Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan

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1 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan ME Graduate Program

2 ME Graduate Program Strategy 1 Improve the quality of the graduate program Goal 1: Improve quality of incoming students and monitor trend Goal 2: Increase number of PhD students graduated per year Goal 3: Decrease average time to graduate (BS-PhD) Goal 4: Improve mentoring of students, especially for academic placement Goal 5: Encourage students to take more ownership of their PhD research Goal 6: Identify resources for competitiveness in recruiting graduate students Strategy 2 Improve quality of life for graduate students Goal 1: Facilitate social interactions Goal 2: Facilitate professional interactions Goal 3: Improve faculty-student interactions for incoming graduate students

3 ME Graduate Program Strategy 3 Strengthen MS program Goal 1: Strengthen ME role in Masters for Global Engineering Leadership program Goal 2: Develop new partnerships with industry for training of MS students Strategy 4 Improve diversity of student body Goal 1: Improve representation of women in student body Goal 2: Improve representation of ethnic minorities in student body

4 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan Nuclear Engineering Program

5 Nuclear Engineering Strategy 1 Grow graduate program size and visibility Goal 1: Use TIE resources judiciously to maximize impact Goal 2: Secure additional resources from national funding agencies for program infrastructure and student support Goal 3: Increase number of PhD students graduated per year Goal 4: Seek funding for faculty growth in targeted areas Goal 5: Strengthen NE role in Masters for Global Engineering Leadership (MGEL) program Goal 6: Develop new partnerships with industry for training of MS students Goal 7: Improve nuclear engineering pipeline Goal 8:Undertake an internal assessment of ways to improve the NE doctoral program and respond to recommendations Goal 9: Increase collaboration with other departments

6 Nuclear Engineering Strategy 2 Plan, and secure funding for, undergraduate major in nuclear engineering Goal 1: Formulate plan for nuclear engineering major and get department and college approvals to seek external funding Goal 2: Secure external funding for introduction of NE major Strategy 3 Upgrade reactor laboratory to support research, teaching, and outreach mission Goal 1: Formulate performance plan for reactor laboratory and get program and college approvals Goal 2: Secure external funding for reactor laboratory upgrade

7 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan Faculty, Research

8 Faculty, Research Strategy 1 Increase faculty size and makeup for greater visibility in research community, while maintaining strong teaching Goal 1: Grow tenure-track faculty size to better support areas of concentration and external visibility Goal 2: Hire research-track faculty in areas of research strength Goal 3: Hire clinical-track faculty to support professional practice courses and programs with significant industrial appeal Strategy 2 Increase the visibility and reputation of departmental research Goal 1: Establish large federally funded centers/group efforts led by department faculty Goal 2: Increase federally funded research level in department, including awards in CAREER category Goal 3: Renew core disciplinary strengths in department

9 Faculty, Research Strategy 2 Increase the visibility and reputation of departmental research (contd.) Goal 4: Encourage external recognitions and awards for faculty Goal 5: Emphasize external recognition, quality of research publications and quality of graduate student mentoring Goal 6: Improve awareness of department accomplishments in peer communities Strategy 3 Provide support and resources for enhanced faculty effectiveness Goal 1: Establish a structured mentoring system for junior faculty members Goal 2: Reduce teaching duties for junior faculty members prior to fourthyear review Goal 3: Provide support/release for writing/leading group proposals and for developing small centers into larger centers

10 Faculty, Research Strategy 3 Provide support and resources for enhanced faculty effectiveness (contd.) Goal 4: Implement research space allocation policy to ensure that research space allocation is aligned with productivity in sponsored research Goal 5: Reduce teaching duties for tenured faculty active in sponsored research to align them better with highly ranked peer departments Strategy 4 Enhance competitiveness in faculty hiring and retention Goal 1: Achieve competitiveness in faculty hiring Goal 2: Endow named professorships and endowed chair to recognize and retain highly productive mid-career faculty and senior faculty respectively Goal 3: Enhance competitiveness with peers in compensating most productive faculty members at all levels Goal 4: Improve numbers of faculty hires from top-tier grad schools, including women and ethnic minorities

11 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan ME Undergraduate Program

12 ME Undergraduate Program Strategy 1 Strengthen undergraduate curriculum and undergraduate student experience Goal 1: Integrated approach to threads in curriculum (simulation, communication, design, modeling, experimental) Goal 2: Continuous Quality Improvement of TE program, faculty advising, FE exam participation Goal 3: Continue improvements in instructional laboratories Goal 4: Offer students more opportunities for hands-on experiences Goal 5: Maintain/improve student participation in honors research Goal 6a: Grow industrially sponsored multi-disciplinary 3-quarter long capstone design course sequence and pass administration to the College of Engineering (ENG 658, 659) Goal 6b: Continue with Biomedical Assistive Device section of the 3- quarter long design-build capstone design course sequence (ME 565) Goal 7: Strengthen practice components in BS curriculum

13 ME Undergraduate Program Strategy 2 Improve diversity of student body Goal 1: Improve representation of women in student body Goal 2: Improve representation of ethnic minorities in student body Strategy 3 Renew the curriculum Goal 1: Incorporate material relevant to micro and nano scales and/or bioengineering in curriculum Goal 2: Introduce global educational experiences for students Goal 3: Introduce/strengthen alternative capstone design experiences

14 Mechanical Engineering Performance Plan Administration, Staffing

15 Administration, Staffing Strategy 1 Work with the college to address fiscal issues Goal 1: Position ME department for investment of re-directed or new college/university PBA Goal 2: Make the case for re-investment of ME vacancy credits to department Goal 3: Work with the college/university to address Scott lab financing and other loan payment issues Strategy 2 Identify resources for department priorities Goal 1: Estimate resource needs for department priorities Goal 2: Incorporate some resource needs into capital campaign priorities Goal 3: Work with college to identify other sources to support department priorities

16 Administration, Staffing Strategy 3 Broaden faculty/staff awareness of, and seek input on, department fiscal issues and staffing issues/needs Goal 1: Institute periodic discussions of departmental budget, investment priorities, budget cuts Goal 2: Seek faculty/staff input on staffing needs and priorities Goal 3: Seek regular faculty/staff feedback on staff performance

17 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Performance Plan Development, Alumni Relations

18 Development, Alumni Relations Strategy 1 Fund-raise to meet Scott Lab construction loan obligations Goal 1: Inform and involve campaign committee in formulation of strategy and implementation Goal 2: Actively engage most likely prospect donors and secure commitments Goal 3: Formulate fund-raising drives to engage untapped segments of alumni base Goal 4: Identify and cultivate corporate donors and foundations

19 Development, Alumni Relations Strategy 2 Formulate campaign for effective ME participation in next OSU Capital Campaign Goal 1: Formulate elements of capital campaign and communication strategy Goal 2: Identify and cultivate lead donors during quiet phase (01/09 12/11) Goal 3: Relate campaign elements to department priorities and goals Strategy 3 Improve communications with alumni and avenues for their involvement Goal 1: Improve alumni communications Goal 2: Develop options for alumni involvement with department