1. SoE Faculty & Staff Meeting
AGENDA
SoE Faculty & Staff Meeting
Monday, October 3, 2016
Welcome, Call to Order, and Approval of Minutes from the April 26, 2016 meeting
Announcements & Presentation – Dean Kazerounian
Strategic Initiatives Update – Senior Associate Dean Accorsi
Undergraduate Program Updates – Associate Dean Burkey
Dean’s Excellence Award – Associate Dean Wei
Open Forum
Adjourn

2. Call to Order
Approval of Minutes from the April 26, 2016 meeting

3. Challenges moving forward

6. Faculty 142 Current total faculty : 163 21
Rank
Count
Assistant Professor 47
Associate Professor 41
Professor 54
Total
142
Current total faculty : 163
Ongoing searches for T/TT Faculty: 15
Rank
Count
Assistant Professor In Residence 15
Associate Professor In Residence 4
Professor In Residence 2
Total 21

7. Friday November 11

9. WELCOME! New Faculty and Staff

10. BME Kristin Morgan Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Research Areas: Gait pattern analysis; quantifying dynamic joint stability; computational modeling of human movement; detecting and assessing lower extremity injury risk

11. BME Sina Shahbazmohamadi Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Research Areas: Hardware Security Assurance; Non-destructive Reliability and Failure Analysis of micro/nanoscale systems; X-ray Tomography and applications; Tera Hertz Spectroscopy and Imaging; Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

12. CBE
Matthew Stuber
Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Areas: Process Systems Engineering; Design, Simulation, Optimization

13. CBE
Jennifer Pascal 
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Computer Science & Engineering
Ph.D.: Tennessee Technological University
Research Areas: Engineering Education; Integration of Art & Engineering

14. CEE Efthymios Nikolopoulos
Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Research Areas: Flood modeling

15. CEE
Worku Mulat
Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., National University of Ireland, Cork
Research Areas: Water resources

16. CSE
Benjamin Fuller
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Ph.D., Boston University
Research Areas: Cryptography spanning from complexity/reduction-based cryptography; Information Theory; Applied Cryptography

17. CSE Abdelfattah Amamra
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Computer Science & Engineering
Ph.D.: University of Quebec
Research Areas: Information Security; Smartphone Malware Detection; Network Anomaly Detection; Machine Learning Classifiers

18. CSE
Wei Wei
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Computer Science & Engineering
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Areas: Computer Networks; Social Networks; Performance Evaluation

19. ECE / ME
Abhishek Dutta
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Areas: Control system; Optimization; Mechatronics; Cyber-physical systems security; Systems engineering

20. ME
Zhanshan Jia
Assistant Professor-in-Residence , Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Research Areas: Fabrication, characterization, modeling and simulation of polymers and polymer composites for stress-wave energy management

21. ME Thanh Nguyen Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Princeton University
Research Areas: Nano-micro technology, BioMEMs, Microfluidics, Nanopiezoelectrics, Bionanointerface, Cell/Neuronal Mechanics, Biomaterials and Drug Delivery

22. MSE / C2E2
Boxun Hu
Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science & Engineering/C2E2
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Research Areas: High temperature fuel cells; Development of advanced materials for cells and stacks

23. Deanery
Charles Maric – Director, Senior Design Business Development

24. Deanery
Corinne Gill, Administrative Services Specialist II

25. CTI Shanshan Zhao, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Steven Demurjian, Jr., Computer Programmer
Seth Kenbeek, GIS and Database Programmer and Administrator

26. CTI Sha Mamun, Ph.D, Statistical Analyst
Gregory Santone, Jr., Computer Programmer

27. CTI Kai Wang, Ph.D., Transportation Safety Engineer
Tara Simler, Financial Assistant

28. School of Engineering Faculty Meeting October 3, 2016
Michael Accorsi
Senior Associate Dean
FY16 research results (preliminary)
Major research grants & initiatives
Research development goals and strategies
New Engineering & Science Building - update

29. FY16 Research Results - Preliminary
OVPR grants only

30. Major Grants – FY16 Q3 & Q4
PI: Eric Jackson – The Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center: Years 4 to 9, Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of Transportation, $7,662,323
PI: Hadi Bozorgmanesh – Quiet Corner Innovation Cluster, Economic Development Administration and Connecticut Innovations, $1,500,000
PI: Donna Shea – Continuation of the Connecticut LTAP Safety Circuit Rider Program, Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of Transportation, $1,050,490
PI: Ramamurthy Ramprasad – Rational Design of Polymer Dielectrics Via Synergistic Computations, Synthesis and Characterization, Office of Naval Research, $1,050,00
PI: Pamir Alpay – UTAS Center of Excellence, United Technologies Aerospace Systems, $1,000,000

31. Major Grants – FY16 Q3 & Q4
PI: Krishna Pattipati – Atmospheric Effects Analysis and Prediction: A Fully Integrated Coupled and Nested Prediction System, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, $780,383
PI: Donna Shea – Transportation Technology Transfer Center, Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of Connecticut Transportation, $600,289
PI: Michael Pettes – CAREER: Understanding the Roles of Strain and Mass Disorder on Fundamental Thermal Transport Processes in Two-Dimensional Materials, NSF, $500,000
PI: Ki Chon – Wearable Wireless Sensor for Multi-Scale Physiological Monitoring, Department of the Army, $489,135

32. Major Grants – FY16 Q3 & Q4
PI: Peter Willett – Representing Targets as Systems: Feature-Aided Tracking for Asymmetric Threats, Naval Supply Systems Command, $448,973
PI: Brian Willis – Integration of Biomolecular Recognition Elements with Solid-State NanoDevices for Chemical Sensors with Specificity, Office of Naval Research, $440,225
PI: Mukul Bansal – CAREER: Algorithms for Domain-Level Analysis of Gene Family Evolution, NSF, $499,576
PI: Jason Lee – REU Site: Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Traineeship for Next-GenerationEnergy, Health, Information, and Manufacturing, NSF, $390,550

33. Additional Major Initiatives
DOE Smart Manufacturing
NE–LSAMP
EDA University Center
BME GAANN
New REU Site – Dan Burkey
20 NSF CAREER & 5 REU

34. Research Development Goals and Strategies - Draft

35. New Engineering & Science Building
1st floor – cyberphysical systems
4th floor – biomaterials & biodevices
5th floor – chemical processes
Initial assignments for 1st and 4th floors are complete – assignments for 5th floor are in progress
Tentative Schedule
Phase 1: 9/ /16
Operational Interviews/Equipment Inventory
Phase 2: 12/16 - 5/17
Relocation Planning and Preparation Activities
Phase 3: 6/17 - 8/17
Relocations

37. Undergraduate Programs Update

38.
undergrad.engr.uconn.edu
100th.engr.uconn.edu
SoE Faculty Meeting
Monday, October 3rd, 2016

39. Average Growth = 11%/yr Average Growth = 5%/yr
Note on Minority Students – This is increasingly difficult to determine; Many more students identifying as multiracial or declining to answer. For example, last year, we had ~200 students not provide demongraphic information, this year it was over 500 that did not respond.

40. 2014 Total Freshmen: 621 2015 Total Freshmen: 706
Note on Minority Students – This is increasingly difficult to determine; Many more students identifying as multiracial or declining to answer. For example, last year, we had ~200 students not provide demongraphic information, this year it was over 500 that did not respond.

41. Washington Post Article…
Percentage change in engineering degrees awarded to young women between 2010 and 2015…

42. Note on Minority Students – This is increasingly difficult to determine; Many more students identifying as multiracial or declining to answer. For example, last year, we had ~200 students not provide demongraphic information, this year it was over 500 that did not respond.

43. Note on Minority Students – This is increasingly difficult to determine; Many more students identifying as multiracial or declining to answer. For example, last year, we had ~200 students not provide demongraphic information, this year it was over 500 that did not respond.

44. SOE C&C Business ECE Updates
Adding ECE 4223 to the nanotechnology minor – approved SOE C&C 9/13/16
Motion to include “ECE 4223-nanophotonics” as professional requirement course for the minor in nanotechnology was approved.
Adding ECE4451 as a computer engineering professional requirement approved SOE C&C 9/13/16
Motion to include “ECE Introduction to Hardware Security and Trust” as professional requirement course for the computer engineering program was approved
Replace CSE 1102 with CSE 1729 in EE curriculum – approved pending CSE department – SOE C&C 9/13/16
It was moved and approved that CSE 2050 be listed as an alternate course for CSE1102 in the EE course selection guide. So that the freshman second semester course selection guide would be listed in part as:
CSE1102 – Object Oriented Design/ CSE or ENGR 1166-Foundation of Engineering
ECE 4132 catalog update – tabled – pending new course description – SOE C&C 9/13/16
The proposed changes in the course title, course description, and prerequisite for ECE 4132 were approved.
MEM Catalog Motion
MEM Faculty meeting,  
The following change was approved by the MEM faculty, 5 in favor, 2 abstain.
Motion 1: Remove ME 3221 (Manufacturing Automation) as a prerequisite for MEM 4971W (Senior Design Project I).
Rationale: This prerequisite was carried over from the previous course MEM 4915W which included a one-semester senior design experience delivered in the Spring. Currently ME 3221 is offered only in the Fall term, as is MEM 4971W, causing difficulty for students. Removal of the prerequisite will typically allow for the two courses to be taken concurrently, but may also allow for a student graduating in a Fall semester to take ME 3221 in his/her final semester when necessary.
CHEG Catalog Motion
CHEG C&C votes 4/6/16 – approved
1.  Removing CHEG 3127 as a prerequisite for CHEG 3128
2.  Removing CHEG 3127 as a corequisite for CHEG 3123

45. SOE C&C Business continued
MECHANICAL CATALOG CHANGES – Approved 12/3/15
1. Elective courses listed below have been offered at least twice, with minimal or no changes as ME 3295 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering. Proposal is to add these courses into Undergraduate Catalog with permanent course numbers:
ME 3218 Advanced Manufacturing ME 3230 Biosolid Mechanics
ME 3232 Automotive Engineering
ME 3268 Three-Dimensional Imaging of Materials
ME 3272 Micro-Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion ME 3282 Propulsion
Proposed course descriptions for the catalog, as well as the syllabus from the last time they were taught are attached.
ME 3260 and ME3262 are the old laboratory courses that are no longer being offered and are replaced with ME 3263 and ME Proposal is to remove these courses from the course catalog. These courses do not appear in the student admin system.
ME 3260W is an old laboratory course that is no longer being offered. Proposal is to remove this course from the course catalog. This course does not appear in the student admin system.
ME 3294 Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Seminar has not been offered in the recent semesters and do not show up in the course map or academic requirements. Proposal is to
remove ME 3294 from the course catalog.

46. Mei Wei Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

47. Graduate Student Activities
Professional development workshops
October 26: What recruiters are really looking for?
November 9: Back to the future! What your future boss wants from you!
February 1: Winning a poster competition
March 22: Individual departmental plan for graduate students, postdocs and their advisors
April 5: Professional networking for success
Location: Student Union, Room 304 B
Workshop: 12:00-1:00pm
Lunch and Raffle: 1:00-2:00pm

48. Graduate Program Requirements
Department
Ph.D. Credit Requirements
BME
51 (30 course credits + 15 credits for research + 6 credits for independent study)
CBE 45 CE
15 beyond MS
CSE
45 beyond BS and 24 beyond MS
ENVE
30 beyond BS, and 15 beyond MS ME
42 beyond BS, and 21 beyond MS
MSE
ECE
24 beyond MS EE

49. Dean’s Excellence Award
Professor Yu Lei
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

50. Thank You