Lake Superior State University Industrial Advisory Board Meeting November 3, 2006

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Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial
Advisory Board Meeting November 3, 2006

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Today's Agenda
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• ACTION ITEMS
  
  Responsible
•          Control charts need some data and
  examples for the proposed
• new class EG346
  
  IAB members
•         Recruitment activities MACRO nights
  coming up this fall.
• Check out the LSSU website to see when
  one is located in your area IAB members
•        IAB members to be involved in
  evaluating of the senior project
• presentations
  
  IAB members
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•         Senior Project ideas for 2006-2007 send
  to David Baumann All
• Additional Notes
• Please keep LSSU in mind
• Ø      When your company is getting rid of old
  equipment. LSSU can use it for students
  classes,
• sale for parts, or other various items.
  
• Ø      When your company is looking to hire new
  people.

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Chairs report

• Chairman responsibility/nomination
• Spring nomination
• IAB survey

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Chairman Election Spring 2007
Industrial Advisory Board

• Nomination Process
• Any existing IAB members are eligible
• Self nominations are acceptable
• If you are nominating another member please be
  sure that they are willing to participate
• All nominations will be accepted and presented at
  the spring IAB meeting
• Any Questions you can contact the existing IAB
  offices.

• The Nominations Are
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________

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Lake Superior State University
School of Engineering and Technology
Industrial Advisory Board

IAB Chairperson Responsibilities and Term
Limits
It is the Chairmans responsibility to oversee
all of the activities of the IAB including
coordinating committees. As the need arises,
the Chairman shall appoint committee
chairpersons. The Chairman is an ex-officio
member of all committees and is eventually
responsible for the completion of all committee
business. He/She shall keep in touch with all
committee chairs, facilitate the completion of
their task, and if necessary, remove inactive
committee chairs/members and appoint
successors. The Chairman is directly responsible
for the IAB meetings. Meeting Responsibilities
include Establish meeting dates, locations and
times (coordinate with Dean of Engineering) Arrang
e meeting facility Finalizing meeting
agendas Presiding over meeting



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• IAB Survey
• As of the Spring IAB meeting held on the
  campus of LSSU,4/28/06,the action item taken
  relative to the IAB survey was
• The membership survey will be emailed to all IAB
  members yearly. Results to be presented in the
  spring meeting of that same year.
• Do we still want to have a survey annually or
  perhaps every other year?

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Simple Project Dean Morrie Walworth is our
conduit to the University. He will assist in any
project that can generate additional funds to the
University, especially for the School of
Engineering. examples short term quick turn
around projects previous examples prints, one of
a kind part.
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LSSU IAB Recruiting Subcommittee Update

• Chris Conklin, Bob Andersen, Don Stephanic, Dan
  Goodrich
• October 30, 2006

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Major Points

• Direct recruiting support effort
• Indirect recruiting support effort
• Future

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Direct RecruitingSupport Effort

• MACRAO Calendar on schedule (updated early this
  season)
• MACRAO College Nights
• - Fall, 2006 (we had scheduled participation in
  12 events this season)
• Follow up via the Admissions counselors
• Increased the number of IAB participants and
  MACRAO Events in Fall 2006 MACRAO College Nights
  from a year ago.

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Direct RecruitingSupport Effort

• Volunteers from IAB for Fall 2006 MACRAO Events
• Bob Andersen
• Don Stephanic
• Chris Conklin
• Fred Berg
• Dan Goodrich
• Jim Gibbs
• Dave Allison
• Adam Lyon
• Ralph Larsen

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Indirect RecruitingSupport Effort

• Admissions/Alumni Association/IAB linkage
• Did not occur (not sure of status of this
  program)

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Future Plans

• Continue to increase activity and participation
  within the IAB.
• Invite the admissions advisors to the senior
  projects research projects final presentations.
• Continue to work with Admissions to determine
  role with Alumni Association/IAB with respect to
  support of Admissions.
• Continue to work closely with Admissions on 2007
  Spring Recruiting Season and MACRAO events.

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Follow up Next Steps

• Preparation for the Spring 2007 recruiting
  season.
• Record any follow up offered during todays
  meeting.
• Comments, Concerns, Suggestions?
• Volunteer positions are still open

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Scholarship Subcommittee Report

• Don Stephanic, Dan Goodrich

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Scholarships

• Charlie Snyder scholarship
• For incoming freshmen
• Awards not renewable
• 27k fund balance
• 2 x 500 awards in Fall 2006 (first year for 2 x)
• 2 x 500 awards planned for Fall 2007

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Scholarships

• Robotics scholarships
• For incoming freshmen
• Awards renewable in 2nd year
• 275 fund balance
• 3 x 1500 awards in Fall 2005 (first year)
• 0 eligible for renewal
• 3 x 2000 awards in Fall 2006
• 4 x 2000 planned for Fall 2007
• Funding primarily by SET
• Support needed!

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LSSU Updates

• Morrie Walworth, David Baumann,
• Paul Duesing, and Jim Devaprasad

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School UpdatesMorrie WalworthDean, School of
Engineering Technology

• Enrollments
• Recruitment
• Scholarships
• Grants
• ABET Visit

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Enrollment

• In general, across the state, enrollments in
  engineering and technology are down.
• Furthermore, LSSU enrollment is down about 20
  over the last 5 years.
• SET enrollment is down about 35 over the same
  time period.
• There has been no director of enrollment at LSSU
  for the last three years.

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Recruitment

• New Director of Enrollment Services
• Bill Eilola
• New regions for recruitment
• New Web presence
• Buying more names
• More high school visits
• Admits are already up 150 from last year.
• Engineering admits are 15 higher than they have
  ever been (2000).

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Recruitment

• Faculty calling students
• Students calling students
• New articulations
• High School Skill Centers
• Community Colleges
• More scholarships

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Scholarships

• Charlie Snyder Endowed Scholarships
• 2 _at_ 500
• Huizenga Scholarships
• 4 _at_ 1,500
• Robotics Scholarships
• 4 _at_ 2,000 (renewable for 2nd year)
• MSPE (matching scholarships)
• 3 _at_ 2,000
• SAME Scholarship
• 1 _at_ 500

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Grants

• Youth International
• Continental Automotive Systems
• Summer Robotics Camp Sponsorship
• 21st Century Jobs Fund
• Michigan economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science (AAAS)
• Strategic Economic Investment and
  Commercialization (SEIC) Board
• Over 580,000
• Prototype Development Center (PDC)

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Prototype Development Center

• Entrepreneurial Activities
• Design
• Prototype Development
• Testing
• Consulting
• New Equipment
• New Staff

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ABET

• Visit September 24-26
• CE, EE (David Baumann)
• ME (Paul Duesing)
• Generally Positive Outcomes
• Nothing Officially Reported
• Expect all Three to be Accredited
• (August, 2007)

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ABET

• Positive Comments
• Assessment Process
• IAB
• Quality of Senior Projects
• Happy Graduates
• Faculty

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ABET

• General Items (all degrees)
• Concern about student knowledge of lifelong
  learning
• Concern about enrollment
• Concern about time spent in Senior Projects
• Concern about budgets
• Must publish objectives in the catalog

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ABET

• Electrical Engineering
• Nothing !

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ABET

• Mechanical Engineering
• Need to increase realization of design in the
  thermal fluids area

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ABET

• Computer Engineering
• Concern about the lack of CE faculty members
• Need to ensure all graduates meet the minimum
  math/science and discrete math requirements.

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Program Updates

• Curricular Issues
• New Option
• Faculty Activities

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Curricular IssuesDavid Baumann, Chair ECE

• CS341
• New Course in CE Degree
• EG346
• Control Charts
• MA310
• Team Teaching With Mathematics
• Focus on Applications
• RS460
• New Lab Format

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New EngineeringDegree OptionsPaul Duesing,
Chair ME and MfgET

• Current
• Issues
• Ideas/Plans
• Related and Other Changes

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Issues

• Attract Additional Students
• Populate Upper Level Courses
• Provide Path for Graduate School

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Current Options
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Future Options
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Related Changes

• Four Courses for Options
• PLC Course for Robotics Automation Option
• Assembly Modeling / GDT for Vehicle Dynamics
  Option
• Dynamics In Electrical Core
• Other New Gen Ed Class

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Faculty Activity Highlights

• Matthew Carroll
• Paul Duesing
• Robert Hildebrand
• Dave McDonald
• Wael Mokhtar
• Taskin Padir

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Faculty ActivitiesMatthew Carroll

• Co-authored paper presented by Prof. Hildebrand
  at the 2006 International Conference on Dynamics,
  Instrumentation and Control in Querataro, Mexico
• EGNR245 developing and expanding course a
  synthesis of all mathematical techniques beyond
  basic calculus needed by MfgET majors.

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Faculty ActivitiesPaul Duesing

• Attended the National Assessment Institute in
  Indianapolis,IN Oct. 2005
• Presented paper entitled Quantitative and
  Qualitative Assessment to Accomplish Continuous
  Improvement
• Attended training session on coordinate measuring
  machines
• ABET guru for ME reports and materials
• Continues to coordinate Cooperative Education
  experiences for SET

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Faculty ActivitiesRobert Hildebrand

• Attended the 2006 International Conference on
  Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control in
  Querataro, Mexico August 2006 and presented two
  papers.
• Attended workshop in Kourou, French Guiana May
  2006 as external advisor to group of Finnish grad
  students reviewed work progress, toured ESA
  Ariane launch site and tropical wood research
  station
• Translated Swedish textbook Sound Vibration to
  English. Will be used at universities in Egypt,
  Sweden and at LSSU.
• Attended seminar of Vehicle Dynamics simulation
  software package for Fall 2006 courses.

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Faculty ActivitiesDave McDonald

• Attended the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago
  June 2006 and presented paper entitled
  Simulation Learning Experiences in Energy
  Conservation with Simulink and SimPowerSystems.
• Worked with WaveCrestLabs in Rochester, MI during
  summer responsible for integration of
  instrumentation and control features of
  dynamometer test stand operation using LabVIEW
  and INERTIA software.
• Course development of EGEE300 Instrumentation and
  Control with Real Time Applications using
  LabVIEW, CAN-LabVIEW Channel Frame API and
  synchronous DAQ CAN, and MATLAB-Simulink (input
  on applications is welcome!)

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Faculty ActivitiesWael Mokhtar

• Received Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from
  Aerospace Engineering Department May 2006 from
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
• Attended 2006 ASME Midwest Student Leader
  Conference in April (Wael serves as ASME advisor)
• Attended January AIAA 44th Aerospace Science
  Meeting and Exhibit in Reno, NV

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Faculty ActivitiesTaskin Padir

• Attended 2006 IEEE International Conference on
  Systems, Man and Cybernetics in Hawaii and
  presented a paper entitled Kinematic Redundancy
  Resolution for Two Cooperating Underwater
  Vehicles with Manipulators on Board
• Attended Michigan Consortium of Universities for
  the Saudi Arabian Students Initiative,
  Arab-American Museum in Dearborn
• Attended First-Year Engineering summer workshop
  at Notre Dame
• Consulting with Precision Edge - product modeling
  for CNC machines for precision surface grinding
• Co-Director of SET summer camps
• Active in Cultural Diversity activities and
  presentations

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Senior Projects

• Jim Devaprasad

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Senior Projects

• Last Years Projects
• Current Projects
• Philosophy Behind Senior Projects
• Course Enhancements In Senior Projects
• Overview of the Senior Project Selection Process

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2005-06 Projects4 Projects

• DURA Automotive
• Automotive Pedal Assembly Tester
• LSSU
• Mobile Robotics System
• Continental-Teves
• Frequency Input Modules for the SDAS
• LSSU
• CNC Plasma Cutter

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2005-06 ProjectsGrading
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2005-06 Projects LSSUs Mobile Robotics System

• International Design Competitions
• ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering
  Conference (Ypsilanti, MI Oct, 2006)
• 2nd Place (1st U of Florida, 3rd U of
  Michigan)
• UPADI Pan American Conference (Atlanta, GA
  Sept. 2006)
• Honorable Mention Award

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2006-07 Senior Projects

• Industry Sponsored Projects (3)
• LSSU Sponsored Projects (3)

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... Continental Teves
• Contact... Bob Andersen
• Advisor... Paul Duesing
• Team....... 2 CE, 2 EE, 2 ME
• Budget 18,000
• Description
• Steering Machine Calibration
• and Test Stand

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... DELPHI Steering System
• Contact... Fred Berg
• Advisor... David Baumann
• Team....... 2 CE, 4 EE
• Budget 30,000
• Description
• Universal Steering Column Validator

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... Algoma Steel, Inc.
• Contact... Rani Lottey
• Advisor... Jon Coullard
• Team....... 1 CE, 1 EE/ME, 1 EM, 1 ME, 1 MET
• Budget 15,000
• Description Trailer Beam Tester

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... LSSU Engineering
• Contact... Jon Coullard
• Advisor... Keith Schwiderson
• Team....... 2 CE, 1 ME, 1 MfgET
• Budget 10,000
• Description 2-D Plasma Cutter (Phase II)

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... LSSU Engineering
• Contact... Ray Adams Paul Duesing
• Advisor... Robert Hildebrand
• Team....... 4 ME, 2 MfgET
• Budget 5,000
• Description
• Mini-Baja Chassis Design and Build

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2006-07 Projects Industrial

• Company.... LSSU Engineering
• Contact... Ray Adams Paul Duesing
• Advisor... Wael Mokhtar
• Team....... 4 ME, 1 MfgET
• Budget 5,000
• Description
• Mini-Baja Drivetrain Design and Build

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Request for FeedbackFinal Presentations

• Held same day as IAB meeting
• SPFB considers IAB evaluations of the Final
  Presentations
• This is your best opportunity to give feedback on
  the quality of the projects
• We request your attendance and evaluation of the
  Final Presentations

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Senior ProjectsPhilosophy Key Elements

• Transition from Academia to
• Industry or Graduate School
• Emphasis on Soft Skills
• Interpersonal
• Working in Teams
• Communications (Written and Spoken)
• Leadership
• Time and Project Management

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Senior ProjectsOther Key Elements

• Working with a Budget
• Interaction with Practicing Engineers
• Results are Based on Outcomes
• Academic Elements
• Ethics
• Writing Project Plans Acceptance Criteria
• Formal Presentations
• Design Reviews

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Senior ProjectsEnhancements Being Implemented

• Development of a General Education Course
• Ethics
• Engineering Economics
• Project Definition and Plan
• Purchasing Plan (by early December)
• Order Parts by End of Fall Semester
• Track Hours Being Spent in Senior Projects

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Senior ProjectsSolicitation and Selection
Process

• Solicitation Occurs Late Spring and Summer
• IAB Spring Meeting
• Alumni Employers of Alumni
• Regional Industries and Small Business
  Development Companies
• Project Submittal Form is Sent
• Company Background
• Project Description
• Budget
• Technical Content Required Expertise

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Senior ProjectsSolicitation and Selection
Process

• Proposals Reviewed for Selection by new SPFB
• Mid- August
• Criteria Used in the Selection Process
• Project Well Defined?
• Can it be Completed in 2 Semesters?
• Budget and Support Clearly Defined?
• Faculty Student Expertise Available?
• Laboratory and Other Resources Available?

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Senior ProjectsSolicitation and Selection
Process

• Projects Selected
• Student Members Assigned
• Faculty Members Assigned
• Industries Contacted
• Kick-off Meeting Planned (Late August or Early
  September)

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Closing Remarks

• Next meeting May 4, 2007
• at LSSU Campus