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Advisory Board The first meeting of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Board (or Visiting Committee) took place on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Six out of the current nine Advisory Board members attended the meeting, as well as a majority of MSE Steering Committee members (see list below). At the start of the meeting, the Dean of Engineering, Professor Ken Lutchen, described the major changes that had been recently instituted in the College of Engineering, including the establishment of two graduate Divisions, the Division of Systems Engineering, and the Division of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) since July 2008. The Advisory Board heard from the Division Head, Professor Uday Pal, who summarized the goals for the Board Meeting. Division Associate Heads, Soumendra Basu and Theodore Moustakas, and a recent Ph.D. graduate from the MSE program also contributed presentations. Discussions included a review of academic and research missions, defining features and the administrative structure of the Division, a review of the new graduate academic program, and an overview of interdisciplinary materials research within the MSE program. These presentations spawned comments and lively discussions throughout the meeting. The Board then met privately and in the relatively short time available was able to highlight certain topics and develop a few important recommendations that were subsequently discussed with the Dean and Division Heads.
A written report was submitted to the Dean and Division Heads by Dr. Harry Tuller on September 18, 2009.
Attending Advisory Board Members
Attending Steering Committee Members
Dr. C. Barry Carter Dr. James G. Hannoosh Dr. Max Lagally Dr. Ron Latanision Dr. Subhash Singhal Dr. Harry Tuller
Uday Pal Soumendra Basu Ted Moustakas Russell Giordano Karl Ludwig Amit Meller
Attending Staff Ruth Mason
Elizabeth Flagg
Annual Report 2009–2010