ACTION ITEMS

·         Compile list of alumni who agreed to do interviews with freshman or sophomore students (e.g., University 189, ENGR 111, etc.)

• Email Alumni Survey link to Andy so he can contact alumni personally
• Master’s of Engineering Proposal

              Master’s of Engineering Management (proposed by Brian Johnson)

• Fundraising
• Assistance from AB members on establishing company contacts for purpose of sponsorships for IIE

Conference in 2007

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

Friday, April 28, 2006

7:30 am – 5:00 pm

NDSU Alumni Center

Attendees:

Advisors

Dave Steffen, Sioux Manufacturing Corporation

Brian Johnson, Integrity and Infinity Windows

Dan Hoefs

Jim Misialek, Integrity and Infinity Windows

Colleen Emery, 3M Company

Chris Barta, Integrity Windows and Doors

Deb Walock, Bobcat

Mark Reed, 3M Company

Andy Gates, Gremada Industries

Dave Long, SJE-Rhombus

Mike Kiernan, Case New Holland

Kim Heinle Nelson, Digi-Key Corporation

Emmy Vareberg, Vareberg Engineering

Faculty & Staff

Kambiz Farahmand

Reza Maleki

Om P. Yadav

Jing Shi

John Cook

David L. Wells

Valery Marinov

Canan Bilen-Green

Susan L. Peterson

Ann Aanestad

Students

Laura English, Aki Yanagi, Stu Black, Peter Sedgeman,

John Kline, Brian Gefroh

Minutes

Agenda item:

State of the College of Engineering & Architecture

Presenter:

Dr. Gary Smith

Discussion:

�    What’s New

      Partnership with AIT in India (3 + 1 program); twenty-five students to arrive in Fall 2006

      Transition team will be in place this summer

·         Nancy Rossland, new Assistant to the Dean for Public Relations, College of Engineering & Architecture

E&A Ambassadors – selected by chairs of departments

Initiative – Redesigning the E&A web site

·         Budget

9-9.5% tuition increase in 2006-07 academic year

Faculty/staff will receive a 3% state appropriated raise in salary (July 2006)

·         Enrollments

CEA is down in enrollments according to statistics generated by PeopleSoft (although new software system

does not accurately count number of students)

·         CEA Strategic Plan

Increase endowment funding 50% over 2005 levels

Double amount of spendable income out of endowments

Bump research dollars up to $5M per year; now we are at approximately $2.5M

College revenue sources: Distance Education could generate $150,000 per year

Growth: CEA currently has 2,300 students enrolled; target is 3,000; increase in students will require

new faculty positions.  Current professors 82 FTE, needs to be 125 FTE

CEA wants to offer three certificate programs and one master’s program in continuing education.

Agenda item:

State of the College of Engineering & Architecture cont’d

Presenter:

Dr. Gary Smith, Dean

Discussion:

       Additions to Facilities - $5M capital campaign within current momentum to get proper lab space, student work

       space, offices

Multi-disciplinary research groups – seed money to get started and plan their activities

Senate processes – student activities

SROI – Not happy with present system; how to develop better matrices on instruction

Increase graduating students’ communication skills by 50%

·         Questions from AB members included PeopleSoft issues, long-range planning with increase in student

population, facilities and space, placement numbers of new graduates going out of CEA.

Agenda item:

State of the Department

Presenter:

Dr. Kambiz Farahmand

Discussion:  (See handouts from AB meeting for detailed information)

·          Labs

·          Faculty Search Status

·          Masters of Engineering Proposal

·          Student Organizations

·          Capstone Projects

·          Service Learning Projects

·          Scholarships and Assistantships

Agenda item:

Fundraising

Presenter:

Andy Gates

·          Bob Heller – funds from trust fund will go to IME Department (apx $400,000)

·          Applied Engineering – SolidWorks installed in computer clusters in December 2005

Agenda item:

IIE 2007 Conference

Presenters:

John Kline, Peter Sedgeman, Laura English, Aki Yanagi, Jason Materi, Brian Gefroh

Discussion:

·          Highlights from Nebraska Conference

´           Attendance from 7 states; twenty-one students from NDSU attended

´           Mitch Keller won first place in the technical paper competition

´           Seminars included RFID, sustainability, micromachining, industrial engineering in healthcare, ergonomics

´           Tours included Kawasaki Motors, Lincoln Plating, General Dynamics

�         NDSU Goals and Objectives for 2007 Conference

�           200 attendees

�           Focus on professionalism

�           Host a valuable conference for students

�           Simulation competition

�           Showcase IME Department

�         Conference Details

�           Date of conference: March 1-4, 2007, Radisson Hotel

�           Competitions – Simulation, technical papers

�           Preliminary financial planning

--Expected expenses - $22,810

--Expected revenues -   $7,800

--Funding needed - $15,010

�           Sponsorship Models:  Bronze ($500-999); Silver ($1000-1999); Gold ($2000-2999); Platinum ($3000 +)

�           Tours:  Emphasis on industrial engineering; provide learning atmosphere; tours given by engineer or technical employee

4-6 tours of different facilities in area with 10-15 students per tour

�           Workshops: Activity-based workshops; workplace situations, projects, & implementations; 6-8 workshops

�           Hangups:  Donations, company contacts, fundraising ideas, effective way to facilitate interaction between sponsors and students, how

       Fargo-Moorhead area should be showcased

�           Press plan: Local newspaper, radio stations, NDSU publications, companies who have interviewed IE students in the past

�           Need to focus on company contacts in area, establishing a timeline for fundraising (letters, phone calls)

�         Contacts

www.ndsuiee.org

John.Kline@ndsu.edu

Bryan.Gefroh@ndsu.edu

Agenda item:  ABET Accreditation

Presenter:      Kambiz Farahmand

Discussion:

·          IME Assessment data was presented and written feedback was requested from the advisory board members on the topics

Presented; Data collection procedures used, data analysis, and conclusions.

·          Written feedback from the Assessment presentation will be reviewed and discussed during the department Fall retreat.

·          Advisory board members and faculty divided into three groups to provide detailed comments, recommendations, and corrective actions about assessment results used to evaluate program outcomes.  

This information will be reported in the Self-Study reports submitted to ABET for both programs.