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BOG to approve $23.6 million in state funding for USF, second best in the state.

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For USF executives at this afternoon’s continuation of the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) meeting, the sound of gavels hitting their blocks was worth tens of millions of dollars in new university funding.

In addition to being slated to receive more than $40 million for university construction and development projects, USF is slated to receive approximately $23.6 million from the state in performancebased funding.

Last year, the USF system received $22.2 million from the

state in performance-based funding, and this marks the third year in a row USF was ranked second or better among the colleges in the State University System.

“That’s one of the best ways to measure where the universi-

“USF is ranked number two in the state and is nipping at the heels of number one.”

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ty stands in the State University System,” said USF Provost Ralph Wilcox. “USF is ranked number two in the state and is nipping at the heels of number one.”

The BOG annually allocates funding to universities decided by a formula of performance metrics, or ten measurements of success

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decided by the BOG and individual universities, which is designed to give more funding to higher performing schools.

The BOG approved this performance model in January of 2014 and finalized in November of last year.

If a university performs well enough compared to the other schools in the State University System, it will receive the money it invested, as well as additional funding from the state. If it does not perform well enough, the money it invested will be disbursed to other universities.

Among other metrics, this year USF ranked high with its 75 percent of graduates either employed or continuing their education, a median average wage of $35,200 for graduates within one-year of graduation, an average degree cost of $25,490 and a six-year graduation rate of 66 percent.

Mark Walsh, USF assistant vice president for government relations,

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USF projects make it to state budget

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Though Florida lawmakers made quite a few lastminute decisions on multimillion dollar projects within this year’s budget, this did not prevent USF from receiving more than $29 million in state funding.

Shortly before midnight on Monday, legislators in Tallahassee agreed to appropriate $17 million in Florida’s newly proposed state budget for relocating USF’s Morsani College of Medicine to its expected downtown Tampa home on the corner of Meridian Avenue and Channelside Drive.

USF did not, however, receive its requested $15.75 million for completing the

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Driverless vehicle takes route to future

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At the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) what was once science fiction and speculation has become a rideable exhibit with implications for larger projects in the future.

Developed in France, the Meridian Shuttle exhibit was designed for use in cities with heavy foot traffic and is the first driverless vehicle available for public trial in the U.S. “It goes up to up to 25 miles an hour, however, in our experience here inside the lobby at MOSI we only take it to 3.7 miles per hour for safety reasons,” Eric Sigler said.

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The Meridian Shuttle, which is now on display at the Museum of Science and Industry across the street from campus, is the first publicly available driverless vehicle. ORACLE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER COLLIER

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One of MOSI’s official STEAMpunks, Sigler’s position involves entertaining guests through live science shows, demonstrations and operation of exhibits like the Meridian Shuttle.

His role in the exhibit is to set the

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course of the vehicle, press the start button and then educate the guests while the shuttle drives itself through the course.

“It has been programmed to do certain elements of the Florida State Driver’s Test,” Sigler said.

“Such as, three-point turns, stopping at the stop sign, reversing and parking.”

According to Sigler, the vehicle

uses a laser system to read its surroundings and decide how to get to the directed location. When the vehicle was first brought into the museum, he said it was manually operated with an Xbox 360 controller in order to map out its surroundings.

MOSI Director of Exhibits Johnny Scotello said autonomous vehicle research provides various opportunities for state and private entities and it’s hoped that universities and cities will adopt the technology as a safer and greener alternative to public transport.

“It runs on two batteries, it has two computers,” Scotello said. “It pumps basically 30 lasers per second per each system.”

The $250,000 prototype shuttle can be programmed to operate continuously on run-time patterns similar to a bus or subway schedule. On an onboard touchscreen monitor, a map of what the vehicle learned about its surroundings is displayed while the laser system scans for any obstacles in its way.

If an obstacle is detected, the shuttle will stop until it is removed or the vehicle detects an alternative path.

“It has computerized fail-safes so within two meters, it will stop,” Scotello said. “Within two meters your average person won’t stop.”

According to Scotello, the Meridian Shuttle has protections not just for the mechanical components and the passengers, but a robust system of protections against cyber-crime and computer viruses.

“Just to turn on the vehicle, there are multiple passwords required for multiple computers,” Scotello said. “Multiple computers need to sync before it will actually even initialize.”

According to Scotello and others at MOSI, the technology is close to being ready for practical, everyday

use.

Scotello said the efficiency and potential to save on power and gas make a future iteration of the shuttle an alternative to most localized public transportation including bussing systems like the Bull Runner.

“This would be perfect around Ybor … the other application is around a university, especially where parking is an issue,” Scotello said.

Some of the obstacles to making the shuttle accessible in large cities across the country involve legal issues and questions of logistics.

“There are states like Nevada that have opened (driverless vehicle legislature) up for discussion,” Scotello said. “In the U.K., any public street is actually legal now to test a driverless vehicle on. In Florida we are just beginning to scratch the surface.”

The driverless vehicles are equipped with a manual override switch even though the vehicle is supposedly 1,000 times safer than conventional vehicles according to statistical analysis and test runs, the reality of those statistics remains to be seen on a larger scale.

Two examples of the safety and legality of using the vehicle at the societal level are whether sending a child to school or an intoxicated person home in one would be against the law. In other words, does the vehicle require a sober, licensed driver to be lawfully operated?

Scotello also said, in order to commit to energy conservation and safety, Americans may have to let go of some cultural traditions, like car ownership.

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occur in this area,” he said. “The United States is a car culture. If you are in a very urban city in Europe, like London or Milan or Madrid, cars just don’t happen the same way. The roads aren’t big enough … here everyone owns one or two cars and we think nothing of a really long car commute because we’re proud and happy with our cars.”

Engineer and Induct Technologies CEO Pierre Lefevre began the project roughly 10 years ago in France, with the goal to remove personal cars from the road in order to clear busy streets and provide a safe alternative to buses and cars.

“We are looking for removing private cars from inside campuses and cities,” Lefevre said. “So if we put the electronic into normal cars, there will simply be more cars.

The goal is to have areas in the city where we can remove private cars and have a bit of service.”

The future iterations of the vehicle could be summoned through a smartphone app, according to Lefevre. Currently, there are 18 prototypes of the vehicle and each is 30 percent cheaper than a traditional bus with driver.

“Most important for us is localization,” Lefevre said. “The most important thing is that the vehicle knows when it is lost. We have a very specific technology for localization. We don’t use GPS as you can see, because you could not be inside. We use mapping with radars so the vehicle knows the map the first time.”

The exhibit will be open until September, along with a drone and robotics exhibit. In early July, a USF-designed robot named Baxter, which can use facial recognition and play connect four with visitors, will also have an exhibit.

USF ranks 10th in nation for patents

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USF ranked 10th in the nation and 13th internationally for the amount of patents it produced in 2014, according to a pair of reports from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual

Property Owners Association.

The data, obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, shows that USF has ranked in the top 15 in patent grants for the last five years.

USF produced 104 patents last year, which earned its 4th place rank among public universities by comparison, University of Florida ranked

7th, Florida State University ranked 30th and University of Central Florida ranked 12th.

The top three universities for patent grants in 2014 were University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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said USF’s consistent high ranking may also change the amount of money it receives in future years.

“With (high rankings) comes a lot of new money,” Walsh said.

“The state is changing the dynamic of how they want to provide funds to universities. They want to make it a performance-based system, and if we improve on those metrics, they will continue to invest more money.”

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planned USF Health Heart Institute, which is currently planned to be housed in the same building as the College of Medicine per Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik’s billion-dollar vision to revamp the downtown area.

While the Heart Institute received no money from the newly proposed state budget, Mark Walsh, USF assistant vice president for government relations, said this won’t impact the construction timeline.

“Because the Heart Institute has been funded for three prior (legislative) sessions in a row, it now has (funding) of about $35 million,” Walsh said. “Whereas Morsani has only been provided $5 million to begin the planning of the facility, it has never had a construction level appropriation from the state.”

Walsh said the new $17 million for moving the College of Medicine also marks a milestone in USF’s request for funding USF Health downtown.

“When you add the two projects together with the $35 million we have for (the) Heart (Institute) already, the $5 million we have for Morsani and this $17 million, we’ll be across the halfway threshold for our requests for state funds for the downtown (USF Health) facility,” he said.

According to a recent Tampa Bay Times article, construction of the building is expected to begin by the end of 2016.

Walsh said state lawmakers also delegated $12.3 million for completing the construction of USF St. Petersburg’s Kate Tiedemann College of Business, $6 million for the

final, as the state budget still needs to be finalized on Friday before going to Gov. Rick Scott — when specific appropriations could be vetoed. The BOG’s recommended disbursal of funding was placed on the desks of Legislators on Tuesday, and once approved, the funding will be disbursed in July. “(The funding) is a significant positive 8-figure impact for the University of South Florida,” Walsh said. “We’re proud of our performance and happy to achieve that.”

— Additional reporting by Alex Rosenthal construction of a new Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) research vessel and $5 million in recurring funds for the Florida Center for Cybersecurity housed at USF. He said the USF St. Petersburg’s Kate Tiedemann College of Business has received funding for two years prior, and it needed this appropriation to stay on track for its anticipated completion date.

As a result, the USF Board of Trustees prioritized the college’s construction over the downtown medical school project in its 2015 top legislative priorities. “(The college) is already underway, and it needed the funding just to stay on track, whereas (with the) downtown (project), we’re happy for the funding so we can get started on it,” he said. “(The USFSP facility) will be 100 percent built, funded and open for students in the fall of 2016.”

As for the FIO’s new funding, the allotted $6 million would replace the institute’s 40-year-old R/V Bellows with a new research vessel at the College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg. The ship would be owned by USF and available for use by branch campuses.

Of course, the appropriation of these funds depends on the final vote by Florida legislators expected on Friday and Gov. Rick Scott’s signature.

While the Legislature has not made its final decision, USF Provost Ralph Wilcox said he is pleased with the results and the university can now focus on the construction of these projects.

“For now, we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Wilcox said.

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Prototype gadgets turn fiction into reality

The Cicret Bracelet could make cellphones and tablets obsolete in the future, one of several new gadgets still in development that could change the future of society.

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Each year the technology sector unleashes a collection of new gadgets and gizmos for the consumer to potentially adopt. This season, heavyweights and underdogs alike will compete to attract customers and investors to the next big thing.

Here are some of the cutting-edge designs that could change society and make every day a little more like the Jetsons:

Google Cardboard You read that correctly, the Google Cardboard is an inexpensive way to experience the wonder of virtual reality. With a price tag of roughly $20 on Amazon, Cardboard uses interactions between magnets, embedded optics and

a smartphone to produce an image within the cardboard shell. One complaint from the product testers revealed that the virtual motion could use some work, but that the overall experience was positive.

Advertisements for the device show a classroom full of students using the cardboard device to explore a canyon and go on a virtual field trip.

Project Soli A powerful microchip developed by Google, Project Soli can read small twitches of a user’s hands and fingers to use the device without a button or switch. Available soon for use in everyday appliances and gadgets, the chip utilizes radar feedback to interpret what a person is doing. For example, an MP3 player’s volume can be

adjusted by making a small motion without ever actually touching the device.

The chip constantly sends out radar signals that rely on the motion of a user’s fingers to control the device in which it is installed. This is a completely different approach to motion-capture technology which usually uses more primitive radio or LED means.

Soli’s sensors can capture motion at up to 10,000 frames per second, according to mashable.com, making it one of the fastest available chips for motion tracking.

Visa’s cashless society In Denmark, cash is becoming a thing of the past. Through microchips and banks cards, the Danish government could be leading the way to a purely cashless society.

Enter a new microchip by Visa Australia, which can be implanted into a person’s arm. The chip makes payments intuitive and easy, without the need for cumbersome cash or a plastic card.

In a commercial by Visa, customers wouldn’t have to wait in a checkout line, but rather get the chip scanned as they walk out the door.

With the current design, expected to be finalized for mass-use around late 2016 or early 2017, Visa is hoping to eliminate the need for hard currency.

In a straw poll taken in Australia, 25 percent of respondents say they would consider getting the implant.

Earlier this year, according to Fortune, the Danish Parliament began backing legislation that would allow stores to refuse customers paying with cash in support

of the trend of ecommerce.

Cicret Bracelet Saving the best for last, the Cicret Bracelet is one step closer to the Omni-Tool that is used in the Mass Effect video game series. In a nutshell, it allows the user control of a tablet or phone through the flick of a wrist-mounted bracelet that projects a screen onto the user’s forearm.

The bracelet is waterproof and can be operated anywhere for instant access to the Internet and telephone. It comes in several colors and will be ready for distribution at the end of this year. This is one of those ‘shut up and take my money’ devices that could replace smartphones and tablets, if everything goes according to the designer’s plan.

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to wiggle their way out of trouble. Yet, this ruling nearly guarantees this possibility.

As mentioned in the Times, Elonis’ estranged wife feared for her and her family’s lives and felt stalked from his posts.

With the reasonable person stipulation aside, no one should have to tolerate death threats and fear for her life just so someone can vent in a status update.

Proving if a threat is intentional puts online hate speech and threats of violence in murky waters. For example, with cyberbullying being so widespread — as the non-profit i-SAFE Foundation reports more than one in three teens and adolescents have undergone cyberbullying — it doesn’t help to make it more difficult to prosecute someone for threats delivered via social media.

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What you said In light of a recent Allstate and Heartland Monitor poll that found millennials are more concerned about personal fulfillment from a first job than money, editor Isabelle Cavazos asked students whether they think this is true of this generation.

“I think it’s true for myself.

I’m looking into getting skills and not money early on.”

— Roger Sentongo, a junior majoring in accounting “Our generation is looking more toward the future and is realizing that money can’t bring happiness.

We’re smarter than older generations give us credit for.”

— Shannon Barnett, a junior majoring in studio art “I’m not going to work somewhere just for money.

My major isn’t high paying, but I’m going to find a way to make money. A lot of people do focus on it.”

— Evgeniia Stroshkova, a sophomore majoring in communication “Millennials definitely have a sense of wanting instant gratification. For me, it depends. My skill set would have to align with compensation. We have bills.” ­— Anh-My Nguyen, a graduate student studying business administration

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Teaf passes up chance with Rays

By Tiana Aument C O R R E S P O N D E N T

For newly-graduated shortstop Kyle Teaf, his baseball career ended where it began — in Tallahassee.

Teaf began playing baseball when he was 5 years old and worked to become one of the most reliable shortstops in USF history, starting 230-consecutive games in his four-year career.

The 22-year-old learned he had been selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 30th round (898th overall) of this year’s MLB Draft while go-carting with friends and Kyle Teaf started nearly every family in his hometown. game at shortstop for USF in He considers his selection a his four-year career, but will not “very humbling and huge honor,” pursue an MLB career. ORACLE but after much consideration, he FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

decided not to pursue a career in baseball.

“It was a tough decision,” Teaf said. “But ultimately, I made the one that was right for me.”

As a leader on and off the field, Teaf finished his career at USF with impressive stats. This season, he led the Bulls (34-26-1) with his .419 on-base percentage, 44 walks and six triples. He also hit .301 with eight doubles.

“I’m happy with my career and how it went, and I’m just ready for it to be done,” Teaf said. “I’m ready for the next step in life whatever it may be, the next opportunity, the next challenge.”

Instead of baseball, the health science major is working toward a career in medical device sales.

He may be walking away from his baseball career, but he’s leaving with relationships to last a lifetime.

“The lifelong friendships and connections I have made and will continue to keep up with, whether it be my teammates, my coaches, just everyone who’s been involved those four years.”

He said his favorite memory was helping USF get back on the map by getting to an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2002.

Teaf was named to the 2015 NCAA Gainesville Regional AllTournament Team.

After pulling off a feat that hadn’t been accomplished in 13 years, he’s confident he’s leaving USF baseball in the right hands.

“Coach Kingston and them are going to take great care of the program,” Teaf said. “The program is in a great place.”

Three other Bulls earned a draft pick.

The Reds selected junior righthanded pitcher Jimmy Herget in the 6th round (175th overall) and the Nationals selected junior righthanded pitcher Tommy Peterson in the 12th round (374th overall) and the Dodgers selected senior righthanded pitcher Casey Mulholland in the 37th round (1,122th overall).

All three players announced via Twitter that they signed contracts with their respective major league clubs and will soon leave the state to begin playing.

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Claudio captures Mexican Amateur Championship

By Jacob Hoag and Vinnie Portell W R I T E R S

On an overcast day, USF sophomore Claudio Correa walked off the Concession Golf Course with a sickening feeling in his stomach after the men’s golf team was ousted from the NCAA Championships, 4-1, by Georgia in match play June 2.

It didn’t take Correa long to put those feelings behind him and get back into a winning mindset.

Two weeks after the championship loss, Correa stood victorious at the Mexican Amateur Championship on Wednesday at the Par-72 Yucatan Golf Club where he kicked off the short offseason with a dominant 10-stroke win.

The quest for a bounce-back victory started in the wrong direction after Correa carded a 2-over first round, but the AAC Freshman of the Year from Chile didn’t crumble under the pressure.

After all, Correa’s win was two weeks after finishing sixth individually on college golf’s biggest stage.

Correa stormed back with a 4-under second round and broke away from the pack, shooting 2-under and 1-under in the final

two rounds to capture his second win since the fall season began.

Correa led USF to its first-ever NCAA Championship appearance and won his first collegiate tournament with a 5-under performance in February at the Gator Invitational. He played in all 37 rounds as a freshman and finished in the top 10 six times.

Correa turned heads as a freshman and now two weeks into his sophomore season, he furthers his young legacy.

With a win at the Mexican Amateur, Correa earned a spot to play in the U.S. Amateur at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois Aug. 17-23.

Burke eliminated in amateur state championship When the dark clouds and pouring rain rolled in to Placida, Florida at the Coral Creek Club, USF women’s golfer Ashley Burke was down one hole through nine to opponent Kimberly Benedict.

Burke was eventually eliminated in the round of 16 in the Florida State Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship after losing a one-hole playoff.

“Outside of school, you want to stay in good competitive shape for the season,” Burke said. “Also, I want to play golf after college so

this is my life. I’m always playing.”

The USF sophomore and 15 other golfers remaining in the field endured a two-hour weather delay, which Burke said can become distracting.

“It’s kind of tough because you get tired and you’re not really thinking,” Burke said. “You’re in the zone when you’re out there playing and then you come in and get a long break. Sometimes it helps, but you definitely have to try and stay focused.”

Burke took the 18th hole from Benedict to force a playoff, but a 15-foot putt from Benedict for birdie on the 19th hole ended Burke’s chances.

She said she will play in two more tournaments before a qualifier for the U.S. Amateur in midJuly to stay ready for the upcoming season, which she said she expects to be her best yet at USF. “We all struggle a little bit with confidence and the team has a lot of talent,” Burke said. “We need to be confident that we can go out there and win tournaments. But our team is really young so I think next year will be a better year.”

USF wraps up 2015 satellite camps Coach Willie Taggart and the USF football coaching staff will

Claudio Correa continued to excel on the golf course Wednesday when he won the Mexican Amateur Championship by 10 strokes.

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have two final chances to work with high school football players outside Tampa when the team’s satellite camps come to a close this week.

The Bulls’ coaching staff will head north after holding camps in Ft. Myers and Miami as they will hold one-day camps in Panama City today and Jacksonville on Friday.

Still remaining on the Bulls’ schedule will be the 2015 Big Man Camp from July 18-19, which is a camp for defensive and offensive lineman from ninth grade to age 21.

On the same days, USF will also host its 2015 Sling and Shoot Camp, which is a 7-on-7 passing tournament.