Agenda
Date: Friday 21 August 2009
Time: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Ramada Plaza Suites Hotel
42nd Street South, Mozart Room I (Board Room) West Fargo
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8:00 |
Breakfast |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
IME SWOT Analysis |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Department Mission & Objectives Department Strategic Plan |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
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10:15 - 11:00 |
Department Strategic Plan |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Extension Engineering - David Lehman Company Projects |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 2:00 |
Research |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Assessment Budget-Sue Peterson
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Meeting Minutes
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty Retreat Meeting Minutes
Date: Friday, August 24, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Ramada Plaza and Suites, Sonata Room I
Present: Farahmand, Maleki, Shi, Marinov, Myrick, Choate, Lehman, Zhang, Yadav, Bilen-Green, Cook, Wells, Allmaras, Peterson
1. Faculty Overview
Faculty and staff presented information on summer projects, conferences, trips, papers published, etc.
2. IME SWOT Analysis
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3. IME Strategic Plan - Read and provide comments at next meeting
4. Extension Manufacturing Specialist - David Lehman
· Background
· Ag & Biosystems Engineering degree; MBA
· Work history: Bobcat, manufacturing engineering, management
· Manufacturing Extension Role
· Point of contact and assessment role
· Front door to NDSU's research and technology
· Access to expertise within NDSU colleges
· Research and Technology Park
· Limit of Scope
· Southwestern North Dakota (Bismarck & west)
· By 2010 may become statewide
· Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering education
· Liaison role - product development, process development, manufacturing process modification
· One-on-One
· Fees
There are no fees for POC and assessment services
· Factory Visits
· Kildeer Mountain Manufacturing
· TMI
· Baker Boy
· Dakota Church Furniture
· Solar Bee
· Custom Data
· Hebron Brick
· Steffes
· Amber Waves
· Fisher Industries
· Industry Resource Visits
· Engineering departments
· Research Park
· IBID
· Southwest ND Manufacturers' Roundtable
· IDEA
· Applied Engineering
· TDMEP
· Strom Center
· SBDC
· Economic Development Network
· Chamber of Commerce
· Stark Development Corporation
· Southwest ND economic development professionals
· Center for Community Vitality
· Projects - handout of project list was provided
· Personal Networking - Dickinson Rotary
5. Formative Course Assessment for 2009-2012
See yellow handouts
The meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.