College of Engineering
SPOTLIGHT AN UNSHAKEABLE FOCUS ON LEARNING
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FALL 2019
WELCOME FROM THE DEAN Dear Friends, In 2004, the National Academy of Engineering published a report called, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. The report asked the question, “What will or should engineering be like in 2020?” Fifteen years later, engineering students from this senior class will be the Engineers of 2020. While much has changed since 2004, the recommendations from the report still ring true: to solve problems that advance society and improve the human condition, the Engineer of 2020 must complement engineering knowledge with business acumen, leadership capacity, practical ingenuity, intrinsic motivation, and a value system that is ethically responsive to social, global, cultural, political, and economic forces. As society informs and reacts to rapidly accelerating technological developments, we must continue educating future engineers to be equally adaptable to the changes they will no doubt encounter during their careers. Looking to the future, we – as educators – must also evolve with the demands technology places on society and the value society places on technology. But what does that look like? While we cannot predict the future, we can prepare for it. Taking the Engineer of 2020 as the blueprint for the COEN of 2040, we engage in engineering education approaches that promote diversity and inclusion, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and innovation, teamwork and collaboration, and multidisciplinary engagement. This takes many forms, from evidence-based teaching in the classroom and laboratories to experiential learning through student club competitions and activities, multi-disciplinary team projects, internships, study abroad opportunities, and fundamental research and product development in state-of-the-art facilities. In this Spotlight, you will learn about some of these initiatives. You’ll meet Dr. Peter Müllner, who espouses the importance of his students, collaborators, and colleagues in advancing academic innovations. You will also hear about a student team that took first place in a national robotics competition, and see how students will benefit from expanded space and resources in our new Engineering Innovation Studio. With these stories and others, I hope you come away with an even better appreciation for what we are doing to educate the next generation of engineers, and our work in supporting the greater Boise State community and the nation. Yours truly, Front Cover – from left to right: Dr. Peter Müllner and Medha Veligatla (MSE PhD student) Justin Larson, photo.
JoAnn S. Lighty Dean and Professor College of Engineering
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NSF CAREER AWARDS
Pictured from left to right: Dr. David Estrada and Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING NSF CAREER AWARD WINNERS The National Science Foundation (NSF) has presented CAREER awards to two College of Engineering faculty members this year. This prestigious annual grant honors early-career faculty from across the country. The awards will support Drs. David Estrada ($550,752) and Hoda Mehrpouyan ($454,000) as they advance tissue engineering and industrial control systems cybersecurity, respectively. The CAREER awards also support their efforts in education and outreach. Dr. David Estrada
Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan
Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering
Computer Science
Graphene as a Bioscaffold for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Formal Tools for Safety and Security of Industrial Control Systems (FORENSICS)
Since the college’s inception in 1997, College of Engineering faculty have received 18 CAREER awards. The college is currently home to 13 awardees. For more information about the recipients, visit: coen.boisestate.edu/careerawards
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COEN IN THE NEWS HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY HELPS SOLVE MYSTERIES IN THE HUMANITIES uncover new historical details from World War I postcards, medieval manuscripts, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. TEDx events use the same format as widely known TED Talk conferences, but with independent organization from the local community.
We know that engineers design, manufacture, and construct products and infrastructure that impact our daily lives, from computers to power grids. But there’s another, lesser-known side of engineering – digital humanities – that uses computers and technology to further the study of art, literature and history. In a recent TEDx talk, Elisa Barney Smith, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, illustrates how she has used technology to
Dr. Barney has worked to apply image processing and machine learning (a more accurate word for that overused term “artificial intelligence”) to many problems in many fields. She loves working with students in and out of the classroom, and is very involved with the electrical engineering and computer science professional society, IEEE (which bears the tagline “Advancing Technology for Humanity”). At the same TEDx event, John Gardner, Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, presented, “What If Fossil Fuels Had Never Existed?”
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING RECOGNIZED FOR DEDICATION TO DIVERSITY
CIVIL ENGINEERING WELCOMES NICK HUDYMA AS NEW CHAIR
Boise State University’s College of Engineering has been recognized for its dedication to promoting diversity and awarded the Bronze Award for the 2019 ASEE Diversity Recognition Program by the American Society for Engineering Education. The Bronze Award is the highest level that was conferred and distinguishes colleges who are among the nation’s leaders in inclusive excellence.
Dr. Nick Hudyma joins the College of Engineering from the University of North Florida with a background in Geological Engineering (BSc University of Manitoba), Civil & Environmental Engineering (MS University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Geotechnical Engineering (PhD University of Nevada, Las Vegas). He has a strong focus on student success, and his research interests include experimental rock characterization. In addition, he is currently working with the Mayo Clinic on bone fracture initialization. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, among them the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the ASCE Geo-Institute.
This is the inaugural year of the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program, which seeks to “publicly recognize those engineering and engineering technology colleges that make significant, measurable progress in increasing the diversity, inclusion and degree attainment outcomes of their programs.” The Bronze Award status has been granted for three years.
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TRAINING BOISE’S BUILDERS FROM CLASSROOM TO SKYLINE From the soaring Zions Bank building – the tallest in the state of Idaho – to the eye-catching and innovative Center for the Visual Arts that just opened on the Boise State campus, Construction Management program students and alumni have been a part of significant regional construction projects; since 1976, they have been building the Boise skyline from the ground up. Boise and Idaho are growing at phenomenal rates, and construction management positions are in high demand. According to Forbes Magazine, Boise was the fastest growing city in 2018. Further, the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Idaho is one of the two fastest growing states in the nation, alongside Nevada. To prepare students for these opportunities, our Construction Management program ensures that they develop leadership skills, technological ability, and a foundation in the business side of construction. Together these capabilities help working professionals to guide projects from inception to completion, on time, safely, and on budget.
ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND WORKPLACE LEARNING – BUILDING BETTER WORKPLACES FOR OVER 30 YEARS COEN not only serves its students by addressing the technical aspects of improved materials, products, and systems, but also the complementary strategies of matching potential solutions to organizational needs. The 31-year old Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning graduate program celebrates 30 years offering online courses, and has been a COEN department for the last 22. Their project-based curriculum helps master’s students evaluate problems and combine information, motivation, resources, and tools to improve workplace performance in ways organizations value. Eight faculty members maintain a diverse research agenda and recently presented at two conferences: (1) the International Society for Performance Improvement Europe, Middle East, Africa (ISPI EMEA) in Skopje, North Macedonia, and (2) the Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT) in Las Vegas. Dr. Anthony Marker addressed performance improvement models in his presentation, “The Spiral Human Performance Improvement (HPI) Framework Meets Agile and Change Management.” Dr. Lisa Giacumo addressed “Cross-cultural Interviewing Best Practices” for ethical data collection at ISPI, and “Building an Equitable, Accessible Organization,” addressing system-level barriers at AECT. She also co-presented at AECT with Dr. Steve Villachica on defining project scope and objectives in presentations on framing instructional design and human performance project scopes that matter, and “Using Job-focused Objectives to Improve Learning Transfer.” Finally, Drs. Giacumo, Villachica, and Stieha co-presented on “Understanding Graduates’ Career Readiness and Confidence Following a Career-coaching Course.”
Additional department research projects address: External Evaluation: Dr. In Gu Kang is an evaluator for the project, “Implementing a Framework for Assessing Teaching Effectiveness,” recently funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Improving Student Teams: Dr. Soo Jeoung “Crystal” Han recently won a COEN research seed grant and will examine interdisciplinary project team performance. Educational Research: Dr. Vicki Stieha is a researcher and co-principal investigator for an NSF-funded Gateway Scholarships in Biological Sciences grant. Organizational Evaluation: Dr. Yonnie Chyung is performing statistical analyses for construction equipment supplier, Wirtgen America. Computer Science Department Collaborations: Dr. Donald Winiecki continues work on an NSF-funded grant teaching undergraduates to incorporate ethics into computer science practice, is developing ethics curriculum for graduate cybersecurity courses, and recently won a COEN research seed grant that will help him verify data science models that predict financial crimes. COEN Newsletter | Fall 2019 5
THE POWER OF PEOPLE IN RESEARCH – Innovation is the heart of commercialization. As an internationally recognized scholar, turning a research problem into a fully functional product was not the first thought that came to Müllner’s mind as he was building his research enterprise. It was not until he served on the Patent Committee within the Division of Research and Economic Development at Boise State that he began to unravel the commercialization process and realize the potential of his research.
From left to right: Jiheon Kown (MSE senior), Medha Veligatla (MSE PhD student), Ali Mustafa (MSE senior), Ian Varie (ECE senior), Peter Müllner (Professor), Andrew Armstrong (MSE PhD student), Bibek Karki (MSE PhD student), Claire Adams (MSE senior), Jaime Guevara (CS senior)
The material is the machine. Remember the T-1000 robot from Terminator 2 or Optimus Prime from the Transformers franchise? These made-for-the-movies science fiction characters have one thing in common with the technology being developed in Peter Müllner’s Magnetic Materials Laboratory – they are all metallic shapeshifters. Since joining Boise State fifteen years ago from ETH Zürich in Switzerland, Müllner – a Distinguished Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering – has worked toward understanding and harnessing the shapeshifting ability of magnetic shape memory alloys. Apply a magnetic field and these novel alloys respond with a predictable shape change. Reverse the magnetic field and the material returns to its original shape. Today, his laboratory has transformed magnetic shape memory alloys from a novel material system capable of sensing, power generation, and actuation into its first successful application – a micro-pump. Müllner describes his micro-pump as a “metal muscle.” “The pump works similar to the esophagus in mammals,” he said. “Many of the mechanical parts, such as gears and valves, found in conventional pump technologies are not required for our micro-pump. That’s what makes the material the machine,” he added. Müllner’s innovative spirit resulted in his being named a 2019 Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. This recognition honors faculty, scientists and administrators who have proven success in patents, licensing and commercialization, who have produced technologies that have brought – or aspire to bring – real impact on societal welfare, and who educate and mentor the next generation of inventors.
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Successfully advancing academic innovations, Müllner founded Shaw Mountain Technology, LLC in 2015 to commercialize the micro-pump for the life sciences. Now, with nine patents under his belt and eight patents pending, the micro-pump is the only microfluidics pump without any moving parts in the market. Fewer moving parts means greater reliability and energy efficiency. Harold Blackman, Interim Vice President for the Division of Research and Economic Development, sees Müllner’s technology as a prime example of how Boise State’s spirit of innovation leads to entrepreneurship and economic development. “Boise State’s commitment to technology transfer along with Dr. Müllner’s vision, leadership, and dedication has led to the development of a fully functional, commercially available product that supports the life sciences. Beyond the biomedical research field, the development of a robust, compact, and userfriendly micro-pump provides the foundation for entering the multi-billion-dollar microfluidic device market for healthcare applications,” said Blackman. An early-stage spin-off company, Shaw Mountain Technology, has licensed three of Müllner’s inventions from Boise State’s Office of Technology Transfer. Looking to the future, “the priority of Shaw Mountain Technology is to keep product development, manufacturing, and company operations located in Idaho,” said Müllner. “As we grow, our goal is to hire both students and graduates from Boise State University,” he added. Collaboration is the heart of innovation. Müllner is the first to point out that he could not have done all this alone. “It is the people that make up my research team over the years that gave life to the project and advanced magnetic shape memory alloys from the laboratory to a product,” said Müllner. “Without collaboration with experts from around the world and with students and staff that bring new ideas and approaches to solving problems, we wouldn’t have been able to unlock the potential of magnetic shape memory alloys,” he added.
ADVANCING ACADEMIC INNOVATIONS After visiting Müllner’s laboratory, JoAnn Lighty, Dean of the College of Engineering noted, “Dr. Müllner’s success in translating fundamental research on magnetic shape memory alloys into intellectual property is important and impressive. By involving students and staff – from high school students to research faculty – he is creating a lasting culture of collaboration and innovation.” With education through research as a guiding principle, Müllner has employed over 60 undergraduate and graduate students since launching the Magnetic Materials Laboratory. Further enriching their educational experience, many of his students are also able to visit collaborators overseas and work in their research facilities; national and international students and scientists from partner institutions also visit his research group in Boise. With the support of his students and staff as well as colleagues from the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Müllner also hosted the International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys in 2013. He describes these international collaborations as opportunities to exchange ideas, share complementary resources, gain access to specialized equipment, and experience different cultures. Andrew Armstrong, a PhD student in Müllner’s research group, concurs. He recently returned from a seven-month visit to work with collaborators in Prague. “My time at the Czech Academy of Sciences broadened my perspective as a researcher and a person. I got to work with some of the top scientists in the field and assimilate to a completely different and inspiring culture. I left with new friends, an expanded professional network, and future career opportunities.” Müllner, grateful for all the support he has had from students, staff, and colleagues since coming to Boise State, said he is most proud to see his students transition from Boise State to become burgeoning leaders in their own right as professors, scientists at national labs, engineers at Fortune 500 companies, and entrepreneurs. According to Will Hughes, Director of the Boise State Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, “Dr. Müllner is changing our world by changing the way our students engage with and contribute to it. He is a beacon of innovation that is leaving an indelible ink on Idaho and the nation.”
Professor of Physics at the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Ullakko invented the shape memory effect and the device builds on his foundational work. Hampikian was seeking a miniature pump with little dead volume – a product unavailable on the market – to feed polymerase chain reaction experiments as part of his effort in DNA forensics. Their idea turned into reality due to the ingenuity of an undergraduate mechanical engineering student and co-inventor, Aaron Smith. When Smith started working in Müllner’s laboratory, he did not realize how life-changing his undergraduate research experience would become. His experience developing the micro-pump compelled him to pursue a PhD with Ullakko in Finland. After completing his PhD in Material Technology, he returned to Boise and joined Müllner as a partner at Shaw Mountain Technology. Together, Müllner and Smith have grown an innovative idea into a functioning business. Smith states, “I came back specifically to work with Peter. It’s Peter’s passion for his research and Shaw Mountain Technology and his compassion for his students, staff, and state that drew me back.” This sentiment is echoed by many of his current and past students. Medha Veligatla, who recently defended her PhD dissertation, says “For me, Dr. Müllner’s research group is family. He gives you the confidence to define your own path while pushing you and supporting you. This results in people doing their best work.” As an undergraduate student majoring in electrical engineering, Charles “Link” Patrick worked in Müllner’s lab, which he describes as truly multi-disciplinary. Now at Princeton pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering, Patrick likens Müllner’s approach to mentorship as father-like. “He’s patient, he’s done it before, he’s on your side, and he wants to see you learn it too.”
The heart behind the machine. The idea for the micropump began to take shape in 2011 when Müllner teamed with co-inventors Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology and Criminal Justice at Boise State, and Kari Ullakko,
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STUDENT PROFILES STUDENT TEAM TAKES FIRST PLACE IN ROBOTIC AUTO-NAVIGATION COMPETITION In their second year competing, a Boise State student robotics team took first place in auto-navigation at the 27th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition. The seven-person team also came in third for the overall competition, in which more than 50 student university teams from around the world participated. The team used an electric drive system and sensors like LiDAR, cameras, sonar and GPS to design, build and finally guide their robot through an obstacle course. They then soundly defeated other teams in distance as their robot went 293 feet – 153 feet further than the nearest competing robot. Most of these Master’s and Bachelor’s students are completing degrees in the college, with two each from Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering; and Computer Science. The final undergraduate participant is studying applied sciences. The competition gave students the opportunity to showcase their work and prowess with emerging technologies and applications such as self-driving vehicles, mobile robots, and navigation systems. “Building off the work our team did last year, we did significant rework on the electronics and navigation software,” said Parker Parrish, the undergraduate computer science team lead. “This year, we designed a custom circuit board for the drive electronics and improved our navigation system by adding a real-time simultaneous localization and mapping module.” Read more about the competition at https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2019/06/26/boise-state-robotics-takes-firstplace-in-auto-navigation-competition/
ENGINEERING STUDENTS GO GLOBAL As global learning options continue to expand, COEN engineering students increasingly participate in opportunities to travel and develop greater cultural competency. Where students were once limited to a semester abroad, they can now choose from different lengths of time, from a broader number of countries, and even make several trips. These options make it possible for students to really customize their experiences. We partner with programs designed for engineering students which often include a hands-on opportunity or provide internship credit. For example, participants can learn more about water resource management while in Peru, live with a family while studying in Germany, and study renewable energy and sustainability in Iceland. While it’s not always possible to travel, we also have students choosing Boise State as their destination. This gives our on-campus students, that wouldn’t travel otherwise, an opportunity to interact with students from other countries and gain a global perspective. Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering major Robin Deleon had this to say about the one-week Bogota, Colombia trip: “One of the first things I noticed our first day was, quite frankly, how beautiful it is. I’d heard a lot about it before going, but it was an entirely different experience seeing it for myself. Also, the people were exceptionally hospitable and the food was absolutely delicious. The companies we visited painted an interesting perspective of the country as each one related to different industries. One was agricultural, another was in manufacturing, one involved infrastructure, and the last one was working with advanced technology. The trip is something I’d recommend to anyone.” 8 COEN Newsletter | Fall 2019
COEN OUTREACH THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OUTREACH PROGRAMS Why do students decide to become engineers or computer scientists? For many Boise State students, their interest in engineering and technology was sparked by participating in a fun and engaging activity before they enrolled in college. This is why the College of Engineering is dedicated to bringing engineering exploration and the pursuit of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning to students of all ages in our community. Our interactive learning activities introduce students to working engineers and computer scientists so they can learn first-hand the connection between engineering, technology, the power of computing, and our quality of life.
Where are They Now? Among other outreach opportunities, the College of Engineering has hosted 650+ high school girls through the e-Girls summer programs since 2005. This fun, two-day adventure is for high school girls exploring careers in engineering, and computer science. About 50% of the girls continue to pursue a STEM career in college. Below are a few updates on past participants, and recent graduates.
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Stephanie Johnson (Emmett High School 2007): B.S. in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering in 2013 from Boise State University, and currently works as a building energy performance engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.
Madia Mohammad (Boise High School 2013): B.S. in Computer Science in 2018 from Boise State University, and currently works as a lead test engineer at HP Inc.
e-Girls 2007 Nikki Armstrong (Eagle High School 2010): B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University in 2015, and currently works as an electrical engineer at Power Engineers in Boise.
e-Girls 2009 Miren Aizpitarte (Rocky Mountain High School 2011): B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in 2015, and currently works as a senior project engineer at Critchfield Mechanical, Inc. in San Jose.
e-Girls 2013 Emina Suljic (Meridian Technical Charter High 2014): B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boise State University in 2019.
e-Girls 2017 Emily Xiao Liu (Centennial High School 2018): Computer Science major at Boise State University.
e-Girls 2018 Christina Totorica (Bishop Kelly 2019): Mechanical Engineering major at California Polytechnic State University. COEN Newsletter | Fall 2019 9
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INNOVATION SUPPORT THE EXPANDED ENGINEERING INNOVATION STUDIO Experiential Learning is Essential to High-Quality Education The COEN Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering department has recently completed the second phase of a robust fabrication facility expansion. As our technical society becomes more digital, modern engineering students must balance theory in lecture courses with an opportunity to realize creativity in a real-world fabrication space. Our students have over 1,000 hours of access to equipment, software and trained personnel to help them master their skills. A place where students can: • Apply theoretical concepts • Work within real-world constraints • Demonstrate real-world skills, including collaboration, design, machining, and prototyping • Compete against other universities on projects for national competition • Participate in a more complete design experience This phase of the expansion: • Triples the size of the previous shop space • Adds collaboration and design resources • Increases prototyping capabilities, including additional 3D printers • Increases fabrication capacity with additional mills, lathes, and workspace How you can support us: Our goal is to support the Engineering Innovation Studio through industry and private sponsorships. These funds will support continued growth and maintenance of the studio to facilitate student learning and expand the student experience. For more information, visit: https://give.boisestate.edu/mechanicalbiomedical For more about studio equipment and the next phase of development, visit: http://coen.boisestate.edu/mbe/innovation-studio/
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FACULTY AWARDS Robert Hamilton – Foundation Scholar in Service The Boise State University Foundation honored Boise State Civil Engineering faculty member Robert Hamilton with the 2019 University Foundation Scholar Award. This prestigious award honors Boise State faculty who have demonstrated ongoing commitment, expertise and accomplishments in teaching, research and service. Diana Garza – Distinguished Alumni Service Award Diana Garza, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award. The award honors extraordinary and inspirational recipients for their outstanding dedication and commitment to volunteer service for the university and/or the Alumni Association (in addition to achievements in their chosen profession). David Estrada – 2019 National TRIO Achievers Award Dave Estrada, faculty member in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, has been recognized by the Council for Opportunity in Education for the outstanding contributions he has made to his profession as a first-generation college student. For more news please visit our website at: https://www.boisestate.edu/news/tag/college-of-engineering/
Industry Advisory Board The Industry Advisory Board provides counsel to the dean to support the longterm strategic objectives for the college. Current board members are: Mark Bowen, Jacobs Chris Byrne, POWER Engineers Dave Butzier, AECOM Archie Clemins, Caribou Technologies Matt Daum, HP Inc. Doug Dockter, Idaho Power Mark Durcan, Micron Technology, Inc. (retired) Tim Forhan, Sanctuary Wealth Jim Gasaway, Kount Wayne Hammon, Idaho Associated General Contractors Dean Klein, Micron Technology, Inc. (retired) Tom Loutzenheiser, Preco Electronics Elizabeth Marshall, Marshall GIS Tim Morgan, Materials Testing & Inspection an ATLAS Company Lynn Russell, COEN Emeritus Professor Pat Shannon, COBE Emeritus Professor John Smythe, Micron Technology, Inc. Linda Somerville, Micron Technology, Inc. Maria Tindall, HP Inc. Marianne Walck, Idaho National Laboratory