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ENGINEERING. NEW FRONTIERS. MUN YOUNG CHOI. University of Connecticut. School of Engineering. SoE Announcements. Dr. Prabhakar Singh, CMBE Dr. Brian Willis, CMBE Dr. George Lykotrafitis, ME Dr. Shengli Zhou, ECE PECASE Awardee. Undergraduate Admission. M.S. Applications.
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ENGINEERING NEW FRONTIERS MUN YOUNG CHOI University of Connecticut School of Engineering
SoE Announcements Dr. Prabhakar Singh, CMBE Dr. Brian Willis, CMBE Dr. George Lykotrafitis, ME Dr. Shengli Zhou, ECE PECASE Awardee
Research Submission Fiscal Year Comparisons FY2009: $139,458,682 (40% of UConn) FY2008: $86,310,028
Research Awards Fiscal Year Comparisons FY2009: $15,678,443 (22% of UConn) FY2008: $11,815,390
Research Value to UConn • FY2008, SoE generated $3.8M in F&A • Represents 20.4% of all F&A recovery at UConn • The rate of recovery for SoE is 34% • The rate of recovery for UConn is 26% • FY 2007, SoE generated $2.9m in F&A • Represents 16.7% of all F&A recovery at UConn • The rate of recovery for SoE is 28% • The rate of recovery for UConn is 25%
Budget Situation Officials say 36% cut would decimate university system University of Nevada Crow announces mandatory furloughs for University employees University of Arizona Governor proposes 5% cut in Higher Education budget University of Connecticut
Budget Updates Cost cutting measures Reduction in scholarships Rollover as much as possible Provided initial allocation of TAs for all departments Infrastructure that will allow us to offer distance learning courses for M.Eng. Sabbatical leaves Early retirement
ARRA: Investing in Science • NSF • $2.5B on research programs • $400M on major research facilities • $100M on improving STEM education • DoE • $1.6B on basic research • $400M on ARPA-E for high-risk/high-payoff
ARRA: Investing in Science • DoE EERE • $2.5B for energy independence, carbon emissions • $2B for advanced vehicle batteries • NIH • $8B for research for highly-rated research proposals that have gone unfunded due to budget constraints • $1B for renovation/construction of university and non-federal research labs. • NOAA • $600M for climate modeling and satellite programs
ENGINEERING NEW FRONTIERS