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Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MechanicsExternal Advisory Board

MeetingState of the Department

October 4, 2006


Michigan Tech National RankingsIn 2007 US News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” ranked the College of Engineering Undergraduate Engineering Program 53rd and the only university in Michigan to make the “Lowest Debt” category at 17th

The 2006 US News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools and Colleges” ranked the College of Engineering Graduate Engineering Program 90th and the Undergraduate Engineering Program 57th


Michigan Tech National RankingsMichigan Tech is ranked in the top 150“America’s Best Value Colleges” by the 2007 Princeton Review


Department Strategic Plan

Mission: Prepare Engineering Students for Successful Careers

Vision: Be a nationally recognized mechanical engineering department that attracts, rewards, and retains the very best faculty, students, and staff


Organization: AdministrationDirector of Undergraduate Studies & Associate Chair: Dr. Donna J. MichalekDirector of Graduate Studies & Associate Chair:Dr. Carl L. AndersonDirector of Research: Dr. Gordon G. ParkerDirector of Operations and Finance:Paula F. Zenner, M.S.Academic Advisors:Danise N. Jarvey, M.S.James A. Mattson, PhD


Organization: Research CaucusesEngineering Education Innovation: Dr. Michele Miller DirectorMulti-Scale Systems and Sensors: Dr. Craig Friedrich DirectorMultidisciplinay Mechanics and Modeling of Multifunctional and Multi-Scale Materials: Dr. Ghatu Subhash Director Powertrain Systems: Dr. Carl Anderson DirectorSpace Systems: Dr. L. Brad King DirectorSustainable Systems (in the process of being proposed)


Organization: Technical AreasDesign/Dynamic Systems: Dr. John Beard DirectorEnergy-Thermal-Fluids: Dr. L. Brad King DirectorManufacturing/Industrial Engineering: Dr. William Endres DirectorSolid Mechanics: Dr. Gopal Jayaraman Director


Department Rankings Graduate Program ranked 52nd (top 31%) Nationally amongst the 163 Doctoral GrantingMechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2007 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools and 3rd in Michigan

Undergraduate Program ranked 25th (top 16%) Nationally amongst the 148 Doctoral GrantingMechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2005 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges and 2nd in Michigan


Department Rankings

NSF ranked the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics in Research Expenditures 26th in FY2004 amongst all Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S.

FY2004: $7.517 Million(latest rankings)


Department Statistics The Largest Department at Michigan TechSeventh Largest ME Department in BSME degrees granted in the U.S. and 2nd in MichiganAmong the Seven Largest ME Departments in the U.S. in BSME degrees granted for Twenty Three Consecutive YearsEnrollment (Fall 2006)1178 Undergraduate Enrollment

183 Graduate Students84 PhD Students


Faculty AwardsDr. John W. Sutherland was elected Fellow of ASME in 2006Dr. Amitabh Narain was elected Fellow of ASME in 2006Dr. L. Brad King earned the 2006 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Education Award: Aerospace Category

Dr. Mohan D. Rao was elected Fellow of both SAE and ASME in 2006


Faculty Promotions & ReappointmentsDr. Tammy L. Haut Donahue promoted from assistant professor without tenure toAssociate Professor with TenureDr. Amitabh Narian promoted to Professorwith tenureDr. Gordon G. Parker promoted to Professorwith tenureNot reappointed: Dr. Bernhard Bettig


Faculty Recruiting (Fall 2006)Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee, PhD, UCLA, 2 years as Visiting Research Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology; Two phase flow, heat and mass transfer with application to fuel cells; Appointment at Assistant Professor

Dr. VC Rao Komaravolu, PhD, IIT Madras, India, 34 years experience as a lecturer and visiting professor, past several years was the technical consultant for UGS-PLM Solutions for all of India: Appointment at Lecturer


Final Update on Faculty PositionsStatus of six (6) faculty lines taken as part of CoE budgets cuts in AY2002-2003

As of AY 2006-2007 all faculty positions have been returned. The last line was filled with Dr. AbhijitMukherjee, who started this fall.

Converted a second TT faculty position(Post-not reappointed) to a lecturer, Dr. Kormaravolu, starts Spring 2007


Faculty Openings: Fall 2006Have six TT faculty positions to be filled (retirements: Evensen, Ligon, and Young, Arici, Others: Moon, Bettig)New TT line from the university: I had requested two, one of which was to support our aerospace initiative with Dr. King and that is the line we received.Lecturer position: Replacing Dr. Josh Lockus, who wishes to be available on a temporary basisDr. Subhash has accepted a position at the U. of Florida, which brings our open TT positions to fill to 8.In 2 years we could have up to 17-18 untenured faculty (39-40%)


Faculty and Staff StatusFaculty and Staff Positions and openingsTenure-Tenure Track Faculty: 44

Professors: 13 Associate Professors: 15Assistant Professors: 9Open positions 7

Lecturers (full-time) (converted TT lines) 2Research Professors (JHJ,KJW,QD): 3Total 49

Staff: 24General Fund Staff: 11Soft Money Staff: 13


Second Annual Report PublishedThe 2005 Annual Report published- 5700 copies sent to: all ME Department Chairs, CoEDeans, Provosts, Presidents, all Phase I and Phase II donors, other major donors, all current graduates, all those featured in report, Academy and PCA members, BOC members, MTF members, EAB members, all department chairs, directors, VP’s and President at MTU.


Major Initiatives for AY2006-2007Department reorganization into Research Caucuses

Led by Gordon ParkerSupported by Graduate Program

Initiatives by Carl AndersonSupported by Undergraduate Program

Initiatives by Donna MichalekDevelop a business plan for our vision for 2012


Funding our Future MEEM Campaign Building for the Future - Phase II “Endowing Excellence” - $54 Million GoalFocus: People

$52 Million for Endowments$ 2 Million for Graduate Research

Laboratory Support

As of September 2006, raised over $15.3 million (21.5% Phase II goal)

The MEEM Campaign to become part of the University Major Campaign which will start in 2007


FundraisingEndowing Excellence – BFTF Phase II: Focused on people

March 2003 – June 30, 2010Faculty Endowment $ 22 MillionStudent Endowment $ 20 MillionDepartment Endowment $ 10 MillionGraduate Laboratory Support $ 2 Million


Cash Endowed PledgePlanned/ Deferred Total

Undesignated Cash Donations 204,101 6,580 210,681Interest 790 790

Total Undesignated Cash 204,890 0 6,580 0 211,470

Faculty InitiativesHenes 275,187 1,000,000 5,000,000 6,275,187Anonymous Professor Chair 2,000,000 2,000,000Endowed Professor Chair 1,500,000 1,500,000Endowed Chair (multiple donors) 21,462 3,538 25,000Endowed Associate Prof Chair 500,000 500,000Endowed Assistant Prof Chair 300,000 300,000Emeriti Fund 25,000 25,000Heim Fund (Quality & Sustainability JWS) 50,000 50,000

275,187 1,096,462 303,538 9,000,000 10,675,187

Student InitiativesScholarships 477,957 95,000 245,145 818,102Fellowships 750,000 750,000To be Designated 250,000 250,000Interest 29,543 29,543

29,543 477,957 345,000 995,145 1,847,644

To be Desiginated 2,936,714 2,936,714Total 509,620 1,574,419 655,118 12,931,859 15,671,015Total Direct Expense to Raise Monies 563,266Cost/Dollar raised 0.0359

Building for the Future - Phase IIAs of October 3, 2006


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Total MEEM Research Expenditures 1995-2006

$1,495,455 $1,492,971$2,056,844

$1,531,984$1,876,907 $1,965,637

$2,317,702$2,010,776

$2,837,873$3,503,601$346,631 $392,629

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MEEM External Expenditures MTU/MEEM Internal Expenditures MEEM/KRC Expenditures*Projection

$1,842,086

$1,969,000

$4,588,000 $4,874,000

$5,269,000

$6,311,000

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$9,386,420*


National Student Competitions SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge2006(14 Universities)

Enterprise Program

6th Place Overall1st in Design2nd in Objective

Handling4th in Emissions

2003, 2004, 2005, & 2006 Challenges were held at Michigan Tech.2007 Challenge will be held @ Michigan Tech on March 19-24,2007


National Student Competitions FutureTruck 2004(15 Universities)

4rd Place OverallEnterprise ProgramFinal Year of FutureTruck

Challenge X: Crossoverto Sustainable MobilityReplaces FutureTruck

2006 Results12th Overall3rd Place AccelerationHybrid Entry each year


National Student Competitions SAE Mini Baja West 2006

(out of 168)22nd Place Overall4th in Design14th in Accel & Mud Bog19th in Maneuverability40th in EnduranceIn Top 10 best cars of continual excellence in design and craft.

Enterprise Program


National Student CompetitionsFormulaCar 2006

89th Place Overall (out of over 150)

Enterprise Program


Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering

Mechanics

Retreat ME-EM the Next Decade:

Charting Our Course Franklin Square Inn

Houghton, MIAugust 31-September 1, 2006


Retreat GoalPositioning the Department for Greatness

VisionTo be a nationally recognizedMechanical Engineering Departmentwhich attracts, rewards, and retains the very best faculty, students & staff


Strategic Plan: Then and NowOriginal Version: Spring 1998Updated:January 26, 2000September 4, 2001Fall 2002January 31, 2005


Then and NowUS News & World Report

1997-1998

2004-2005 Goal

2005(AY03-04 data)

Status

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2010-2011Goal

UG Ranking

Not Ranked

Top 50 25th out of 148 DoctoralTop 16%

25 to 50Only publish top 25

25 to 50Only publish top 25

Top 25

GradRanking

Not Ranked

Top 50 44th out of 148 DoctoralTop 30%

52nd out of 164 DoctoralTop 32%

50 out of 163 DoctoralTop 31%

Top 25


Then and NowAY 1997-1998

AY 2004-2005Status

AY 2005-2006Prelim*

AY 2006-2007Goal

AY 2010-2011Goal

Ext Res Exp

$2.056M $3.503M $3.65M* $8.8M

Ext Res Exp/Fac

$46.75k $89.84k $93.6k $150k $200k

Total Res Exp

$4.588M $8.92M $9.27M $14M

Total Res Exp/Fac

$104.3k $228.7k $237.8k $318k

Faculty TTT/Total

44/44 39/40 39/43 44 Lines & 49 total

44& 54 total


Then and NowEnrollment is in the Fall of AY

AY 1997-1998

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MS Enroll 69 130 95 96 108

MS Degrees 34 31 39 48 54

PhD Enroll 45 81 82 96 108

PhD Degrees

8 16 10 19 21

Pubs 114/186

Pubs/Fac J/T 3/4.9 4 6

UG Enroll 1205 1137 1169 917 860

UG Deg’s 253 201 226 204 192



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UG Female Enroll/%Degrees/%

112/27 106 15% 20%

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6% 8%

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24/12.8% 15% 20%

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11/5.9% 19/7.3% 6% 8%

Female Faculty 3/7.9% 3/7.9% 15% 15%

Minority Faculty(all minority)

13 14 40% 40%



AY 2004-2005Status

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Depart Home page views 230,000 260,000

Dept web hits 18 M 20 M

Depart web req’s 4 pag’s 4 M 4.5 M

Depart web link popularity 29,537 12,500 14,000


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Then and NowWhat were the key ingredients in getting us from then to now

Strategic Plan that gave us direction and was focused on our visionAll encompasing and focused Marketing effort of our program and people (annual reports, Endowed Chair Announcement, web design, campaigns, national level activity by chair, seminar series, etc.)Funded graduate student advising tied to teaching assignment (raised the level of graduate education and research and gave faculty more time for it and helped to increase productivityHiring process that focused on the quality of the hire and was tied to strategic plan Investment in undergraduate program and facilities (Phase I) andon our people (Phase II – endowments)


Charting our CourseMoving our program to the next level

Change is required – we have reach the limit of the gains that can be achieved from what has gotten us from then to nowThis retreat focuses on the changes necessary to grow our program. They are

• Research Caucuses – Making this a reality• Graduate Program –Supporting the Caucuses,

growth and the strategic plan• Undergraduate Program – Continuing to distinguish

us as the “Best in Class” and supporting the strategic plan

• The Plan for the Future: Phase II Campaign-$52 Million in endowments

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