2019 MEETINGS

Tuesday, October 15th

Wayne State University, College of Engineering

Professor Leslie Monplaisir, Chair and Professor Celestine Aguwa, Industrial & Systems Engineering (8:30 AM):

• Academic program and student profiles
• VOC: Customer Satisfaction Ratio Based Analysis

College of Creative Studies (CCS)

Ellie Schneider, Director, Design Core Detroit, and
Shannon McPartlon, Sr Director, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships (10:00 AM):

• Design Core Detroit Creative Ventures Program
• Taubman Center Tour

Ian Lambert, Dean of Graduate Studies, and
Maria Luisa Rossi, Chair, Integrated Design Programs: Integrated Design Program (11:15 AM):

Cerence Research Labs

Adam Emfield:  Lab tour and discussion of advanced automotive software and interaction research (2:00 PM)

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Karanvir Panesar, PhD Grad student: Session with U of Michigan students (4:15 PM):

“After 2 years on your first job after graduating, what would you like to tell your family and friends about your work experience?”

Dr. Paul Green, Research Professor (5:00 PM):

• Tour of M City
• Simulated city for automated and connected car testing

Tour of M City, led by Paul Green (5:30 PM):  Simulated city for automated and connected car testing

Wednesday, October 16th

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

John Eaton, Client Strategist, Macomb-Oakland University Incubator (8:15AM):

From Pitch Deck to NPD: Adopting a Start-up Model for Corporate Innovation

Consortium only session (10:00 AM):

• Stan Caplan on FAST Diagramming with group exercise
• Next meeting planning

Tuesday, April 30th

Strong Todd House, 639 East Ave.

Consortium only session

Bob Rosenfeld, CEO Idea Connections Systems, Inc.

• The Human Side of Innovation
• Tour of historic Strong Todd House

Michael Perlson, President, Perlson Associates

• Anatomy of a Turnaround

Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute or Technology (RIT)

Professor Ferat Sahin, Center for Human Aware AI

• Robotics and AI
• Lab tour and demonstrations

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, RIT

Professor David Schwartz, School of Interactive Games and Media

• Learnings from game design and development

Jay Elkerton, Distinguished Technologist, Emerson Process Management

• HFES Chapter meeting: Human Centered Design at Emerson

Wednesday, May 1st

Wegmans Supermarket, East Ave and Pittsford Plaza

Steve Schwartz, Manager of Store Technology, Wegmans Food Markets

• Wegmans’ pilot testing of a new shopping experience (East Ave Store)
• Anatomy of Wegmans’ inclusive customer experience
• Tour of store

Consortium only session — Debrief and planning of next meeting