State of School of Engineering 2011

2011 STATE OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Godfrey Mungal Dean

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“Engineering With a Mission” The School of Engineering will be known and treasured, in Silicon Valley and beyond, for the impact of its graduates and faculty on improving the human condition through engineering education, practice, and scholarship. …while supporting SCU’s Strategic Plan: 1.

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Excellence in Jesuit Education Global Understanding Engagement with Silicon Valley Justice and Sustainability Academic Community

…and celebrating our past, present and future SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

1. Excellence in Jesuit Education Educate leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion

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T-model of education

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Values-based education

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Project-based learning

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Innovation and entrepreneurship

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T-Model of Education  Deep technical core (hard skills – left brain)

– Math, Science, – Engineering, Design, …  Broad range of soft skills (right brain)

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Communication Ethics, Integrity Entrepreneurial mindset Creativity Global view…

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– Jesuit education of the whole person – Engineering in the context of a liberal arts education – ABET accreditation SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Values-based education “It’s gratifying seeing our students’ work put to such good use in the world.”

Mark Aschheim, chair, civil engineering

Core curricula designed to educate the whole person  Student research focused on doing good in the world  International travel: study abroad, immersion trips, senior design  Graduate core; minor in Science, Technology, and Society 

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Project-based learning: Senior Design Projects I love the Senior Design project. People say you learn more in a week on the job than you do in all your classes; this gives you the opportunity of having that ‘week on the job’ type of experience you don’t get in class or lab.”

Nick Bergseng ’11 

Manufacturing test fixture for Sadra Medical’s prosthetic aortic heart valves

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Stem cell research for muscle regeneration

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Gravity-fed water distribution system in Malawi

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Web-based satellite mission operations dashboard

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LED optical wireless communication

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Autonomous network of robotic kayaks for environmental research

Nick Bergseng and Ricky Franchi developed a traffic controller that could save millions of hours of productivity from being lost and tons of auto emissions from entering our air.

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Innovation and entrepreneurship focus - KEEN “I love these innovation challenges—I’m going to do every one!”

Joe Burke ’14 

$1.142M KEEN grant; network of 20 universities nationwide

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Chris Kitts and Ruth Davis co-direct KEEN Program

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Expanded curricula, speakers, mentoring, co-ops

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Quarterly undergraduate challenges (BMW, nVIDIA)

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Interdisciplinary, hands-on engineering; collaboration with business students

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Produce real products and services for real customers

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Building a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Innovation and entrepreneurship focus Building a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.  Pathway for Undergraduates – Design Thinking; The Digital Age –

Technical innovation, design process, enterprise strategies

 Kuehler Undergraduate Research –

Summer research with faculty

 Graduate Education –

Core curriculum supports entrepreneurship

 Collaboration with Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship  Speakers –

New Methods for Solar Energy Conversion

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Adobe Co-founder Chuck Geschke

 Ring Knockers –

Networking opportunities

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Encouraging and promoting entrepreneurship

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2. Engagement with Silicon Valley Increase learning, service and research opportunities

 Faculty research and scholarship

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Applied Technology Council Ecological Building Network HP Labs NASA/Ames SolarTech

 Speakers from Industry

– Rick Wallace, KLA-Tencor – Cloud Computing Panel – Chuck Geschke, Adobe

 Adjunct Faculty from Industry  Outreach

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More Engagement with Silicon Valley 

Department Advisory Boards

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Student field trips to area companies – – – – – –

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BAE Systems Cisco eBay Google HP Tigo …and more

Senior design collaboration – Local partners from industry (Sadra, PEAK, Walden West) – Alumni mentors – 100+ alumni judges

Need to optimize our alumni network SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Outreach More demand than we can supply 

Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) – Acquaints high school students with engineering, university life

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Spring Engineering Education Days (SEEDS) – High school students explore engineering Saturdays in April

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Get Set – 4-year mentoring program for underrepresented H.S. girls – Sponsored by SWE

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Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects (GAINS) – Success Camp hosted by SCU’s Student Chapter of EWB

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One Step Ahead – Female high school students explore hands-on engineering

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Third Street Community Center – Engineering undergraduates volunteer at after-school program

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Summer Alice Program – Training for high school computer science teachers – Computer camp for high school students SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

3. Global Understanding and Engagement Provide global learning opportunities, partner with other universities

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Undergraduate Experience

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Graduate Curricula

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Faculty Research

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Faculty Exchange

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Frugal Innovation Lab

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Undergraduate Experience Hands-on, meaningful projects:  Strong, affordable homes for Haiti  Lab-on-a-chip for safe water in rural areas  Sustainable construction for Ghana  Water distribution system for Malawi  Water filtration system for Nicaragua  Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Undergraduate Experience Collaborators:  BlueEnergy  California Expanded Metal Company  EBNet (Ecological Building Network)  Necessity Housing  Sureboard USA  WellBilt International  World of Good Organization

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Graduate Curricula An expanding array of courses:  ENGR 271 Global Environmental Change  ENGR 302 Managing in the Multicultural

Environment

 ENGR 304 Building Global Teams  ENGR 336 Engineering for the Developing World

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Research Partners  Australian National University

 National University of Ireland, Galway

 BMW, Germany

 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago

 Cambridge University, UK

 Southeast University, China

 Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina

 St. Xavier’s Colleges, Mumbai and Kolkatta, India

 Catholic University of Uruguay

 Swedish Defense Research Agency

 IIT Delhi

 Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

 IT Research Center of Ajou University, South Korea  Universidad Centroamericana, El Salvador  Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan

 University of Granada, Spain

 Monash University, Australia

 Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai, India

 National Technical University of Athens

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Exchange  SCU Faculty Guest and Consulting Professors at:

– National University of Singapore – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Zhejiang University  Visiting Researchers from:

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Chungnam National University, South Korea Hitachi Center for Nanostructures Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Southeast University, Nanjing, China Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Education  China Trip

– 15 faculty – 2 weeks – The Beijing Center – Beijing & Shanghai  Presentation to Deans of Jesuit Universities

Cordoba, Argentina – The Profile of an engineer of a Jesuit University: competencies and abilities

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Global Understanding and Engagement: Frugal Innovation Initiative “… a tremendous opportunity to innovate for social impact.”

Radha Basu, dean’s executive professor 

Collaboration with CSTS, Business School

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Addresses need for products and services in emerging countries

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Ruggedization, simplification, sparing use of local, raw materials

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Not high-tech — appropriate tech

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Global Understanding and Engagement: CSTS Funding – 2010 Roelandts Fellows 

Faculty –

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Daniel Strickland, Mechanical Engineering: develop a portable solar/hydrogen fuel cell generator for off-grid electrification

11 Student Projects –

Bamboo Truss and Frame Connection Design/Construction Project

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Compressed Air Powered Bicycle

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Detection of Pathogens Using Electrochemical DNA Sensors in a Microfluidic Setting

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EBNet Haiti Natural Masonry Program

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Efficient Cook Stove

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Fair Trade Mobile Application

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LED Optical Wireless Communication

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Mud Brick Press

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Passive Water Management System for Fuel Cells

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SCU Solar Water Purifier 2011

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Sustainable Design in Ghana

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4. Justice and Sustainability Enhance curricula, promote research, be a model for other academic institutions

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Solar Decathlon

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Graduate Certificate and Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy

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Solar Decathlon Building the future.

 2007 – 3rd Place Overall  2009 – 3rd Place Overall  2011 – Taking a needed break  2013 – Planning a bid – with USF ??

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Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy  Education for a sustainable future

– Help professionals update skill set – Serve Silicon Valley employers  Technical Courses

– Alternative Energy Systems – Intro to the Smart Grid – Power Systems  Sustainability Core

– Quality of life; Economic financial models – Energy and ethical issues  Specialization Electives

– Civil, Mechanical, Computer and Electrical

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5. Academic Community Excellence in teaching and scholarship, partnerships, alumni network

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Program Snapshots

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Faculty Achievements

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Student Achievements

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More Partnerships

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Alumni Achievements

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Applied Mathematics  Honors Mathematics Courses: 22 students enrolled

– Honors Differential Equations – 7 students – Honors Probability and Statistics – 15 students  Master’s Degree with Concentration in Mathematical Finance

– 7 enrolled, 1 graduating as first degree conferral this June – Graduate courses in Applied Mathematics and Leavey School of Business

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Bioengineering  100+ Students - 18 seniors, 18 juniors, 70 freshmen

and sophomores  Specialization tracks: Medical Device and

Biomolecular / Pre-Med  Minor in Bioengineering (or Biomedical Engineering)  $357,416 in faculty grants  New Faculty Hire: Prashanth Asuri, Fall ’11  5 Advisory board members: Medical device, medical

imaging, biotechnology, clinical research

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Civil Engineering 

Undergraduate Program – 160 declared B.S. students – New focus Construction Management 2011/12 – Competitions: steel bridge and concrete canoe

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Graduate Program – 18 M.S. students

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New Faculty, Lab Improvements

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Civil Engineering - Faculty Hires 

Assistant Professor – Hisham Said will expand our offerings in Construction Management. Post-doc at Purdue; Ph.D. from University of Illinois.

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Academic Year Lecturers: – Tonya Nilsson; previously tenured at CSU Chico, PhD from UC Davis. Licensed P.E. – Sikandar Khatri; previously Associate Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia, PhD from University of New South Wales, Australia. Licensed P.E.

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Civil Engineering - Laboratories 

New Structures Test Lab – built this summer – on-site testing of intermediate size structural components

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Off-site Structures Laboratory Annex – high-bay servo-hydraulic test facility for structural components up to 26 ft high.

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New Surveying Equipment – one GPS-based RTK (Real Time Kinematic) system – three total stations – three digital theodolites – three automatic levels

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New instructional shake table for earthquake simulation

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Computer Science and Engineering 

B.S.CSE 115, B.S.WDE 22

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216 M.S. students, 25 Ph.D. students

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Total New External Funding: $2.356M

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New Tenure-Track Faculty Member – Ahmed Amer

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Senior Design Lectures – Intellectual Property – Ethics – Entrepreneurship – Societal/Economic/Political concerns

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ACM Field Trips to Local Companies

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Design Center Equipment Upgrades SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Computer Science and Engineering  1 Mac Lab (Solaris Lab being converted Summer ’11)

– COEN 10, 11, 12, 70, 174  2 Linux Labs  Windows Labs (shared)  General Design Center upgrade – Summer ’11

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Electrical Engineering EC 100 Lab

Robotics Systems Laboratory Satellite Mission Control

 Students

– 73 declared B.S., 112 M.S., 27 Ph.D.

 New Equipment totaling $180,000 Atomic Force Microscope Latimer Energy Lab

– Communication and Microwave Lab – Senior Design Lab

 New MSEE Core  New Graduate MS Degree in Sustainable

Energy

– Begins Fall 2011, coordinated by S. Mourad

 Sponsored Projects Expenditures in 2009-10

– $1.1 Million

 Latimer Energy Lab

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Engineering Management & Leadership  247 M.S. students  Developing the management skills required to compete

in a global marketplace

 Applying the knowledge of mathematics, science, and

engineering in the management of projects and complex systems

 Added new courses in Advanced Leadership and

Technology Entrepreneurship

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Mechanical Engineering  230 B.S.! 76 M.S., 5 Ph.D. students  $166,649 of internal funding  $801,000 of external funding  8 journal articles, 22 conference papers  2 patents (Beitelmal)  1 new faculty hire, fall 2010 – Dan Strickland  1 additional faculty hire for fall 2011

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Mechanical Engineering 

Laser Flash System – characterize thermal conductivity and heat capacity up to 1000C – TSC funding and Dean's matching funds ~$150K.

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Launch and mission control of 4 satellites: – 2 NASA satellites for which we are performing mission control – 2 student-built satellites developed with UT Austin

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Electrochemical Device Lab Directed by Professor Dan Strickland

Ongoing projects: 

Bubble-actuated micropumps for biomedical applications

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Dramatically simplified reversible fuel cells for energy storage

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Simplified fuel cells for efficient energy conversion Equipment: • 4-axis milling machine for rapid prototyping • Full chemical wet lab • State-of-the-art fuel cell characterization test stand

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Center for Nanostructures  New Plan for Leadership  Transition from School of Engineering  Alternate between SoE and College of Arts & Sciences  Rich Barber, Professor of Physics, Fall ’11  Facilities and New Equipment  Mask Aligner in EC 100

24 total publications, one among top 20 monthly downloaded from Applied Physics Letters

 Electron beam deposition in S-3700 SEMs  Completion of Thermal Reflectance Measurement Apparatus for temperature profiling

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Undergraduate Snapshot 

~ 807 undergraduate students

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~ 219 women students; 27%

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Undergraduate Enrollment May 1

Applied

Admitted

Deposited

Enrolled

2007

998

725

136

179

2008

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199

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2009

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807

147

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2010

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2011

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Undergraduate Enrollment 2011 Admitted Student Majors

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ABET - Update  Evaluation Team visited SoE October, 2010  Evaluated 4 undergraduate engineering degree programs

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Civil Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (2X) Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

 Concerns and weaknesses identified (no deficiencies)

– Related to available resources  SoE has responded and is addressing noted areas

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Graduate Programs  Enrollment Trends  Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy  New Interdisciplinary Courses  International Collaboration: China, India and

South America

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Enrollment History and Trends ENROLLED UNITS 1995­2011 16000

15,719

15,323 15,155

15000

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13,967

14000

13,727 12,918

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11,631 11,015 10,094 9,929

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/9 6 FY 9 6/ 97 FY 9 7/ 98 FY 9 8/ 99 FY 9 9/ 00 FY 0 0/ 01 FY 0 1/ 02 FY 0 2/ 03 FY 0 3/ 04 FY 0 4/ 05 FY 0 5/ 06 FY 0 6/ 07 FY 0 7/ 08 FY 0 8/ 09 FY 0 9/ 10 FY 1 0/ 11

9000

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M.S. Student Summary FY 2010-2011 (820 Total – Reflects currently enrolled students only)

OPEN UNIVERSITY, 83

AMTH, 25

CIVIL, 18

CERTIFICATE, 43 (ALL DEPTS)

MECH, 76

COEN, 185

SOFT, 31

ELEN, 112 EMGT, 247

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M.S. Students by Department, FY 2010-2011 (694 Total – Excludes certificate and open university; reflects currently enrolled students only)

AM TH, 25 M ECH, 76

CIVIL, 18

COEN, 185

EM GT, 247

SOFT, 31

ELEN, 112

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Ph.D. Students by Department (57 Total – Reflects currently enrolled students only) MECH, 5

COEN, 25

ELEN, 27

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New Interdisciplinary Courses  Designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of the

influence that engineering has on society (and vice versa)

 Primary focus in 2010 -11: sustainability and frugal innovation  Courses developed and taught in 2010-11:

ENGR 261 ENGR 310 ENGR 334 ENGR 336 ENGR 337 ENGR 338

Nanotechnology and Society Engineering Ethics Energy, Climate Change and Social Justice Engineering for the Developing World Sustainability and Green Information Technology Mobile Applications for Emerging Markets

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International Collaborations China Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) An MOU has been in place since the fall of 2009. In the fall of 2011, we expect to host a faculty exchange visitor from (SJTU), who will be working with Dr. Nam Ling in Computer Engineering.

South America Catholic University of Uruguay One student is completing her MSEE degree at SCU in June, and another visited in the fall quarter of 2010. We expect a third Master’s student in the fall of 2011.

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International Collaboration (ctd.)

Catholic University of Cordoba In December of 2010, professor Shoba Krishnan from the Department of Electrical Engineering visited the Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina, where she taught a short in course in analog design.

India 

Memorandum of Understanding was signed with IIT Delhi, which focuses on the exchange of faculty and Ph.D. students.

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This spring, we are hosting faculty visitors from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkatta, and the Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai.

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Possible MoU with St. Xavier’s College, Kolkatta, is currently being discussed.

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International Conferences  BAIPAEIC

– April 22-23, 2011 – 50 international experts – Bioengineering applications in the performing arts and entertainment industry – Health, efficiency and performance safety, focus on voice  “Bridges to Infinity: Humankind, God and the Scientific Enterprise”

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May 6-7, 2011 Jesuits from: Argentina, Colombia, India, U.S., Uruguay How can Jesuit universities facilitate dialogue on science, religion Explore global science and religion training for Jesuit universities

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2010 School of Engineering Faculty Awards  Aaron Melman, Researcher of the Year

 Reynaud Serrette, Award for Teaching Excellence

 Michael Thorburn, Adjunct Lecturer of the Year

 Warren Garrison, Gerald E. Markle Award

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Faculty Achievement  Tim Hight – SCU President’s Recognition Award for Solar

Decathlon Leadership

 Dan Lewis – SCU Brutocao Family Foundation Award for

Curriculum Innovation; SJUSD Advisory Committee for Career-Technical Education

 Sarah Kate Wilson – Tenure and promotion to Associate

Professor

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Faculty Achievement 

Nam Ling, IET Fellow

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Ed Maurer – 2011 Google Science Communication Fellow (21 selected); Fulbright Visiting Scholar Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Terry Shoup – Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame; ASME Distinguished Service Award

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Sally Wood – ABET Evaluator SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Staff Achievement 

Scott Andrews Senior Assistant Dean

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LeAnn Marchewka Director of Records and Operations, Graduate Programs

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Stacey Tinker Director of Admissions and Marketing, Graduate Programs

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Heidi Williams Director of Communications

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Adjunct Faculty Achievement  Arun Banerjee presented a seminar at UC Davis (mech)  Rance DeLong is serving on the External Oversight Group for the DARPA

Crashworthy Trustworthy Systems Research and Development project (coen)  Kim Parnell is chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section (mech)  Marian Stetson-Rodriguez was a featured author at Venture Outsource (engr)  Peter Woytowitz presented a paper at Nanomechanics Symposium of the

Society of Engineering Science’s 47th Annual Meeting, Ames, Iowa (mech)

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Faculty Publications More than 110 papers and journal articles, 8 book chapters, 1 patent submitted, 2 patents granted 

Advances in Engineering Education (Wood)

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Biochemical Journal (Yan)

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Civil Engineering Magazine (Maurer)

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Combustion and Flame (Mungal)

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Current: The Journal of Marine Education (Kitts)

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Engineering Structures (Aschheim)

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EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Wilson)

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Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences (Maurer)

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Journal of the American Water Resources Association (Maurer)

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Journal of Communications and Networks (Figueira, Holliday)

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Journal of Applied Physics (Lee)

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Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship (Kitts)

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Faculty Presentations 

AAS/ AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans (Ayoubi, Banerjee, Goodarzi)

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AIAA-ASM 49th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando (Mungal)

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APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, Singapore (Pantoja, Ling)

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Coastal Engineering Practice Conference, San Diego (Khatri)

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IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop, Sedona (Wood)

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IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology, Chengdu, China (Yan)

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IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, in Hong Kong (Ogunfunmi)

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IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ling)

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IEEE Green Computing Conference, Chicago (Figueira, Tseng)

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International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, New Delhi, India (Singh)

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Oceans Innovations Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland (Kitts)

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World Steel Association, Tokyo, Japan (Serrette)

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Faculty Grants  Chris Kitts and Ruth Davis - $1.142M KEEN Grant promoting an entrepreneurial mindset  Unyoung (Ashley) Kim (and others) - $500,000, Fletcher Jones Foundation; “Advanced

Bioscience Initiative”  Dan Lewis and Ruth Davis – $380,928 (3 year $988,593 grant) NSF; "Special Project:

Expanding the Impact of Computer Science in Silicon Valley High Schools and Facilitating Adoption of the ECS Curriculum Elsewhere"  Nam Ling - $125,000, Droplet Technology, Inc.; "Adaptive Bit-Rate Control for Wavelet-

Based Video Coding"  School of Engineering Summer Engineering Seminar - $30,000, The Verizon Foundation  Yuling Yan - $53,505, UC Berkeley; "High-Contrast Imaging of Single Molecules in Live

Cells"

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Other Partnerships On Campus:  Center for Science Technology and Society  Leavey School of Business  Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship  The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

Off Campus:  Milwaukee School of Engineering  St. Louis University  Stanford University  University of Alaska  UC Berkeley  UC Davis  UC San Diego

…and many more SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

Student Achievement  Ryan Hinds ’11 (mech) – scholarship and internship from NASA for aeronautics research  Mark Allison, Haley Dickson, Urvashi Reddy selected for Business School’s Global Fellows

Program  Sophomores Suzanne Lien and Samantha Pham selected to the Computer Research Association’s

Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research  Guy Hotson ’11 accepted Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department  PharmaSat Mission Team – NASA Group Achievement Award for engineering excellence in design

and operation of PharmaSat spacecraft  Freshman engineers take 3 of 7 top prizes in Engineering Education Service Center’s “Sing the Song

of Engineering” contest

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Alumni Achievement  Richard P. (Rick) Wallace (MS EMGT ’89): CEO

KLA-Tencor, SCU 2010 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award  James Foley (BSCE ’68): NCEES Distinguished Service Award

for dedicated service to the engineering and surveying professions  Todd Goolkasian, S.E. (BSCE ’85): ASCE Award for

Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service  Vishal Gurbuxani (MSCOEN ’03): Co-founder Mobclix  Vijay Reddy (BSCOEN ’03): Ph.D. from Harvard; 7 interviews,

6 offers, including Georgia Tech, Brown, UT Austin, and Duke  2007 Solar Decathletes successfully sold their start-up

Valence Energy to Serious Materials SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011

More Great News!  Professor Ahmed Amer (computer engineering) was

sworn in as a United States citizen  Michael Neumann ’03, mechanical engineering Ph.D.

student, started a library in Tanzania  SoE is #1 for percentage of women tenured/tenure track

faculty in engineering (ASEE Profiles in Engineering Programs)

 Engineering dominates the list of top-paid majors,

according to NACE’s Spring 2011 salary survey

 SCU is #33 overall in Businessweek’s ranking of 850

American colleges and universities by “return on investment”  Anne Mahacek (mechanical engineering graduate

student) won a competition for the CBS television show Big Bang Theory

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Conclude: we have a strategic plan and vision that produces exceptional engineers Just look at what combining an excellent Jesuit education, with active engagement with Silicon Valley, a focus on global understanding and engagement, and a commitment to justice and sustainability brings about

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…now just imagine what the next 100 years will bring!

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THANK YOU for your contributions to our success Enjoy the Presentations!

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