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UTD Jonsson School Industrial Advisory Board Meeting May 26, 2011

Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. UTD Jonsson School Industrial Advisory Board Meeting May 26, 2011. Mark W. Spong Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair and Dean Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science University of Texas at Dallas 800 W. Campbell Rd

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UTD Jonsson School Industrial Advisory Board Meeting May 26, 2011

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  1. Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science UTD Jonsson School Industrial Advisory Board MeetingMay 26, 2011 Mark W. Spong Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair and Dean Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science University of Texas at Dallas 800 W. Campbell Rd Richardson, TX 75080 FEARLESS Engineering www.utdallas.edu

  2. State of the Jonsson School New Faculty for 2011-12 Update on New Programs Jonsson School 25th Anniversary New Initiatives

  3. New Faculty since Fall 2010 Mechanical Engineering WonjaeChoi (PhD MIT; Harvard postdoc; fluid mechanics) Yaoyu Li (PhD Purdue; mechatronics) Wooram Park (PhD Johns Hopkins; robotics) Xin Lin Gao (PhD Wisconsin; nano-mechanics, modeling) Computer Science VibhavGogate (PhD UC-Irvine; machine learning) Mark Gabel (PhD UC-Davis; software engineering Zhiquiang Lin (PhD Purdue; security) Systems Engineering Steve Yurkovich (PhD Notre Dame; controls) Several more offers are outstanding. We hope to have at least five more join in Fall 2011. This will give us over 120 faculty in ECS; a 30% increase in faculty in the past 3 years.

  4. Status of Mechanical Engineering M.E. faces serious challenges in 4 areas: Enrollment pressure Faculty hiring Research space Approval for the PhD program

  5. Status of Bioengineering • Bioengineering currently has 4 full-time faculty • The BS program in Biomedical Engineering will begin in Fall, 2011 with 20-50 students. • The MS and PhD programs and faculty research are going well. We hope to recruit several more faculty over the next year.

  6. Status of Systems Engineering and Management • Steve Yurkovich is on board • Certificate and MS Degree programs are in full swing. • Next Steps • Form a Department • Form the Department IAB • Hire faculty and develop programs

  7. Jonsson School 25th Anniversary Celebration Planning for the 25th anniversary of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science are progressing. • Some events being planned: • Panel discussion and banquet • A distinguished lecture series • Engineering Week activities • An Engineering Open House in Spring 2012 • A written history of the Jonsson School

  8. New Initiatives Student, faculty, and staff awards Freshman experience course Senior Design Studio Graduate Scholarship Program

  9. Example Videos • UT Design • System Engineering Management: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6Qa3i1aKA • Department Head: Mario Rotea – ME http://ecs.utdallas.edu/Videos/Rotea.html

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