ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING

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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ADVISORY
COUNCIL MEETING

• May 7, 2002

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STUDENT SUCCESS CONTINUES

• Society of Automotive Engineers Outstanding
  Student Section Award for sections with more than
  75 members
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Region V
  Ingersoll Rand award (tied with Dayton, both had
  a perfect score)
• Dan Basch, ME student, won first place in Old
  Guard Speech Competition

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STUDENT SUCCESS

• SAE Midwest Mini Baja 1st place
• SAE West Aero Design-1st place
• American Institute of Steel Construction Steel
  Bridge Design Competition- 7th in national finals

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STUDENT CONFERENCES

• Society of Women Engineers Region G
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Region V

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ABET REACCREDITATION

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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INITIAL ABET ACCREDITATION

• Computer Engineering
• Mechanical Polymer Engineering

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ABET PROCESS

• Visit by accreditation team in September 2001-
  Chair was David Tyler of Mid-Tech Inc. from
  Belgrade, Montana
• Team left Program Analysis Forms (PAFs) for each
  program with Dean after exit interview with Dean,
  Provost, and President
• College had 14 day window to draft a response to
  PAFs

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ABET PROCESS

• Draft report received by College in January, 2002
• College had 30 days to respond to draft report
• Full Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
  will meet in July, 2002 to vote on each program
• Formal notification of accreditation status will
  be received in August, 2002

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GENERAL ABET CONCERNS

• Lack of probability and statistics in curriculum-
  within 14 day response period a syllabus for a
  new probability and statistics course for
  engineers was developed and added to all
  curricula except ChemE
• Concern about students experiences on
  multidisciplinary teams

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WHERE DO WE STAND?

• Teams final report to ABET has been submitted
• Team chair has confided that we should be happy
  with final report if ABET follows teams
  recommendations

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NEXT YEAR

• Biomedical Engineering

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ENROLLMENT
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RESEARCH FOUNDATION

• Developed through Office of Vice President for
  Research and Sponsored Programs
• Most research will flow through Research
  Foundation
• Foundation will handle budgets for all research
  accounts
• Foundation will provide funds for development of
  intellectual property

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RESEARCH FOUNDATION

• Since the foundation is not a state agency, some
  things which were not previously possible and
  inhibited contracts between UA and industry or UA
  and certain government agencies are now possible
• Intellectual property issues
• Indemnity clauses
• State of Ohio language

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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING

• Summer Camps in 2001 and 2002
• Introductory Course for freshmen
• Development of advisory council

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FACULTY NEWS

• Dr. X. Gao, Assistant Professor of ME received
  Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

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NEW FACULTY

• Dr. X. Qiao, Assistant Professor of Civil
  Engineering, PhD from MIT
• Dr. Ernie Pan, Assistant Professor of Civil
  Engineering, PhD from Colorado
• Offer made for Associate Professor of Mechanical
  Engineering
• Offer made for Assistant Professor of Electrical
  and Computer Engineering

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WHITBY HALL

• Architects Drawings Complete
• Demolition Bid Package to Board on April 24
• Relocation of Chemical Engineering Department
  completed

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BUDGET CUTS

• State reduction in funding for higher education
• Two rounds of budget cuts at university with all
  units participating
• Round 1- Engineering lost 150,000 in salary
  dollars
• Round 2- Engineering lost 100,000 in salary
  dollars

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CHALLENGES

• Maintain programs in spite of budget cuts
• Be able and prepared to respond to new
  opportunities
• Increase enrollment