1997 ASME Pressure Vessels

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Spring 2006College of Engineering Advisory
BoardP. Barry Butler, DeanCollege of
EngineeringThe University of Iowa21 April, 2006
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Update The University of Iowa

• Departure of President Skorton
• June 30, 2006
• Appointment of Interim President Gary Fethke
• July 1, 2006
• Achievement of 1 Billion Comprehensive Campaign
  Goal

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Total UI Revenues (M)
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Total UI Expenditures (M)
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Update UI Foundation

• Michael New
• Initiated Search for UI Foundation President
• College of Engineering
• Kate Metcalf
• Carver Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (300 K)
• Carver Chair in Bioinformatics (2.5 M)
• Barbara and Randall Meyer Gift (1.0 M)
• Phil Temple Estate Gift (280 K)
• Chiusano Scholarship

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Update College of Engineering

• Recent Faculty and Staff Additions
• CBE/Pharmaceutics
• Jennifer Fiegel (Johns Hopkins, Harvard)
• Aerosol Drug Delivery Systems
• BME/Internal Medicine
• Yi Xing (UCLA, Stanford)
• Bioinformatics
• Web and Data Manager
• Bill Easton (Carver College of Medicine)

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Update College of Engineering

• Faculty Searches in Progress
• ECE
• Chair
• ECE/Internal Medicine
• Imaging
• ECE/Radiology
• Imaging
• ECE/IIHR
• Remote Network Sensing

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Update College of Engineering

• Hancher-Finkbine
• Darrel Wyrick - Alumni Medallion
• Sara Vigmostad - Graduate/Professional Medallion
• Matthew Brown - Undergraduate student,
  Distinguished Student Leader Certificate
• Treniece Terry - Graduate student, Distinguished
  Student Leader Certificate

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Update College of Engineering

• College of Engineering Patents
• Displayed are patents awarded to College of
  Engineering faculty, staff and students. A patent
  is an exclusive right granted for an invention,
  which is a product or a process that provides a
  new way of doing something, or offers a new
  technical solution to a problem. Patents are an
  important part of the engine that powers our
  economy. The patents shown here represent the
  creative thinking, scientific problem-solving and
  technology development of our engineers and are
  examples of how the College of Engineering is
  helping to pave the way for our future.

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Graduate Programs - Significant Facts

• All time high in PhD enrollment
• Approaching our target of 40 PhD degrees/yr
• We have produced over 50 in the past (92 96)
• 3-yr mean has been as high as 45 in past 15 yrs
• In terms of USNews PhD-degrees /FTE we are 25th
  (13th public)
• Degrees/FTE 0.44 0.49 0.55 0.61
• Rank (total/public) 25/13 17/10 11/6 7/3
• Degrees 36 40 45 50
• Rank 43 40/30
• s/FTE 35th (21st public)
• s/PhD-Degree 30th
• Time to degree mean 5.7yrs (6.1 for those with
  BS 5.5 yrs for those with MS)why so little
  difference?

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University Rankings

• Undergraduate
• 1 UC Berkeley
• 2 Virginia
• 3 UCLA
• 4 Michigan
• 5 North Carolina
• 6 William and Mary
• 7 UCSC
• 8 Wisconsin
• 9 Georgia Tech
• 10 UC Irvine
• 11 Illinois
• 21 - Iowa

• Research
• 1
• 18
• 5
• 2
• 13
• ??
• 8
• 4
• 30
• 38
• 11
• 29

USNWR U. Florida Study The Center
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Taking NADS to the Next LevelP. Barry
Butler, DeanCollege of EngineeringThe
University of Iowa18 April, 2006
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Taking NADS to the Next Level

• Internal review
• Logical time to assess future
• Chens departure
• Facility attained operational status
• Provide VPR advice on advancing NADS
• Grow faculty involvement (UI and external)
• Promote graduate student research
• Grow involvement of other Colleges
• Increase NADS hours

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Taking NADS to the Next Level

• Options evaluated
• Report to College of Medicine
• Report to College of Engineering
• Center for Computer Aided Design
• Joint College reporting structure

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Center for Computer Aided Design (CCAD)
Programs

• Digital human simulation
• Operator performance
• Reliability and sensory prognostic systems
• Cognitive systems
• Assets
• Significant DoD research
• Significant transportation research
• History of technology commercialization

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NADS Director Dr. Karim Malek

• Director, Center for Computer Aided Design
• Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Professor, Mechanical Industrial Engineering
• Director, US Army Virtual Soldier Research
  Program
• Manages multi-million dollar research projects
• Established partnerships with industry and
  government partners
• Has significant industrial experience
• Authored 120 peer reviewed articles and 2 US
  Patents

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Whats Needed to Take NADS to the Next Level
UI Central Administration
Other UI Units
College of Engineering
Faculty hiring in Focus Area
Neurology
NADS (Infrastructure and Staff)
Faculty
Ophthalmology
Comp. Science
Students
Pharmacy
Marketable Graduates
Injury Prevention
Faculty who understand and can influence
research agenda
Public Policy Ctr
Contracts and Grants
Contracts and Grants
Discovery Only Obtainable Through
Interdisciplinary Research
Industry
Federal/State Agencies
Other Universities
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In Summary, the College of Engineering

• will continue to support the NADS mission
• To support NHTSAs goals of saving people, to
  carry out research aimed at increasing
  transportation safety and reducing accidents.
• will increase participation from faculty, staff
  and graduate students at UI and external
  organizations
• is committed to making NADS a world-class
  organization
• will make NADS fiscally responsible