Engineering and Computer Science Update Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E. Dean ECS Board of Advocates October 9, 2015

What we’ll will do this morning Dean’s update/conversation Breakout Sessions – Development – Annual Giving – Alumni Mentorship/Learning Resource Center – Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning Reports from three sessions Update on high performance computing – Pattie Orr, VP for IT and Dean of Univ. Libraries

Highlights from the past year Computer Science received re-accreditation from ABET – Next General Review (NGR) – only one concern Largest number of undergraduates ever graduated: – 144 compared to 137 in Record number of students taking summer classes

Year in review…. We had a record number of ECS students on campus during summer 2015! 154 of our undergraduates took 13 classes we offered in ECS

Year in review… Mechanical Engineering welcomed their first two Ph.D. students ECE graduated three Ph.D.s from their program Graduate programs continued steady growth* Three faculty hired (2 ECE and 1 ME)* *Details provided later

Year in review… Donations were up significantly – discussed below Two departments (CS and ECE) started Industry Advisory Boards/Councils Lost space for ECE and CS in Hankamer/Cashion Secured space for CS in Hankamer/Cashion – Possibly UG Programs Office as well

I have a new boss Was dean of the College for Public Health and Social Justice at St. Louis Univ. M.D. with experience running big programs at Center for Disease Control Already building bridges with BCM and BSW

We have some new faculty!

Two new faculty joined ECS in Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Linda Olafsen Associate Professor Ph.D. – Duke Dr. Enrique (Erik) Blair Assistant Professor Ph.D. – Notre Dame

One new faculty member joined Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Sunghwan Lee Assistant Professor Ph.D. – Univ. of Penn.

We added three staff positions last year to support our academic programs Graduate Program Coordinators – Mechanical Engineering Filled externally – Electrical and Computer Engineering Filled internally Teal Residential Program Director – Filled externally

Undergraduate Programs

What does our first-time freshmen class of 2015 look like? ProgramFreshmenAverage SAT*Transfers Bioinformatics Computer Science Pre-Engineering *Baylor freshmen SAT average was 1230+

Year-to-year freshmen retention was highest ever! ProgramNumber of Freshmen Fall 2014 Fall 2014-Fall 2015 Retention* Bioinformatics2095.0% Computer Science8178.0% Pre Engineering % ECS % University % *Retention within the university

Baylor’s goal is 90% retention for first- time freshmen

Engineering enrollment management worked as forecast!

We are beginning to get our undergraduate enrollment under control 1099

Graduate Programs and Research

Ph.D. enrollment is fueling the growth of our graduate programs

External Expenditures were $1.66 Million in FY 2015

2015 Career Activities

We continue to visit potential and current corporate partners Boeing SpaceX 3M Bell Helicopter BNSF FMC Worley Parsons Caterpillar ExxonMobil Cameron Schlumberger GE Energy Others at OTC

We publicize and help facilitate career opportunities with our students

STEM Fair was in the Baylor Club

Even with the “lull” in the oil/gas industry, the STEM Fair held its own YearRecruitersStudents Attending 2010Canceled – only 7 recruiting companies n.a

Some of our students still aren’t convinced of the importance of the STEM Fair “It was too far to walk.” “I only saw 2 or 3 companies that were hiring mechanical engineers.” “I was too busy studying to take an hour or two off.”

We’re encouraged by what some of our recruiters said this fall: Chevron Phillips Chemical: Kip (Talent Acquisition Manager) said that he was instructed to return to their offices in The Woodlands with the resumes of 3 students to which they wanted to make offers. Instead, Kip says he is returning with 4, and could make a case for 4 additional students. Tabitha (Project Engineer) said that Baylor students have “proven to be more ready to go on Day One at CPChem than students at the larger state schools”. Oncor: Stephanie (Engineering Operations Supervisor) says she has to come back to schedule additional interviews because an entire day wasn’t enough time for them to interview all of the students in which they are interested. Covestro: Bill (Sr. Engineering Consultant) said he is amazed at how the quality of students has increased at Baylor over the last few years. He has several students to which he would like to make offers. HMT Tank: Jeff (Vice President of Safety) said “the lunch was great today, but the students were even better”.

Development and Giving

We’re encouraged by the increase in annual giving* last year *Annual giving includes gifts under $10k

The percentage of ECS alumni that give is now one of the highest on campus ECS

Major gifts totaled nearly $400k last year $100k new endowed scholarship for CS $100k gift for undergraduate materials laboratory $85k to increase endowment in several scholarships Smaller amounts went to departments, lab equipment purchases, student programs, and pass through scholarships

Some FY 16 Goals Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. Prov. 19:21

Goals – Undergraduate Program Create a student leadership board from student professional societies Continue efforts to increase retention and graduation rates in ECS – Increase first year retention to 90% – Successfully launch the Learning Resource Center – Offer and fill at least 12 undergraduate courses in summer 2016 Develop articulation agreements for more students to transfer to Baylor ECS – MCC – Howard Payne University

Goals –Undergraduate Program Develop at least one new tract for the EGR degree program – Engineering education, – Engineering Fellows, or – Chemistry/chemical engineering Increase entrepreneurship efforts in our programs through KEEN grants

Goals - Graduate Programs Get Ph.D. program in Computer Science approved Increase size and visibility of our graduate programs – More aggressive recruiting for all departments – Expand research funding to support larger graduate programs – Programs should hit 100+ by FY 18 Work with the College of A&S to develop an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Materials Science and Engineering Evaluate creation of Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering

Goals – ECS Personnel Successfully fill ME Department Chair Position Fill three other faculty positions – One each in ME and ECE – Clinical Professor for Engineering Practice Identify needed staff positions to improve infrastructure support and advocate for them Complete formal internal procedures/requirements for promotion to full professor

Goals – Improve physical infrastructure for our programs Ensure CS obtains adequate space for move to Hankamer/Cashion Get ME plan completed for utilization of space in the BRIC Form committee that will develop a detailed plan for repurposing space vacated by CS in the Rogers Building

Goals – Development Expand relationships with corporate partners – Have fully functioning advisory boards/councils in all three departments – Visit at least 10 companies this year – Get five more companies involved in senior design program Expand involvement of alumni in our programs – Explore mentoring program for young alumni – Identify ways to get more alumni into classrooms and professional society meetings Increase annual giving with our alumni from 11.6% to 13% Secure at least one to two major gift in the $500k to $1M range this year Identify at least ten new prospective major donors and get them connected with our programs

Major Gift Needs Endow the Department Chair’s Positions ($3M each) – Frees up funding to hire new faculty and staff in the departments Endow major scholarships ($100K and up) – Helps us be more competitive with offers to prospective students Naming of academic laboratories ($1M) – Helps ensure we keep equipment up-to-date – Helps fund technician support

Next on the agenda: Three breakout sessions – Development/donor support - meets here – Alumni mentorship/Learning Resource Center – Level 500, Suite 509 – Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning – Level 500, Suite 510 Each session needs someone to take notes during the meetings Each note taker will report back to the Board