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WELCOME College of Engineering Advisory
Board 25 April, 2003
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• New Advisory Board Members
• Christine Headington-Hall
• Manager, Shared Employee Services, Pella
  Corporation
• Dr. James Blanche
• Superintendent, Davenport Community School Board
  District
• Richard A. Fosse, P.E.
• City Engineer, City of Iowa City
• Phil S. Larson, P.E.
• Vice President, Office Director, Shive-Hattery,
  Inc.

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• Advisory Board Members Completing Their Terms
• Terry Martin, P.E.
• Reid Christopherson

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College of Engineering Advisory Board Spring
Update 25 April, 2003
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• Outline of Presentation
• Noteworthy News
• How Were Doing
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Questions

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Noteworthy News
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• New President
• David Skorton

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• New Interim VP for Research
• William F. Decker

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• New Associate Dean
• Alec Scranton

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• New Dean of Medicine
• Jean Robillard

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• Hydraulics Laboratory Dedication June 6, 2003

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Awards and Recognition
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• Named Faculty Fellowships
• John Lee (MIE)
• Donald E. Bently Faculty Fellow
• Larry Weber (CEE)
• Donald E. Bently Faculty Fellow
• Bill Eichinger (CEE)
• M.L. Huit Teaching Award (Hancher-Finkbine Award)
• Recent gift for 2 new Faculty Fellows
• Robert J. Wheeler Faculty Fellows

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• Student Awards and Recognition
• Helen Fuller (BME)
• 2003 Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
• NSF Graduate Fellows
• 7 UI Recipients
• 1 Recipient from another institution, will attend
  UI
• Storer Entrepreneurship Awards
• X-Wires
• Peace of Mind

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• Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy 2003
  Inductees
• Secil Uzuner
• Phil Francis
• Sun-Tak Hwang
• Henry Maksoud
• P. Mac Berthrouex
• Donald Bartel

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How Were Doing
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• Sponsored Research
• FY-03 up 100 over FY-02
• Highest year ever (18.6 million)
• Average of 7.5 growth per year for past 15 years
• Season is not over yet!!!
• Grant County, Washington, 6.8 million (L. Weber)
• NSF-ITR, 2.3 million (G. Carmichael)
• ALCON, 1.5 million (T. Casavant, T. Braun)
• Keck Foundation, 0.75 million (J. Schnoor)
• PGE, 0.75 million (J. Odgaard)

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• Research and
• Graduate Programs
• 1st Research Open House
• 100 posters
• Departmental and Center displays
• Seminars

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• Research and Graduate Programs
• 2nd Graduate Student Recognition Luncheon
• Recognition and social event
• Awarded GANN grant (Rodgers, CBE)
• Graduate fellowships for underrepresented
  students

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• Undergraduate Programs
• Co-op and internships
• AY 02-03 similar to AY 01-02
• Expect slight increase next year
• 1st Year Student Enrollment
• Expect 8 increase next year
• Employment
• 33 still seeking employment
• On-campus interviewing down over last year
• ABET
• College response submitted

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• Development Support
• Comprehensive Campaign
• Engineering goal 42.9 million (61 to date)
• CY-01 Summary
• Outright gifts and future commitments (5.4 M)
• Alumni participation (8.4)
• CY-02 Summary
• Outright gifts and future commitments (5.3 M)
• Alumni participation (9.9)

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• International Service Project
• Develop long-term plan to improve infrastructure
  of drinking water and waste management systems in
  Xicotepec, MEXICO
• Internship for students
• Environmentally and economically sustainable
  engineering projects

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• College Outreach Activities
• National Engineers Week
• 2003 Engineers, Turing Ideas Into Reality
• 2004 Greatest Engineering Achievements of 20th
  Century
• Consider Inviting us to your community

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• College Outreach Activities
• Student Leadership Institute
• 2003 Pella Corporation
• Your company next ?

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• College Outreach Activities
• Iowa Department of Economic Development
• List of international alumni with high-level
  corporate positions
• Web page link identifying Colleges contributions
  to state initiatives in economic development

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Challenges and Opportunities
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• Leadership Transition
• Director of IIHR
• Director of CCAD
• DEO, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

• Academic Reviews
• All departments except BME
• CCAD, IIHR
• Dean

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• Questions and Comments ?