Transcript Provost.Report.Nov2015

Provost Report
Dr. Robert Marley
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor or Academic Affairs
November 12, 2015
Agenda
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Interim Dean Update (CEC)
Faculty Hiring Update
Faculty Salary Incentive Update
Division Updates (for the record)
STRATEGIC FACULTY
Lever 2.2: Leverage S&T as Missouri’s technological research university
HRES
2020 GOAL
• Goal to add at least
100 additional faculty
by 2020, many in
Signature Areas
• We have added 26
new faculty since
FY13
• 14 active searches for
2015-16
• 7 planned searches
PLANNED
ACTIVE
SEARCHES
2015-16
NEW FACULTY LINE HIRES
Lever 2.1 & Lever 2.2
SIGNATURE AREA
TENURE-TRACK
Advanced Manufacturing
Lianyi Chen
Advanced Materials
Extreme Environments
Jie Huang
Aditya Kumar
Hongyan Ma
Vadym Mochalin
Alexsandr
Chernatynskiy
Joseph Graham
Number of T/TT +19
Number of NTT +7
as of September 2015
DEPARTMENT
Engineering Management
Physics
Biological Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Mining & Nuclear Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Geo Science
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
TENURE-TRACK
Zeyi Sun
Daniel Fischer
Julie Semon
Victor Khilkevich
Catherine Johnson
Risheng Wang
Wen Deng
Peyman Heidar
Xian Huang
Charles Wojnar
Computer Science
Computer Science
Simone Silvestri
Abu Sayeed Saifullah
DEPARTMENT
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
History/Teacher Ed Program
Matls Sci & Engineering
Matls Sci & Engineering
NON TENURE-TRACK
Bushra Anjum
Amardeep Kaur
Christi Patton Luks
Mandy Welch
Ipek Yucelen
Bingqi Zhang
Mechanical Engineering
Jillian Schmidt
NEW LINE SEARCHES
Lever 2.1: Employ transformative and focused hiring, including cluster hires, in
selected areas of expertise
Active Searches
7 Planned Searches
• Civil Engineering
Joint hire MU (2)
• Psychological Science
2 additional lines
• Advanced Manufacturing
National Academy Stature:
• Advanced Materials
Advanced Manufacturing
• Smart Living
Advanced Materials
• Smart Living
Extreme Environments
• Smart Living
• Math
• Math
• English and Technical Communication
• Chemical Engineering
• Geological/Mining (joint hire)
• Computer Science/Electrical/Engineering Management (joint hire)
• Electrical
14 Active Searches
ALL VACANT LINES
Action 2.1.2: Develop and implement a process to transparently allocate all faculty positions to impact strategic plan and
progress on unit performance measures
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Business and Information Technology - Sheng
(approved)
Materials Science and Engineering - Wolf Chair/Richards
(approved)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
- Nygard (approved)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
- Chapman (approved)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Wang (allocated for chair)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering - Volz
(allocated for chair)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Richardson (allocated for chair)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Hurst/McCarthy (approved)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering MAPA (approved)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (approved)
Computer Science - Chellappan (approved)
Computer Science - Anjum (hired visiting professor)
Computer Science - (approved)
Computer Science - Kessentini (approved)
• Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
- Sarchet (approved)
• Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Smith
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (approved)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering - Shi
• Electrical and Computer Engineering - Tang
(approved)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (approved)
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Eversman
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Finaish
• Mining and Nuclear Engineering
- Baird (approved)
• Mining and Nuclear Engineering - Tien
• Physics - Sankovich
• Physics - Dubois
Materials Science and Engineering Chair
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Chair
Mining and Nuclear Chair
Biological Sciences Chair
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Chair
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Chair
(pending structural decision)
NET FACULTY
*Includes 40 ADDITIONAL faculty lines
*LARGEST Number of T/TT faculty
Faculty Salary
Incentive Update
Division Updates
For the Record
College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
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John McManus (History & Political Science) has published a new book on
WWII, Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration
Camps in Germany, April 1945 (Johns Hopkins Press)
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Diana Ahmad (History & Political Science) has been named a Curators’
Teaching Professor, effective January 1, 2016
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The iGEM design team won third place at the 2015 Jamboree for its project
“Defending North American Bats from the Emerging White-nose Epidemic”
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Honglan Shi (Chemistry) has received funds totaling $20,687 from the LabTech
America, Inc. for her project: “Validation/Optimization of Automatic Solid Phase
Extraction Methods”
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Dan Reardon’s (English & Tech Com) article, “Blended and Asynchronous
Course Effectiveness in First-Year Composition: A Case Study,” which used S&T
classrooms as data collection sites, has been accepted by Teacher-Scholar: The
Journal of the State Comprehensive University
College of Engineering and Computing
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Significant Departmental Awards:
Four GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Awards:
Mining and Nuclear, Electrical and Computer, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace.
University Transportation Center (RE-CAST) receives a third year of funding (Sept. 2015-16) from U.S. DOT.
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Faculty and Alumni Awards and Recognition:
Muthana Al-Dahhan, Chem Eng, named Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Shari Dunn-Norman and Larry Britt ‘79 GeoE, Soc. of Petroleum Engineering’s Distinguish Membership Award.
Jie Gao and Xiaodong Yang, MAE, published in Nature: Scientific Reports.
Kamal Khayat, CArE, named Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction
Materials, Systems and Structure.
Suzanna Long, EMSE, named Fellow of the ASEM and received the Franklin Woodbury Award.
Bruce McMillin, Comp. Sci., elected to Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society.
Joe Newkirk, MSE, named a Fellow of the ASM.
Dave Richardson, CArE, named Fellow of the American Concrete Institute.
Joshua Rovey, MAE, received the 2016 AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award for contributions by a young person.
James Spehr ’64 & ’69 MetE, presented the Thomas J. O’Keefe Memorial Lecture on October 22nd.
Steve Watkins, ECE, elected to the board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society
Reza Zoughi, ECE, elected president of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
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Student Recognition:
The Ceramic Engineering Honor Society, Keramos, received the nation’s Outstanding Chapter Award at
the MS&T 2015 Conference held in Columbus, OH.
The student group, Materials Advantage, received a Chapter of Excellence Award at the MS&T 2015
Conference held in Columbus, OH.
EMSE won the ASEM Founders Award for Best Undergraduate Program and Best Student Chapter.
Office of Undergraduate Studies
 Experiential Learning Awards & Service Learning Awards
• Electronic Nomination Form is due November 20, 2015
o 1 Faculty and 1 Staff Award per year
 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol - March 15, 2016
• Electronic Nomination Form is due December 11, 2015
 Hit the Ground Running (HGR)
• 91 Students
o 9 out of 37 Intensive Algebra students earned credit by exam for College Algebra. (24%)
o 15 out of 31 College Algebra students earned credit by exam for College Algebra. (48%)
o 18 out of 21 Trigonometry students earned credit by exam for Trigonometry (and the other
three earned a waiver of trigonometry) (86%)
 Honor Seminar
• 142 New Freshman for FS2015
Office of Graduate Studies
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Recent Recruiting Events
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Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship
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84 requests for technical editing so far FS 2015
Each edit completed in less than 2 weeks
Thesis/Dissertation Format Checks – Final Copy due Nov. 4
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Partnered with the Student Success Center to create the Majors & Minors and Graduate Degrees Fair
25 graduate programs represented
Technical Editing
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90+ S&T Undergrad students in attendance over a 3 day period
30+ S&T Grad Students/Faculty available to discuss grad school options
Graduate Fair – Oct. 7
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Next visit date: Nov. 19-20
Now open to international students residing in U.S.
What about Graduate School? Event – Oct. 12-14
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Deadline: Dec. 5 for best consideration
Experience S&T (campus visit program)
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23 different universities visited
130+ students reached, contacts will be sent to departments and followed up with by Graduate
Studies
98 theses/dissertations turned in for FS 2015 graduates
Graduate Studies Specialists Advising Survey
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Main question: How satisfied are you with advising you have received today?
Average response: 4.83/5 point scale, 5 being “Very satisfied”
Enrollment Management
• Thank you to everyone that contributed to the Open House on
November 14. We continue to have good numbers, especially
for majors in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business.
• Chancellor’s Scholarship finalists will be on campus Saturday,
December 5. 100 of our most talented applicants for Fall 2016.
• Commencement Ceremony will be on Saturday, December 19
at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
• Student Veteran Resource Center – Opened this fall, located in
the Baptist Student Center serving campus student servicemembers and veterans as a resource to assist them to reach
their educational goals.
Office of Sponsored Programs
• Summary of FY16 activities year-to-date (September)
– Number of funded proposals up 20% for a total of 101
• Total dollars is $14M which is down 10%
– Number of new proposals submitted is down 18% at 107
• Total dollars is $32.5M which is down 33%
– Number of active awards is down by 2% at 588
– Total expenditures is $12.3M which is up 6%
– Net grant and contract expenditures is $8.8M which is up
5%
– F&A recovered is $1.6M which is down 11%
Curtis Laws Wilson Library
Scholars’ Mine Update
• Global readership of documents in Scholars’ Mine
• As of 11/1/15, 216,036 documents downloaded.
Downloads from 11/1/2015