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Introducing: Natural Sciences and Engineering at UC Merced Maria Pallavicini Dean of Natural Sciences Jeff R. Wright Dean of Engineering University of California, Merced September 10, 2002 Our Educational Presence… Valley Learning Centers April, 2002 Our First Three Buildings: August, ‘04 Campus – Phase One (August ’04) Full Build-Out… Drivers for our Academic Planning • Relieve academic pressure on our sister UCs • Providing viable pathways for Valley students • Becoming valuable to our constituencies • Synergy across divisions and institutes Our Vision for Science & Engineering • Close integration among disciplines – – – – Facilities planning Faculty hiring Curriculum design and implementation Student recruiting • Multidisciplinary research innovation • Student-centered teaching/learning • Unparalleled student retention rates • Coordinated outreach initiatives Opening Day Engineering Majors Opening Day Majors Environmental Engineering Tracks Watershed Restoration Water Resources Management Air Resources Systems Computer Engineering Networking/Network Modeling Informatics/Database Methods Software Engineering Opening Day Science Majors Opening Day Majors Biological Sciences Tracks Microbiology & Immunology Molecular & Cell Biology Earth Systems Sciences Atmospheric Science Biosphere Opening Day SS/H/A Majors Opening Day Majors Tracks History & World Cultures Anthropology/Sociology History Art History Literature Social & Behavioral Sciences Economics Psychology Graduate Programs • Quantitative Biology • Environmental Systems • Computer & Information Systems • World History and Cultures • Social and Behavioral Sciences Next Natural Sciences Majors…? • Chemistry • Biochemistry • Statistics • Math • Human Biology • Physics Next Engineering Majors…? • Bioengineering • Chemical Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Materials Science & Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Mechanical/Civil Engineering NS/Eng Targeted Areas of Research Excellence Chemical Biology and Materials Water, Air, Land Resources SNRI Energy SHAA Engineering Natural Sciences Complex Systems Modeling Human Biology WCI Bioengineering Quantitative Biology Human Biology Program: Melding Science and Engineering Mechanisms of biological processes Disease pathogenesis Community service Public health Human Biology Health Care Delivery Preparing health professionals Reaching Valley Kids (Perhaps our greatest challenge) • Attrition rate in high school is too high (over 30%) • Latino success rate even worse: only 5% of 9th graders able to start college without remediation after 4 years • Shortage of qualified teachers, especially in rural schools • Teacher compensation not competitive • Only 6.7% of Valley residents are college graduates (13% Statewide and 20% in the Bay Area) Special Challenges for Science and Engineering • Fewer than 37% of math and science teachers in the Valley hold math or science education degrees • A significant fraction of math/science teachers have never had a college level math or science course • Only about 20% of students in Merced County take the SAT • 4th and 8th grade math and science scores among worst in country Current 9th Graders 465,000 Alternate Paths to Engineering Careers Enrolled in JC/CC Fraction who will graduate Admission to UC/CSU Admitted to NS/Eng. NS/Eng Degree Awarded Total NS/Eng. Degrees Awarded Development Board for Natural Science and Engineering • Assistance in nurturing development opportunities • Leveraging our partnership network • The “ideal” graduate • Support of our outreach initiatives Engineering Health Care Delivery • Health care accounts for 14% of GDP • Yet relatively little attention has been focused on optimizing performance, or monitoring performance • Resulting in a widening cultural divide – Physicians focused on patient relationships and improvements in individual quality-of-care – Administrators focused on cost control and business productivity • Productivity of both parties has been undermined • Leadership has traditionally been limited to medicine and public health • An infusion of engineering methodologies is prescribed! The Role of Engineering in Health Care Delivery • Macro-level modeling and analysis of critical issues – Distribution of staff and services – Size, type, and location of treatment facilities – Telemedicine systems design and development • Managing chronic illness (est. @ 80% of HC costs) – – – – Scheduling key professionals and facilities Designing effective resource allocation strategies Developing meaningful metrics and assessment strategies Modeling and managing use of medical technology • Developing effective partnerships – – – – Health care professionals and institutions Federal agencies UCSF Groups like the Leapfrog Initiative Managing Medical Technology • Advances in medical technology yield scarce, and extremely expensive diagnostic capabilities, medications, and artificial tissues and prosthetics. • Proven engineering methods from other settings can be adapted to reduce cost, and improve the quality and efficiency of manufacturing and distribution (engineers have been doing this for a long time!) • Managing options effectively requires partnership between health care professionals and engineering decision scientists. – Quality and productivity – Equity and coverage • Leadership limited to medicine and public health • An infusion of engineering methods is prescribed!