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Growing ECS Graduate
Research Programs
Board of Advocates Workshop
September 19, 2014
Facilitator: Dr Ken Van Treuren
Growing ECS Research
• Summary/Status of PhD Programs
• Potential Challenges for Growth
• Possible Topic Areas of Interest
• Brainstorming Future Paths
– Present background information first
– Then spend majority of time on this topic
Computer Science
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PhD proposal is being finalized 10 year plan
Current: 18 faculty (4 lecturers)
Proposed: 5 new tenure-track (23 total)
Degree: 75 hours past BS
All Big 12 schools have PhD in CS except
TCU and Baylor
• 42 PhD students (at least 6 grads per year)
• 5 year enrollment for degree
• One core area: Informatics
Computer Science Funding
(ASEE)
Year
Fed/Nat
Industry
Priv/Non
TOTAL
2013
$278,374
$392,747
$0
$671,121
2012
$122,000
$0
$231,000
$353,000
10 Year Target: $1.8 million annually
($112,500 per research faculty)
Computer Science
• Informatics – Data Mining, Machine Learning,
Big Data (Data Scientist)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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PhD: Began Fall 2010 10 year plan
Current: 14 faculty (2 lecturers)
Proposed: 10 new tenure-track (24 total)
Degree: 60 hours past BS (minimum)
30 PhD students – graduate 5/year
3 year enrollment for degree (minimum)
Two core areas
– Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
– Power and Energy Systems (PES)
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
(ASEE)
Year
Fed/Nat
Industry
Priv/Non
TOTAL
2013
$124,689
$271,277
$12,669
$408,635
2012
$164,000
$0
$47,000
$211,000
5 Year Target: $2.0 million annually
($100,000 per research faculty)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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PhD: Began Fall 2014
10 year plan
Current: 17 faculty (4 lecturers)
Proposed: 7 new tenure-track (24 total)
Degree: 78 hours past BS (minimum)
22 PhD students – 45 MS students
3 year enrollment for degree (minimum)
Three core areas
– Thermophysics and Energy Engineering (TEE)
– Natural and Advanced Materials Engineering (NAME)
– Biomechanics Experiment Design Simulation (BEDS)
Mechanical Engineering
(ASEE)
Year
Fed/Nat
Industry
Priv/Non
TOTAL
2013
$63,357
$290,601
$21,583
$375,541
2012
$394,000
$0
$175,000
$569,000
10 Year Target: $3.737million annually
($196,000 per research faculty)
Comparison Group
Total Research Funding (ME, ECE, CS)
School
Baylor University
2012
2013
$1,133,00
$1,455,297
Notre Dame
$21,515,755
$24,595,589
Rice
$23,736,556
$25,064,485
Duke
$30,769,440
$42,481,334
Vanderbilt
$34,822,000
$39,160,000
SMU
$4,720,658
$5,079,692
Texas Tech
$7,005,005
$6,033,272
Mechanical Engineering
Challenges for Growth
• Faculty Size
– Necessity to teach required courses
• Core gradate courses must be taught independent of size
• Undergraduate courses only offered one semester
– Student teacher ratio
• CS desired 16.4:1 (peer group 11.9:1)
• ME desired below 20:1 (current 30:1)
• ECE desired below 20:1
Challenges for Growth
• Enrollment Management
– Undergraduate Enrollment
• CS – below 230
• ME – below 400
• ECE – below 250 or so
• Teaching Loads (Research Faculty)
– Currently 2/2 (two courses per semester)
– Interim 2/1
– Desired 1/1
• Space – BRIC is helping
Challenges for Growth
• Continue to Hire Outstanding Research Faculty
• Undergraduate Involvement in Research
• Diversion from Undergraduate Teaching Excellence
– Use of RA/TA to teach courses/labs
• Finding Qualified Graduate Students
– Many students from our program
– Nationally 60% of graduates students are international
– Much higher international percentage in engineering
Topic Areas of Interest
• Size of Graduate Program? (Peer Institutions)
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Faculty?
Students?
Funding?
Space?
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