Enginuity

HackOHI/O is a free, 24-hour hackathon that attracts over 800 participants for a full weekend of coding, learning, networking and innovation. The event is hosted by OHI/O, an Informal Learning Program dedicated to fostering tech culture at The Ohio State University.

This year, HackOHI/O is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and has some exciting announcements. Dean Ayanna Howard chats with Cal King, Director of OHI/O and Student Co-Lead Adit Anup about how students benefit, how companies get involved and how much fun is had at the hackathon, happening October 8-9, 2022.

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While other universities own and operate airports, The Ohio State University Airport stands out for prioritizing education and research while providing exceptional service to its commercial and civil aviation clients.

In this episode, Dean Ayanna Howard chats with Stephanie Morgan, Executive Director of Air Transportation and the Aerospace Campus since 2019. Not only does Stephanie lead the business and operations of the airport, she’s also a veteran who attended the United States Military Academy and an instrument-rated private pilot who has a degree in aeronautical administration and an MBA. Among many honors, she was recently named a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Tune in to hear all the exciting things happening in education, outreach and research at The Ohio State University Airport!

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As the academic year wraps, Ohio State’s EcoCAR team heads out west for the final leg of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, a collegiate automotive engineering competition put on by the US Department of Energy. Dean Ayanna Howard connects with two of the leaders of the team – Shaumya Jha and Colin Knight – to talk about the challenge, what they’ve learned, and how participating helps students prepare for life after graduation.

Sponsored by General Motors and MathWorks, schools participating in this competition each received a new Chevy Blazer, and were challenged to improve efficiency and connectivity. Provided with hardware and software resources, Ohio State Engineering students collaborated to come up with what might be the award-winning vehicle! And Shaumya and Colin share some exciting news about the team’s future partnership with Wilberforce University.

To learn more about the Ohio State EcoCAR team, follow them on Instagram or visit their website.

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The city of the future, we are told, is the smart city with numerous civic, health and sustainability benefits. But will smart cities help us all be more inclusive? In Episode 6 of Enginuity, Dean Ayanna Howard, chats with Jennifer Clark, Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section at the Knowlton School in The Ohio State University College of Engineering. Professor Clark shares insights from her recent book, Uneven Innovation: The Work of Smart Cities, and discusses the negative effects of innovating in a vacuum, and explains how the Knowlton School is preparing future city and regional planners.

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Dean Ayanna Howard, an artificial intelligence expert in her own right, discusses AI with the leaders of two NSF AI Institutes, Ohio State Engineering Professors DK Panda and Ness Shroff. They share their definitions of AI, outline the problems each AI Institute aims to solve, and explain what “democratizing” AI means. (Note: Dean Howard and Professors Panda and Shroff were wearing masks during the recording)

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Materials Science and Engineering Professor Perena Gouma joins Dean Ayanna Howard. She leads a team of Ohio State researchers developing a device capable of detecting viruses – including SARS-CoV-2 – with just a single exhaled breath. If you’ve had the distinct displeasure of a nasal swab test, you’re surely looking forward to a faster, easier, more comfortable test.

Dr. Gouma’s research activities involve the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for bio and chemical sensors, as well as the development of artificial olfaction systems. She has established novel and highly successful programs on nanomedicine, with emphasis on the development of non-invasive breath and skin-based diagnostic tools. Her work has been featured in media outlets including NPR, The New York Times and WIRED, among many others.

In this episode, you’ll learn how she began applying nanotechnology to biomarker detection and how a February 2020 call from the White House spurred her team to focus on the looming pandemic.

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College of Engineering Dean Ayanna Howard chats with Asimina Kiourti, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at The Ohio State University and an expert in bioelectromagnetics. She’s one of the researchers pushing boundaries in the emerging field of smart clothes and fabrics.

Some smart clothes feature advanced textiles with interwoven circuitry, and others implement sensors and additional hardware to give it high-tech functionality. While integration with your iphone or Android could be considered a frivolous function, researchers and startups are developing smart clothes with important applications in healthcare, the military, and high-performance athletics.

Listen and learn about Kiourti’s transformational research in wearable and implantable sensor technology that will undoubtedly lead to improvements in health outcomes and the lives of others. And hear her joyfully describe a fun program she recently launched to engage girls in STEM activities.

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Lower back pain is the second most common reason people visit their physicians. It’s also the world’s leading cause of disability. Millions of people suffer from back pain. Many of them lose time at work. Many will be prescribed opioid painkillers, and some will become dependent on them. In the U.S. alone, back pain accounts for more than 100 million annual lost workdays and $100 billion in treatment costs. That is as much as we spend fighting cancer.

From diagnosis to treatment, back pain remains a vexing problem for physicians.

In this episode Dean Ayanna Howard speaks with Bill Marras, the executive director and scientific director of the Spine Research Institute (SRI) in Ohio State’s College of Engineering. He shares how at SRI researchers and practitioners from divergent fields apply their collective knowledge to solve what seems like an unsolvable problem. He tells Dean Howard how a systems engineer found himself researching back pain, why companies are interested in SRI’s expertise to prevent workplace injuries, and how his team is helping tackle the opioid addiction epidemic that impacts so many families. Interesting solutions happen at the intersection of disciplines. The work being done at the Spine Research Institute is an excellent example of this.

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In the Knowlton Hall rooftop garden, College of Engineering Dean Ayanna Howard chats with computer science and engineering major Anita Nti and recent PhD graduate Danny Freudiger, co-founders of Electrion, an energy-storage-as-a-service startup.

Startups and small businesses are vital for a thriving U.S. economy. And engineers possess the skills to launch companies and create jobs, so engineering students should be encouraged and nurtured to have an entrepreneurial mindset. The development of the Innovation District on Ohio State’s West Campus and a recently announced partnership with the State of Ohio will help Ohio State prepare more engineers to be entrepreneurs… or, “engipreneurs”. And sometimes students need role models and to see other students that are flexing their entrepreneurial muscles. In this episode, we highlight one group that is definitely flexing in the energy space. Last year, four Buckeye student engineers launched Electrion. They’re attracting media coverage and they recently received an initial venture capital investment. Learn how the Electrion team met, what “sparked” their startup idea, what it’s like being an entrepreneur while being an engineering student, how Ohio State football tailgates are involved, and more.

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