GEOSCIENCES AND GEOLOGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

2020 STRATEGIC PLAN

REVISED June 2015

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Rising to the challenge

GGPE Department Strategy for Success

This document is GGPE response to the university strategic plan statement;

Missouri S&T will provide by 2020 a top return on investment among public research universities to students, employers, research partners and donors through extraordinary access to renowned expertise, services and experiential learning opportunities.

Three programs - Geology and Geophysics, Geological Engineering and Petroleum Engineering make up the GGPE department. Our department is the only department at Missouri S&T with combined science and engineering programs. Of the over 300 earth science programs, 18 Petroleum Engineering programs, and the 13 Geological Engineering programs in the U.S., five universities have all three programs and only S&T has combined all three in the same department. This document addresses how to build on the rich history of these programs and guide this unique department in the next years.

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UNIVERSITY AND GGPE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS

Missouri S&T Mission Statement

Missouri S&T integrates education, research and application to create and convey knowledge that serves our state and helps solve the world's great challenges.

Missouri S&T Vision Statement

Missouri S&T will be the leading public technological research university for discovery, creativity and innovation.

GGPE MISSION STATEMENT

The Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering (GGPE) department conducts transformative research and educates and inspires world-class leaders who are prepared to solve complex problems facing global societies in mineral and energy resources, water quality, geohazards and environmental sustainability.

GGPE VISION STATEMENT The GGPE department will continue to grow its national and international reputation in all aspects of its mission.

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THE GGPE DEPARTMENT WILL ADAPT THE UNIVERSITY’S VALUES

Missouri S&T Values

Lifelong success. We add exceptional value. The rewards of the Missouri S&T experience extend far beyond a college education, valued degree or gratifying career. The Missouri S&T experience prepares you for a fulfilling life defined by the confidence to succeed, a desire to excel and a love of learning that never stops.

Creativity. We are innovators. Building a better world demands a creative spark, innovative and entrepreneurial approaches, and curiosity to discover and explore new solutions to the world's great challenges.

Integrity. We hold ourselves accountable for our actions. We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards, to conduct ourselves with trustworthiness and respect for all of humanity, and to instill in our campus community these same principles.

Sustainability. We live by example. As stewards of the public goodwill, the financial resources entrusted to us, and the environment, we emphasize resilient and sustainable practices in all our endeavors.

Partnerships. We are great partners. We focus on adding value and creating mutually beneficial partnerships. The solutions to today's great challenges require agile collaboration, teamwork and engagement with our stakeholders, both on campus and in the greater business, civic, national and international communities.

Inclusion. We are an inclusive, welcoming community. We seek to build a creative learning environment marked by openness, understanding and valuing all people and perspectives.

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The GGPE department consists of three unique programs

Geology and Geophysics Program Strategic Statement

By 2020, the Geology and Geophysics program will be nationally ranked among the top 100 geoscience programs, and nationally and internationally recognized for its use of innovative technology and research in instruction.

Petroleum Engineering Program Strategic Statement

By 2020, the S&T Petroleum Engineering program will be a top 10 program by general measures of number of total students and faculty, research expenditures, and number of Ph.D. students. It will vigorously pursue its strategic strengths in integrating petroleum engineering topics such as enhanced oil recovery and stimulation with geology and geophysics through mechanical earth modeling.

Geological Engineering Program Strategic Statement By 2020 the Geological Engineering program will be the largest and leading geological engineering program in the nation, and the program of choice for undergraduate, distance, and research-based graduate students that choose to pursue a geological engineering degree.

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Campus Theme 1: Develop and inspire creative thinkers and leaders for life-long success

GGPE Lever 1.1. Develop and Inspire Students

Action 1.1.1 Incorporate experiential and service learning experience for all students in the department [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 1.1]

Action 1.1.2 Take a leadership role in

developing a humanitarian engineering minor [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 1.2]

Action 1.1.3 Increase number of courses and days GGPE students spend in the field and on

site visits [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 1.1, 4.9] Action 1.1.4 Improve access and quality of field courses by expanding endowments for

field-based courses [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 1.1, 3.9, 4.9]

GGPE Lever 1.2. Develop and Inspire Faculty

Action 1.2.1 Implement a departmental workload model to improve faculty productivity [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3]

Action 1.2.2 Improve new faculty hire experience by giving new faculty competitive

resources when hired [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.1, 2.3] Action 1.2.4 Have a formalized departmental mentoring program in place for new hires

[Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3] Action 1.2.5 Create a career path and policy for NTT faculty to develop and be promoted

[Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3]

Action 1.2.6 Create a plan to excel mid-career faculty through promotion [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3]

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Campus Theme 2: Enhance reputation and raise visibility

GGPE Lever 2.1. Increase department reputation

Action 2.1.1 Develop a department organizational structure to foster collaboration and raise the department’s visibility [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.7]

Action 2.1.2 Commit to use the GGPE department name in all department related

communication to increase visibility [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.4]

Action 2.1.3 Develop a plan to strengthen program specific advisory boards and increase

interaction and visibility of the advisory boards [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.5]

Action 2.1.4 Establish an executive departmental advisory board with the three program-

specific advisory board leaders and department leadership [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.5]

Action 2.1.5 Strengthen departmental

seminars and provide travel support for external speakers

Action 2.1.6 Endow the department or

aspects thereof [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.9]

GGPE Lever 2.2. Increase visibility to potential undergraduate students

Action 2.2.1 Secure a new staff position for departmental communication and undergraduate program recruitment [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.5]

Action 2.2.2 Create a comprehensive recruiting plan for the department and each program

to increase, diversify and improve the quality of the undergraduate student population in the department [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.7]

Action 2.2.3 Develop and maintain international exchange programs that will improve

student quality and increase departmental resources [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.7]

GGPE Lever 2.3. Improve faculty reputation

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Action 2.3.1 Allocate resources and remove barriers to increase research funding and

improve scholarly productivity [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3]

Action 2.3.2 Increase number and quality of PhD students [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.6]

Action 2.3.3 Allocate resources to increase internal and external faculty recognitions and

awards [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 2.3] Action 2.3.4 Anchor a Strategic Minerals initiative research area in the department [Aligns

with campus strategic plan lever 2.3] Action 2.3.5 Establish two industry consortia in the department [Aligns with campus

strategic plan lever 2.3] Action 2.3.6 Explore strategic collaborations with Missouri Department of Natural

Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, and other entities [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.3, 3.7]

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Campus Theme 3: Ensure Return on Investment

GGPE lever 3.1. Improve departmental facilities to enhance educational experience Action 3.1.1 Renovate current departmental undergraduate teaching laboratories to

enhance student learning and foster experiential learning [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.6, 3.3]

Action 3.1.2 Create three new transformative undergraduate teaching laboratories [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 4.3]

Action 3.1.3 Expand computer facilities for

undergraduate and non-thesis degree seeking graduate students [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 3.3, 4.3]

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GGPE lever 3.2. Develop and maintain research facilities Action 3.2.1 Increase quality of and access to appropriate office spaces for thesis-seeking

graduate students [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.6, 4.7] Action 3.2.2 Develop a renovation plan for all department space [Aligns with campus

strategic plan lever 2.6] Action 3.2.3 Expand current departmental research space to develop two new

collaborative research labs [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 1.5, 3.3]

GGPE lever 3.3. Increased interaction with alumni Action 3.3.1 Create a sustainable department newsletter [Aligns with campus strategic plan

levers 2.4, 3.7] Action 3.3.2 Engage department alumni in mentoring students by forming an alumni

networking alliance [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.3] Action 3.3.3 Increase number of alumni returning to campus to attend campus,

department and student events [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.3] Action 3.3.4 Improve interactions with program specific alumni board [Aligns with

campus strategic plan lever 3.5]

Action 3.3.5 Create an executive alumni advising committee to the department chair consisting of the three program alumni board leaders [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 3.5]

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Campus Theme 4: Increase Meaningful Interactions

GGPE lever 4.1. Identify and remove non-merit-based barriers to graduation

Action 4.1.1 Improve student readiness for the department by ensuring students meet program specific requirements before entering each program [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.7]

Action 4.1.2 Reduce barriers to graduation by evaluating curriculum requirements, course

prerequisites and course offerings and remove unnecessary redundancies [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.7]

Action 4.1.3 Develop a student success program for the department which will include

advising, tutoring and mentoring [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.6] Action 4.1.4 Increase GTA resources to improve student success [Aligns with campus

strategic plan lever 4.7]

GGPE lever 4.2 Increase meaningful interactions with world renowned faculty

Action 4.2.1 Reduce student to faculty ratio to those of comparable institutions by increasing the number of full time T/TT faculty by 6 [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.2, 4.6, 4.8]

Action 4.2.2 Evaluate curricula to reduce course duplications and create new

interdisciplinary courses [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 3.1, 4.7]

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GGPE lever 4.3. Improve quality of graduate research experience Action 4.3.1 Secure additional departmental graduate student scholarships, fellowships,

and endowments [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.2, 4.7]

Action 4.3.2 Create a recruiting strategy for doctoral students [Aligns with campus strategic plan levers 2.2, 4.5]

Action 4.3.3 Improve departmental graduate admission process [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.6]

GGPE lever 4.4. Create a comprehensive distance and online education strategy

Action 4.4.1 Create a departmental distance and online education coordinator position [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.1]

Action 4.4.2 Solidify relationship with Fort-Lenard Wood and grow the enrollment of M.S. students in the FLW Captains course [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.1]

Action 4.4.3 Create a plan including incentives to develop and grow distance and online

education offerings in petroleum engineering and geology and geophysics [Aligns with campus strategic plan lever 4.7]

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APPENDIX A GGPE CAMPUS GRID

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APPENDIX B GGPE BENCHMARK INSTITUTIONS

Petroleum Engineering Comparator Programs / Departments

No. University Department Name Degrees

1 Colorado School of Mines Petroleum Engineering BS, MS, PhD

2 New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering BS, MS, PhD

3 West Virginia Univ. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (PNGE)

BS, MS, PhD

4 University of Wyoming Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Pet. Eng.: BS, MS, PhD

Chem. Eng.: BS, MS, PhD

5 University of North Dakota Petroleum Engineering BS

Geological Engineering Comparator Programs / Departments

No. University Department Name Degrees

1 Colorado School of Mines Geology and Geological Engineering

Department

GE: BS, MS, PhD No Geology BS

Geology MS, PhD

2 Michigan Technological University Geological and Mining Engineering and

Sciences

GE: BS, MS, PhD Geology: BS, MS, PhD

Geophysics: BS, MS, PhD Mining Eng.: BS, MS, PhD

3 University of Mississippi Geology and Geological Engineering

GE: BS Geology: BS

Eng. Science: MS, PhD with emphasis in GE or Geology

4 Montana Tech Geological Engineering GE: BS, MS

5 South Dakota School of Mines Geology and Geological Engineering GE: BS, MS, PhD

Geology: BS, MS, PhD Paleontology: MS

Geology and Geophysics Comparator Programs / Departments

No. University Department Name Degrees

1 Colorado School of Mines

Geology and Geological Engineering Department GE: BS, MS, PhD Geology MS, PhD

Geophysics Department Geophysical Eng.: BS, MS, PhD

Geophysics: MS, PhD

2 University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Geological Sciences Geological Science: BS, MS, PhD

3 New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Department

(EES)

Earth Science: BS Environmental Science: BS

Geology: MS, PhD Geophysics: MS, PhD

Geochemistry: MS, PhD Hydrology: MS, PhD

4 South Dakota School of Mines Geology and Geological Engineering GE: BS, MS, PhD

Geology: BS, MS, PhD Paleontology: MS

5

Michigan Tech Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

GE: BS, MS, PhD Geology: BS, MS, PhD

Geophysics: BS, MS, PhD Mining Eng.: BS, MS, PhD

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Universities with All Three Programs for Departmental comparison*

University College (or School) and Department(s)

Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics:

Department of Geology and Geophysics: (BS, MS, PhD)

In the College of Engineering and Mines:

Dept. of Mining and Geological Engineering

Dept. of Petroleum Engineering

Colorado School of Mines College of Earth Resource Sciences and Engineering (CERSE)

Department of Economics & Business

Department of Geology & Geological Engineering

GE (BS, MS, PhD); Geology (MS, PhD)

Department of Geophysics

Department of Liberal Arts & International Studies

Department of Mining Engineering

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Missouri S&T College of Engineering and Computing

Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering:

Montana Tech School of Mines and Engineering, which includes

Department of Geological Engineering (BS, MS)

Geology MS (program within GE Department, it appears)

Department of Geophysical Engineering (BS, MS)

Department of Petroleum Engineering (BS, MS)

Department of Mining Engineering (BS, MS)

University of North Dakota College of Engineering and Mines

Department of Geology (BS, MS, PhD) and Geological Engineering (BS, MS)

Department of Petroleum Engineering (BS only)

* Note: In all of these universities (except S&T), Petroleum Engineering is a stand-alone department.

In four (S&T, Mines, Montana Tech, and Univ. of North Dakota), GE is in a department with Geology.

In only one university (S&T), all three reside together: Geology (and Geophysics), GE and Petroleum. Peer Institutions Benchmark Metrics The following metrics will be collected and compared with our peer institutions

Undergraduate student enrollments and student to full-time faculty ratio Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of incoming graduate students records B.S. degrees awarded per T/TT faculty M.S. and Ph.D. degrees awarded per T/TT faculty Research expenditures per T/TT faculty Archival Publications per T/TT faculty