1. Faculty and Staff

2. One-year MS/MEng Target # of students 85 Actual # of students 100 10 available now, 6 expected for FA15 submission: Architectural Engineering, Real Estate Development, Building Envelope Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Nanoscience, Engineering Science

3. Blueprint for Global Preeminence GOALS: Show how much the College of Engineering contributes to Penn State and Show how we compare to other universities so we can make improvements to Present a five-year plan for growth of faculty, staff and facilities

4. Blueprint for Global Preeminence CONTENTS: Strategy Education and Research Thrusts Benchmarks Implementation Plan Faculty Composition Administration and Support Services Space and Infrastructure Financial Analysis

5. Faculty Hiring Summary DEPARTMENT OFFERSACCEPTED Acoustics 11 Biomedical Engineering 4 1 Chemical Engineering 1 1 Civil & Environmental Engineering 5 4 Computer Science and Engineering 5 2 Electrical Engineering 2 2 Engineering Science & Mechanics 3 3 Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering 4 2 Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering 11 8 School of Engineering Design & Technology & Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) 2 2 Frontier Faculty 3 2 Associate Deans 2 2 4330

6. Entrance to Major Assessment PSU currently: C or better in select courses Minimum GPA ETM in 4th semester No guarantee; controls Many schools: ETM in freshman Some students know what they want Complications associated with change Ad hoc committee with EFC involvement Hybrid/LionPATH Some direct admits, others can come later if space Opportunity to enter the major early Rewards highly motivated students

7. Climate Survey Sorely needed community benchmarks Survey of all sub-communities Rankin and Associates assisting Survey Feb. 2016; report mid-summer All inclusive committee ENGAGE: Enhancing the Learning and Working Environment at Penn State Engineering

8. Project-based Learning Assessment Investigate the possibility of establishing a PSU model for PBL in large public universities Target enrollment of 30 students/year Cohort-based to build community Innovations over traditional curricula: Design across all 4 years Inquiry-based methods in lab courses Self-directed learning, including meta-cognition Develop ability to be innovative, entrepreneurial Pervasive integration of humanities

9. REU and BEU UP REU: 88 students (21 female, 67 male, 17 intl) since summer of 2014 Multi-Campus REU: Six-week summer program: 33 students, 6 campuses, 49 faculty members BEU Initiative from CoE to provide business training, enabling students to wrap business plans around their engineering project/product; support of Smeal Will be launched in summer of 2016 Inaugural cohort of up to 10 engineering students REU program established in 2014 to give undergraduate students research experience with a faculty member

10. Salary Adjustment Program Average Salary Increases for Faculty FY 2011-12 3.30% FY 2012-13 2.97% FY 2013-14 3.08% College + $32,582 FY 2014-15 3.30% Negotiated Extra: $140,000 College + $65,601 Central + $73,000 FY 2015-16 3.28% Negotiated Extra: $137,000 College + $83,214 Central + $53,991

11. Salary Adjustment Program Average Salary Increases for Staff FY 2011-12 1.54% FY 2012-13 3.02% FY 2013-14 2.96% FY 2014-15 3.07% Negotiated Extra: $12,000 FY 2015-16 3.19% Negotiated Extra: $30,000