RoseHulman Institute of Technology

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology The Nations
1 Engineering College For Seven Consecutive
Years Among schools whose top degree is a
bachelors or masters.
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Then
(1948-49) and Now (2006)
Comparisons to the era of Hawaii Five-O!! Don
Shimazu, Shinji Soneda, Fujio (Fudge) Matsuda,
John Loomis, and Al Yee
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Rose Poly welcomes five Hawaiians to campus.
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• What is (was) Rose-Hulman?
• Small, private, non-sectarian college for
  Engineering, Math, and Science
• Enrollment in 2005-06 1881
• Enrollment in 1948-49 566
• Undergraduate Teaching Institution All classes
  taught by full-time faculty. No TAs
• Established in 1874 by Chauncey Rose
  Industrialist, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
• Top rankings by our peers and our students
• 200 acre park-like campus
• Great hard-working students

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Campus (1949)
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Campus Map 2006
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Moench Hall (1949)
and Moench Hall today
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Deming Hall (1949)
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Deming Hall (2006)
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Campus Lakes (1949)
And today
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The new fieldhouse (1949)
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The Sports and Recreation Complex (2006)
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The fieldhouse
Hulbert Arena
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• Some Facts and Figures
• 2006 President/CEO Bob Bright
• 1949 President Ford Wilkinson
• 1948 President Donald Prentice
• Students represent 48 states and 17 countries
• 45 of students from Indiana (69 Midwest)
• In 1949 139 of 566 students from Vigo Co., 361
  from IN, and 8 foreign (6 from Hawaii)
• 339 Females, 18 (typical for EMS programs)
• No female students in 1949
• Student Faculty Ratio 121 (131 in 1949)
• 161 Teaching Faculty (44 in 1949)

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The Royal Hawaiians Fujio Matsuda
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The Royal Hawaiians John Loomis
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The Royal Hawaiians Shinji Soneda
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The Royal Hawaiians Don Shimazu
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ASCE 1948
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TAU BETA PI
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• More Facts and Figures
• Academic Calendar Three 11 week quarters
• 1949 Calendar Three 12 week terms
• Tuition 9,000 per quarter
• 1949 Tuition 150 per term (1,500 - todays )
• Room and Board 2,500 per quarter
• 1949 Room and Board 138 per term
• 2006 CE Graduates 32
• 1949 CE Graduates 36 (January, April, July)
• CE Professors Aidoo, Hanson, Houghtalen,
  McKinney, Robinson, Sutterer, Thomas
• 1949 CE Profs MacLean, Hutchins, Newlin,
  Levings, Duwelius, Hollis

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CE Faculty (1949)
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CE Faculty (1949)
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More CE Faculty (1948)
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Registrar, bursar, and veterans advisor (1949)
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Registrars Office and Library Staff (1949)
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• Undergraduate Majors (Now and in 1949?)
• Applied Biology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering ?
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering ?
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering ?
• Engineering Physics
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering ?
• Optical Engineering
• Physics
• Software Engineering

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Housing (1949)
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• The Freshman Class
• 3,300 Applications Received
• 470 Freshmen Enrolled
• Average SAT Score is 1310, math - 680, verbal -
  630
• 87 Ranked in the Top 20 of their High School
  Class
• 20 were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their class
• 226 honor society members
• 142 academic team members
• 254 varsity athletes

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• Results
• Graduation rate gt80
• Consistent placement rate near 100
• Students go to industry, graduate schools
  (typically 18), and the US Military
• Average starting salary gt52,300
• Annual Job Fair attracts 150 companies
• For the past 2 years, more recruiters than
  seniors at the job fair
• Many students do coops and internships and/or
  work on externally sponsored projects

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• Some Campus Images

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• The Presidents walk

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Comments and
Questions
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State of the Institute

• US News Ranking (1 Undergraduate Engineering
  Program - 7th year in a row)
• Facilities Update 7 new bldgs. in last decade
• CEO Bob Bright fresh start to a new year
• 2005-06 plusses- (core values, budget process)
• Rose-Hulman 2015? (follow up on the Vision to be
  the Best)

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State of the Department

• US News Ranking (1 Undergraduate Civil
  Engineering Program - 6th year in a row)
• ASCE Student Chap. Ridgway Award best chapter
  in country (honored 25 times in 32 yrs)
• FE Exam (29 of 29 take, 29 of 29 pass)
• Best group of Senior Design Projects (in 17 yrs)
• Continue w/Electronic Moment CE Echoes
• First international sr. design project (Trinidad)
• New faculty member (structures Ghana)

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State of the Dept - Faculty

• Kudos Thomas (30 yrs) and McKinney (25 yrs)
• INDOT/RHIT Hot Mix Asphalt Q/A Prog.- JLM
• ASCE Outstanding Paper (Terrell) Award - JHH
• NSF-REU program in engineering forensics KGS
  (ten.)
• ASCE TCAP3 to develop BOK KGS/MAR
• NSF proj Metacognition to Teach Evaluation of
  Results in Structural Analysis Courses JHH
• Journal pubs. last year KGS, JHH, RJH
• ASEE papers-annual conf 4 of 6 faculty members
• Still hanging on to accomplishments of others -
  RJH

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CE Enrollment, Placement, Salaries, and FE Results

• Ideal Enrollment 32 students per class
• Fall Enrollments seniors (29), juniors (49),
  sophomores (40), freshmen (30 )

• Placement nearly 100 each year by graduation
  (about 60-70 outside Indiana)
• Salaries nearly 45K per yr.
• FE results 100 grad. srs. take gt 90 pass
  (compared to 70 75 nationwide)

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Preparation for 2015

• Feedback We want more graduates like you keys
  to your success?
• Feedback What skills/attitudes/abilities should
  the engineer of 2015 possess?
• Some of the 2015 ideas we have established
• Educate tech. innovators, managers, and leaders.
• Continuing education opportunities for alumni.
• Produce difference makers in global economy.
• Build a strong course-based masters.
• Promote life-long learning and service.

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How You Can Help 2015 Goals

• Share RHIT with prospective students.
• Provide feedback to me, surveys, etc.
• Participate in the alumni association.
• Help financially
• Designated/undesignated gifts
• Named awards, scholarships, or endowed chairs
  (e.g., MacLean, Hutchins, etc.)
• CE lab conversion (Hawaii alumni studio lab).

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Existing Lab w/Load Frames
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Large Scale Beam Testing
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New Studio Lab in Elec. Engr.
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