University of Delaware VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 @ University of Delaware VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Andy Novocin, Director

Numbers The Institution Enrollment 17500 Student body 56% non-STEM 32% STEM 12% undecided Diversity 75/25 white/minority 58/42 Male/Female VIP First term students enrolled 75 Number of teams 0 most recent term 3 upcoming term Enrollment 75 Diversity by ethnicity Enrollment survey didn’t ask but promising by major 14 Distinct Majors Represented top 4: ECE,CISC,MATH,MISY by year 1 / 36 / 25 / 13 (FR / SO / JR / SR)

Success(es) First cohort far exceeded our expected enrollment (over 100 interest submissions) Cloud Crypto team is one of the first research math teams Early departmental support in ECE/CISC/ME/Math Unsolicited interest from outside faculty beginning already First courses created and enrolled officially

Key Factors to Success Sneaker power Networking Marketing Clear Vision

Challenges and Possible Strategies CHALLENGE: Teams have less funding than I expected STRATEGY: Bootstrap with inter-team resource sharing; help leads in grant process; early corporate support leads; worst-case patch some supplies for the goal of early success but avoid precedent CHALLENGE: Making sure that the teams are self-sustaining STRATEGY: Follow the best practices we’ve seen in place here at GT; Keep it to 10-15 students per mentor; Tweak the mix each semester

Opportunities There are several VIP-like teams on campus that we would like to bring into the fold We’ve had some early conversations with potential corporate partners The recruitment office is keen to work us into marketing materials The CISC department is considering replacing/augmenting their senior design experience with VIP