Transcript ProvostReportApril2016

Provost Report
Dr. Robert J. Marley
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs
Faculty Senate Meeting
April 21, 2016
Agenda
1. Graduate Student (PhD) Support
Recommendations
2. FY16-17 Budget
3. Projected New Faculty Hires
1. Graduate Student (PhD) Support
Recommendations
2. FY 16-17 Budget
> 4% performance increase- no tuition increase
> $3.4 million cut to system
> Allocation of performance funding (and any impact of
system cut) to be determined by BOC in June including
allowable increase in supplemental fees.
3. Projected Faculty Hires
> Will summarize projected new faculty hires to Deans and
Chairs next week
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Vacancies
BIC
New Lines
Net (against retirements, departures)
Division Updates
College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
> Audra Merfeld-Langston (Arts, Languages, and Philosophy) has
been accepted into the American Association of Teachers of French
Future Leaders Fellowship Program
> The Department of Business and Information Technology’s
Business Analytics and Data Science graduate certification program is
ranked second in the nation in Value College’s Top 50 Best Value
Online Big Data Graduate Programs of 2016
> CASB hosted the Missouri Arts and Sciences Deans’ Annual Meeting
on April 7-8
College of Engineering and Computing
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Carrie Levy, EMSE undergraduate, was selected for the2016 HNTB Scholarship from the
AREMA Foundation.
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Valencia McKinney and Kevin Thompson, EMSE undergraduates, were selected for the
Service Award at the 2016 Black Student Award Dinner
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Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Student Accolades:
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Ahmed Gheni, was presented the 2016 National Chi Epsilon Graduate Fellowship. Applications for this national fellowship
were submitted for review and ranking. The top two candidates from each of the ten districts were sent to the Chi Epsilon
National Office for additional consideration by the finalist selection committee. Ahmed was chosen among these national
finalists as one of three recipients of the 2016 Chi Epsilon Graduate Fellowship. Ahmed is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in civil
engineering and working as a research assistant with Dr. Mohamed El Gawady.
Katie Bartels, BS student in Environmental, Received an EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship.
Kenneth Campbell of Rolla, a Ph.D. student in CArE, was one of two third-place winners for his poster titled “Oxygen
Transfer in Activated Sludge Operating at Low DO: Effects of Mixing.” Campbell’s research looks at the role of oxygen
transfer in wastewater treatment plants when the dissolved oxygen concentration is relatively low and examines the impact of
mixing on oxygen transfer.
Jordan Wilson of Rolla, a Ph.D. student in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, received honorable mention for
his poster, “Phytoscreening: High Density, Low Cost.” Wilson’s research examined the impact of tree trunk diameter on
removing contaminants from the ground through a process known as phytoforensics.
College of Engineering and Computing
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Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Faculty Accolades:
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Dr. Dimitri Feys and his research group have been highlighted in Saint Louis Construction News & Review, Durability +
Design, The Concrete Producer and European Coatings in Germany.
Dr. Mohamed ElGawady's research with Hesham Tuwair, Ph.D. CE’15, is highlighted on the website of the American
Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Journal of Bridge Engineering
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has earned
the Superior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) for his
work to improve water quality in the Ixcan region of Guatemala.
Dr. Lesley H. Sneed, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of
Science and Technology, has been named a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
David Richardson has been named a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Richardson, who is a member of
numerous ACI national technical committees and is past president of the Missouri chapter of the ACI, received the award on
April 12, 2015, at the ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri. ACI awards the Fellow status to
those who have “made outstanding contributions to the production or use of concrete materials, products and structures in
the areas of education, research, development, design, construction or management.”
Office of Undergraduate Studies
 Student Design and Experiential Learning Center Competitions
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Baja SAE Racing, Baja SAE Tennessee at Tennessee Tech, April 14-17
Concrete Canoe, ASCE Mid Continent Regional Comp in Rolla MO, April 21-23
Steel Bridge, Mid-Continental ASCE Regional Steel Bridge Comp at S&T, April 21-23
Human Powered Vehicle, HPVC West in San Jose CA, April 22-24
 Spring Honors Banquet, Dr. Wayne Huebner Keynote Speaker
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May 1st, from 6pm-8pm in St. Pat’c
3 Honors Fellows will be honored
2 awards given to Geology and Geophysics students
 ½ Way to Graduation Party for Sophomores
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April 12th from 5pm-7pm at the Puck
Pizza, cake, soda and yard game
100+ students participated
Office of Graduate Studies
> Midwest Association for Graduate Schools (MAGS)
Conference was held April 5-8
– Theme was “Graduate Education Pathways”
> Venkat Allada was Chair-Elect/Conference Chair
– Venkat Allada announced as Chair of MAGS for 2016-2017
– S&T’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner, Maigha (PhD candidate in
EE), participated in 3MT regional competition held at MAGS
> Graduate Certificates
– Website for Graduate Certificates up to date with any UM System
accepted changes: http://grad.mst.edu/programs/certificatesnew/
– Will be maintained consistently for changes or new certificates
– Please link to this page for any graduate certificates
– Questions? Contact [email protected]
Enrollment Management
> Spring 2016 commencement will be May 14 at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
There are over 1,500 candidates for degrees and certificates.
> Several large events were held on campus this semester for high school
students:
– 7th Grade Girls STEM Day – March 23 – 441 students and 103 teacher
– Health Occupations Student Association (HOSA) State Conference – March 28 and
29 – 951 students
> Sandra Magnus spoke at the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) LockIn Conference on April 8. This event is sponsored by SDOWP for 11th
and 12th grade girls.
Office of Sponsored Programs
> Summary of FY16 activities year-to-date (January)
– Number of funded proposals up 24% for a total of 165
> Total dollars is $20M which is down 5%
– Number of new proposals submitted is down 2% at 318
> Total dollars is $88M which is down 8%
– Number of active awards is down by .2% at 594
– Total expenditures is $24M which is down 4%
– Net grant and contract expenditures is $17M which is down 8%
– F&A recovered is $3M which is down 10%
Curtis Laws Wilson Library
A busy year with instruction and in-depth research consultations.