Mission Statement

1. Mission Statement Our mission is to prepare undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and computing to become accomplished professionals; to individually contribute to our professions through active scholarship in all of its forms; and to support the University and society with expertise, leadership, and service. Welcome! Winter 2011 Start-up Meeting

2. Included in Package for Today • College Directory Update (Phone/Address) • Updated PCEC Organization Chart • College Winter 2011 Calendar (lilac) • Committee Reports from Fall 2010

3. Reminders and Business Items • Review the calendar for upcoming deadlines (Calendar & handouts will be put on the Website for easy access) • Committee Nominations – Committee nomination forms will be distributed at your school meeting. As always, self-nominations may be made directly to the Dean’s office. All nominations must be in the Dean’s office by January 24, 2012. • Open Office Hours with the Dean – (on distributed calendar)January 18, Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., Allendale/C-2-204 MAKJanuary 19, Wednesday, 1-4 p.m., Downtown/KEN 332February 9, Wednesday, 9-noon, Allendale/C-2-204 MAKFebruary 10, Thursday, 9-noon, Downtown/KEN 332

4. Padnos College Update – Organizational Changes • PCEC - I.T. Support Restructuring

5. What’s New… New Responsibilities… Carl Strebel Network Systems Supervisor Address: 219 KEN Phone: 616-331-2441 E-mail: strebelc@cis.gvsu.edu

6. Who’s New… Welcome! Ira Woodring - A GVSU grad! Laboratory Systems Administrator Office: A1106 MAK Phone: 616-331-5033 E-mail: woodriir@gvsu.edu

7. Padnos College Update – Organizational Changes • Expansion of Student Services Office • Rob Freidhoff now full-time

8. Padnos College Update – Organizational Changes Rob Freidhoff Student Services Coordinator Office: 329 KEN & C-2-218 MAK Email: freidhro@gvsu.edu Ofc Phone: 331-6025

9. EGR Program Chair Changes • PrincewillAnyalebechi - PDM (Product Design & Manufacturing) Program Chair • ShabirChoudhuri - Engineering Graduate Program Chair

10. Padnos College Update – Organizational Changes • Recruiting of COT Staff to support Assessment & Accreditation • Addition of GA positions to help support Lab and Computing Facilities

11. Can’t wait… Dr. Joe Iannelli Future Director, School of Engineering He will join us in July, 2011 From Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA We look forward to his leadership & enthusiasm!

12. Upcoming Personnel Reviews • Gerald DeHondt – Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor • John Farris – Promotion to Professor • George Nezlek – Promotion to Professor • Mehmet Sozen – Tenure • Greg Wolffe – Promotion to Professor • Contract renewals: *Engelsma, *Mokhtar, **Ngalamou-Pideu, *Parikh, *Pawloski, *Pung, *Rhodes * 1 or 2 year contract renewal, ** 1 year contract renewal

13. Current Sabbaticals • Yonglei Tao – Winter 2011 –Tool Support for Extracting Task-Related Usability Info from User Interface Events • Mostafa El-Said – 2010-2011 Academic Year – Building Scalable Networks on a Wheel • Zachary Kurmas – 2010-2011 Academic Year –Applying “Real-World” Software Development Experience to CIS 162 and CIS 163 • Welcome back - Shabbir Chourdhuri, Pramod Chaphalkar and Heidi Jiao!

14. Future Sabbaticals Pending Provost Approval • Fall 2011 – MehmetSozen • Enhancement and restructuring of the experimental "EGR 380 Renewable and Sustainable Energy" course and associated laboratory into a permanent course and laboratory • Winter 2012 – Charlie Standridge • PCEC K-12 Pipeline Activities: Critical Review and Future Directions

15. University Update

16. University Update – Facilities Seidman Building - Current View

17. University Update – Facilities Seidman Building - 2012

18. University Update – Facilities Mary Idema Pew Library - 2012

19. University Update – Facilities Biomed Engineering/Sci Lab

20. University Update – Facilities Multipurpose Computing Lab

21. University Update - Curriculum • Separate Engineering Majors • MSE – Biomedical Engineering Emphasis • General Education Revision

22. University Update - Financials • Budgets • State • University • Capital Outlay • Annual reviews and salary adjustment program • Importance of focus on mission and strategic plan • University investment in strategic / high benefit activities

23. GVSU - An Increasingly Tuition Driven Institution

24. GVSU - An Increasingly Tuition Driven Institution Importance of: • Visibility • Outreach and Recruiting • Student Success - Retention and improved time to graduation

25. In the News… Some fall 2010 highlights Also, please take a look at our college scrapbook, displayed at lunch!

26. West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative & Grand Valley Review highlighted GVSU grad, Ryan Phillips. Owner of Magnum Engineering, LCC, Ryan was highlighted as an innovative entrepreneur. • Various news outlets highlighted the School of Computing’s Mobile Applications and Services Lab work including the launch of new, free application for the Iphone and Android, “Shop Social” • WWJ Newsradio Highlighted our college’s two schools in their “Tech Tour” • The Lanthorn Highlighted Graduates Mark Kramer and Ryan Lillibridge invention the HARApad to protect against laptop radiation and heat of a laptop that may result in Toasted Skin Syndrome. • The Grand Rapids Press highlights • Electric Car workshop hosts speaker for high school students to learn about this year’s theme, battery technology . GVSU sponsors the electric car races held at the Berlin Raceway, Marne MI in the spring. • Project Day received coverage of many engineering & computing projects that were displayed for nearly 250 student visitors from area high schools. • Highlighted work of Professor Farris & Pung along with graduate student Shawn Wright in designing a motorized wheelchair platform for control training at Lincoln Developmental Center.

27. MiBizhighlighted our colleges partnership with Lakeshore Advantage’s “Smart Coast” in having and training high-skill, high-tech players for manufacturing industry. • Asher Scholarship winner named CIS Master’s student Alejandro Montoya Velez, was awarded $10K from video game powerhouse Electronic Arts for the Dick Asher scholarship named after one of the companies founders. • The MAREC Minute highlighted School of Engineering senior project team’s work on the Energy Monitor interactive application to monitor real-time and past energy activity at MAREC. On the web at datamonitoring.marec.gvsu.edu. Leah Zuber has replaced Brian Bowe as our News & Information Services liaison. If you have an event that you would like coverage on, please contact: Leah Zuber Communications Specialist GVSU News & Information Services(616) 331-2222 zuberle@gvsu.edu

28. We also have our own “Ms. January” (her words)! Congratulations Samhita Rhodes

29. PCEC Outreach The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing has taken over the complete coordination and execution of STEPS Camp from the Regional Math and Science Center. The two weeks of camp require around 200 volunteers to make it run smoothly. STEPS Camp 2011 Week 1: June 13 – 16 Week 2: June 20 – 23 Volunteers needed! The biggest need for volunteers falls on Tuesday mornings for Construction and Thursday evenings for Fly Night. Airplane Construction I - Tuesday mornings 8 am – 12:15 pm in Kennedy Fly Night – Thursday evenings 5 pm – 9:00 pm at Warped Wings Fly Field in Allendale Airplane Construction II – Wednesday mornings 8 am – 11:15 pm in Kennedy Volunteer information will be e-mailed to faculty and staff in February.

30. GVSU Student Success Model • Challenge • Engage • Support • Inspire • Blueprint for Success (gvsu.edu/advising, select Forms, and Blueprint for Success)

31. Blueprint for Success

32. Padnos College Update – Strategic Planning Efforts • Development of School Level Strategic Plans … … that support PCEC Plan … that supports GVSU Plan • Revisit Unit Scope of Work/Workload/Rewards and Benchmarking Documents • Revisit Expectations & Criteria for Promotion and Tenure Documents • Revisit Student Success Model & Blueprint for Success

33. Padnos College Update – Strategic Planning Efforts • Improved coordination of: • Unit Strategic Plan • Individualized Workload Plans • Annual Activity Reports • Annual Reviews • Peer Input (IWP and Performance) • Development of more refined IWP document • Development of Unit/College process document(s) for IWP, AAR, AR

34. Mission Statement Our mission is to prepare undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and computing to become accomplished professionals; to individually contribute to our professions through active scholarship in all of its forms; and to support the University and society with expertise, leadership, and service. Winter 2011 Start-up Meeting