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FAU PARTNERS WITH LOCAL
INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR
ON CAMPUS 2020 RESEARCH
FAU’s NSF I/UCRC CAKE has received $600,000 of a $1 million
dollar commitment over five years from Last Best Chance owner,
Michael R. Levine for I/UCRC, CAKE membership and funding for
the research initiative titled CAMPUS 2020. “We are very pleased
that Mike Levine and his company joined the Center and provide
great support to our faculty and students,” said Borko Furht, Ph.D.,
professor and director of the I/UCRC, CAKE FAU site. “The CAMPUS
2020 research project deals with new ways for enhancing people’s
quality of life, by improving their interaction with the environment,
and by boosting resource optimization.” “The goal of the CAMPUS
2020 project is to provide multi-source information and interface
between humans and natural/man-made environments, using
mobile tech devices as well as allowing for real-time sensor-based
decisions and actions,” said Daniel Raviv, Ph.D., professor of
electrical engineering at FAU. Levine currently holds 76 patents,
including a VCR programmer and the digital thermostat.
Michael R. Levine, Manager of Last Best Chance presenting
NSF I/UCRC, CAKE FAU membership check to Borko
Furht, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center.
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