ENGINEERING NEW FRONTIERS MUN YOUNG CHOI School of Engineering University of Connecticut

SoE Announcements  Dr. Prabhakar Singh, CMBE  Dr. Brian Willis, CMBE  Dr. George Lykotrafitis, ME  Dr. Shengli Zhou, ECE  PECASE Awardee

AY AY BME % CHEG % CE % CompE % CS % CSE % ENVE4340-7% ENG PHY % EE4746-2% EGUN % ME % MEM % MMAT2019-5% Total Admitted % Out of State49%52% Average SAT Undergraduate Admission

Academic Plan Fall 2008 (as of 2/18/08)Fall 2009 (as of 2/18/09) US CitizenInternationalTOTALUS CitizenInternationalTOTAL BMENGR_MS CHEMEG_MS CIVLEG_MS CSCIEG_MS ELECEG_MS ENVENG_MS MECHEG_MS MENGR METMAT_MS MTLSCI_MS POLYSC_MS Total M.S. Applications

Academic Plan Fall 2008 (as of 2/18/08)Fall 2009 (as of 2/18/09) US CitizenInternationalTOTALUS CitizenInternationalTOTAL BMENGR_PHD CHEMEG_PHD CIVLEG_PHD CSCIEG_PHD ELECEG_PHD ENVENG_PHD MECHEG_PHD METMAT_PHD MTLSCI_PHD POLYSC_PHD Total Ph.D. Applications

Research Submission Fiscal Year Comparisons FY2009: $139,458,682 (40% of UConn) FY2008: $86,310,028

Research Awards Fiscal Year Comparisons FY2009: $15,678,443 (22% of UConn) FY2008: $11,815,390

Research Value to UConn  FY2008, SoE generated $3.8M in F&A  Represents 20.4% of all F&A recovery at UConn  The rate of recovery for SoE is 34%  The rate of recovery for UConn is 26%  FY 2007, SoE generated $2.9m in F&A  Represents 16.7% of all F&A recovery at UConn  The rate of recovery for SoE is 28%  The rate of recovery for UConn is 25%

Budget Situation  Officials say 36% cut would decimate university system  University of Nevada  Crow announces mandatory furloughs for University employees  University of Arizona  Governor proposes 5% cut in Higher Education budget  University of Connecticut

Budget Updates  Cost cutting measures  Reduction in scholarships  Rollover as much as possible  Provided initial allocation of TAs for all departments  Infrastructure that will allow us to offer distance learning courses for M.Eng.  Sabbatical leaves  Early retirement

ARRA: Investing in Science  NSF  $2.5B on research programs  $400M on major research facilities  $100M on improving STEM education  DoE  $1.6B on basic research  $400M on ARPA-E for high-risk/high- payoff

ARRA: Investing in Science  DoE EERE  $2.5B for energy independence, carbon emissions  $2B for advanced vehicle batteries  NIH  $8B for research for highly-rated research proposals that have gone unfunded due to budget constraints  $1B for renovation/construction of university and non-federal research labs.  NOAA  $600M for climate modeling and satellite programs

ENGINEERING NEW FRONTIERS