Spring 2005

   Agenda

   Action Items

   Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

 

 

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Action Items from AB Meeting, April 29, 2005

 

• Donation of equipment to Automation Laboratory
• Friday, October 21, 2005 – Fall Advisory Board Meeting; notify at least 8 weeks in advance
• Would Economic Development & Finance have any interest in helping finance TV spots that would focus on our facilities (also, footage from manufacturing plants)?
• Need short bios from each advisory board member; also, what is the most important thing you have learned in your career?
• Hard copy of alumni surveys to Board members (members received copies of the surveys during the meeting)
• Mentorship to General Engineering students (IME 455 students to be mentors for 189; + IIE students could also be mentors)
• What does the Advisory Board need to do for the upcoming ABET accreditation in 2006?  (add to Fall meeting itinerary)
• Automation Lab: Can company logos be displayed in the lab?  Get specifics from Provost Schnell on this.
• Brief Provost Schnell on information from the Advisory Board meeting; Andy Gates will email him on Monday, May 2.
• Fees for service restrictions – check on this

 

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Advisory Board Meeting Minutes	Friday, April 29, 2005
	7:30 am – 4:30 pm
	NDSU Alumni Center

 Attendees:

 

Advisors:  Bruce Anderson; Chris Barta; Andy Gates Emmy Vareberg; John Hansmann; Dan Hoefs; Brian Johnson; LTC David Long; Jim Misialek; Kim Nelson; Brian Poppoff; Mark Reed; David Steffan; David Beierle; Reuben Tschritter

 

Faculty and staff:  Elvin Isgrig; Canan Bilen-Green; John Cook; Reza Maleki; Valery Marinov; Darsono Tjokroamidjojo; Jing Shi; Om Yadav; Sandra Andersen; Susan Peterson

 

Students:  Peter Sedgeman; Brian Thompson; James Klein

 

A.      State of the University – Dr. Craig Schnell, Provost

·     Dean Search:  An Interim Dean will be appointed.  The new Dean will have two major

      responsibilities: 1) recruiting students, and 2) ABET accreditation.

      (Dr. Gary Smith, designee for 2 years, effective June 1, 2005.  Civil Engineer, Penn State and Iowa

      State, served as Director of Construction Management Division of Civil for 5 years.)

·     Additional space (A continual item for attention with ongoing study of expanding downtown campus

      and freeing space in Architecture and Ely for possible use by Engineering.)

·     Lab renovations – Proposal for conversion of welding lab in Dolve to new automation lab is under

      consideration.)

·     Raise in tuition (9.9%): This raise will cover salary adjustments, health insurance, operations, and

new faculty positions (5½% average announced at May 5 faculty meeting).

 

Dr. Schnell closed with a thank you and words of encouragement for the Advisory Board members.

 

 

B.  State of the College and Research Productivity – Dr. Otto Helweg

 ·    Research Productivity:  Additional funding comes from NSF, DOD, EPSCoR.  In the year 2002,

      total research dollars for NDSU amounted to $40k;  the goal for 2003 was $60k.   

×·    Faculty Workload: Out of 350 engineering schools in the U.S. with the highest ratio of Bachelor’s

      degrees to faculty, NDSU rates fourth at 5:13.  NDSU has more students per faculty member than any

      other school; 49:1 student to faculty ratio.

·     Teaching Innovations:  Student evaluations

·     Enrollment:  We have no additional space for graduates and have had to turn them away

      because of money and space.  CEA needs to move up its PhD enrollment and support.

·     Salaries:  Faculty study survey where we compared our salaries against peer institutions; average

difference shows Engineering over $4,000 per faculty member per year lower that other NDSU units (see attached graph and note that 5 ½% average pay raise is based upon lower scale thus perpetuating inequity unless catch up compression mechanisms are implemented.).

·     Some Results:  Solar car competition, NASA Moon Buggy competition, SAE Formula

      competition

·     FE Exam:  Highest passing grade in the country (‘SU); three departments including IME had 100%.

·     What has the Advisory Board done for NDSU?

      --direct donations

      --frequent guest speakers that demonstrate leadership and technical trends

      --suggested programs

      --projects for senior design, capstones, and unique class projects

      --practice world inputs to overall direction for curriculum and faculty development

      --encouragement for career choices

      --hires interns and graduates

 

C.  State of the Department – COL Elvin Isgrig

 

·    Faculty, Staff, and Funds: - Elvin Isgrig  IME has 9 faculty members, 1 adjunct professor, and

      1 part-time consultant.  An audit was performed on the finances of the department and issues will be

      addressed through new PeopleSoft software.  IME would like to update the automation lab, offer a

military logistics degree next year, and begin development of a Quality Center and Award program. (attachments were provided).

 

·    Space and Usage – Reza Maleki:  Layouts and alternative space usage were shown (attachments were provided.)

 

·    Students and Scholarships – Brian Johnson:  Seven textbook scholarships of $400 each were

      awarded to Jace Manning and Jared Baldwin (Marvin Windows); J. T. Rhode and Stuart Black

      (Integrity Windows); Gretchen Meiser and Ashley Kringle (Infinity Windows); and Chase Kelner

      (Gates Manufacturing Company).  The College of Engineering & Architecture awarded monetary

      Scholarships to Jace Manning (Gordon Heller Scholarship); Peter Sedgeman (Joseph Stanislao

      Scholarship); and Gretchen Meiser (Frank Biltonen Scholarship).

 

·    Action Item Reports from Fall 2004

     

PC Technology – Peter Sedgeman, President, IIE:  Reported on project done by team with IME 452 course, “Integrated Information Systems.” 89 surveys were handed out, returned and analyzed.

Summer implementation of recommendations is anticipated: IE computer cluster upgrade (cluster & graduate student work areas), terabyte storage, wireless network (significant percent of students have laptops and use wireless where ever available. They recommended against making this mandatory for each student.)  Research, additional ports in lab. 

     

      Enact By-Laws – Andy Gates:  Andy asked if there were any recommended changes to the by-laws

      (copies of By-Laws             were presented to the attendees).  It was suggested that on page two of the

      By-Laws, the words “Vice Chair” in Section I. and Section 2. be changed to read “Chair Elect.” 

      The By-Laws were approved by a quorum of advisory board members.

      Andy set the date of the next Advisory Board meeting for Friday, October 21; members will be

      Notified at least eight weeks in advance.

     

Program Marketing Initiatives – Elvin Isgrig:  A committee has been established for reviewing and guiding marketing of the programs and department.  A video production initiative was discussed through Agriculture Communication.  What at first appeared an opportunity for a quick route to a video turned into a more long-term answer.  The IME home page is in the process of being updated now.  It will soon present more dynamic visions of our academic programs and will showcase Capstone glimpses via power point presentations for the diversity of clients served.

The possibility of links among developments in secondary schools in Cass County will be researched.  Brian Johnson and Reza Maleki commented on the valuable lessons SIM City video games are providing for their children to appreciate the dynamics of industrial and societal functions, economics, and operational outcomes. (I bought a set yesterday for review as we move forward with our home page.)

     

Reza Maleki is a one-person marketing force as Program Chair for MinnDakota Association.  He markets the program, interns, and graduates, and finds client projects.

 

      Recruiting – Reza Maleki:  Not as many high school visits because they are so time-consuming and

      instructors are short on time.  Best source for new students is on-campus recruiting; work closely

      with general engineering students on a daily basis; work closely with the Math and Science

      Departments.  IIE meeting is avenue for bringing in non-majors, as well as being a positive influence

      for students. About 50% of students who came to hear John Hansmann were from other majors.        Other recruiting efforts recently include “Expanding Your Horizons,” TechGyrls         

      Program.”

 

      Fund Raising – Andy Gates:  $1.5 million endowment is the goal; target to specific companies that

      have been identified as givers.  Board members will be approached to make some sort of contribution

      or to pass on request to a representative in their company.  These gifts could be used for specific

      needs such as purchase of machines, scholarships, etc.  Suggested an honored alumni event at the

      advisory board meeting.  It was strongly stated and communicated from President Chapman through

      the Provost that contributions need to go through the Development Foundation.

 

      Curriculum

     

      1.      Undergraduate – John Cook:  Presented copy of new curriculum request to establish a Masters

of  Military Logistics Degree at North Dakota State University.  A student enrollment report was provided to advisory board members.  Dr. Cook also provided a handout on IME curriculum.  Highlights of the comments were a reduction in credits for the IEM program from 135 to 128 credits, and for the MfgE program from 131 to 128 credits.  Elective flexibility and reduction in core engineering science required courses was also discussed.

 

      2.      Graduate – Canan Bilen-Green:   

      Dr. Green has been working to improve the MS and PhD program structure.  Handouts included a

      roster of IME graduate students for 2004-2005, and a roster of students presenting a MS Thesis from

      2003 to present.

 

      Curriculum Development

     

      1.      Automation Laboratory – Jing Shi and Reza Maleki:  Please refer to the “NDSU Technology

Action Plan” that was provided to advisory board members.  The legacy lab built by Ken Ebeling is out-of-date and unsupportable.  A need exists to update and acquire high technology equipment related to industrial and manufacturing automation.  Some of the features desired in the reborn lab would include: CAD/CAM, robotics, RFID/bar-coding, data    capture/DB/ integration, ... Old welders are turned in to surplus.  Welding instruction in the future will be done by the Skills, Training and Technology Center.  One or two welders will be retained on one side of the metal storage laboratory.   Chad Invie, Invie Consulting and Advisory Board member, augmented instruction in IME 482 in the “Automation” course and IME 452 in the “Integrated Information Systems” Course.  He had served on the Advisory Board in the past and is willing to continue as the automation curriculum and laboratory evolve.  He also took faculty to his consulting laboratory in Moorhead to expand upon classroom presentation. 

2.  Management, Human Factors & Ergonometrics  - John Cook,  Jing Shi & Reza Maleki are at the leading edge of discussions to expand the current computer cluster, CIE Room 210, to include the space previously occupied by Ken Ebeling’s lab. 

     

      3.  Composites Manufacturing:  Jing Shi has ongoing assistance and collaboration with Sioux

Manufacturing.  Dakota Molding and Tecton offer guest speaker assistance.  In addition, Sioux Manufacturing hired Jing Shi for a Faculty Intern position with EPSCoR shared dollars this summer. In the longer term, Mark Reed, 3M, offered collaboration for his new program for high efficiency and high effectiveness power distribution lines that involve composites. The Autoclav owned by the IME Department was moved to Dolve and placed in a mechanical laboratory next to the injection molding equipment for joint usage by both departments. 

 

4.  Electronics and  Nanotechnology Manufacturing:  Center for Nanotechnology uses IME faculty and graduate students in this emerging area of  material technology and manufacturing.  Equipment obtained on IME grants was moved to Labs in Research Park where it could contribute with other Nano-Technology research research  efforts.   A small “Injection Molding” machine was moved from the Ebeling lab to support the IME 435 “Injection Molding,” course.   Phoenix International continues collaboration for IME 427, “Electronics Manufacturing.”

 

      · Curriculum Inputs and Sub-Committee Activities

      Advisory Board members broke out in the following subcommittees:

      PC Technology, Automation Lab, Fund Raising-Budget Recommendations, Recruiting, Program

      Marketing, and Curriculum Review

 

      Marketing & Recruiting:  High school students need to be targeted as a different group than junior

      high students.  Possibility discussed of adding the word “Systems” to IME name.

      Software and project management games are good tools (e.g., SimCity, Simul 8).

      On freshman side, mentor programs are good ideas (Capstone students, IIE members). 

 

      Curriculum Review:  Core skills in specialty areas, opportunities in RFID, healthcare, information

      Systems, logistics, service and manufacturing.

 

      Automation Lab:  Getting the lab built – need $120,000; $50,000 coming from Gremada.  Deadline

      set for Fall Advisory Board meeting so we can have equipment donations coming in.

     

·    Demo – TWiki Web System for Projects – Sandra Andersen

      Web site:  http://twiki.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/     

      TWiki is a project development system tool that is freeware.  IME class projects were demonstrated

on the above site at NDSU in Spring semester.  The template for project planning, execution, and learning is exciting to contemplate.  For the spring semester the IME Capstone (7 client projects), IME Integrated Information (3 projects), and Computer Science Capstone (23 projects) used TWiki.  Infinity Program had six projects (Data Collection, Data Base, Production System and Layout, Building and Site, and Integrated Information System).  This backbone of project content was available to students, instructors and clients for in-progress display.  As a PM with very gray hair, I have probably contributed to, and reacted to, every imaginable kind of disconnect among those who who were trying to collaborate for integrated results.  A quick scan on TWiki of the collected inputs, plans, checklists, papers, presentations, and lessons learned is inspiring.  The vehicle catches the teams in honest invention, dialog, lessons learned and recommendations for future projects.  Those conversations reveal massive lessons learned.  I used to try to interest management, industrial psychology, and sociology teachers and researchers  in joining us in capstones, study happenings, collaboration, and going on’s for papers.  I’m going back and read this semester in detail and learn.

 

·    Action Item Review and Adjourn

      aSend out notices for Fall Advisory Board meeting three months in advance (Sue Peterson)

      aWould ED&F, Bismarck, finance tv spots inside our facilities?  Also, footage from  manufacturing  plants?  (Brian Johnson and Elvin Isgrig)

      aAdvisory Board members are invited to submit their bio’s.  In addition, please provide a paragraph of the most significant “compelling convictions” from their careers.  (Advisory     

          Board members, and Elvin Isgrig will collect into document for home page and access to  students).

          [Isgrig example distributed to members via email.]

       aMentorships to General Engineering students (455 program mentors for 189 course,  and IIE members)

      aCompensation and workload from industry standpoint (Brian Johnson)

      aEquipment for donation to Automation Lab (Reza Maleki, advisory board members)

      aWhat does the advisory board need to do for the upcoming ABET accreditation in 2006? This will be an itinerary item on the Fall meeting agenda (advisory board members)

      aIdentify a layout for the automation lab (Reza Maleki, Jeff Bigger)

      aGet specifics from Provost Schnell on using company logos in automation lab

      aBrief Provost Schnell on information from Advisory Board meeting (Andy Gates)

a Review with new Dean, Chair & Provost Reza Maleki’s faculty rank and job description to encourage reconsideration of the proposition of recognizing that leader/facilitator’s duties as comparable to research and publication of articles for career progression. 

      aFees for service restrictions (IP issues)

      aCurriculum support with leading edge knowledge and collaborative projects

     

      The Advisory Board Meeting adjourned at 4:30 pm.  A reception and dinner followed the meeting at

      5:00 pm.