B
• Faculty also active in start-ups, often with
students.
former graduate
Technology
Commercialization
• Over the past five years,
research by Institute of
Technology faculty has
generated over 300
intellectual property
disclosures, 79 patents
and 10 start-up companies
I.T. Licenses with Largest
Income
• Collaborative
Filtering (Riedl
and Konstan, CSE)
– Technology for
personalized
recommendation of
products (or
information) from a set
of alternatives. Used
for online
personalization and
marketing Technology
was licensed (including
3 US Patents) to Net
Perceptions, a start-up
company, in 1996. The
company was at one
point the leader in
online personalization
technology solutions.
• Autoscope (Panos
Michalopoulos, Civil
Eng.)
– Machine visio0n
technology for traffic
monitoring and control
– ISS goes public in 1995
– Installations in over 25
countries
For More Information:
Contact:
Mos Kaveh
University of Minnesota
Institute of Technology
mos@umn.edu
www.it.umn.edu
Thank you!