SOE Faculty MeetingFebruary 23, 2015

AGENDA

 Welcome, Call to Order, Approval of Minutes from Dec. 17, 2014 – Dean KazerounianReport by and Conversation with the Dean – Dean KazerounianGuest Speaker – Dr. Dan Weiner, Vice Provost for Global Affairs Strategic Initiatives Update – Senior Associate Dean Mike AccorsiUndergraduate Education Updates – Associate Dean Dan BurkeyResearch and Graduate Education Updates – Associate Dean Mei WeiFaculty Presentation – Dr. Sarira Motaref, CEEOpen Forum – Donna Thibault

10/06/2014

SoE Faculty MeetingFeb. 2nd, 2015

Financial Challenges

Guest Speaker:Dr. Daniel Weiner Vice Provost for Global Affairs

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Thank you!

School of Engineering

Faculty Meeting – February 23, 2015

Michael Accorsi – Senior Associate Dean

• Space Issues NESB Update STEM Space Assessment

• Proposal Development Activities Large Proposals Junior Faculty Support

NESB Update• SPACE …

3 floors for SOE & 2 floors for ISG/CGI ~25% increase in SOE total space

• … and TIME Redesign for ISG/CGI Groundbreaking in May 2015 Construction complete in January 2017 Move in during Spring 2017

STEM Space Assessment• Purpose - Plan for growth in STEM programs under NGC• University level activity - SOE, CLAS, CAHNR & Pharm• Led by AES with architectural firm ZGF• Anticipated to take one year• Activities – tours of space & interviews with Deans,

Department Heads & Faculty Teaching space – preliminary tour complete Research space – preliminary tour begin Wednesday

• Approach – accommodate tours & interviews + articulate our space needs = SOE space needs in university plan

Proposal Development Activities• Proposal Development Team

Faculty team or solo PI – technical content Bethany Javidi – reviewing, writing & editing Lori Mather – pre-award and budgeting

• Priorities Large proposals – multi-institutional, multi-

faculty & center proposals Junior faculty – strengthen grantsmanship skills

Proposal Development Activities• Large Proposals

13 major proposals ranging from $400K to $20M since 6/14

Strong positive feedback from faculty PIs• Junior Faculty

NSF CAREER workshop series Start early & make continuous progress (11/14 – 6/15) Develop white paper with key concepts Provide internal panel review and feedback (3/15) Special thanks – Bethany, Lori, Ranjan, Aida, Kevin,

SOE faculty (samples, panelists, etc)

Proposal Development Activities

New Manufacturing Innovation Initiative – Flexible Hybrid Electronics• FOA to be issued 2/13/15• Anticipate being part of a New

England team led by Draper• Contact me if you are interested

in participating

Technical Areas Needed• Material development and reliability • Innovative manufacturing technologies• Modeling of non-linear elastic materials• Thermal management• Low-loss interconnects and components

SOE Faculty MeetingFebruary 23, 2015

Mei Wei

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Major Research Awards (10/14 – 1/15)

• Avinash Dongare, National Science Foundation, CAREER: Dynamic Evolution of Defect/Damage Mesostructures in Metallic Materials, 2/15-1/20, $500,000

• Timothy M. Vadas, National Science Foundation, CAREER: Impact of Urbanization on Organic Carbon-Metal Interactions and Trophic Transfer in Streams, 2/15-1/20, $500,000

• Kay Wille, National Science Foundation, CAREER: Understanding Behavior and Properties of Nano-Sized Particles in Cement-Based Materials, 9/15-8/20, $500,000

• Sung Yeul Park, National Science Foundation, CAREER: Enabling High Performance Battery Charging Systems: Adaptive and Optimal Charging Algorithms Based on Dynamic Battery Characteristics, 9/15-8/20, $500,000

CAREER awards:

REU award:• Arash Esmaili Zaghi and Mark Tehranipoor, National Science Foundation, REU Site: 

Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for Students with ADHD: Fostering Innovation, 2/15-1/18, $344,099

• Chih-Jen Sung, China National Technical Import and Export Corporation, Fundamental Research on Advanced Gas Turbine Combustion Relevant Analysis, 8/14-7/17, $1,950,000

• Eric D. Jackson, CT Department of Transportation, The Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center: Year 3 and 4, 1/15-6/16, $1,582,581

• Jinbo Bi, National Institutes of Health, Quantitative Methods to Subtype Drug Dependence and Detect Novel Genetic Variants, 2/15-11/18, $1,122,500

• Prabhakar Singh, Manoj Mahapatra, and Rampi Ramprasad, Department of Energy, Materials and Approaches for the Mitigation of SOFC Cathode Degradation in SOFC Power Systems, 10/14-9/17, $1,002,125

• Allison A. Mackay and Jose A. Gascon, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Organic Cation Interactions with Soil Aluminosilicates: Structure-Sorption Relationships, 11/14-10/17, $410,000

Major Research Awards (10/14 – 1/15)

Value of New Awards (7/1/14-1/30/15)

Academic Plan Proposals• Tier 1:

Mark Tehranipoor, Laurent Michel, Alex Shvartsman, Rajeev Bansal: Connecticut Cybersecurity Center

• Tier 2:

Puxian Gao, Menka Jain, Mei Wei: Large Scale Correlated Electronic Nanoarchitectures for Next Generation Oxide based Electronics and Drug Delivery Systems

• Tier 3:

Bryan Huey, Avinash Dongare, Puxian Gao, Yusuf Khan: Chemical, Biological, and Mechanical Indicators of Sub-Traumatic Brain Injury

• Equipment:

Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Yong-Jun Shin, Marc Lalande, Rampi Ramprasad, Pamir Alpay: UCONN Cloud Computing Infrastructure for the Study of Complex Systems

Xu Chen, Robert Gao, Rainer Hebert: Design of an Open-Source Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing System

Academic Plan Proposals

• Tier 1:

D. Burgess, F. Papadim, Faquir Jain: Creation of A Center for the Development and Application of Biosensor-Based e-Health Technologies

• Tier 2:

R McAvoy, Jeff McCutcheon: Smart Resource Grids: Exploring Technical Solutions to Grand Challenges at the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

C. Nelson, Ion Mandoiu: Uniting an Interdisciplinary Team around the First High Resolution Cell Lineage Map of the Mouse Embryo

J. Dixon, Ki Chon: Interdisciplinary Motor Performance Enhancement Laboratory (IMPEL)

• Tier 3:

C.V. Kumar, Tai-His Fan: Single-Enzyme Meets Single-Polymer: Biocompatible, Sustainable, Green, and Renewable Biocatalysts for Advanced Enzyme Fuel Cells

H. Read, Monty Escabi: BRAIN Initiative Pilot: Center for Theoretical and Applied Systems Neurosciences and Dynamic Brain-Circuit Control

C. Zhang, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran: Toward Sustainable Long Island Sound Watersheds by Linking Renewable Energy Resources to Land Use, Economics, and Public Policy

• Equipment:

J Rueckl, Kevin Brown: Multimodal Brain Imaging/Testing models of Brain Function Using Transcranial magnetic Simulation

Academic Plan Proposals

Initiatives• Woman innovation• Faculty cluster flyer• Female faculty lunch

Graduate Education

• Domestic student recruitment March 9th

• Graduate poster competition March 25th

• Professional development workshops Feb 11, Feb 25, March 11, April 8

Thank You !

FACULTY PRESENTATION

Sarira Motaref - CEE

10/06/2014

Applied Mechanics I (Statics)Flipped Course

By: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Sarira Motaref,

Dr. Ross Bagtzoglou

Dr. Christine Kirchhoff

Dr. Lanbo Liu

Dr. Kay Wille

Faculty Meeting February 23, 2015

Flipped Course vs. Traditional Course

Activities inside and outside of class are switched

Flipped courses vs. Blended courses

Flipped Class Lay outOut of Class Activities

Inside Class Activities

• Watching lecture videos

• Watching sample problem solving videos

• Quizzes

• Homework problems

• Maximize class participation

• 10 minutes recitation

• Sample problem solving by STUDENTS individually

or in groups followed by presentation of correct

solution by INSTRUCTOR/PEERS

• Homework problem solutions (partially)

Course Objectives and a Plan to Deliver Materials

A Calendar as a Road Map for Students

• HuskyCT section was Built by ITL (Institute of Teaching and Learning)

Preliminary Assessment

Advantages

Disadvantages

• Unlimited availability of course materials to students (24/7)

• Delivering more class materials (more in depth problems)

• Flexibility in student learning (re-watch/ at their own pace/ ahead of time)

• Reducing stresses of learning

• Class activity that reinforces student learning

• Instructor cannot answer students’ prompt questions during the delivery of

the lecture

• Students spend more time outside of class compared to a regular class

• High possibility of falling behind the class when videos are not viewed.

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Students Performance Flipped vs. Regular

Full Assessment

Analyzing the results of all Flipped sections of Statics

Publish an article in Engineering Education

OPEN FORUM

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