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College of Engineering, Forestry & Natural Sciences College Meeting August 20,

Agenda Special Guests Introductions of new members of CEFNS T/TT Faculty Searches CEFNS Updates o Informatics & Computing, Possible faculty salary incentive program, Performance Funding, New Research Center, Keck Award, Carnegie Classification, New Building 3

Special guests... President Rita Cheng Provost Laura Huenneke 4

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Introductions of new members of CEFNS Biological Sciences Lara Dickson, Lab Manager Michelle Mack, Professor Edward “Ted” Schuur, Professor Aaron Smith, Assistant Professor Lori Wilson, Assistant Clinical Professor 5

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Chemistry & Biochemistry Clara Adams, Lecturer Rebecca Carpenter, Instructor Gerrick Lindberg, Assistant Professor Steven Mercer, Instructor Joseph Ramos, Lecturer 6

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Civil Engineering, Construction Management & Environmental Engineering Jeff Heiderscheidt, Lecturer Fethiye “Faith” Ozis, Instructor Gerjen “Gary” Slim, Instructor Dianne McDonnell, Assistant Professor of Practice 7

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability Kerry Grimm-Greenblatt, Lecturer Taylor Joyal, Instructor Nick McKay, Assistant Professor Jean Palumbo, Editor Michael Smith, Assistant Professor 8

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Ecosystem Science and Society Michaela Hayer, Research Specialist, Sr. Rebecca Mau, Research Specialist, Sr. Jingran Sun, Research/Laboratory Aide 9

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Elmer Grubbs, Instructor 10

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Forestry David Auty, Assistant Professor Lluvia Flores-Renteria, Research Associate Christopher Updike, Research Specialist, Sr. 11

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Informatics & Computing Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov, Assistant Professor Temuulen “Teki” Sankey, Assistant Professor 12

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Landscape Conservation Initiative Kristen Potter, Coordinator 13

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Mathematics & Statistics Patricia Barton, Administrative Assistant Christina Kestler, Instructor Benjamin Lantz, Instructor Sudipta Mallik, Instructor Bhupendra Paudyal, Instructor Salvadore Vera, Lecturer 14

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Mechanical Engineering Sagnik Mazumdar, Instructor Sarah Oman, Lecturer 15

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Microbial Genetics and Genomics Erik Settles, Research Associate 16

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Physics & Astronomy John Gibbs, Assistant Professor James Rall, Instructor 17

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Science Teaching & Learning Kristi Fredrickson, Professional Development Associate Danielle Ross, Assistant Professor Brooke Whitworth, Assistant Professor 18

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Sustainable Energy Solutions & Bioengineering Innovation Megan Coe, Administrative Associate 19

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Tribal Environmental Professionals Andy Bessler, Project Director Darlene Santosdiaz, Admin. Associate 20

CEFNS Meeting Fall 2014 Dean’s Office Michael Franchi, Accountant Marisol Holder, Academic Advisor Diana Sundermeyer, Program Coordinator, Multicultural Engineering Program 21

Senior Faculty Hires Update Michelle Mack, Professor Department of Biology University of Florida Ted Schuur, Professor Department of Biology University of Florida 22

Senior Faculty Hires Update Michelle Mack, Professor ECOSS & Bio. Sciences Northern Arizona University Ted Schuur, Professor ECOSS & Bio. Sciences Northern Arizona University 23

TT/T Faculty Searches AY 14/15 24

TT/T Faculty Searches AY 14/15 Biological Sciences - Assistant Professor – physiology CECMEE - Assistant Professor – transportation Chem & Biochem - Assistant Professor – analytical chemistry 25

TT/T Faculty Searches AY 14/15 EE/CS –Assistant Professor – electrical engineering –Assistant Professor – electrical engineering (loss of faculty due to Informatics) –Mid-Career – computer science (loss of faculty due to Informatics) Math & Statistics - Assistant Professor – statistics (biostatics/big data) 26

TT/T Faculty Searches AY 14/15 SESES - Assistant Professor – water and food/sustainability cluster (0.51FTE SBS and 0.49FTE SESES) 27

CEFNS Updates Informatics & Computing Program Faculty Salary Incentive Program (maybe) Performance Funding Research Center and W.M. Keck Carnegie High Research Classification Health & Science Building 28

ICP Update 29

ICP Update Informatics & Computing Program (ICP) –(NAU program; reports to the Dean of CEFNS; research intensive faculty) Leadership –Paul Flikkema, Director (EE/CS) –John Georgas, Associate Director (EE/CS) 30

ICP Update Faculty –Slava Fofanov, TT Assistant Professor, Biostatistics –Teki Sankey, TT Assistant Professor, Geoinformatics (50:50) –External Search, TT Assistant Professor, Area Open (50:50) Location –Applied Research & Development Building 31

Possible Faculty Salary Incentive Program 32

Possible Faculty Salary Incentive Program Eligible Faculty At least two years of external grants with ability and capacity to pay salary plus ERE (not TRIF) Arrangement Grants pay a set percentage of reference salary and associated ERE Percentage in the range 15% to 50% (fixed) 33

Possible Faculty Salary Incentive Program Grace Period Possible grace period between grants but salary arrangement will not be modified; NAU will not pay the missing salary or allow you to temporarily return to “standard” salary model Arrangement Terminated If arrangement is terminated for whatever reason then that faulty member is precluded from further participation 34

Possible Faculty Salary Incentive Program Example Assume o $100,000 AY salary with 35% ERE (reference salary) o 30% Of reference salary paid by grants (salary increase) Grants pay 30% of reference salary plus associated ERE o NAU pays $100,000 for 0.769FTE plus associated ERE o Grants pay for 0.231FTE plus associated ERE; 30% of reference salary = $30,000  35% ERE on $30,000 = $10,500  Total paid by grants = $40,500 35

Possible Faculty Salary Incentive Program Example (cont’d.) Faculty AY salary = $130,000 (base AY salary reference point still $100K; raises will change reference AY salary; grants must accommodate any and all raises) Only discussion stage at this time! 36

Performance Funding Important for CEFNS Degrees granted Courses completed Research expenditures 37

Numbers of Graduates 38

More graduates... The quality of the education we provide is important to all of us. We must remain dedicated to our students and the excellence of the NAU experience. This is NAU’s Grand Challenge! 39

Research Expenditures New research center: Center for Bioengineering Innovation (Kiisa Nishikawa) 40

Research Expenditures Kiisa Nishikawa, Brent Nelson, Chris Mann and Matt Gage received one of six nation-wide W.M. Keck Foundation Grants in Medical Research “A New Twist on Muscle Contraction” The check is in the mail. 41

Carnegie High Research Classification NAU is being attentive to: external research dollars number of Ph.D. graduates 42

Health & Science Building New home for Chem & Biochem and CSTL Classrooms, teaching labs, research labs Faculty, staff and departmental offices. Expected completion date is July 1,

Health & Science Building New home for Chem & Biochem and CSTL Classrooms, teaching labs, research labs Faculty, staff and departmental offices. Expected completion date is July 1,

Health & Science Building The Chemistry Building will be razed. 45

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