1. Research Scholarship UTIA P&T Workshop April 29, 2019
Hongwei Xin Dean, AgResearch

2. Research Excellence Outputs Impacts
Refereed articles in premier journals of the field or books
Patents/commercial licensing
Mentoring of grad students/postdocs (pubs from theses)
Attracting top-notch graduate students
Extramural funding as lead PI and collaborator
Research expenditures
Impacts
The “so-what” test
advancement of basic scientific knowledge
influence on or foundation for policy-making or development of standards
technological breakthrough
citations (e.g., H-index)
economic impact

3. Research Excellence National and International Prominence
Awards and honors (e.g., fellows, top research awards, NAS/NAE/NAM)
Scientific advisory boards/committees, national taskforces
Member/manager of fed-agency proposal review panels
Invited talks at national/int’l conferences (esp. keynotes)
Collegiality and Good Citizen of Institution
Committees/leadership roles in institution and/or professional societies/orgs
Co-PI or collaborator on research proposals and graduate committees
Courteous/respectful to fellow colleagues

4. Research Excellence Trajectory and sustainability
Trend of continued growth
Sustained productivity
Achievements since last promotion
External evaluations/Letters
Peer or aspirational institutions
Leading experts in the field
Full or distinguished professors

5. Hongwei Xin 103 Morgan Hall hxin2@tennessee.edu 865-974-7105
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Hongwei Xin 103 Morgan Hall