New Advisory Board Member Orientation October 13, 2005 Lance Schachterle Associate Provost
WPI – 1865 Third Oldest U. S. Technological University (“Polytechnic institute”)
“Two Towers” Tradition Boynton Hall – Academic Washburn Shops – Practical 73% of graduates in August poll indicated “Two Towers” is WPI’s distinctive tradition
WPI’s Motto “Lehr und Kunst” Theory and Practice Learning and Art
Who We Are Now A university with a core focus on science, engineering, and the management of technology that grants bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in 30+ disciplines.
Accreditation NEASC § AACSB § ABET/CAC/EAC §
Undergraduate Program Overview Kristin Tichenor Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management October 13, 2005
The WPI Plan – key points § Flexible Curriculum § Four Term Academic Calendar § Non-Punitive Grading Policy § Project-Enriched Academic Plan
Humanities and Arts Project § In-depth study OUTSIDE your major § 5 thematically-related courses – American Studies, Art History/Architecture, English, Foreign Languages, Global Studies, International Studies, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Theater, and Writing § Independent project (= 1 Class) – Performance, portfolio, musical composition, final paper, – study abroad
Interactive and Major Projects § Typically team projects § Each equivalent to 3 classes of academic credit § Most are sponsored by outside companies, non-profits, government agencies § Completed in one term, or part-time over 3 terms § Can be done on or OFF-campus…
Interactive Project § § § Interdisciplinary team project Looks at the impact of science and technology on society 13 different themes to choose from including: Historic Preservation, Economic Development, Health Care and Technology, Energy and Resources, Social and Human Services, Education
Major Project § § § Substantial research project in major field of study Typically a team project Students have received patents, published articles, and presented at conferences
Undergraduate Student Profile § 2, 825 undergraduates § 42 states and 70 countries § 25% female § 6% underrepresented minorities § 6% international
Meet the Class of 2009! • 735 incoming first year students • 166 women; 569 men • 49 domestic students of color • 51 international students
States Represented
Countries Represented § § § § Bangladesh Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China Costa Rica Cyprus Germany India Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan § § § § Korea Malaysia Malta Mexico Morocco Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Panama Romania Saudi Arabia Switzerland Taiwan
Intended Majors
Engineering Enrollments (Fall ‘ 05) BE CEE CM ECE FPE ME
Science Enrollments (Fall ‘ 05) BB 10/02 CBC CS MA PH
Other Enrollments (Fall ‘ 05) SSPS HU&A IMGD I/D MG EN
Undergraduate Enrollment by Category
Size of First Year Class
Average SAT Scores
Class Rank by Decile
Students of Color by Ethnicity
Declines Enrolled at Other College Rensselaer Grand Total Enrolled at Other College 146 Grand Total Cornell University 24 Boston University 70 UNH 23 Northeastern University 64 Georgia Tech 22 RIT 50 University of Maine 19 Univ Mass Amherst* 48 Clarkson University 18 Carnegie Mellon 38 Case Western Reserve 18 UCONN 31 Bentley College 15 MIT 30 Johns Hopkins 12 Tufts University 25 Indiana Purdue University 12 Lehigh University 25 Univ Maryland College Park 11
Discount Rate
New Advisory Board Member Orientation October 13, 2005 Carol Simpson, Ph. D. Provost & Senior Vice President
Some WPI Research Highlights § § § Graduate Programs Sponsored Funding Activity Research Center Activity Faculty “stars” New faculty hires New Facilities
Graduate Degrees Awarded - FY 05 n M. S. , M. B. A. , M. Eng. , MME) 252 Ph. D. n 22 TOTAL 274
Graduate Degrees Awarded - FY 05 n M. S. , M. B. A. , M. Eng. , MME) 252 Ph. D. n 22 TOTAL 274 Graduate Enrollment Fall 00 Full Time Total Fall 01 Fall 02 Fall 03 Fall 04 431 470 360 423 431 1, 057 1, 064 1, 035 1, 003 949
Graduate Enrollment 2005 Current Enrollment 1, 018 students 245 new students: 42 Ph. D. ; 130 full-time MS (43 BS/MS); 73 part-time MS 580 continuing students: 156 Ph. D. ; 154 full-time MS; 270 part-time MS 181 non-matriculated, PT students: 116 new, 65 continuing 12 graduate certificate students Females (26%); International (25%); Underrepresented minorities (9%)
Graduate Student Breakdown *includes SSPS, IDs, ENs, and Undeclared
Emphasis Areas § Interdisciplinary Collaboration § Centers of Excellence § Technology Transfer § Start-up Companies
Extramural Support for Academic Sponsored Programs (000’s Omitted) FY 05 Sponsored Programs: - Research Center Memberships $ 1, 016 - Project Center Fees - IQPs 344 - Project Center Fees - MQPs 127 - Research/Education (ORA) 11, 489 - Research/Education (Advancement) Gifts: - Corporate In-Kind Support Total 1, 557 656 $15, 189 ORA is the Office of Research Administration – Includes Federal agencies, industry contracts, some foundations. Advancement Office – Includes Foundation grants and corporate support for education and research.
Sponsored Program Activity - Awards Received
$(Millions) Sponsored Program Activity - Awards Received Fiscal Year
NSF CAREER Awards - last 3 years § § § Donald Brown, “Cooperative Communication Systems: Resource Allocation, Self-Organization, and Synchronization, ” 2005 Neil Heffernan, “Learning about Learning, ” 2005 Jennifer Wilcox, “On the Prevention of Selenium & Arsenic Release into the Atmosphere, ” 2005
NSF CAREER Awards - last 3 years § § § § Donald Brown, “Cooperative Communication Systems: Resource Allocation, Self-Organization, and Synchronization, ” 2005 Neil Heffernan, “Learning about Learning, ” 2005 Jennifer Wilcox, “On the Prevention of Selenium & Arsenic Release into the Atmosphere, ” 2005 Terri Anne Camesano, “Molecular-Scale Interactions Between Microbes and Surfaces in the Environment, ” 2003 Nikolaos Kazantzis, “Robust Digital Model-Based Fault Detection and Isolation for Nonlinear Processes, ” 2002 Kathryn Fisler, “A Computational Infrastructure for Timing Diagrams in Computer-Aided Verification, ” 2002 Berk Sunar, “New Directions for Cryptographic Hardware, ” 2002
NSF CAREER Awards - last 3 years § § § § Donald Brown, “Cooperative Communication Systems: Resource Allocation, Self-Organization, and Synchronization, ” 2005 Neil Heffernan, “Learning about Learning, ” 2005 Jennifer Wilcox, “On the Prevention of Selenium & Arsenic Release into the Atmosphere, ” 2005 Terri Anne Camesano, “Molecular-Scale Interactions Between Microbes and Surfaces in the Environment, ” 2003 Nikolaos Kazantzis, “Robust Digital Model-Based Fault Detection and Isolation for Nonlinear Processes, ” 2002 Kathryn Fisler, “A Computational Infrastructure for Timing Diagrams in Computer-Aided Verification, ” 2002 Berk Sunar, “New Directions for Cryptographic Hardware, ” 2002 WPI now has 19 NSF CAREER awardees
Some Notable Faculty Achievements in 2005 Ø$2 M FY 2004+2005 to date: Diran Apelian (Metals Processing Institute; ME)
Some Notable Faculty Achievements in 2005 Ø$2 M FY 2004+2005 to date: Diran Apelian (Metals Processing Institute; ME) CUTH (ECE+BME faculty group) Bill Michalson Yitzhak Mendelson Pedersen John Orr (Digital Signal Processing, ECE)
Some Notable Faculty Achievements in 2005 Ø$1 M FY 2004+2005 to date: Yi- (Ed) Hua Ma (Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies, Chemical Engineering) Ryszard (Rich) Pryputniewicz (Mechanical Engineering) Other Honors Include: Gretar Tryggvason The 2005 Computational Mechanics Award of the JSME Steven C. Bullock NEH Research Fellowship “David A. Lucht Lamp of Knowledge Award” by SFPE for significant contributions to the advancement of higher education Erwin Danneels The Thomas P. Husted award for the best paper published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management Bogdan Vernescu Member of Honor of the Romanian Academy Institute of Mathematics
Tenure-Track Faculty Hiring Academic Year New Hires Minorities Females 96/97 16 3 5 97/98 11 4 3 98/99 14 7 3 99/00 14 3 5 00/01 14 0 4 01/02 5 1 1 02/03 18 4 2 03/04 7 2 3 04/05 12 2 5 05/06 5 0 2
Tenure-Track Faculty Hiring Academic Year New Hires Minorities Females 96/97 16 3 5 97/98 11 4 3 98/99 14 7 3 99/00 14 3 5 00/01 14 0 4 01/02 5 1 1 02/03 18 4 2 03/04 7 2 3 04/05 12 2 5 05/06 5 0 2 11 searches authorized for new faculty hires in 06/07
New Faculty Hires - 2005 Robert W. Lindeman - Computer Science – Human Computer Interaction, with IMGD
New Faculty Hires - 2005 Robert W. Lindeman - Computer Science – Human Computer Interaction, with IMGD Mattias Nilsson – Management – Corporate Finance
New Faculty Hires - 2005 Robert W. Lindeman - Computer Science – Human Computer Interaction, with IMGD Mattias Nilsson – Management – Corporate Finance Reeta Prusty – Biology and Biotechnology – Genomics Research
New Faculty Hires - 2005 Robert W. Lindeman - Computer Science – Human Computer Interaction, with IMGD Mattias Nilsson – Management – Corporate Finance Reeta Prusty – Biology and Biotechnology – Genomics Research Joshua Rosenstock – Humanities and Arts – Artist, with Interactive Media and Game Development
New Faculty Hires - 2005 Robert W. Lindeman - Computer Science – Human Computer Interaction, with IMGD Mattias Nilsson – Management – Corporate Finance Reeta Prusty – Biology and Biotechnology – Genomics Research Joshua Rosenstock – Humanities and Arts – Artist, with Interactive Media and Game Development Susan Zhou – Chemical Engineering – Science of Miniaturization
New Academic Initiatives in 05 § Proposal for a Bachelor of Arts degree
New Academic Initiatives in 05 § Proposal for a Bachelor of Arts degree § New Master of Science Degrees in: – Systems Engineering – Information Technology – Operations Design and Leadership
New Academic Initiatives in 05 § Proposal for a Bachelor of Arts degree § New Master of Science Degrees in: – Systems Engineering – Information Technology – Operations Design and Leadership § New Bachelor of Science Degrees in: – – Aerospace Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Interactive Media & Game Development System Dynamics
New Academic Initiatives (Cont. ) § § § Faculty Commissions on Curriculum Development Insight advising and Project-based Learning Community in the first year Massachusetts Mathematics and Science Partnership
New Academic Initiatives (Cont. ) § § § Faculty Commissions on Curriculum Development Insight advising and Project-based Learning Community in the first year Massachusetts Mathematics and Science Partnership Certificate in College Teaching being offered for graduate students and adjuncts Teacher Licensing for undergraduates in mathematics and the sciences
New Academic Initiatives (Cont. ) § § § Faculty Commissions on Curriculum Development Insight advising and Project-based Learning Community in the first year Massachusetts Mathematics and Science Partnership Certificate in College Teaching being offered for graduate students and adjuncts Teacher Licensing for undergraduates in mathematics and the sciences Fire Protection Engineering now a full academic department
Physical Facilities Construction completed in 04/05 Reconstruction of the freshmen chemistry laboratories into modern, completely equipped facilities with • • With funding support from the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, and WPI Trustee John La. Mattina
Physical Facilities Construction completed in 04/05 Reconstruction of the freshmen chemistry laboratories into modern, completely equipped facilities • • With funding support from the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, and WPI Trustee John La. Mattina • Renovation of 5 major lecture halls to state-of-the-art facilities • Upgrade to the residential network
Physical Facilities Little Theatre renovations
Physical Facilities (Cont. ) Construction in progress • Bartlett Center - 16, 500 sq. ft. admissions & financial aid center • new $40 M+ Life Sciences and Engineering building • • 3 blocks from the main campus due for occupancy in early 2007
New Life Sciences Research Building at Gateway Park Research faculty from: Biology & Biotechnology Bio-Engineering Institute (BEI) Biomedical Engineering Chemistry & Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering
New Life Sciences Research Building at Gateway Park Construction underway - scheduled move-in Jan ‘ 07
Priorities for the Next 5 Years • Increasing Sponsored Research • Enhancing Academic Reputation • New and Expanded Sports and Recreation Facility • Renovations to Goddard and Salisbury Halls • Admissions/Recruiting - Undergraduate and Graduate • Improving Diversity, Especially in Students and Faculty in Sciences and Engineering
WPI’s Global Project Program Paul Davis Dean, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Advisory Boards
Overview § Global – 500 students per year at 22 project centers – 13 countries – 6 foreign exchange programs § Projects – Student consulting teams solve real problems – Exemplify theory and practice § Program – Projects are required of all undergraduates – In humanities or arts; society-technology; major discipline
History (Mc. Donald’s style) 3, 000, 000 students 1, 000, 000 projects
History Beginning in Washington 30 years ago, 5, 800 WPI students have completed 1, 800 off-campus projects
Impact
Project centers and programs § § § § § Hong Kong, PRC Bangkok, Thailand Melbourne, Australia NASA Johnson Limerick, Ireland London, UK San Jose, Costa Rica Venice, Italy Gallo Winery, CA Budapest, Hungary § § § Washington, DC Wall St. , New York Worcester, MA Silicon Valley Nancy, France Boston, MA Gillette Boston, MA Copenhagen, Denmark San Juan, Puerto Rico Windhoek, Namibia Lincoln Laboratory
Project centers and programs
Recognition WPI: One of Ten Institutions Honored for Exemplary Internationalization, 2002 -2003 Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence, 2003 for “The WPI Global Perspective Program”
Recognition Association of American Colleges and Universities recognized WPI as one of its sixteen Leadership Institutions, for “its vision and program as an exemplary way of infusing liberal and global studies into pre-professional education. ” 17 th in nation “most students studying abroad” • Among the highest percentage of graduates with international experience among all majors at U. S. doctoral universities
Real problems solved on site § § § Public response to air quality information (Environmental Protection Agency, Australia) Intelligent software for master-worker multiple satellite deployment (NASA, USA) Commercial full-duplex speaker-phone feasibility (Analog Devices, Ireland) Mode hop suppression in tunable lasers (New Focus, Inc, USA) Analysis of Customer Relations Management for a brokerage operation (Morgan Stanley, USA)
Impact on Thai village of power plant
What clogs the canals of Venice?
Outcomes of global projects § Students – Experience global society and culture – Integrate theory and practice § Sponsors – Problems solved – Potential employees § University – Educational vision and leadership – Global partnerships
Outcome “If I went to another school I would find out what I was going to be, what occupation. At WPI, I am really defining who I am. ” Anna Matzal, ‘ 99 London Humanities Project Venice Technology-Society Project
WPI Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division
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