Wash U DARPA PCES PI Meeting Report

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Faculty Assembly Please check off your name
12 December 2003
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Quorum Detection
Of those members who are here, I detect that 2/3
of them are present.
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Approval of last meetings minutes
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Dean Retention Vote

• ResultsFor 45 Against 15 Abstain 6
• Comments
• Do this with less waste of paper and envelopes
  next year
• Has shown improvement in rewarding success over
  the past year

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Announcements
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Introduction of new faculty
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Reports

• Senate Council
• Joseph OSullivan
• Arts and Sciences
• Christopher Gill (Nothing to report)
• SEAS
• Ron Cytron
• See http//www.cs.wustl.edu/cytron/facassem/
• Click on executive committee
• See if you can match the quote with the person
  who said it

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Approval of December 2003 graduation list

• Changes?
• Add Zhenning Hu, D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
• Motion needed to approve

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Motion from Jonathan Turner
Resolved. That the Dean and the Executive
Committee of the School of Engineering and
Applied Science develop a plan to advance
the school's performance in national
rankings, such as the U.S. News ranking.
The plan should have an objective of moving the
school into the top 20 by 2010 and into the
top 10 by 2020. Resolved also that the Dean
make annual reports to the Faculty Assembly
on the progress being made toward achieving
the plan's objectives, starting in
September of 2004.
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CSE course renumbering

• Introduction (Sally Goldman)
• Motion to approve
• Second
• Discussion
• Vote outcome

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New Courses

• BME 523 Biomaterials Science
• CHE 454/554 Industrial Accidents and Disasters
  Case History Studies
• EP 510 Graduate Engineering Communications

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B.S. in Engineering Management Dual Degree

• Introduction (Bill Darby)
• Motion to approve
• Second
• Discussion
• Vote outcome

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M.S. in Biomedical/MBA Dual Degree Program

• Introduction (Frank Yin)
• Motion to approve
• Second
• Discussion
• Vote outcome

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Other business?

• Need ¾ to add to agenda, else must wait until
  next meeting

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Good and Welfare

• Idea to move these meetings to Whitaker
• Cannot because of conflict with seminar that
  takes place there at 4 PM.
• Other suggestions?
• Want food?

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Adjournment

• Motion? (no second needed)