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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 • • • • • 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 • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • • 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) – – – – Faculty? Students? Funding? Space? • Marketing • Online Courses • University Engineering Alliance