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Growing ECS Graduate Research Programs

This workshop led by Dr. Ken Van Treuren discusses the summary, challenges, and potential areas of interest for the growing ECS graduate research programs in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Topics include faculty size, enrollment management, teaching loads, and undergraduate involvement in research.

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Growing ECS Graduate Research Programs

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  1. Growing ECS Graduate Research Programs Board of Advocates Workshop September 19, 2014 Facilitator: Dr Ken Van Treuren

  2. Growing ECS Research • Summary/Status of PhD Programs • Potential Challenges for Growth • Possible Topic Areas of Interest • Brainstorming Future Paths • Present background information first • Then spend majority of time on this topic

  3. Computer Science • PhD proposal is being finalized 10 year plan • Current: 18 faculty (4 lecturers) • Proposed: 5 new tenure-track (23 total) • Degree: 75 hours past BS • All Big 12 schools have PhD in CS except TCU and Baylor • 42 PhD students (at least 6 grads per year) • 5 year enrollment for degree • One core area: Informatics

  4. Computer Science Funding (ASEE) 10 Year Target: $1.8 million annually ($112,500 per research faculty)

  5. Computer Science • Informatics – Data Mining, Machine Learning, Big Data (Data Scientist)

  6. Electrical and Computer Engineering • PhD: Began Fall 2010 10 year plan • Current: 14 faculty (2 lecturers) • Proposed: 10 new tenure-track (24 total) • Degree: 60 hours past BS (minimum) • 30 PhD students – graduate 5/year • 3 year enrollment for degree (minimum) • Two core areas • Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) • Power and Energy Systems (PES)

  7. Electrical and Computer Engineering(ASEE) 5 Year Target: $2.0 million annually ($100,000 per research faculty)

  8. Electrical and Computer Engineering

  9. Mechanical Engineering • PhD: Began Fall 2014 10 year plan • Current: 17 faculty (4 lecturers) • Proposed: 7 new tenure-track (24 total) • Degree: 78 hours past BS (minimum) • 22 PhD students – 45 MS students • 3 year enrollment for degree (minimum) • Three core areas • Thermophysics and Energy Engineering (TEE) • Natural and Advanced Materials Engineering (NAME) • Biomechanics Experiment Design Simulation (BEDS)

  10. Mechanical Engineering(ASEE) 10 Year Target: $3.737million annually ($196,000 per research faculty)

  11. Comparison GroupTotal Research Funding (ME, ECE, CS)

  12. Mechanical Engineering

  13. Challenges for Growth • Faculty Size • Necessity to teach required courses • Core gradate courses must be taught independent of size • Undergraduate courses only offered one semester • Student teacher ratio • CS desired 16.4:1 (peer group 11.9:1) • ME desired below 20:1 (current 30:1) • ECE desired below 20:1

  14. Challenges for Growth • Enrollment Management • Undergraduate Enrollment • CS – below 230 • ME – below 400 • ECE – below 250 or so • Teaching Loads (Research Faculty) • Currently 2/2 (two courses per semester) • Interim 2/1 • Desired 1/1 • Space – BRIC is helping

  15. Challenges for Growth • Continue to Hire Outstanding Research Faculty • Undergraduate Involvement in Research • Diversion from Undergraduate Teaching Excellence • Use of RA/TA to teach courses/labs • Finding Qualified Graduate Students • Many students from our program • Nationally 60% of graduates students are international • Much higher international percentage in engineering

  16. Topic Areas of Interest • Size of Graduate Program? (Peer Institutions) • Faculty? • Students? • Funding? • Space? • Marketing • Online Courses • University Engineering Alliance

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