Deans Report

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Deans Report

• ASE Faculty Meeting
• November 29, 2006

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Outline

• ABET outcomes
• Faculty recruitment
• 2006 Highlights
• Honors/milestones
• Student recruitment
• Curriculum
• Interdisciplinary Research
• Infrastructure

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ABET Outcomes

• Due process response submitted
• Final Report received August 2006
• 6 programs reaccredited
• EE, CompE, ChE, CE, ME, EnvE
• CS received accreditation for first time
• Formal program assessment/feedback processes
  being discussed at School level

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New Faculty School of Engineering2006-07
Rich Wlezien (ME) Professor
Eric Hines (CEE) Prof of the Practice
Jeff Hopwood (ECE) Professor
Ron Lasser (ECE) Prof of the Practice
Eric Miller (ECE) Professor
Hyunmin Yi (CBE) Asst Professor
Andrew Ramsburg (CEE) Asst Professor
Jason Rife (ME) Asst Professor
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Selected 2005-06 Honors/Milestones

• David Kaplan (BME) was the recipient of the Henry
  and Madeline Fischer Teacher of the Year Award
  and he was named the first Deans Professor of
  Bioengineering (endowed)
• Irene Georgakoudi (BME) and Laurie Baise (CEE)
  received NSF CAREER Awards Prof. Georgakoudi
  also was an invited speaker at the National
  Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering
  Symposium
• Kyongbum Lee (CBE) recently received the Jay
  Bailey Young Investigator Best Paper Award in
  /Metabolic Engineering (Sponsored by the DuPont
  Co) awarded biannually
• Linda Abriola (CEE) elected to the American
  Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Promotions Robert Jacob (CS) and Sergio Fantini
  (BME) to Full Professor and Roni Khardon (CS) to
  Associate Professor with tenure
• Kim Knox was once again the SOE faculty member
  most cited by graduating seniors for having
  contributed significantly to their intellectual
  and personal development

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2005-06 Selected Student/Alumni Achievements

• Two Fullbright recipients John Dulac (EnvE) and
  Maura Allaire (Geology and EnvE)
• Two Tau Beta Pi Scholars Ethan Heller (ME) and
  Kyle Bradbury (ECE) Kyle was also awarded a
  scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship
  Foundation.
• Stephen B.Jaffe E64, retired distinguished
  scientific adviser at Exxon Mobil, was elected to
  the National Academy of Engineering
• Overseer Ellen Kullman E78, Senior VP, DuPont and
  Susan Decker CS84, Yahoo CFO, were listed among
  Fortune Magazines 50 Most Powerful Women in
  Business (2005)

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Undergraduate Education

• Freshman class statistics
• 183 students
• 29 women and 21 students of color.
• class mean high school rank 7 (up from 8 in
  2005), with 85 in the top decile
• Class average SAT scores are V685, M732 or 1417,
  up 18 points from 2005
• New computing sequence in freshman yr approved
  (Curriculum Task Force)
• New course based upon Sophia Gordon Hall
  construction

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Graduate Education

• Creation of graduate student research website
• Targeted resources for campus visits/open house
  spring 2006
• Yield on fellowship offers holding strong at 55
• Ad Hoc Committee to examine and revamp
  Biotechnology program

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Curriculum Task Force(ongoing Lew Edgers,
Chair)

• Development of new math sequence with
  applications
• Development of required biology course with
  applications to bioengineering for all SOE
  undergrads
• Enhancement of project-based learning experiences
  
• Participation in new leadership minor development
• External review of entrepreneurial leadership
  program

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Selected Interdisciplinary Research Highlights

• School of Engineering in the News
• June 14 Article in Scientific American - David
  Kaplan (BME) research group fusion of spider
  silk and silica, creating a new material with a
  number of potential medical and industrial
  applications
• Miretta Stephanapoulos (CBE) research group
  reported in Science on development of a new
  technology to remove hydrogen sulfide from hot
  fuel gases used in high temperature fuel cells
• Popular Mechanics magazine recently recognized
  Tufts Universitys engineering psychology program
  as one of the most cutting-edge science and
  engineering programs in the country.

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Highlights (cont)

• Bioengineering
• NIH funding of post doctoral training program -
  joint venture between SOE and School of Medicine
  co-PIs Lenore Cowen (CS) and David Kaplan (BME)
• Professors Carla Brodley and Donna Slonim (CS)
  awarded one-year 298,000 DARPA grant for
  development of methods to distinguish between
  natural and unnatural DNA
• September 2006 - Keck Foundation site visit
  proposal on soft bodied robots involves
  collaboration of 6 SOE faculty members (across
  four departments) and one AS faculty member

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Highlights (cont)

• Environmental Sustainability
• Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (CBE) awarded 1.2M
  grant from DOEs Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
• Paul Kirshen (CEE) and Dr. Christine Jost
  (Cummings School) awarded 340,000 grant from
  National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration for
  application of climate forecasts for water
  management in the Sahel-Sudan.
• David Gute (CEE) received 899,644 from National
  Institute for Occupational Safety Health to
  assess occupational health risks among immigrant
  workers in Somerville, MA.
• Shafiqul Islam (CEE) awarded 155,145 NSF grant
  to continue collaborative work on arsenic
  contamination in the Ganges Delta.
• Linda Abriola and Andrew Ramsburg (CEE), along
  with co-PIs at GIT, awarded 817,765 from the
  Strategic Environmental Research and Development
  Program to develop technologies for in situ
  treatment of contaminated formations with
  nanoscale iron
• Tufts hosted a summer workshop, jointly sponsored
  by NIEHS and the EPA, on Combined Remedies for
  DNAPL Source-Zone Treatment.

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Highlights (cont)

• Engineering Education Innovation
• CEEO negotiated new 410,000 3-year contract
  with LEGO to build a teacher community through
  ROBOLAB conferences and development of a new
  website (www.legoengineering.com).
• Chris Rogers (ME) received 2 new follow-on grants
  from NSF totaling 1,018,145 to continue CEEOs
  Next Steps GK-12 project
• A 278,000 grant was awarded by the Lufkin Trust
  for equipment in support of undergraduate
  education in microfabrication processing (Robert
  White and Anil Saigal (ME))

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Developing Interdisciplinary Research/Education
Areas

• Water and Diplomacy Islam/Najam
• Visualization (science and applications)
  Frisken/Boghosian
• Biomaterials/sensor technology Omenetto/Kaplan

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Growth of Research Expenditures
In addition to ongoing projects selected for
continuation, 157 proposals were submitted by
SOE faculty in FY06.
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SOE Goal Summary As presented to the Academic
Affairs Committee on April 22, 2004
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SOE Statistics (Research Expenditures)
revised numbers for 2003 based on analysis of
currently available data calculation excludes
those items that do not carry indirect cost
recovery, such as equipment, tuition
tenured and tenure track faculty only
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SOE Organizational Chart
Dean of Engineering Linda Abriola
Executive Director of Development Eric Johnson
Assistant to the Dean Jeffrey Pietrantoni
Dean of Arts and Sciences Robert Sternberg
Director of Diversity Education and
Development Margery Davies
Executive Associate Dean Scott Sahagian
Assoc Dean for Graduate Education Sergio Fantini
Assoc Dean for Undergraduate Education Kim Knox
Assoc Dean for UGrad Curriculum Development Lewis
Edgers
Assoc Dean For Research Shafiqul Islam
Senior Director of Development Stephen Witkowski
Dean of Undergraduate Education James Glaser
Dean of Admissions Lee Coffin
ASE
Director of Computing Systems James Roberts
Director of External Relations Maureen Sakakeeny
Director of the Gordon Institute Arthur Winston
Directors of Interdisciplinary Centers
Center for Engineering Educational Outreach
Center for Bioengineering
Department Chairs
Biomedical Engineering David Kaplan
Chemical Biological Engineering Christos
Georgakis
Civil Environmental Engineering Chris Swan
Electrical Computer Engineering Joseph Noonan
Computer Science Diane Souvaine
Mechanical Engineering Anil Saigal
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Alumni Outreach/Development

• Annual Boston, West Coast (SF), and East Coast
  (DC) Alumni Events
• Alumni e-news
• Commencement weekend reception

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SPACE IMPROVEMENTS FY 07

• ANDERSON HALL
• CEE Integrated Structures Lab completed
• Deans Office Administrative suite planning
  underway
• BRAY
• ME - Updates for incoming faculty
• HALLIGAN HALL
• ECE reviewing lab space for new funded and
  continued research awards
• CS Created Administrative office space, review
  of existing lab space
• SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
• BME/CBE - Creating Graduate student offices,
  improving floors
• - ECE renew Goldner Energy Lab for Prof.
  Hopwood usage
• 200 BOSTON AVENUE
• New 6,000 plus SF space for Office space for
  faculty and students in addition to existing lab
  and office space