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Date:           Friday 21 August 2009

Time:            8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Location:     Ramada Plaza Suites Hotel

42^nd Street South, Mozart Room I (Board Room) West Fargo

 

8:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30	IME SWOT Analysis
9:30 - 10:00	Department Mission & Objectives Department Strategic Plan
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:00	Department Strategic Plan
11:00 - 12:00	Extension Engineering – David Lehman Company Projects
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Research
2:30 - 3:00	Assessment Budget-Sue Peterson

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

 

 

 

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.