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<span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Richard Sesek, PhD, MPH, CPE</span><br class="">
Tim Cook Associate Professor<br class="">
Industrial & Systems Engineering<br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hello Richard,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thanks again for the invitation to the Innovators meeting. Unfortunately, I was traveling to meet with family out of state on Friday, so I was unable to attend the session.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">I wanted to make sure, though, that those involved in Innovators knew about the upcoming Halloween Pitch Competition. Engineering students did well in this competition last year (Remora Robotics won it).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Same rules as last year – 3 minutes, no Powerpoints, but prototypes are permitted. Deadline to apply is 10/21.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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Here’s a posting I did about the competition on LinkedIn, which has application information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;" class="">The Halloween Pitch Contest Deadline is Approaching!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class="">
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<span style="background-color: white;" class="">Are you an @AuburnU student with a new business idea looking for </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=startup&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6719722261324042240" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 94, 208); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">#startup</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;" class=""> capital?</span><br class="">
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<span style="background-color: white;" class="">Pitch your idea to an expert panel on 10/30 for a chance to win part of $2,000.</span><br class="">
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<span style="background-color: white;" class="">Register at </span><a href="https://lnkd.in/da-fzek" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 94, 208); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">https://lnkd.in/da-fzek</span></b></a><br class="">
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<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 5:51 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Innovators Group <<a href="mailto:Innovators@mailman.eng.auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Innovators@mailman.eng.auburn.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mark Schall <<a href="mailto:mcs0084@auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mcs0084@auburn.edu</a>>, Sean Gallagher <<a href="mailto:seangallagher@auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">seangallagher@auburn.edu</a>>,
Robert Thomas <<a href="mailto:thomare@auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">thomare@auburn.edu</a>>, Jerry Davis <<a href="mailto:davisga@auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">davisga@auburn.edu</a>>,
Richard Garnett <<a href="mailto:rfg0004@auburn.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rfg0004@auburn.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[Innovators] Innovator meeting on 10/16 @ 4 pm --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://auburn.zoom.us/j/88476054974" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://auburn.zoom.us/j/88476054974</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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Just a friendly reminder that this Friday (tomorrow), we will meet at 4 pm. If you are free and would like to join us, please bring a creative mindset and willingness to collaborate and help your peers.<br class="">
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OSE Innovation Workshop — we will be hosting an OSE-themed virtual innovation workshop in the next few months. We would like feedback regarding the planned structure for this event (the structure is still developing and your feedback is important). The event
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Discussion of features that could/should be available on an app that helps determine the most effective (in terms of noise reduction, cost-effectiveness, practicality, user acceptance, etc.) hearing protection devices for persons subjected to noise (presented
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Group feedback on how best to restart the innovation group in the age of covid.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
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I am willing to stay longer to “save the world and solve all of the problems,” but I want to punch through the list above in 1 hour or less.<br class="">
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Thoughts on Foosball and innovation — Dr. Schulz (FHWS in Germany) wants to make Auburn the epicenter of USA Foosball progressing gradually to tournaments with up to 40 tables (I will share details on how he envisions that might happen). He has some wealthy
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Previously, Bob and I had many ideas related to tech and foosball that could be applied in other fields and domains. Many are particularly relevant now in the age of covid (i.e., sharing experiences in a low social-contact manner). The spirit of this concept
is to bring people together. The president of the ITSF (International Table Soccer Federation) thinks that a club/organization is the way to begin. The ITSF president could provide some support in a variety of ways (tables, visits by professionals, etc.).
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Tim Cook Associate Professor<br class="">
Industrial & Systems Engineering<br class="">
3341 Shelby Center<br class="">
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