State of the University (#6)

Fall 2008 Incoming Class

John F. Carney IIIDecember 4, 2008

Issues Economic situation Enrollment management Quality measures University advancement Green campus initiatives Recreational facilities Accreditation Administrative services Student affairs Academic affairs S&T in the news and upcoming events

Economic Situation

President Forsee instituted a hiring freeze on November 17

Contingency planning

Nodler/Icet memorandum of 12/1/08

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FY 08 Current Fund Revenue

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State Appropriations

Tuition & Fees

Grants & Contracts

Gifts

Auxiliary Enterprises

Endowment Income

Other

Enrollment Management

Achieve 2011 total enrollment of 6,550

Enrollment Goals

2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2011Undergraduate 3,698 4,313 4,515 4,753 4,912 4,675 4,800Graduate 928 1,289 1,343 1,414 1,459 1,475 1,750

Total Enrollment 4,626 5,602 5,858 6,167 6,371 6,150 6,550

Actual Goal

Fall SemesterHeadcount

Freshmen ClassFall 2008

One of the largest and most talented new student classes in Missouri S&T history

1,056 Freshmen enrolled

286 New transfer students enrolled

34 States representedNew Hampshire to Alaska

10 Foreign countries represented

Avg. ACT: 27.4 (upper 10% in nation)

Avg. HS GPA: 71% have a 3.5 GPA or higher

85 Valedictorians and Salutatorians

Freshmen ClassOpening Week Profile

Fall 2008

Freshmen Demographics

Women (22.5%)

Men (77.5%)

Age: 18 years or less (98%)

79% Missouri

20% out-of-state

1% international

9.1% minority students

34% first-generation college students

Enrollment Summary Since 2004, admission applications have

increased by 22% and freshman deposits have increased by 28%Currently up 23% for Fall 09

Fall 2008 Freshmen class is 45% larger than the Freshman class of 2000Managed growth by adding additional

• class sections• student support programs• constructing new suite-style residence halls

New Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty2008 hires

36 new hires12 female

• 4 in engineering fields• 4 in science fields• 2 in humanities and arts fields• 2 in business

3 new department chairs2 female

• Interdisciplinary Engineering• Psychological Science

Student/Faculty Statistics

In 1998 we had 4,987 students and 290 tenured/tenure track and 213 non-tenure track faculty members

In 2008 we have 6,371 students and 293 tenured/tenure track and 212 non-tenure track faculty members

Quality

Measures

U.S. News: High School Guidance Counselors’ Rankings

800 guidance counselors from the top high schools in the US ranked national universities based on their knowledge of the institution’s academic record, curriculum, faculty, programs, and graduates.   

National UniversitiesMissouri S&T is tied for 45th in the nationMissouri S&T is ranked 2nd in Missouri

Public UniversitiesMissouri S&T is ranked 12th in the nationMissouri S&T is ranked 1st in Missouri

U.S. News: High School Guidance Counselors’ Rankings

Missouri S&T Affordability Current Undergraduate Students

Average parent income: $ 75,607

Family incomes below $50,000: >30%

Graduation StatisticsApproximate indebtedness: $ 21,000

Average 2008 starting salary: $ 57,100

University Advancement

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Advancing ExcellenceCapital Campaign Progress

As of November 30, 2008

Advancing Excellence

26 gifts of $1M+

31% of our alumni are donors to this campaign (34% of all undergraduate alumni)

60% of our alumni have contributed to S&T during their lifetime. (65% of all undergraduate alumni)

Advancing ExcellenceJuly 1, 2003 - Present

Endowed 100+ scholarships

Funded the construction/renovationHavener Student CenterToomey Hall: Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringStudent Recreation Center

Increased S&T endowment by 52% to $99.2M

Advancing ExcellenceEndowed Chairs and Professorships

Five new positions and three upgrades F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technologies (Nucor) Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair in Biochemistry Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair in Computer Science Michael & Barbara Hurst/McCarthy Building Companies

Professorship in Construction John & Susan Mathes Missouri Chair in Environmental

Engineering Robert V. Wolf Chair in Metallurgical Engineering Vernon & Maralee Jones Missouri Chair in Civil Engineering

Proud Miner Campaign

48% of S&T faculty, staff, and retirees have contributed to the campaign and have contributed in excess of $3.5M campaign-to-date.

Miner Recreation Building

Student Design Center PlansProposed Renovations

Green Campus Initiatives

E3 = CEnergy, the Environment,

and Education

equals Civilization

2008 Hydrogen Road Tour

EcoCAR NeXt Challenge

In May 2008, Missouri S&T was among 17 college teams selected for the 3-year EcoCAR competition

In November, Missouri S&T was selected as one of only two teams in North America to receive a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain

Team has more than 130 members, including more than 20 graduate students covering 15 majors

Wind TurbineMissouri State Highway Patrol, Troop I

Funding: Missouri Office of Administration

Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction

Green Campus Activities New Institute for Environmental Excellence

(IEE) Director hired July 2008 - Angie Rolufs Attract outside support and target collaborative

environmental sustainability research and education opportunities

Guide collaborative efforts to advance Missouri S&T as a leader in campus sustainability

Green Campus Coordinator hired September 2008 - Julie Wilson Lead on-campus environmental activities and coordinate

events and projects that will involve the entire campus and community

American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment

Environmental Management2008 Target Objectives

Reduce electrical usage by 4% Efficient lighting improvements Monitoring usage per square foot – currently using 14.67 kw hours

Reduce paper usage by 40% Working with student groups to implement new policies

Reduce solid waste by 10% Student groups are adopting buildings and managing the recycling

bins, especially plastic bottles

Recreational Facilities

Student Recreation Facilities Referendum

With a 63% majority, the student body approved a new $30 per student per semester capital fee to fund additional renovations of the student recreational facilities, including the student recreation center, intramural fields, and tennis courts

Faculty and staff who use the new fitness facility will also be assessed a fee of $30 per semester

General Fitness Complex

Accreditation

ABET Accreditation Visit On campus October 18-21, 2008

16 engineering programs evaluatedAerospace EngineeringArchitectural EngineeringCeramic EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringEngineering Management

Environmental EngineeringGeological EngineeringInterdisciplinary EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMetallurgical EngineeringMining EngineeringNuclear EngineeringPetroleum Engineering

Engineering laboratories and equipment

Faculty size

Higher Learning Commission of the

North Central Association of

Colleges and Schools

Self Study Steering Committee

Jerry Bayless Harvest L. Collier Caroline Fisher Ralph E. Flori Jr. Amy M. Gillman Jay W. Goff Larry Dale Gragg Edna Grover-Bisker

Thulasi Kumar Wayne Huebner Roberta Morgan Jim Murphy Jia Ren Laura Stoll Henry Allen Wiebe Summer Young

NCA Accreditation Visit Missouri S&T 2008 Institutional Self Study Report is

now available on-line at http://accreditation.mst.edu.

An Open Forum  will be held for students on January 28, 2009 from 12-1 PM in 125 Bulter-Carlton Building. 

An Open Forum will be held for faculty and staff on January 30, 2009 from 12-1 PM in the Havener Center.

The NCA Accreditation site visit will take place February 23-25, 2009.

Administrative

Services

Administrative Services

Physical FacilitiesCampus groundsNew buildings

University PoliceProgress toward accreditation by the

International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex

Dedication: April 17, 2009

Student

Affairs

Career Opportunities Center

301 employers at fall Career Fair Largest participation in history of University1 employer for every 20 students

Probably the largest career fair in the country

  Midwestern CollegesStarting Median

Salary

1 Missouri University of Science and Technology $57,100

2 University of Notre Dame $56,300

3 Case Western Reserve University $56,200

4 Illinois Institute of Technology $56,000

5 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology $55,800

6 University Of Chicago $53,400

7 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign $52,900

8 Northwestern University $52,700

9 University of Michigan $52,700

10 Purdue University $51,400

11 University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison $48,900

12 Marquette University $48,500

13 Carleton College $47,500

14 University of Illinois at Chicago $47,500

15 Bradley University $47,000

Athletics Miners football won the Great Lakes

Football Conference championship and the Miners had 13 selections to the all-conference team

In November the S&T swim team beat Drury University, the defending national champions.

Academic Affairs

Planning

Strategic Plan FY 2008 - FY2012 available on the web

Tactical Plan 2009 Tactical Plan 2008 Tactical Plan Accomplishments

http://chancellor.mst.edu/stratplan/

Sponsored Programs ActivitiesFY09 activities through the end of November

and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:

Proposals awarded in total dollars: $25.5M (up 22.4%)

Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 177 (up 12%)

Proposals submitted in total dollars: $69.1M (down 2.8%)

Number of proposals submitted: 242 (up 6.6%)

Research expenditures: $16.1M (down 6.2%)

F&A recovered: $2.9M (up 25.2%)

Success Stories: Research Missouri S&T is one of five U.S. universities in the

NSF’s Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems (PI: Dr. Mariesa Crow)

"Neuroscience and Neural Networks for Engineering the Future Intelligence Electric Power Grid" is one of four projects awarded by NSF under the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Cognitive Optimization and Prediction: From Neural Systems to Neurotechnology Program (PI: G K Venayagamoorthy)

Technology Inventor (s) Patent#

Glass and Glass-Ceramic Sealant Compositions Brow, Reis, Benson 7,399,720

Integral Channels in Metal Components and fabrication thereof

Mishra 7,354,657

Domino Logic Testing Systems and Methods Al-Assadi, Chandrasekhar 7,332,938

Enantiospecific Catalysts prepared by Chiral Deposition Switzer, Bohannan, Kothari, Nakanishi

7,361,261

Additive Assisted Cerium based Corrosion Resistant e-coating

Stoffer, O’Keefe, Morris, Lin, Hayes, Yu

7,241,371

Non-Destructive Testing of Physical Characteristics of Composite Structures

Zoughi, Kharkovsky, Stephen

7,439,749

Design and Fabrication of High Sensitivity continuous Sensors with Cables

Chen, Pommerenke, Drewniak, Mu

7,421,910

Electromagnetic Emissions stimulation and detection systems

Beetner, Sequin, Hubing TBA

Method of Metallurgically bonding articles and article thereof Tsai 7,268,319

Method and Apparatus for improving cooling resistance welding cap

Tsai 7,265,313

Medium for Chromatographic Separations Stoffer, Schuman 7,250,388

Patents2008 Calendar Year

Success Stories: Patents(national average review time for all patents is 41.5 months)

Beetner, Sequin and Hubing, “Electromagnetic Emissions Simulations and Detection Systems” (allowed in 13 months)

Zoughi, Kharkovsky and Stephen, “Non-Destructive Testing of Physical Characteristics of Composite Structures” (US Patent 7,439,749 issued in 24 months)

Al-Assadi and Chandrasekhar, “Domino Logic Testing Systems and Methods” (US Patent 7,332,938 issued in 20 months)

System Wide TTO performanceInvention Disclosures

System Wide TTO performancePatents Filed

Global Learning Enrollment has increased from 304 in Fall

2003 to 603 in Fall 2008

11 graduate degrees are available via the Web

We have 33 distance graduate certificate programs in 12 different disciplines

International Activities

Signed 5-year contract with Gulf University of Science and Technology in Kuwait

Expect to sign new contract with Mazoon College in Oman

Completed transfer agreement with University of Botswana – 20 students per year to complete junior and senior year in mining engineering

S&T in the News

and

Upcoming Events

S&T in the News Sandra Magnus

(Phys’86, MS EE’90) arrived at the International Space Station in November for a 4-month stay

While on the ISS, she is posting updates on Missouri S&T’s “spacebook” website, http://spacebook.mst.edu

S&T in the News “The Detonators” is a new Discovery Channel

program featuring Missouri S&T explosive expert Dr. Paul Worsey and S&T graduate Dr. Braden Lusk of the University of Kentucky

The 13-week series begins in January

Each hour-long program will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the science of explosives engineering

CommencementDecember 20

Anticipate just under 600 candidates 375 bachelors 200 masters 20 Ph.D.

Dr. Joan B. Woodard will be speaker and honorary degree recipient Executive Vice President and Deputy Laboratories Director

for the Nuclear Deterrent at Sandia National Laboratories. B.S. and a professional degree in applied mathematics

from Missouri S&T in 1973 and 1999, respectively Member of S&T Board of Trustees, Campaign Organizing

Committee, and Engineering Advisory Board

Board of Curators’ Meeting/

Board of Trustees’ Meeting

will be held on Missouri S&T

campus on April 2-3, 2009