2015-2016 Annual Report Division of Academic Affairs – CSET Highlights Executive Summary The College of Science, Engineering and Technology provides quality programs that focus on the student experience while providing expertise in some of the most needed fields of study for regional industry. We take pride in providing these programs as well as the large amount of service and support we provide students in programs throughout campus. This year the college has continued to make progress on attaining its strategic goals through global actions recommended by an implementation task force (see attached). The four goal areas can be stated succinctly as (1) providing solutions for the region, (2) engaging in transformative teaching methods, (3) exploring new programs and initiatives, and (4) providing mentorship throughout the college. Certainly, the University’s budgetary situation, with across the board cuts leading to an approximately 3% reduction in the FY16 college budget, has created some strain on our ability to maintain our service and facilities (see Section 7 below). However, our prior strategic planning processes have allowed us to prioritize to minimize the impact on students in terms of being able to enroll in needed courses. While this can come at the cost of deferring the maintenance of our equipment and facilities, we have pursued vigorously other avenues to supplement the funding of those items.

In keeping with the timeline established last year, the college began implementation of the first year of the University’s 3-year Academic Master Plan and much of that progress is reported here. The actions undertaken in that direction create viable new directions for the college while maintaining our current strengths in alignment with our mission and goals.

The college takes great pride in sharing the successes and scholarship of our faculty and students, which are too numerous to mention in the present document. We include a brief description of a representative sampling in the report that follows. Details of many of the accomplishments in the report can be found at the CSET News & Events website (http://cset.mnsu.edu/news.html). Select accomplishments in:

1. Student Success

x Student enrollments during the 2015-2016 academic year in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology are trending upwards as very strong numbers continue in new freshmen, transfer and international students, especially into the computer and information sciences and engineering majors. Service courses continue to be in high demand from across campus, particularly high from the College of Allied Health and Nursing, putting strain on the biological sciences, chemistry and mathematics departments.

x Enrollments in the two off-campus Integrated Engineering programs, specifically Iron Range Engineering and Twin Cities Engineering, are experiencing increasing enrollments. This is particularly the case with the Twin Cities program which hosted their first ABET accreditation visit last October, graduated their first students in 2014 and anticipates 30 graduates by the end of 2017.

x An Iron Range Engineering student won the MSU College of Business sponsored 2016 Big ideas Challenge with a proposal to create a safe, fun, and productive makerspace for the Iron Range area of Northern Minnesota. A makerspace is a co-working, community resource housing multiple work areas such as a machine shop, metal working shop, paint shop, woodworking shop, 3D printing/laser engraving shop, textile shop, computer lab equipped with modern software, classrooms, etc.

x The Department of Computer and Information Sciences reports an average time -to-graduation

for their undergraduate programs is 4.5 years. The graduate programs in this department have grown at an extremely rapid rate which may be a market-driven indicator of the demand in the industry. This has also been the trend in the graduate program in Electrical Engineering this year.

x Providing course mapping both at the undergraduate and graduate level in an effort to increase

retention and completion in all programs in the college is but one of the many activities undertaken by the college departments over the past year or two. These and other changes have taken place during this academic year with the sole focus of improving the student experience and meeting students’ expectations of support services provided by the college and departments within. Our faculty in the college are committed to uphold academic integrity and are dedicated to guiding students toward their learning goals.

x Academic year 2015-2016 was a fantastic year for students supported by funds provided by the college. In total the Dean office was able to support student travel for conferences, presentations and professional meetings from sources such as our indirect earnings account for approximately $15,000 which represents support for approximately 75 students. This type of support has been a top priority for CSET and will continue to be as long as we are able. This is an important component of the extra-curricular experience for our students and brings recognition to Minnesota State University, Mankato with each opportunity provided to students.

x The College of Science, Engineering and Technology has been the host college at our institution

for several regional and national student chapter meetings both with competition components and without. The Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering hosted both the 2016 Midwest ASCE Conference, including the Steel Bridge Competition in March, and the 2016 ASME regional Student Professional Development Conference in April. The college helped support these and like efforts with planning, scheduling and limited financial assistance.

x CSET employs many of our students on student help, as undergraduate TAs, graders and, of

course, a steady workforce of graduate teaching assistants in the mathematics and biology areas. In addition, students are funded through the earnings of Bureau 507 and have paid

internships through the long-standing relationship with Project Maverick and other campus cooperatives.

2. Diversity

A. Employees (hiring, promotion)

x During the 2015-2016 academic year we had an increase in women faculty members in a traditionally underrepresented area with the addition of an ethnically diverse post-doc fixed-term hire in civil engineering.

x Similarly, our Integrated Engineering department hired a female faculty member into their Iron Range Engineering program on a probationary line.

x Ethnic diversity within the college continues to increase as the college is approaching 40% of our fixed-term, probationary and tenured faculty self-reporting as non-white or non-Caucasian, up from 35% last year.

B. Students

x The College of Science, Engineering and Technology has undeniably the widest global representation within the college as any on campus. The STEM disciplines typically attract students from across the globe and CSET is no different. Several support programs are administered by the college to provide targeted support for the diverse student populations such as membership in the NSF North Star STEM Alliance, Brazilian program, and advising assistance provided specifically for the Saudi Arabian students.

x In addition to extra-curricular clubs and activities, one important CSET-sponsored organization, a

student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), was reestablished this year with the help of an enthusiastic group of black engineering students. They, along with their advisor, Dr. Winston Sealy, organized and coordinated several on-campus events and participated in events aimed at the CSET diversity initiatives in K-12 outreach. The group also traveled to the NSBE conference in Boston, MA in April.

x Outreach efforts, in conjunction with the Minnesota Center of Engineering and Manufacturing

Excellence continues to offer annual opportunities to students from underrepresented geographical locations to come to campus and experience a day especially planned to expose them to opportunities in STEM. This year Latino and African American middle and high school students were once again on campus to participate in LEAD and A2LEAD. In addition, and in an effort to reach middle-school and high school girls, CSET hosted the fall conference of Girls Explore STEM Academic Day. Summer camps will also continue this year with robotics, scrubs and another girls explore camp.

3. Quality of Graduates and Programs

x The Department of Chemistry and Geology was notified that the BS program in biochemistry obtained the full 6-year accreditation from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the BS program in chemistry was reapproved for another (full) five years from the American Society of Chemistry.

x Initial Accreditation for the Twin Cities Engineering program was applied for and received a site visit in October. Results are pending the summer meeting of ABET and a decision is ant icipated in early fall. As well, a site visit in February was hosted by the Department of Construction Management for reaccreditation of their major with the American Council for Construction Education. Results are anticipated mid-summer. All former weaknesses on reaccreditations for the programs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Information and Technology have been resolved.

x Placement into internships and acceptance rates to professional schools remain high with

departments reporting over 90% of students seeking either opportunity are finding success.

x The exam pass rates continue to be impressive for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam. The department reports that 100% of the IRE Students who sat for the exam passe d. All students, including those in EE, CE, ME and Civil Engineering exceeded the national average on pass rates. This test is required for those students wanting to become Professional Engineers.

4. Academic Award Programs*

x In collaboration among all engineering departments, a certificate and a minor in Global Solutions in Engineering and Technology were developed as outlined in the Academic Master Plan (see Mechanical and Civil Engineering plan).

x As proposed in their plan, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics added an Actuarial Science emphasis to their B.S. Statistics degree.

x The Department of Chemistry and Geology made progress on its plan to offer an Environmental Geology emphasis to the Earth Science degree by creating first a certificate in that area.

x The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering had indicated in their planning documents that they would explore additional coursework in the trending topic of the Internet of Things. In addition to revising and proposing courses to include that topic, the department also decided to develop a certificate in that area.

x The Department of Integrated Engineering developed a minor and certificate in Technical Integration and Design to serve the needs of off-campus (metro) students in need of a minor and/or current industry professionals. Additionally, the department developed a certificate in Project-Based Engineering for international exchange students in need of a one semester complete “minor program” at their home institution. This, in conjunction with its work with the International Office to obtain necessary site permissions for our off -campus sites, will allow us to accept short and long term international students to our program.

x Other changes to programs were largely bookkeeping, including a name change for our ISYS (Information Systems) major to MIS (Management Information Systems) and updating bulletin descriptions. Some significant changes in courses options within our programs were implemented based on recommendations from external Program Review and Assessment as well as through our Industry Advisory Boards. Additionally, many programs updated their admission to major policies for clarity, consistency and to ensure student success.

5. Academic Course Offerings (e.g., service courses, credit hour generation)*

x Demand for CSET courses remains strong and, in many disciplines, continues to grow. CSET has seen a 2% increase in our total credit hours from 14-15 to 15-16 and a 4% increase in the past 5

years. Further, in terms of total course enrollments, the college has seen a 6.4% increase in the past 5 years with a 15% increase since 2007.

x Service remains a strong component of CSET’s contribution to the university. The college produced 23% of the University’s General Education credits this past year and 32% of the credits from 200-level courses and below. In fact, 71% of CSETs courses are at the 200-level or below due to the large number of programs requiring our courses as foundations to their own.

x The college is continually updating its curriculum on the course level to improve student outcomes and success and to better serve a variety of programs at the university. In addition to updating of material, learning outcomes and syllabi throughout the college, official changes in the Curriculum Design System (CDS) included:

o Development of an Honors Seminar in Water Quantity and the relationship to Health and Welfare.

o Development of a Data and Analytics in Modeling course for the Modeling and Simulation certificate that has broad appeal to graduate programs across campus.

o New courses in Game Design, Optimization, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Glacial Geology, Wireless Networking/Internet of Things, Applied Statistics/Actuarial Sciences, Manufacturing Processes and many other topics related to current techniques, innovation and concerns of society and industry.

o Updated scheduling information on courses in the bulletin that improves student understanding and department expectations on course rotations. Many course descriptions in the college were also updated to better reflect the material of the courses.

o Updated prerequisites and placement information in a large number of courses throughout the college in order to simplify and clarify curriculum paths, student advising and improve student success.

6. Special Programs, Services and Activities (non-credit/non-award activities)

x The College of Science, Engineering and Technology has developed a comprehensive K-12 outreach program specifically targeted at under-represented populations within the STEM fields. Each year upwards of 500 middle/high school students visit campus for programs exploring academic disciplines and careers within the sciences and engineering. The Latino Engineering Education Day, the African-American Engineering Education Day, and Girls Explore STEM have been quite successful in bringing students onto the MSUM campus from both the metro and greater Minnesota.

x In service to the Mankato community, tours of the Trafton Science Center and Nelson and Ford Halls have been conducted several times during the year for elementary school aged students. Students experience different laboratories and participate in interactive activities conducted by both faculty and current CSET student groups. The trend has been increasing over the past several years and we received inquiries from local District 77 schools requesting an hour or two tour for up to 80 kids. Coordination of the logistics are normally done by the staff of MnCEME in collaboration with the CSET departments.

x Summer camps, sponsored by MnCEME have been in existence since 2008. These camps can run between 2 and 5 days and are all offered through Mankato Community Education under the name of ZAP Camps. Topics have ranged from Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Math and Civil Engineering. In addition, we have offered a Scrubs Camp for students interested in

health and medical careers, Girls Explore Camp which included a wide variety of topics including regenerative medicine, and a Robotics camp.

x One of the widest ranging and most utilized services the College of Science, Engineering and Technology is our discipline specific tutoring services. Almost all CSET departments offer formal student tutoring services. Statistics on usage are kept as a way to assess the effectiveness of the service. For example, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics has summarized the use of the Math and Stat Learning Center in the following ways: Description – The Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center is in its 4th year of existence. It provides mathematics and statistics tutoring services to the entire University free of charge. The Learning Center is funded entirely by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The Learning Center is open 5 days a wee k: Monday through Wednesday from 9 am to 8 pm, Thursday from 9am to 5 pm, and Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. The Learning Center is staffed by Department Teaching Assistants (3 hrs per assistant per week), qualified work-study students, and department paid student workers. The 15-16 Learning Center Director was a fixed-term instructor in the department, Jimmy Thorne. The Director forms the tutor schedule, keeps track of worker hours, authorizes timesheets of student workers, and makes sure the operation is running smoothly. See below an example of assessment questions posed to users of the Learning Center. Such data is used to determine the hours at which to focus additional staffing, how students utilize the center and what comprises their overall experience. Additionally, we are able to ascertain that 1/3 of all visits were to receive help in Business Math with tutoring services for College Algebra, Calculus and Statistics also receiving heavy use.

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7. Allocation of Resources (Personnel & Non-Personnel)

Fiscal 2016 was a year of planned reductions which affected the College of Science, Engineering and Technology is several significant ways. The base adjustments included one faculty salary line (including fringe benefits which totaled close to $150,000). In addition, a one-time non-base adjustment was included as a bridge strategy as the Associate Dean position replacement was put on hold until FY17. This and two differential salaries were totaled along with the base salary line for approximately $393,000 in salary dollar adjustments. In addition, several non-salary and equipment reductions were taken during FY16 including a 5% reduction on total non-salary and base equipment funding. On-line differential earnings were returned as was a smaller portion of summer surplus dollars for a total of approximately $141,000 in non-salary funds. All totaled the planned reduction to the CSET budget was $533,646, or approximately 3% of our total budget.

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Taking into consideration that it has been 2 years with no Institutional Equipment funding and reduced R & R funding and the concern becomes the issue of deferred maintenance and delayed equipment replacements which puts the college in a situation where we may not easily catch up. Most of the summer monies were used for staffing to keep sections open to facilitate student progress and completion.

The College of Science, Engineering and Technology received substantial funds for the Leveraged Equipment matching program through MnSCU. These funds were made available to the departments who received either in-kind equipment or software donations during the FY16 year. CSET’s share of this fund was approximately $360,000 and went primarily to the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Biology. Items that had been prioritized on the institutional equipment list were addressed for purchase with the leveraged money, but in no way was this strategic or thoughtful by way of college priorities due to the constraints of the leveraged program. For those departments who received funding, this was a wonderful program and will provide much needed new equipment for instructional and research purposes.

In addition to the above programs, CSET was able to continue the tradition of supporting student travel to professional meetings and conferences with the use of the Indirect Earnings on Grants and Contracts. This revenue source was also tapped to send quite a large number of student researchers to the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, this year held in North Carolina.

8. Key Partnerships & Collaborations

A. Within the university

x During the 2015-2016 the ModSim graduate certificate program continued to gain momentum with enrollments around 25 students per class offered. Faculty members, along with Dr. Lee who serves as the Research Director for the Minnesota Modeling and Simulation Center, team taught several classes. The challenge is to get the students to complete the paperwork so that the certificates are awarded and recorded. This is a goal for FY17.

x Bureau 507 and the User Experience Center continue with collaborations within different areas of

the University. The Bureau worked with College of Allied Health and Nursing and with the College of Education on projects run by students mostly from the computer information sci ence disciplines. The User Experience Center was originally started with Strategic Priority funding to the Department of Computer and Information Science and Technical Communications and English.

x The Water Resources Center collaborates within the college with the Department of Biological

Sciences, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology and with the Department of Geography in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

x MnCEME and Dr. Kim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, have collaborated with the Memorial

Library to establish “3D Print Mav Space” located in the Library.

x Within the College of Science, Engineering and Technology several new projects were started in FY16 between the ECET and AMET departments, and between ECET and Biology to develop inter-disciplinary curriculum i.e. engineering physiology. This is exciting and is expected to grow in

popularity as successful collaborations result in new and innovative approaches to inter-disciplinary projects. Grant proposals this year have also included inter-disciplinary collaborations with within the college and within the university.

B. With other institutions

x Continued collaborations through the MnCEME consortium with South Central College includes MnAMP activity as well as work with the Center for Agriculture hosted by SCC.

x General Engineering at Twin Cities Engineering, located on the campus of Normandale Community

College received a site visit in October of 2015 for initial accreditation of the program. The results of this visit are pending and areas of noted weakness on the initial report are being addressed by the administration of Normandale and CSET.

x The collaboration of Integrated Engineering with the IRRRB and Itasca Community College in our

Iron Range Engineering program was able to secure funding (from IRRRB) for a new probationary faculty line in engineering economics.

x Faculty from the Department of Chemistry and Geology have been active in collaborations including

partnerships with the University of Minnesota at the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses, the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, and Iowa State University.

C. With the greater public/community

x The Water Resources Center continues to work with state and local (county) government entities such as the MPCA, CMM, MnDNR, BWSR, GBERBA, LSRWN, YMWTA, and several other river watershed organizations. Their mission includes facilitating civil engagement on issues of water quality and monitoring. As such, staff members have taken a lead role with memberships on the Minnesota River Watershed Alliance and Minnesota River Congress.

x MSU was the host institution for several engineering regional student conferences and competitions

this year including the Steel Bridge Competition and the ASCE (Civil) regional student conference. The ASME (Mechanical) student professional development conference was held on campus in April. Several Civil Engineering faculty serve their discipline by participation on planning committees, i.e. Project Lead the Way, MnDOT Annual Pavement Conference, National Road Research Alliance, and the U of M’s Geotechnical Engineering Conference.

x Several departments in the college have participated in either engineering or STEM after school

programs both within the District 77 schools and in Madelia, MN where there is a high percentage of under-represented students.

x The Department of Computer Information Sciences continues to support several partnerships which

offer students real world experiences and internships. Examples of these continuing partnerships include Project Maverick which is allied with Thompson Reuters Publishing and Project FPX with the local Mankato-based FPX Corporation.

9. Development and Identification of New Resources

A. Grants

x The college was awarded approximately $2.1 million in funding from various federal, state and private contracts and grants representing about 30% of the university total.

x Over 75% of available Strategic Priority funding available was awarded to 2 faculty in the biological sciences, in collaboration with a faculty member from Athletic Training, for an Anatomage Table to be used in anatomy and physiology classes. This equipment is leading-edge science equipment and should give our students experiences they would not otherwise have in the more conventional pedagogies in these areas. This will also be utilized by several classes in the allied health sciences areas.

x MnSCU’s “Shark Tank” competition awarded $25,000 to two professors from the Department of

Mechanical and Civil Engineering for their project, “Online Lessons to Help Engineering Students Transition.”

x The Water Resources Center continues to be active in the grants and contracts area where they

have active projects with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources. In addition to the continuation of many grants and contracts, the WRC secured $332,690 in new project funding this year. The WRC also recently learned they will be the recipient of a MPCA GREENCORPS member to support citizen engagement and GIS in the Le Sueur and Watonwan River watersheds for the 2016-2017 academic year.

B. Giving

x FY16 total giving to the College of Science, Engineering and Technology has been somewhat

disappointing and we have not as yet reached our goals jointly set between the college and University Advancement. Total giving this year is $810,457 and this figure includes a $500,000 future estate pledge for the purpose of study and research in the environmental sciences. The Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Civil Engineering and the Water Resources Center will benefit when the estate from this donor couple is realized. Planned giving is an important component of the fundraising plan for the college and is important for the future support of programs, students and faculty.

x The Department of Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology partnered with S .T. Industries, located in St. James, MN, for the donation of a video inspection system valued at $15,000 for the study of metrology. Additionally, Agylitix, a company local to the Mankato community which specializes in agricultural data information, donated an unmanned air vehicle and supporting equipment package valued at $10,000 to the Department of Electrical and Engineering and Technology. These and other previous equipment donations, totaling around $340,000, are eligible for the MnSCU Leveraged Equipment Program that will send matching funds to the respective areas to further support these acquisitions and the development of their labs.

x The college cash pledges were down approximately $65,000 from last year, perhaps due to

vacancies in that division of the University. Discussions about our efforts next fiscal year with the

Phonathon through University Advancement will include a renewed focus on scholarships as we have lost a number of significant scholarships over the past several years and, while we have had a few new scholarships, our net has been a loss. The Phonathon itself provides a venue which has the ability to change focus each year, fortunately. Next year we will look to boost our scholarship pleas, if you will, because this has been an important source of support and reward for outstanding academic achievement for CSET students.

C. Customized Training and Continuing Education

x Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (MnCEME) sponsored a continuing

education course in in Robotics and Additive Manufacturing taught by two Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology professors. This class was targeted at both industry and education professionals and had an enrollment of 13. Project Lead the Way, through MnCEME again, offered summer continuing education courses in their Launch (K-5), Gateway (Grades 6-8), and Project Lead the Way (Grades 9-12). In addition MnCEME conducted two summer “Teach the Teacher” programs in LeSueur, MN. All of the above classes issue continuing education credits and clock hour credits for continuing licensure for teachers. Project Lead the Way and MnCEME, in addition to core training, hosted a session for administrators and counselors as part of their state -wide conference in conjunction with their co-affiliate, St. Cloud State University.

x MnCEME is involved with two initiatives which are new this year. The organization is part of the MnAMP grant through South Central College which provides clear pathways for veterans and adult learners and is creating a Lean Manufacturing Academic Training Initiative to offer to the manufacturing industry. Curriculum is being developed and could be launched as early as next year. The maker space located in the Memorial Library has been awarded a 3-D printer where all MSU students have access to work on creative ideas for projects.

D. New Opportunities

x We are exploring partnering with our Industry Advisory Boards to expand the Center of Renewable Energy (CORE) building. The new space, a partnership between Construction Management and Civil Engineering, will support our curriculum and projects in pre-stressed/pre-cast concrete, house a force load analyzer for steel beams, and allow for mockup of construction scaffolding for safety and other construction instruction.

x CSET is continually seeking new connections to industry for projects, internship and employment opportunities for our students as well as research projects for faculty. For example, we are conducting meetings this summer with Medtronic’s Engineering division and working with many local companies (e.g. Coloplast, Jones Metals, etc.) on expanding our current relationships with them. We also are exploring Southern Minnesota agricultural needs.

10. Challenges x Many departments are reporting that they are seeing declining preparation levels for new freshmen

students. We are currently exploring data to assess this condition and methods by which to address.

x The Graduate Assistantship stipend is simply becoming more and more of an issue in the College of

Science, Engineering and Technology. Competitive students are receiving offers for thousands of dollars above the University’s TA/GA $9,000 and this has resulted in a noticeable reduction of highly qualified graduate students who can handle the teaching assistantship responsibilities in the areas of physics, mathematics and biological sciences, where they are essential to teach lab sections in the high demand service courses.

x Departments supporting service courses, particularly Biology, Chemistry and Geology, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics and Astronomy are struggling to accommodate enrollment increases. In many areas our faculty to student ratio is the highest on campus and is causing tension within a ”no new positions” environment. Maintaining course quality and a positive student experience is a major challenge. This is one area where the graduate assistants can be a tremendous help, but as those numbers are falling in some critical areas, so is the support they provide to large sections with multiple laboratories/recitation sections.

x Nationally, there has been 63% growth in undergraduate engineering enrollment from 2006 to 2015 (and only a 14.7% increase in tenured/tenure-track lines). A significant challenge for MSU Mankato is to respond to and capitalize on this demand. Similarly, we face the challenge of diversifying our faculty and students for these high demand disciplines.

x Though our FY16 budget reduction of $533,646, representing 3% of our overall budget, was

managed with minimal impact, the FY17 and beyond reductions of over twice that amount to over 6% of our total budget will create difficulties with maintaining service course offerings, facilities/equipment, and lab supplies/consumables for lab courses as well as our ability to invest in areas of growth and need for the region.

11. Other

x Eight CSET faculty members received Faculty Research Grants, totaling $ 36,388 towards projects involving students, industry and seeding grant applications. Two CSET faculty members received a total of $2,643 in Faculty Improvement Grants to travel to workshops, work with collaborators and develop new skills towards their teaching and scholarship. CSET faculty comprised two of the five 2016-2017 Presidential Teacher Scholar Fellowship awardees.

x Using a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, the college awarded nine faculty members reassigned

time for the upcoming AY16-17, while ten faculty members completed their projects awarded for AY15-16. These reassignments are for grant writing and research endeavors and require the awardee to produce measurable outcomes to be disseminated to the college and greater academic community. The funding for this project comes from the college portion of summer surplus supplemented with some additional funding coming from individual departments.

x Through an application process, 3 faculty members were awarded Flies Fellowships to work with industry to increase knowledge exchange. This year’s projects feature work with Fairview Health services on information security in the healthcare industry, with Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare on 3D printed prosthetics, and with Winco, Inc. on portable powe r systems. Last year’s awardees completed projects on soybean oil extraction with CHS, Inc. and on die casting processes with Le Sueur Inc. (LSI).

x 2016 Douglas R. Moore Lectureship recipient, Dr. Rebecca Moen, presented her research on

oxidative stress and muscle to the campus and surrounding community.

APPENDIX A

CSET SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY’S

OVERARCHING AREAS OF DISTINCTION

Overarching Areas of Distinction

Endeavors

Academic Research Industry Co-Curricular, Campus and/or Community Engagement

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Biology Biology (MS) Biology: Ecology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Plant Science Biology: Toxicology Biology: Zoology Chemistry Chemistry ACS approved Earth Science: Geology Environmental Science Environmental Science (MS) Food Science Technology Automotive Engineering Technology Civ il Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Information Technology Integrated Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Statistics

Centers: Water Resource Center Modeling and Simulation Center (developing Precision Agriculture Engineering Program) Active grants and contracts: See attached under AFNR Annual Frey Fellowship for Env ironmental Science (funds undergraduate research) Faculty research and undergraduate research projects related to AFNR from Departments of: Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Biological Sciences Chemistry and Geology Integrated Engineering Mechanical and Civ il Engineering Selected recent research projects of faculty: Biodiesel emissions and fuel filter research Air Quality research Boral Surveillance projects Aquaponics research Research on Anaerobic Digestion to Produce Methane. Research on Possible Applications of Solar Walls to

Senior Design Projects in: Civ il Engineering Flies Fellowship with Agricultural company in Chemistry Internships and Industry partnerships related to AFNR in: Automotive Engineering Civ il Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Food Science Medical Laboratory Science Cytotechnology

Science Fair GMG/Project ABE Water Resource Center Public Presentations for Zumbro River flood mitigation FFA competition (in past)

the Agriculture Industry.

Business, Management and Financial Serv ices

Statistics: Actuarial Science track Information Systems

Faculty research and Undergraduate Research Projects related to AFNR from Departments of: Mathematics and Statistics Computer Information Science

Creative and Performing Arts

Data and Information Sciences

Applied Statistics (MS) Astronomy minor Computer Engineering Computer Science minor Electrical Engineering (MS) Information Security and Risk Management (PSM) Mathematics Mathematics (MA) Mathematics and Statistics (MS) Statistics: Actuarial Science track Statistics: Applied Math track Statistics: Biology track Statistics: Information Technology track

Centers: Modeling and Simulation Center Faculty research and Undergraduate Research Projects related to AFNR from Departments of: Selected Recent research projects of faculty: Fault Tolerant Embedded Software Analytics Databases Network Security Health Informatics Web and mobile app development Astronomy and Physics research in data analysis and processing Selected senior projects: Brownian motion simulation Intelligent decision making

Certificates: Information Security Database Technology Modeling and Simulation Center Internet of Things (IoT)

CODE.org elementary school outreach events Information Security Competition IEEExtreme programming competition MDSM 601: Introduction to Modeling and Simulation

Education and Human Serv ices

Biology Education (MS) Chemistry Teaching Life Science Teaching Mathematics Teaching Mathematics Education (MS) Physics Teaching Physics Education (MS)

STEM Education Group

Engineering, Manufacturing and Technology

Automotive Engineering Technology Civ il Engineering

Centers: Center for Transportation Research and Implementation

Certificates: Global Solutions in Engineering and Technology

Latino Engineering and Academic Day African American Engineering

Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Technology Construction Management Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering (MS) Electronic Engineering Technology Engineering (MS) Engineering Management (PSM) Integrated Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering

(CTRI) Minnesota Center for Automotive Research (MnCAR) Minnesota Center for Additive Manufacturing (MnCAR) Minnesota Center for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence (MNCEME) Modeling and Simulation Center Active grants and contracts: See attached under Eng Faculty research related to Engineering from Departments of: Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Construction Management Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology Integrated Engineering Mechanical and Civ il Engineering

Software Development Flies Fellowships: Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology Integrated Engineering Mechanical and Civ il Engineering Presentations to GM R&D Clean transportation research and testing Precast Concrete Institute (PCI) Studio

and Academic Day Women Explore STEM STEM summer camps (ZAP) Rube Goldberg “Elementary Engineering” school outreach MathCounts Science Fair Teach the Teacher – sponsored by MNCEME, headed by J. Pribyl. Workshops to help middle school teachers cover engineering outcomes. Project Lead the Way

Global Communications, Media and Information Technologies

Computer Application Development (BAS) Computer Information Technology Information Technology (MS)

Active grants and contracts: See attached under GCMIT Faculty research related to GCMIT from Department of Computer Information Science

Certificates: Networking Technologies Sponsored student work: Bureau 507 Project Maverick FPX Brown Printing

Health Care and Biomedical Sciences

Biology Biology (MS) Biology: Biomedical Sciences Biology: Cytotechnology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Toxicology Biochemistry Biotechnology Medical Laboratory Science Statistics: Biology track

Centers: Modeling and Simulation Center (developing Dental Hygiene Simulation Program) Active grants and contracts: See attached under HCBS Faculty research related to HCBS from Departments of: Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Biological Sciences

Flies Fellowships: Applied Nuclear Science Lab Mayo connections

Science Fair Tri-beta elementary school outreach Ford Lectureship in Chemistry

Chemistry and Geology Computer Information Science Physics and Astronomy Selected recent research projects of faculty: Applied Nuclear Science Lab with applications to medical physicist Research on spreading of staph Health Informatics research

Integrative and Applied Disciplines

All STEM disciplines Applied Statistics (MS) Integrated Engineering Cognitive Science Food Science Environmental Science

Centers: Modeling and Simulation Center (Consulting other disciplines research project) Faculty research/expertise related to: Renewable energy and fuel cell technology Applied Nuclear science Extensive spectroscopy and Imaging research and facilit ies across many departments Research on the effects of air pollution in conjunction with neuroscientists at VA medical center

Certificates: Renewable Energy Environmental Geology

Marketing, Sales and Professional Services

Public Policy and Administration

Environmental Science Biology: Ecology Biology: Toxicology

Centers: Water Resource Center

Water Resource Center public outreach ASEE Diversity Committee Delegate ASEE Ad Hoc Committee on ABET EAC Changes National Science Foundation Program Officer

Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

Manufacturing Engineering Technology (courses in transportation, lean, project management, etc.)

Centers: Center for Transportation Research and Implementation (CTRI)

Certificates: Project Management Quality Management Systems Minnesota Center for

Active grants and contracts: See attached under TDL Presented research seminar to large General Motors R&D group Conducted air pollution research for FOX9 news and was featured on prime-time TV spot Received contracts from industry to prov ide test services TCE students conduct ~ 4 research / design projects for TC industry per semester Conducted research for ICCT - international council clean transportation - company that funded initial VW emissions fraud research at WVU Conducted research on the effects of air pollution in conjunction with neuroscientists at VA medical center

Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence (MNCEME) (sponsors lean processes continuing education) MnDoT internships

Other (Area of Significance Not Included Above)

Foundational/support Science (i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics)

Active grants and contracts: See attached under STEM Pipeline/Diversity

Math Contest MathCounts Ford Lectureship in Chemistry Tri-beta elementary school outreach Science Fair Physics Show Public events at observatories Scientist in the Library events Normandale STEM club Normandale Academy of Math and Science

Academic Master Plan – Areas of Distinction

Council of Deans Working Document

APPENDIX B

MASTER LIST OF RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Biological Sciences

Krenz, J.D., P.I. August, 2015. Seasonal movements and habitat selection in elk. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. $90,989. This project involves MS student Alicia Freeman and the tracking of 20 free-ranging elk in northwestern Minnesota using satellite communications with radio transmitters. Chemistry and Geology

Blue Earth County Ditch 57 Structural Practices Evaluation Project 2015-2017. Clean Legacy Fund, Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Funded.

Biogeochemical Signatures of Photoferrotrophs in Canyon Lake. Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation. Funded.

Acquisition of a Raman spectroscopy/Atomic Force Microcopy/Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy system for Research and Training Applications in a Multidisciplinary Environment. NSF MRI. Pending

Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Mark Zuiker - Collaboration with College of Education on Improving Teacher Quality, Number and Operations for K-5 Teachers. Grant activities are with St. Peter and Owatana School Districts. Funded by Minnesota Office of Higher Education. Dr. Hyekyung Min - Faculty Research Grant from Minnesota State University, Mankato with Dr. Qun Zhang for the project on "Computing and Communication Foundation: Local Error Methods for Efficient Simulation and Analysis of Optical Fiber Communication Systems," 2015-2016.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Houser M., Agarwal, K., (2015) Design and manufacturing of polymer matrix composites with additive manufacturing. Society of Manufacturing Engineers RAPID Conference, Orlando, FL. Hasan, M., Ndonwie, C., Bentley, M., & Agarwal, K. (April 2016) Biocompatibility of hydroxyapatite and stainless steel alloys. NCUR, Ashville, NC.

Ahmed, S., Babski-Reeves, K., Dubien, J., Webb, H., & Strawderman, L. (2015) Fatigue differences between Asian and Western populations in prolonged mentally demanding work-tasks. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics.

Biological Sciences

Hasan, M., Ndonwie, C., Bentley, M., Agarwal, K. (April 2016) Biocompatibility of hydroxyapatite and stainless steel alloys. NCUR, Ashville, NC. Richards, C., Albin, J.S., Demir, O., Shaban, N.S., Luengas, E.M., Land, A.M., Anderson, B.D., Holten, J.R., Anderson, J.S., Harki, D.A., Amaro, R.E., and Harris, R.S. (2015) The binding interface between human APOBEC3F and HIV-1 Vif elucidated by genetic and computational approaches. Cell Rep 13, 1781-1788. PMID:2662863

Land, A.M., Wang, J., Law, E.K., Aberle, R., Kirmaier, A., Krupp, A., Johnson, W.E., and Harris, R.S. (2015) Degradation of the cancer genomic DNA deaminase APOBEC3B by SIV Vif. Oncotarget 6, 39969-79. PMID: 26544511

Congdon, J.D., Pappas, M.J., Krenz, J.D., Brekke, B.J., & *Schlenner, M. (2015). Compass orientation during dispersal of freshwater hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii). Ethology 120:1-10. (with a student) Day, TA., Guénon, R., & Ruhland,CT. (2015). Photodegradation of plant litter in the Sonoran Desert varies by litter type and age. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 89: 109-122.

Kikvidze, Z., Brooker, R., Butterfield, B., Callaway, R., Cavieres, L., Cook, B., Lortie, C., Michalet, R., Pugnaire, F., Xiao, S., Anthelme, F., Björk, R.,; Gavilán, R., Kanka, R., Maalouf, JP., Noroozi, J., Parajuli, R., Phoenix, G., Reid, A., Rixen, C., Schöb, C. (2015) The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study of alpine cushion plant communities. Ecology, 96(8): 2064-2069.

Chemistry and Geology

Vorlicek, T.P., Chappaz, A., *Groskreutz, L.M., *Young, N*., & Lyons, T.W. (2015) A new analytical approach to determining Mo and Re speciation in sulfidic waters. Chem. Geol. 403: 52-57.

Kotapati, S., Wickramaratne, S., Esades, A., Boldry, Emily J.; Quirk Dorr, D., Pence, M., Pence, G., Guengerich, P., Tretyakova, NY. (2015) Polymerase bypass of N6- deoxyadenosine adducts derived from epoxide metabolites of 1,3-butadiene chemical research in toxicology. 28 (7), 1496–1507.

D’Hondt, S., Inagaki, F., Alvarez Zarikian, C., Abrams., L.J., Dubois, N., Engelhardt, T., Evans, H., Ferdelman, T., Gribsholt, B., Harris, R.N., Hoppie, B.W., Hyun, J.-H., Kallmeyer, J., Kim, J., Lynch, J.E., McKinley, C.C., Mitsunobu, S., Morono, Y., Murray, R.W., Pockalny, R., Sauvage, J., Shimono, T., Shiraishi, F., Smith, D.C., Smith-Duque, C.E., Spivack, A.J., Steinsbu, B.O., Suzuki, Y., Szpak, M., Toffin, L., Uramoto, G., Yamaguchi, Y.T., Zhang, G., Zhang, X.-H., and Ziebis, W., (2015). Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments. Nature Geoscience, 8:299–304. http:// dx.doi.org/ 10.1038/ ngeo2387

Camp, H. & Pribyl, JR., (2015) Learning to write in chemistry for engineers: Sites and strategies for fostering engineers’ communication skills, International Journal for Engineering Education. Vol. 31 Number 1(B), pages 395-404.

Binder, BP., Thompson, AT., Cornea, S., Moen, RJ., and Thomas, DD. (2015) Backbone orientation and distance measurements in myosin II: Applications of high-resolution EPR using a bifunctional spin label. Biophysical Journal: Abstracts Issue. 108(2): 592a. Computer Information Science

Veltsos, C. (2016) Next-level cybersecurity incident response. http://www.dandodiary.com/2016/03/articles/cyber- liability/guest-post-next- level-cybersecurity-incident-response-trends-2016/ Veltsos, C. (2016). Grading global boards of directors on cybersecurity. http://www.dandodiary.com/2016/04/articles/cyber- liability/guest-post-grading-global-boards-of-directors-on-cybersecurity/ Eskandar, A., Syed, M., & Zarei, MB. (Nov, 2015). Performance analysis of VOIP over GRE tunnel. I. J. Computer Network and Information Security, 2015, 12, 1-9. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology

Zhang, Q., Hayee, MI., *Nadimpalli, S., Winstead, V., Wu, XH., *Huang1, D., Jie, L., & Khaliq, M. (2016). Application of local error method to SSSF simulation of vector propagation in dispersion compensated optical links, Journal Photonic Network Communications, Springer. M-Hamari, P. (September 2015). Incorporating synopsys CAD tools in teaching VLSI design. ASEE Zone III Meeting.

Mullapudi, LT. & He, N. (2015). Introducing model-based design methodology with labVIEW to teaching ARM-based embedded system design., International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, Vol-3, No-8.

He, N. & Huang, HW., & *Mereddy, N. (December 2015). Experience of teaching internet-of-things using TI ARM based connected Launchpad. Transactions on Techniques for STEM Education, October - December 2015 (Invited).

He, N. & Huang, HW. (2015). Using eclipse-based software tools to teach model-based design methodology in a programming tools course and an embedded computer systems course. Journal of Computers in Education (CoED), July-September Issue, 2015.

He, N. & Huang, HW. (2015). Teaching advanced touch sensing technologies using ARM cortex-M based microcontroller. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle.

He, N., Huang, HW., & *Mereddy, N. (2015). Experience of teaching internet-of-things using TI ARM based connected launchpad (work in progress). Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle.

*Huang, D. & Wu, X.H. (July 2015). Horizontally polarized cylindrical MIMO radar antenna array. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Vancouvor, BC, Canada, 19-25.

Integrated Engineering

Stettler, M.J., Midglet, W.J.B., Swanson, J.J., Cebon, D., & Boies, A.M. (2016). Greenhouse gas and noxious emissions from dual fuel diesel and 2 natural gas eavy goods vehicles. Environ Sci Technol. Wang, X., Grose., M., Caldow, R., Osmondson, B., Swanson, J.J., Chow, J.C., Watson, J. G., Kittelson, D.B., Yang, L., Xue, J., Jung, H., & Hu, S. (2016). Improvement of engine exhaust sizer measurement (EEPS) – II. engine exhaust aerosols. J. Aerosol Science, 92: 95-108 *Satish, S., Swanson, J.J., Pui, D.Y.H., & Kittelson, D.B. (2015). Gravimetric measurements of filtering facepiece respirators challenged with diesel exhaust. (In press) Annals of Occupational Hygiene. Wilson, D., Bates, R., Scott, E., Painter, S., & Shaffer, J. (2015) Differences in self-efficacy among women and minorities in STEM. Journal of Women & Minorities in Science & Engineering, vol. 21, no. 1, 2015, pp. 27-45, DOI: 10.1615/JwomenMinorScienEng.2014005111.

Bates, R., Allendoerfer, C., Ulseth, R., & Johnson, B. (2016) On the use of outcomes to connect students to an engineering identity, culture and community. Proc. 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Allendoerfer, C., Wilson, D., Plett, M., Bates, R., Floyd-Smith, T., & Veilleux, N. (2016) Student perceptions of faculty support: Do class size or institution type matter? Proc. 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.

Karlin, J., Allendoerfer, C., Bates, R., Ewert, D., & Ulseth, R. (2016) Situating the research to practice cycle for increased transformation in engineering education, Proc. 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Sleezer, R., Swanson, J., & Bates, R. (2016) Using failure to teach design. Proc. 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Bates, R., Benson, L., Cheville, A., Finelli, C., Karlin, J., & Lord, S. (October 2015) Special session: Agents for change in engineering and computer science education. Frontiers in Education, El Paso, TX. Kinzel, R., Veltsos, J., Bates, R., Cohen, R., Sealy, W., & Nykanen, D. (October 2015) Evaluation and continuous improvement in a multidisciplinary S-STEM program focusing on professional skills, goals, & mentoring. Frontiers in Education., El Paso, TX. Bates, R., Allendoerfer, C., Floyd-Smith, T., Veilleux, N., Plett, M., & Wilson, D. (2015) Connections to community: Using our research in our teaching practice. 6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Dublin Ireland. Allendoerfer, C., Karlin, J., Bates, R., Ewert, D., & Ulseth, R. (2015) Leading large-scale change in an engineering program. Proc. 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Muscat, R., Bielefeldt, A., Riley, D., & Bates, R. (2015) Peace, conflict and sustainability: Addressing global and ethical issues in engineering education. Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Wilson, D., Allendoerfer, C., Jones, D., Veilleux, N., Bates, R., Plett, M., & Floyd-Smith, T. (2015) Go team! The role of the study group in academic success. Proc. 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Wilson, D., Allendoerfer, C., Jones, D., Veilleux, N., Bates, R., Plett, M., & Floyd-Smith, T. (2105) How engineering students study: Alone, together, or start alone, end together,. Proc. 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Wasilewski, C., Wilson, D., Allendoerfer, C., Veilleux, N., Bates, R., Plett, M., & Floyd-Smith, T (2015) Sometimes, faculty matter: The contribution of faculty support to future engagement. Proc. 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Kinzel, R., Nykanen, D., Bates, R., Cohen, R., Veltsos, J., & Sealy, W. (2015) Continuous improvement in an NSF S-STEM program. Proc. 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Bates R. & *Kim, E. (March 2016). The speech recognition virtual kitchen toolkit. SIGCSE, 2-5.

Mathematics and Statistics

Yin, H. (2015) An adaptive smoothing method for continuous minimax problems, Asia Pac. J. Oper. Res., 32, 1540001 [19 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S0217595915400011 Zhang, Q., Nadimpalli, S., Winstead, V. Shrestha, S., Wu, XH., Megat Hamari, P., Min, H. & Lian, J. (2016) WDM simulation of vector propagation in dispersion compensated SSMF links. (to appear) Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Simulation and Modelling, Beijing, China. Zhang, Q., Nadimpalli, S., Zhu, L., Min, H., Shrestha, S., Megat Hamari, P., & Xing, L. (2016). Local error method with pre-calculated step-sizes for the simulation of signal propagation in vector fiber channel. (to appear) Proceedings of CLEO Technical Conference, San Jose, CA. Zhu, K. (2015) Isometric embeddings via heat kernel. Journal of Differential Geometry, Volume 99, Number 3, 497-538. Kim, IJ, & J Park, JW.(2015) Squarable sign patterns, Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 25, 557-564. Tsao, Y.L. (2015) Preservice teachers' knowledge of difficulties in decimal numeration. The Journal of Mathematics Learning and Research.1, 160-161. Tsao, Y.L. (2015). Mathematics perceptions of pre-service elementary school teachers. US-China Education Review B. 5(5), 299-308. *Jin. J. & Rahman, M. (2015). Some analysis on estimators of the population total in finite population sampling. Far East Journal of Probability Theory and Statistics, Forthcoming. Rahman, M. & Zhang, Q. (2016). Comparison among Pearson correlation coefficient tests. Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 99(2), 237-255. Rahman, M., *An, D., & *Alam Patwary, MS. (2016). Method of product spacings P\parameter estimation for beta inverse weibull distribution. Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 52(1), 1-15.

*Alam Patwary, MS.& Rahman, M. (2015). Coherent form of the non-central 2F distribution.

Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 51(3), 87-101. Rahman, M., *An, D., & *Alam Patwary, MS. (2015). Method of moments parameter estimation for beta inverse weibull distribution. Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences (FJMS), 97(5), 655-665. Rahman, M. & *Alam Patwary, MS. (2015). A note on unequal probability sampling in bootstrap sampling, Advances and Applications in Statistics, 44(3), 191-200.

*An, D. & Rahman, M. (2015). Maximum likelihood parameter estimation for beta inverse weibull distribution. Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences (FJMS), 97(2), 131-137. Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Cai, S., Dhital, P. & Zhao, Y. (2015) Interfacial adhesion due to liquid mediated contact of hydrophilic solid surfaces. Advances in Engineering Research-ICSMME-15, Atlantis Press, doi:10.2991/icsmme-15.2015.26. Dhital, P., Zhao, Y. & Cai, S. (2016). The role of adhesive forces due to surface separation from liquid meniscus. 2016 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, May 15-19, 2016, Conference proceedings,( accepted). Xiao, Y., Tutumluer, E., & Wilde, WJ. (2016). Optimizing designs of structurally stable open- graded aggregate bases in concrete pavements, (Accepted for presentations and publication) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, San Antonio, Texas. Wilde, WJ. (2015) Cost-effective base type and thickness for long-life concrete pavements. (joint research contract with the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): MnDOT Report MN/RC 2015-42. Tebbe, P.A., Chetrit, A., and Aleckson, L. (2015). Design and construction of a renewable and HVAC technologies testbed “shack.” Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference& Exposition, Seattle, WA.. Tebbe, P.A. (2015) Engaged in thermodynamics – Bringing it to industry and the classroom. Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA. Tebbe, P.A. & Ross, (2015) Using real-world scenarios to promote student motivation and efficacy. Sunday Workshop, 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Biological Sciences

Noble, C. V., Cook, B.. Clement, K., Smith, T., & Eggers, S. (2015) Regional guidebook for the functional assessment of organic flats, slopes, and depressional wetlands in the Northcentral and Northeast region. (2015) ERDC/EL TR-15-XX. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Mathematics and Statistics

Kim, IJ., Lee, N., Lee, SG., Kim, JL., Kumar, A., Vu, P., Lang,V., & Lee, JH. (2015). Linear algebra, Publisher Purple.

PRESENTATIONS

Biological Sciences

Cohen, R.E. (2015). The brain on steroids: How steroid hormones impact the brain in a lizard species. Department of Biology Seminar, University of Saint Thomas. (invited)

Tiry, CM., Remund ,AJ., Ruhland, CT, & Secott, T. (October 2015). Effects of lignin content on microbial communities and decomposition of Sorghum bicolor in an agricultural landscape. American Society for Microbiology. La Crosse, WI.

Mullen, K., Mitchell, MM., Ruhland, CT,. & Zeigler, B. (April 2015). Preliminary results investigating the mountain pine beetle infestation of the ponderosa pine forests in the Black Hills of South Dakota: Mapping and earlier detection. Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.

Chemistry and Geology

*Eatwell, M., Thoemke, J. (March 2015). Protein photo-oxidation: The effects of singlet oxygen on protein function. Division of Biological Chemistry, 249th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, CO. Moen, RJ., Binder, BP., *Soboleva, TV., Klein, JC., & Thomas, DD. (2015) Redox sensitive residue in the myosin II actin-binding interface. Oxidative Stress and Disease Gordon Research Conference, Ventura Beach, CA. Binder, BP., Thompson, AT., Cornea, S., Moen, RJ., and Thomas, DD. (2015) Backbone orientation and distance measurements in myosin II: Applications of high-resolution EPR using a bifunctional spin label. 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD. Moen, RJ. (May 2015) Minnesota muscle and myosin. University of Minnesota Biochemistry PhD Centennial Celebration. Minneapolis, MN.

Quirk Dorr, DR. Building from investment: Using the flipped classroom model to fuel higher level learning. (2015). 4th Cleveland State University Regional Chemistry Teaching Symposium, Cleveland, OH.

*Stong, E., *Young, N., *Groskreutz, L.M., & Vorlicek TP. (2015) Reverse phase ion pair chromatographic separation of oxythiomolybdate and oxythioperrhenate mixtures. Spring 2015 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO.

Pribyl, JR., *Brown, B., & *Doss, E. (August 2015) Relationship between student study time, satisfaction and exam grade in an introductory chemistry course. 250th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA.

Hoppie, BW. & Hunt, KC. (2015). Using artificial floating islands to limit sediment resuspension in shallow lakes. Proc., Minnesota Water Resources Conference, Saint Paul, Minnesota, October 2015. Hoppie, BW. (July 2015). Hamline University math and science teacher partnership workshops: Earth science content for in-service STEM teachers. Mankato, Minnesota.

Quirk Dorr, D. (2015). Leveraging learning with the flipped classroom. (Workshop facilitator). Denver, CO.

Quirk Dorr, D. (2015). Leveraging learning with the flipped classroom. Scholars at Work (Workshop Facilitator). Mankato, MN.

Quirk Dorr, D. (May 7, 2015). Leveraging learning – Flipping the classroom. National Webinar.

Quirk Dorr, D. (May 28, 2015). Leveraging learning – Flipping the classroom. National Webinar.

Quirk Dorr, D. (April 13, 2015). Flip it to turn your class around. National Webinar.

Quirk Dorr, D. (April 6, 2015). Flip it to turn your class around. National Webinar.

Quirk Dorr, D. (March 30, 2015). Flip it to turn your class around. National Webinar.

Quirk Dorr, D. (March 13, 2015). STEM teaching strategies virtual summit: Learn without limits: Building from investment: Using the flipped classroom model to fuel higher level learning. National Webinar.

Computer Information Science

Salivia, G. & *Million, F. Assisting blind individuals to interact with GIS generated maps. Undergraduate Research Conference, Mankato, MN and Winona, MN. Kruse, S. & Engeswick, L. (November 2015). Building collaborative community partnerships through patient-centered learning. Presented by Lynnette Engeswick at the 2nd International Conference: Where’s the Patient’s Voice in Health Professional Education 10 Years On? Vancouver, BC, Canada. Syed, MR. (December 2015) Challenges in smart indoor positioning system development. The 18th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Syed, MR. (January 2016). Auto learning positioning systems for assistive and autonomous technologies: A work in progress (invited speaker). 2nd International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS). 7.Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology

Megat-Hamari, P. (December 2015) Skype presentation and discussion with Minnesota PLTW School Counselors and Administrator at St. Cloud Apollo and District 742 staff to help promote the success of female students in engineering.

He, N. (June 2015) Teaching advanced touch sensing technologies using ARM cortex-M based microcontroller. ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

He, N. (June 2015) Experience of teaching internet-of-things using TI ARM based connected Launchpad. ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

He, N. (November 5, 2015). Model-based verification of simulink generated PLC programs using model checkers. 9th International Workshop on Constraints in Formal Verification Austin, Texas. (This workshop is affiliated with the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design)

Integrated Engineering

Kang, S., Pui, D., Swanson, J. (2016). Measurement of the porous coefficients of pleated filter media. 49th CFR Review Meeting, Center for Filtration Research Review Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 5 and 6th, 2016. Swanson, J., Boies, A., Schulz, H-J. (2016). Effect of exhaust oxygen concentration on the performance of a catalytic stripper. 16th European Aerosol Conference, Tours, France, September 4th to 9th, 2016. Swanson, J., Febo, R., Boies, A., Kittelson, D. (2016) Fuel sulfur impacts the formation of carbon nanotube-like particles in diesel engines. 20th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, June 13th - 16th, 2016, Zürich, Switzerland. Swanson, J. (March 2016). Topics in the measurement and control of solid particles, General Motors Seminar, GM, Detroit, MI. Yuan, C., Duffy, C., Ahmed, S., Swanson, J. et al. (2016) Microglial immune response to low concentrations of silver nanoparticles: A novel in vitro model of brain health, 2nd International Conference on One Medicine One Science (iCOMOS 2016), Minneapolis, MN, April 24–27, 2016. Yuan, C., Duffy, C., Ahmed, S., Swanson, J. et al., (2015). Impacts of exposure to combustion- generated nanoparticles on brain health and obesity, Obesity Research Day, November 17th, 2015.

Her, J., Smith, N.,& Swanson, J. (April 2016). Experimental determination of flow through porous filter media. 30th NCUR Conference, Asheville, North Caroline, April 7-9th, 2016. Tilley, J, White, B., & Swanson, J. (April 2016). Development of an air quality sensor network to measure the dispersion of aircraft pollution near the Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport. 30th NCUR Conference, Asheville, North Caroline, April 7-9th, 2016. Johnson, K, Miller, W., Jiang, Y., & Swanson, J. (March 2016). Summary of black carbon emissions. CRC Real World Emissions Workshop, March 13-16, 2016, Hyatt Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA. *Kittelson, D., Swanson, J., & *Boies, A. (June 2016). Carbon Nanotubes, Nanorods, and Nanoparticles from Engines. 20th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles June 13th- 6th, 2016 at ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland. Swanson, J., *Bock, N., *Johnson, K., *Northop, W., *Pui, D., *Kittelson, D.,& *Li.Y. (May 2015). Filtration efficiency and pressure drop of miniature SCRoFs. 48th Center for Filtration Research Review Meeting, Shoreview, MN, May 5 and 6th, 2015.

Mathematics and Statistics

Zhu, K. (April 2015). Isometric embeddings via heat kernel. North Central Section MAA Meeting at Winona State University, Winona, MN.

Dr. In-Jae Kim presented a series of talks on data analytics at the winter school where there were about 50 undergraduate and graduate students from 17 Universities in South Korea, attending lectures and participating in data analysis projects.

Dr. In-Jae Kim was invited to be the main speaker at a summer school on Matrix-Based Data Analysis at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea from July 14, 2015 to July 24, 2015. At the summer school he presented a series of talks on popular topics of big data and data analysis.

Rahman, M. & *Satter, F. (December 2015).Estimating beta inverse weibull distribution by the method of quantile estimates. Second Dhaka University Statistics Alumni Association Conference.

Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Budge, AS. & Dasenbrock, DD. (2015).Comparison to past practice, and preliminary local calibration, of the new MnDOT dynamic pile driving formula, MPF12. University of Minnesota’s 64th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference , Minneapolis, MN.

Druschel, S. J. (2015). Public-private-student partnerships: Using undergraduate researchers to diffuse tensions among stakeholders. Conference on the Environment, November 4, 2015,

Minneapolis, MN; Central States Water Environment Association and the Upper Midwest Section of the Air and Waste Management Association. Druschel, S.J. & *Chiodo, M. (2015). Flocculation: Improving construction site discharge through site-specific chemical treatment. Ohio Stormwater Conference, May 8, 2015, Sandusky, OH. Druschel, S. J. (2015). Public-private-student partnerships: Using undergraduate researchers to diffuse tensions among stakeholders. Watershed Management Symposium 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute, August 5-7, Reston, VA. Druschel, S.J. (April 2016). Salt III: Deicing methodologies and products comparative study – Preliminary results 2015-16. Winter Roadway Maintenance (Statewide) Coordinators, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Cloud, MN. Xiao, Y., Tutumluer, E. & Wilde, W.J. (2016). Optimizing designs of structurally stable open- graded aggregate bases in concrete pavements. (Accepted for presentations and publication). 11th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, San Antonio, Texas.

Physics and Astronomy

Palma, R. (2015) Stardust light noble gas results and possible relationships with IDPs. Pre-conference workshop on NASA’s Stardust Mission. Palma, R. (2015). Noble gases in giant cluster IDP U2-20GCA. NASA’s Stardust Mission. Palma, R. (2015) Mineralogy of interplanetary dust particles from the comet Giacobini-Zinner dust stream collections. NASA’s Stardust Mission Palma, R. (2015), Relics of the early solar system: comets and interplanetary dust. Joint Chemistry and Physics Departmental Colloquium, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. Roberts, A. (2015) Undergraduate training resources at the Mankato applied nuclear science lab. SNEAP 2015 Accelerator Conference, September 28-October 1, Albuquerque, NM. Dall’Asén A. (2015) Characterization of carbonaceous meteoritic fragments found in Antarctica by high-resolution Raman spectroscopy and SEM/EDS. American Physical Society’s April Meeting, April 16-19, Salt Lake City, Utah.

OUTREACH or PRODUCTIONS STAGED or COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA

Computer Information Science

Wells, Michael has been teaching code.org to 4th and 5th graders at LCWM elementary on Mondays this academic year Salivia, Guarionex served as a reviewer for CHI 2016 (https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/) Salivia, Guarionex served as a reviewer for MobileHCI 2016 (http://mobilehci.acm.org/2016/) Syed, Mahbubur, R. Chair, Research Integrity Committee, The 18th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, 21-23 December 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Syed, Mahbubur, R. Member, Technical Program Committee: The International Conference on Advanced Wireless, Information, and Communication Technologies (AWICT 2015), Tunisia, September 20 to 23, 2015. Syed, Mahbubur R. Member, Technical Program Committee: The Tenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2015), November 15 - 20, 2015 - Barcelona, Spain. Syed, Mahbubur R. Member, Technical Program Committee: 9th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management & Applications (SKIMA 2015), Kathmandu, Nepal, http://kec.edu.np/skima2015/welcome-to-skima-2015). Syed, Mahbubur R. Member of International Advisory Board: Ahsanullah University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Syed, Mahbubur R. External Expert Committee Member for appointment of Professor and Associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, Bangladesh University Of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Syed, Mahbubur R. Speaker as Special Guest: Closing Ceremony of the 2nd International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS). 7-9 January 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Syed, Mahbubur R. Speaker as Chief Guest: Seminar on ‘CSE: How it all started in Bangladesh’. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department of the Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 9, 2016 Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Budge, Aaron. Co-instructor for ASCE Deep Foundations: Design, Construction and Quality Control seminars held in Boston, Massachusetts (19-20 Nov 2015) and Orlando, Florida (14- 15 Mar 2016) and provided HalfMoon Education's Soil Mechanics, Bearing Capacity and Slope Stabilization seminar held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in Aug 2015.

Physics and Astronomy

Eskridge, Paul served as a review panel member for the NASA/Chandra X-Ray Observatory Cycle 17 Time Allocation Committee on June 23, 24 2015 in Boston MA.

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