ISBT Timeline

ISBT Prehistory

• 1969 - Marsha W. Timmerman graduates with B.S. in Zoology from Michigan State University
• 1971
  • Marsha W. Timmerman graduates with M.S. in Zoology from Rutgers University
  • Marsha W. Timmerman becomes a Researcher at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
• 1978 - Nancy L. Jones graduates with B.S. in Chemistry from University of Rochester
• 1982 - Nancy L. Jones acquires Postdoctoral position at University of California, Los Angeles
• 1983 - Nancy L. Jones graduates with Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University
• 1984 - Nancy L. Jones acquires Postdoctoral position at University of Pennsylvania
• 1985
  • Nancy L. Jones becomes Lecturer in Department of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College
  • Marsha W. Timmerman becomes Founding Scientist and Research Director of Enzymatics, Inc.
• 1986 - Nancy L. Jones joins Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty at La Salle University
• 1988 - William L. Weaver graduates with B.S. in Chemistry and Physics from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• 1991
  • Marsha W. Timmerman is awarded U.S. Patent 5,032,506
  • Marsha W. Timmerman is awarded U.S. Patent 5,036,000
• 1992
  • Marsha W. Timmerman is awarded U.S. Patent 5,112,741
  • Marsha W. Timmerman is awarded U.S. Patent 5,126,247
  • William L. Weaver graduates with Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from The Ohio State University
  • William L. Weaver acquires Postdoctoral position at The Ohio State University
• 1993 - William L. Weaver becomes a Research Chemist at Systems Research Laboratories, Inc.
• 1994 - Marsha W. Timmerman becomes Director of Histochemistry at ImmunaCare, Corporation
• 1995
  • Nancy L. Jones becomes Chair of Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at La Salle University
  • Marsha W. Timmerman becomes Co-founder and President of JWT, Inc.
• 1996 - William L. Weaver becomes an Analytical Chemist at Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.
• 1999
  • Nancy L. Jones becomes ISBT Program Director at La Salle University
  • Marsha W. Timmerman joins ISBT Program faculty at La Salle University
  • William L. Weaver is awarded U.S. Patent 5,919,710
  • William L. Weaver joins ISBT Program faculty at La Salle University

ISBT Past

• August 2000
  • ISBT Program accepts first incoming class of students
  • ISBT Program establishes Electronics/Materials Laboratory in Holroyd 129
  • ISBT101 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT111 is offered for the first time
• January 2001
  • ISBT102 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT112 is offered for the first time
• March 2001 - ISBT Program receives $60,000 Agilent 1100 Series HPLC System as a grant from Agilent Technologies
• August 2001
  • ISBT201 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT211 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT370 is offered
• January 2002
  • ISBT202 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT212 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT Program receives $111,537 grant from the National Science Foundation

Incorporation of Problem-Based Learning into Two Courses - Technology Foundations II - Materials and Bioprocessing - in the Integrated Science, Business and Technology Program

• August 2002
  • ISBT Program establishes Tissue Culture Laboratory in Holroyd Science Center
  • Marsha W. Timmerman becomes faculty advisor for La Salle SIFE team
  • ISBT374 is offered for the first time
• January 2003
  • ISBT375 is offered for the first time
• March 2003 - SIFE Regional Championship won by La Salle SIFE team
• May 2003 - First Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
• June 2003 - ISBT Program receives $66,417 grant from the National Science Foundation

Implementation of a Virtual Control Room in the Integrated Science, Business and Technology Program

• August 2003
  • ISBT374 is offered for the second time
  • ISBT474 is offered for the first time
  • ISBT Program assumes stewardship of Holroyd 101 Computer Laboratory
• October 2003 - ISBT IKM Intelligent Systems students win National Instruments LabVIEW Checkers Coding Challenge
• January 2004
  • ISBT375 is offered for the second time
  • ISBT477 is offered for the first time
• March 2004 - SIFE Regional Championship won by La Salle SIFE team
• May 2004 - Second Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
• June 2004
  • ISBT Program converts Holroyd 16 into the Virtual Control Room
  • ISBT Program renovates Holroyd 218 laboratory
• August 2004
  • ISBT374 is offered for the third time
  • ISBT474 is offered for the second time
• January 2005
  • ISBT375 is offered for the third time
  • ISBT477 is offered for the second time
• March 2005 - SIFE Regional Championship won by La Salle SIFE team
• May 2005 - Third Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
• August 2005
  • ISBT311 is established from ISBT374
  • ISBT411 is established from ISBT474
• January 2006
  • ISBT312 is established from ISBT375
  • ISBT412 is established from ISBT477
• March 2006
  • ISBTwiki is placed on internal servers
  • SIFE Regional Championship won by La Salle SIFE team
• April 2006
  • ISBTwiki is placed on external La Salle test server
• May 2006
  • Fourth Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
    • La Salle SIFE team wins First Round 2nd Runner Up at SIFE US National Championship
• June 2006
  • ISBT Page on Wikipedia is deleted by consensus of Wikipedians
• August 2006
  • LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots are incorporated into ISBT411 curriculum.
• September 2006
  • Deputy Commerce Secretary, Dr. David A. Sampson, addresses faculty and students on the importance of interdisciplinary programs such as ISBT to America's future and global competitiveness
• March 2007
  • SIFE Regional Championship won by La Salle SIFE team
• April 2007
  • United Devices completed its distributed computing project: Grid.org. Since joining the project in 2001, ISBT computers donated a total of 76 years, 323 days, 13h, 8 min, and 51 seconds of computational time to the project that included the phases:
    • (2001) Cancer Research Project, with Intel
    • (2002) Anthrax Project, with Intel and Microsoft
    • (2004) Smallpox Research Grid Project, with IBM
    • (2005) Human Proteome Folding Project, with IBM
• May 2007
  • ISBT Program promoted to Department of Integrated Science, Business and Technology in the School of Arts & Sciences
  • Fifth Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
• May 2008
  • Sixth Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
    • ISBT Department relocates to St. Benilde Tower on West Campus for Holroyd Hall renovations
• May 2009
  • Seventh Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class
• August 2009
  • ISBT Department relocates into renovated Holroyd Hall
  • ISBT IKM Concentration moves into new Virtual Control Room Laboratory in H-163
• May 2010
  • Eighth Graduating B.S. in ISBT Class

ISBT Present

• Summer 2010
  • ISBT Department evolves curriculum into "ISBT2.0"
  • ISBTwiki moves from external La Salle test server to Google Sites

ISBT Future

• ISBT Online - Massive Multiplayer Online Community (MMOC) virtual meeting and collaboration space for ISBT program
• ISBT Marketplace - internal economy among ISBT concentrations of BIO, IKM and ENR for collaborative projects and services