Lee College of Engineering Strategic Plan College Faculty Meeting April 2010

Goal 1: Sustain a safe, supportive and inclusive community that prepares our students for life-long learning and success upon graduation. Goal 2: Attract and retain a diverse community of scholars to educate students; generate, apply, and disseminate knowledge; and contribute to economic development. Goal 3: Recruit, develop, and retain a professional staff to serve and support the expanding mission of the college. Goal 4: Partner with industry by providing highly-qualified students and graduates and access to the expertise of the faculty. Goal 5: Enhance the visibility of The William States Lee College of Engineering.

Environmental Scan  State budget crunch – short term  Growth – 4000 projected in 5-7 years  Not many programs for what will be a top 30 COE  Modest percent of graduate student population  New facilities, but space remains tight  Administrative processes – need improvement  Computing service excellent, but becoming strained  Little diversity  Little activity using technology in teaching  Curriculum remains pretty much stationary  Salary compression and stagnant – but we have jobs

Challenges  Space: use wisely; get more  How to increase funding; better balance of sources  ABET and continuous improvement  Upcoming SACS accreditation  Increasing visibility/reputation  Change the student culture  Maximize student performance and graduation rates  Make Mosaic sustainable  Distance ed; using technology  Managing growth- we need to do more with more

Opportunities bubbling up from units  EPIC – big prospect for every unit  Grow IDEaS (Infrastructure, Design, Environment and Sustainability)  Possible new programs and centers MS Fire Protection, MS CM, MS/PhD Systems, Environmental, Biomedical, Optical Engr., etc. Intelligent Energy Systems, Energy Infrastructure, Transportation, Computational Mechanics, etc.  Professional Development Certificate  Study abroad/international experiences  Expanding ISL – revenue stream for projects  Enhancing development efforts/fund raising  Creating a school from ET, FS and CM programs