Faculty and Staff

One-year MS/MEngTarget # of students

85Actual # of students

10010 available now, 6 expected for FA15 submission:

Architectural Engineering, Real Estate Development, Building Envelope Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Nanoscience, Engineering Science

Blueprint for Global Preeminence

GOALS:Show how much the College of Engineering

contributes to Penn Stateand

Show how we compare to other universitiesso we can make improvements

toPresent a five-year plan for growth of faculty, staff and facilities

Blueprint for Global Preeminence

CONTENTS:Strategy

Education and Research ThrustsBenchmarks

Implementation PlanFaculty Composition

Administration and Support ServicesSpace and Infrastructure

Financial Analysis

Faculty Hiring SummaryDEPARTMENT OFFERS ACCEPTED

Acoustics 1 1

Biomedical Engineering 4 1

Chemical Engineering 1 1

Civil & Environmental Engineering 5 4

Computer Science and Engineering 5 2

Electrical Engineering 2 2

Engineering Science & Mechanics 3 3

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering 4 2

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering 11 8

School of Engineering Design & Technology & Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) 2 2

Frontier Faculty 3 2

Associate Deans 2 2

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Entrance to Major Assessment

PSU currently:• C or better in select courses• Minimum GPA• ETM in 4th semester• No guarantee; controls

Many schools:• ETM in freshman• Some students know what they want• Complications associated with change• Ad hoc committee with EFC involvement

Hybrid/LionPATH• Some direct admits, others can come later if space • Opportunity to enter the major early• Rewards highly motivated students

Climate Survey

• Sorely needed community benchmarks

• Survey of all sub-communities

• Rankin and Associates assisting

• Survey Feb. 2016; report mid-summer

• All inclusive committee

ENGAGE: Enhancing the Learning and WorkingEnvironment at Penn State Engineering

Project-basedLearning Assessment

Investigate the possibility of establishing a PSU model for PBL in large public universities

• Target enrollment of 30 students/year• Cohort-based to build community

Innovations over traditional curricula:• Design across all 4 years• Inquiry-based methods in lab courses• Self-directed learning, including meta-cognition• Develop ability to be innovative, entrepreneurial• Pervasive integration of humanities

REU and BEU

UP REU:• 88 students (21 female, 67 male,

17 intl) since summer of 2014

Multi-Campus REU:• Six-week summer program: 33 students,

6 campuses, 49 faculty members

BEU• Initiative from CoE to provide business training, enabling students to wrap

business plans around their engineering project/product; support of Smeal• Will be launched in summer of 2016• Inaugural cohort of up to 10 engineering students

REU program established in 2014 to give undergraduate students research experience with a faculty member

Salary Adjustment Program

Average Salary Increases for Staff

FY 2011-12

1.54%FY 2012-13

3.02%FY 2013-14

2.96%FY 2014-15

3.07%Negotiated Extra: $12,000

FY 2015-16

3.19%Negotiated Extra: $30,000