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

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

3. AY 2008-2009AY 2009-2010 BME228175-23% CHEG10511812% CE11213218% CompE5030-40% CS7259-18% CSE4841-15% ENVE4340-7% ENG PHY2615-42% EE4746-2% EGUN2792925% ME2042145% MEM1917-11% MMAT2019-5% Total Admitted12531198-4% Out of State49%52% Average SAT12861292 Undergraduate Admission

4. Academic Plan Fall 2008 (as of 2/18/08)Fall 2009 (as of 2/18/09) US CitizenInternationalTOTALUS CitizenInternationalTOTAL BMENGR_MS233962213960 CHEMEG_MS8192791827 CIVLEG_MS61723211031 CSCIEG_MS6748035962 ELECEG_MS41161207 127 ENVENG_MS1012227613 MECHEG_MS133043244266 MENGR325415 METMAT_MS8122061824 MTLSCI_MS2911134 POLYSC_MS2911022 Total85339424103318421 M.S. Applications

5. Academic Plan Fall 2008 (as of 2/18/08)Fall 2009 (as of 2/18/09) US CitizenInternationalTOTALUS CitizenInternationalTOTAL BMENGR_PHD94453163955 CHEMEG_PHD105464157590 CIVLEG_PHD13421315 CSCIEG_PHD3767956772 ELECEG_PHD31951988171179 ENVENG_PHD3101311011 MECHEG_PHD4727669096 METMAT_PHD86472892100 MTLSCI_PHD262644812 POLYSC_PHD6697576976 Total4964969872634706 Ph.D. Applications

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

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

8. 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%

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. ENGINEERING NEW FRONTIERS