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Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MechanicsExternal Advisory Board
MeetingState of the Department
April 23, 2007
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department Strategic Plan
Mission: Prepare Engineering Students for Successful Careers
Vision: Be a nationally recognized mechanical engineering department that attracts, rewards, and retains outstanding faculty, students, and staff: Be a department of choice nationally
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Organization: Research CaucusesEngineering Education Innovation: Dr. Michele Miller DirectorMulti-Scale Systems and Sensors: Dr. Craig Friedrich DirectorMultidisciplinay Mechanics and Modeling of Multifunctional and Multi-Scale Materials: Dr. Ghatu Subhash Director Powertrain Systems: Dr. Carl Anderson DirectorSpace Systems: Dr. L. Brad King DirectorSustainable Systems (in the process of being proposed)
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Organization: Technical AreasDesign/Dynamic Systems: Dr. John Beard DirectorEnergy-Thermal-Fluids: Dr. L. Brad King DirectorManufacturing/Industrial Engineering: Dr. William Endres DirectorSolid Mechanics: Dr. Gopal Jayaraman Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department Rankings Graduate Program ranked 54th (top 33%) NewNationally amongst the 164 Doctoral GrantingMechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2008 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools and 3rd in Michigan
Undergraduate Program ranked 25th (top 16%) Nationally amongst the 148 Doctoral GrantingMechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2005 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges and 2nd in Michigan
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department Rankings
NSF ranked the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics in Research Expenditures 26th in FY2004 amongst all Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S.
FY2004: $7.517 Million(latest rankings)
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Department Statistics The Largest Department at Michigan TechSeventh Largest ME Department in BSME degrees granted in the U.S. and 2nd in MichiganAmong the Seven Largest ME Departments in the U.S. in BSME degrees granted for Twenty Three Consecutive YearsThree Spin-off CompaniesEnrollment (Fall 2006)1178 Undergraduate Enrollment
183 Graduate Students83 PhD Students
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Awards: Spring 2007Dr. Jason R. Blough earned the 2007 SAE Ralph Teetor Education AwardDr. Jaime A. Camelio earned the 2007 SMEKuo K. Wang Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Student AwardsSenior Design Project, "A Dynamic Test Stand," First place: Second International Student Capstone
Design Fair, Korean Ministry of Science and Technology and Seoul National University of Technology, November 2006.
Team members: Jeffrey Van Karsen, Karen Hauch, Brad Rush, Kelly Willett and Richard Bellenbaum.
Van Karsen and Associate Professor John Gershenson represented the team and department at the fair, which had 313 entries, including entries from 10 international universities from the U.S., Singapore, China, and Japan.
Project sponsor: Whirlpool
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Student AwardsASME Strategic Diversity Workshop paper competition. First Place: Paper title " Envisioning the Future
of Engineering“Team members: Daniel Vanderhoff (Section VP
& junior), Daniel Michalski (ME sophomore), and Nick Dumler (Section President & senior)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Roshan M D’SouzaAwarded: Travel expenses to present paper at
the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Chicago, IL, November 7, 20006
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Openings: Spring 2007Have seven (7) tenure-track faculty positions to be filled (retirements: Evensen, Ligon, and Young, Arici, Others: Moon, Bettig, Suhash)New tenure-track line from the university: I had requested two, one of which was to support our aerospace initiative with Dr. King and that is the line we received.Total open tenure-track lines: 8Lecturer position: Replacing Dr. Josh Lockus, who wishes to be available only on a temporary basisIn 2 years we could have up to 17-18 untenured faculty (39-40%)
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Faculty and Staff StatusFaculty and Staff Positions and openingsTenure-Tenure Track Faculty Lines: 44
Professors: 12 Associate Professors: 15Assistant Professors: 9Open Lines 8
Lecturers (full-time) (converted TT lines) 2Research Professors (JHJ,KJW,QD): 3Total 49
Staff: 25Staff on General Fund $: 9.55 (11 people)Staff on Soft Fund $: 15.45 (14 people)
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Status of New Hires and OffersTenure-track lines – 8 open lines
13 interviews (one accepted offer from SCU @$1,2M)
4 offers out (one accepted offer from UC-B)1 says he will accept – offer to go out this week1 offer will go out this week (high prob. of yes)2 offers are planned to go out (one to a female)
• Summary information about these 8 offers:– One minority accepted (Hispanic)– One offer to a women is out– Two additional offers to women will go out
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Offers AcceptedDr. Ossama Abdelkhalik: Space Systems Caucus
Dr. Fernando Ponta: Advanced Power Systems Caucus
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Lecturer Position StatusTwo interviews:Dr. Debra CharlesworthDr. Olanrewaju Aluko
Both are excellent and wish to make offers to both. Requested an additional lecture line but so far the answer is no.
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Budget RequestOne Faculty Line in SustainabilityAdditional Space
11th FloorClassrooms 405,406,407
This needed in short term to support our growth in research and graduate students.
Long Term Space Needs – Need another building: Proposed to locate behind current building and over the hill (like Dow)
Reasons: Growth and Safety – can not longer have dynos in our building
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Funding our Future MEEM Campaign Building for the Future - Phase II “Endowing Excellence” - $54 Million GoalFocus: People
$52 Million for Endowments$ 2 Million for Graduate Research
Laboratory Support
As of January 11,2007, raised over $24.6 million (47.3% of Phase II Endowment Goal)
The MEEM Campaign will become part of the University Major Campaign, which starts the silent phase in 2007
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
ME-EM Phase II CampaignBuilding for the FutureEndowing Excellence
# $/Each $/Total $/Total #Endowed Chairs 4-5 $2-3,000,000 10,000,000 15,675,187 7Endowed Professorships 3-4 $1-2,000,000 4,000,000 2,500,000 2Endowed Practitioner Chairs 2 2,000,000 4,000,000 Endowed Associate Professorships 4 500,000 2,000,000 500,000 1Endowed Assistant Professorships 4-5 $2-300,000 1,000,000 350,000 1Endowed Visiting Professorships 1 1,000,000 1,000,000 Group Endowed Chair 25,000Emeriti Endowment Fund 25,771Quality and Sustainability Lab 50,000
Total Faculty Initiatives 22,000,000 19,125,958 11
Goal Raised as of 1/11/07
Faculty Initiatives
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
ME-EM Phase II CampaignBuilding for the FutureEndowing Excellence
Goal Raised as of 1/11/07Department Endowment 10,000,000 0
Student InitiativesGoal Raised as of 1/11/07
Scholarships
Endowed Women/Minority 2,000,000 18,771Endowed Scholars/Honor Program 1,000,000 824,716
FellowshipsEndowed Graduate Fellowships 5,000,000 750,000Endowed Women/Minority 2,000,000
Program SupportEndowed Student Vehicle Competition 4,000,000 12,500 Endowed Student Design Fund 2,000,000 Endowed Student Leadership Awards 1,000,000 Endowed Computing Technology Teaching Fund 1,000,000
Other Endowed Graduate Student Recruitment Fund 1,000,000 Endowed Engineering Learning Center Fund 500,000 Endowed Senior Recognition /Order of the Engineer 300,000 Endowed Graduate and Undergraduate Recognition Awards 200,000 Software 937,500
20,000,000 2,543,488
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Campaign Totals to DateGoal YTD
Number of Endowed Faculty Chairs
17-21 11
Number of Fully Endowed Undergraduate Scholarships
8 4
Number of Endowed Graduate Fellowships
10 1
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
ME-EM Phase II CampaignBuilding for the FutureEndowing Excellence
Goal Raised as of 1/11/07Operating Funds 227,035Undesignated Funds 2,699,192
- 2,926,227
52,000,000 24,595,672
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
ME-EM Phase II CampaignBuilding for the FutureEndowing Excellence
Additional Verbal Commitments
Faculty Initiatives 1,350,000 Student Initiatives 250,000 Software 100,000
1,700,000
Total with Verbal Commitments 26,295,672
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
ME-EM Phase II CampaignBuilding for the FutureEndowing Excellence
Campaign Expense
Amount Raised Expense Cost/$ raisedPhase I 3,445,078 214,266 0.0622Phase II 24,595,672 593620 0.0241
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Student National Competition Results
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
National Student Competitions SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2007(13 Universities)
Enterprise Program
6th Place Overall2nd in Design2nd in Emissions3rd in Rider Comfort
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Challenges were held at Michigan Tech. The 2008 Challenge will be held @ Michigan Tech
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
National Student Competitions
SAE Aero East 20073rd Place Overall (out of 27)Lift of 20.4 lbs(max was 2.07 lbs)Senior DesignProgram
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Contracts and Grants: 2007Jeffrey S. Allen (Co-PI, ME-EM), John Diebel (PI, Tech and Econ. Dev.), "Fuel Cell Water control System Prototype -Alternative Energy", Sponsor - Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative, Total project amount -$60,979.Jeffrey S. Allen (Co-PI, ME-EM), Satish Kandikar (PI, RIT), "Visualization of Fuel Cell Water Transport and Performance Characterization", Sponsor - Department of Energy, the award is part of a $2.7 million collaborative project with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), General Motors, and Michigan Tech, Total Michigan Tech project amount - $991,930.Jaime A. Camelio (PI, ME-EM), John W. Sutherland (Co-PI, ME-EM), "Application of Control Theory Principles to Improve the Performance of a Dynamic Trucking Network", Sponsor -Schneider National, Total project amount - $41,000.00.
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Contracts and Grants: 2007L. Brad King (PI, ME-EM), "Self-Regenerating Nanotips: Indestructible Field-Emission Cathodes for Low-Power Electric Propulsion", Sponsor -U.S. Department of Defense - Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Total project amount - $324,487.00.Edward Lumsdaine (PI, ME-EM), "2007 Staffing for the C3P ISD", Sponsor - Ford Motor Company, Total project amount - $240,284.00.Michele H. Miller (PI -ME-EM), Gordon G. Parker (Co-PI, ME-EM), Henry A. Sodano (Co-PI, ME-EM), H. Liu and Sarah A. Green, (Co-PIs, Chemistry), Paul L. Bergstrom (Co-PI, EE), "Optimizing Chemo-Mechanical Structure for MEMS Chemical Vapor Sensor Arrays", Sponsor -Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Total project amount - $1,362,334.00.
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Contracts and Grants: 2007Jeffery D. Naber (PI, ME-EM), John E. Beard (Co-PI, ME-EM), Donna J. Michalek (Co-PI, ME-EM), "Direct Injection Ethanol Flex-Fuel Vehicle Optimization and HC Cold-Start Emissions reductions for Hybrid Applications", Sponsor -General Motors, Total project amount - $272,146.00.Jeffery D. Naber (PI, ME-EM), John E. Beard (Co-PI, ME-EM), Donna J. Michalek (Co-PI, ME-EM), "GDI Ethanol Flex-Fuel Engine Optimization and HC Cold-Start Emissions Reduction for Hybrid Applications", Sponsor -General Motors, Total project amount - $52,052.00.Gordon G. Parker (PI, ME-EM), Jill Blecke, (Co-PI, PhD major, ME-EM), "Switch Bounce Modeling and Control", Sponsor - Sandia National Laboratories, Total project amount - $20,000.00.
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Contracts and Grants: 2007Henry A. Sodano (PI, ME-EM), "Biologically Inspired Autonomic Structural Materials with Controlled Toughening and Healing", Sponsor - NSF, Total project amount $281,160.Charles D. Van Karsen (PI, ME-EM), "AVS Engine Noise Identification", Sponsor - Briggs & Stratton Corporation,Henry A. Sodano (PI, ME-EM), "Biologically Inspired Autonomic Structural Materials with Controlled Toughening and Healing", Sponsor - NSF, Total project amount $281,160.Charles D. Van Karsen (PI, ME-EM), "AVS Engine Noise Identification", Sponsor - Briggs & Stratton Corporation,