UTA College of Engineering

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The University of Texas at ArlingtonCollege of
Engineering Overview Spring 2010

• Presented to
• CSE Graduate Student Orientation
• February 19, 2010

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The University of Texas at Arlington

• Leading university in North Texas
• Situated in the 2nd largest high-tech region in
  the country
• Carnegie Classification
• Doctoral / Research Institution Extensive
• First in number of research awards and total
  dollars received among academic institutions in
  North Texas

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UT Arlington Profile

• Students (Fall 09)
• Graduate 6,713
• Undergrad 21,374
• TOTAL 28,087
• Degrees issued (07-08)
• Bachelors 3,925
• Masters 1,694
• Ph.D. 153
• TOTAL 5,772

• History
• 1895 Founded
• 1959 Senior College
• 1965 UT System
• 1967 UT Arlington
• Cosmopolitan
• 47 states
• 102 countries
• Faculty
• gt1,100 FTPT
• 98 new in 2007-08

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Eleven Colleges and Schools

• World Commerce and Technology
• Business
• Engineering
• Science
• Interdisciplinary
• Honors College
• Graduate School

• Communities and Quality of Life
• Architecture (2)
• Education (3)
• Liberal Arts (13)
• Nursing (8)
• Social Work (2)
• Urban and Public Affairs (4)

( ) number of departments or areas provided in
each College or School. Twenty doctoral and 64
masters programs are offered.
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COE Mission Statement

• The mission of the College of Engineering is to
• meet the needs of industry and society by
• Producing highly competent graduates at the
  baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels,
• Performing state-of-the-art research in the
  disciplines comprising the diverse fields of
  engineering, and
• Providing service to the community and
  engineering profession through outreach programs,
  involvement in professional societies,
  consulting, and interaction with industry and
  government.

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UT Arlington Engineering History

• 1930s - Began with two-year industrial
  technology programs
• 1940s - Conducted pilot training programs
  during WWII
• Expanded to support local aircraft industry
• 1959 - Obtained status as four-year institution
• 1961 - First engineering baccalaureate class
• Mid-to-Late 1960s - Masters Ph.D. programs
  started
• 1987 - Automation Robotics Research Institute
  created
• 2001 - Nanotechnology Research and Teaching
  Facility dedicated
• 2007 - 20,000th graduate of the College of
  Engineering

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College of Engineering Statistics

• Enrollment (Fall 2009) 3,743
• Undergraduate 2,152
• Masters 1,189
• Ph.D. 402
• Degrees conferred (2007-08) 745
• Bachelors 273
• Masters 427
• Ph.D. 45
• Active contracts grants 40,000,000

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• College of EngineeringOffice of the Dean
• Dean
  
• Dr. Bill Carroll, Professor, CSE
• Assoc. Dean for Academic Affairs
  
• Dr. Lynn Peterson, Professor, CSE
• Assoc. Dean for Research
• Dr. Richard Billo, Professor, CSE IMSE
• Asst. Dean for Student Affairs
• Dr. Carter Tiernan, Sr. Lecturer, CSE

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EngineeringAcademic Departments

• Bioengineering with UT Southwestern Medical
  Center at Dallas
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial Manufacturing Systems Engineering
• Materials Science Engineering with COS
• Mechanical Aerospace Engineering

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Engineering Degree Programs
Discipline Bachelors Masters Ph.D.
Aerospace Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Biomedical Engineering (UTSW) Yes Yes
Civil Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Computer Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Electrical Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Management (COBA) Yes
Industrial Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Logistics (COBA) Yes
Materials Science and Engineering (COS) Yes Yes
Mechanical Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Software Engineering Yes Yes
Systems Yes
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COE Fall Enrollment Trends (Total Headcount)

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COE Degree Production Trends (Totals)

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Students

• They learn and have fun, too!
• Autonomous Flying Vehicle Team
• Concrete Boat Races (Civil)
• Bridge-building Competition (Civil)
• Formula SAE Race Car Team
• (open to all students)
• Regional, National and International
  Programming Competitions
• . . . . .

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Formula SAE Racing Team

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team
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InternationalFuture Energy Challenge

• Sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society

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Engineering Alumni

• Among the 20,000, notables include
• Marvin Applewhite, Former VP of Texas
  Instruments
• Gloria Bender, President, Transolutions
• Kalpana Chawla and Robert Stewart, NASA
  Astronauts
• Fred Evans, Sr. VP, Carter-Burgess
• Michael Greene, CEO, Luminant (formerly TXU
  Power)
• Roland Haden, Former Dean of Engineering at
  TAMU
• Clifford Hahne, President, Hanson Pipe and
  Precast Products
• Roger Krone, President, Network and Space
  Systems, Boeing IDS
• Mike Morrison, VP, Freese Nichols
• Dianna Noble, Environmental Division
  Director, TxDOT
• George Pickett, Cofounder, Atlantic Southeast
  Airlines
• Byron Pipes, Former President of RPI
• Michael Shifflett, VP, Kleinfelder
• Jeff Smith and Joe Bush, Cofounders of OnRamp
• Larry Stephens, Director, Lockheed Martin MFC
• Gary Triesch, District Engineer, Houston
  District, TxDOT
• Kelcy Warren, CEO/Chairman, Energy Transfer
  Partners

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Engineering Faculty

• 142 Tenure Track
• 23 Full-time Non-tenure Track
• 21 Fellows of Professional Societies
• Broad Background with Ph.D.s from
• Cal-Berkeley, Cal Tech, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell,
  Georgia Tech, Illinois, MIT, Michigan, NC State,
  Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State,
  Purdue, Rensselaer, Rochester, Southern Cal,
  Stanford, Syracuse, Texas AM, Texas-Austin,
  Tokyo,
• Committed to Excellence in the Classroom
• Actively Engaged in Research

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Engineering Outreach Programs

• Summer camps (June, July)
• One-week, on-campus adventures
• Gateway to Engineering (7th and 8th graders)
• Bridge to Engineering (9th and 10th graders)
• Entry to Engineering (6th 8th graders, day
  camp)
• Access to Engineering (9th -11th graders, day
  camp)
• Balsa bridge contest (Civil Engineering)
• High school robotic navigation competition (CSE)
• High school programming contest (CSE)
• Partnerships with local community colleges
• FIRST Tech Challenge (February)
• Engineering Saturdays (September, November, April)

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EngineeringDistance Education

• Graduate-level Courses
• AE, CE, CS/CSE, EE, IE, ME
• Streaming video via the Internet
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  courses provided

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Biomedical EngineeringResearch

• Bioinstrumentation
• Biomaterials
• Tissue Engineering
• Biomechanics

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Civil EngineeringResearch

• Structures
• Geotechnical
• Hydrology
• Infrastructure
• Transportation

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Computer Science and Engineering Research

• High performance and distributed computing
• Wireless networking and computing
• Database systems
• Embedded systems
• Intelligent systems

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Electrical EngineeringResearch

• Systems, control, and automated manufacturing
• Electromagnetics and optics
• Power systems and industrial electronics
• Microelectronics, semiconductor devices,
• and nanotechnology
• Telecommunication, digital signal and image
  processing
• Digital electronics and VLSI

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Industrial EngineeringResearch

• Enterprise engineering
• Ergonomics
• Liquid metal jet technology
• Logistics
• Optimization methods
• Reconfigurable assembly systems
• Systems modeling and simulation

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research

• Design and manufacturing
• Dynamic systems and control
• Fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and propulsion
• Structures and materials
• Thermal science and engineering
• Electronic packaging

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Materials Science and Engineering Research

• Biomaterials
• Coatings and additives
• Composites
• Electronic materials

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Engineering Buildings
Woolf Hall
Engineering Lab Bldg
Nedderman Hall
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Major EngineeringResearch Facilities

• Automation Robotics Research Institute (ARRI)
• Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility
  (NanoFab)
• Aerodynamics Research Center (ARC)
• Regional High-Performance Computing Center
• Departmental research laboratories

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Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI)

• Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC)
• Enterprise engineering
• Flexible manufacturing
• Control systems
• MEMS

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Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility
(NanoFab)

• Sensors and detectors
• Smart skin
• MEMS and NEMS
• Photonic/optoelectronic
• devices
• Micromachines
• Semiconductor devices

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Facility Projects
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Engineering Research Complex

• Engineering Research Building
• 116M Project
• Construction Started July 28, 2008
• Substantial Completion January 2011
• Engineering Laboratory Building Expansion
• 22M Project
• Ribbon-cutting September 2, 2009
• Engineering Quad
• Yates Street and First Street Pedestrian Mall

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Engineering Research Complex
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Engineering Research Building (ERB)
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Engineering Research Complex
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Engineering Lab Building Expansion
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Other Facility Projects

• Optical Medical Imaging Laboratory at UTSW
• 3M Project
• Ribbon Cutting August 29, 2008
• Civil Engineering Laboratory Building (CELB)
• 9M Project
• Ribbon Cutting September 12, 2008
• Center for Structural Engineering Research (CSER)
• 35M Project
• Design and Fundraising On-going / Project on hold

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Optical Medical Imaging Laboratory(at UTSW)
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Civil Engineering Lab Building (CELB)
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• Engineering K 12 Outreach
• Summer Programs
• 2009
• Over 300 students in grades 4 12
• attended engineering programs
• this summer

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Engineering Summer Programs

• Engineering and Computer Science Summer Camps
• 50 campers in Bridge 9th and 10th graders
  one-week residential camp
• 40 campers in Access 9th, 10th, and 11th
  graders one-week day camp
• 50 campers in Gateway 7th and 8th graders
  one-week residential camp
• 50 campers in Entry
• 6th 8th graders
• one-week day camp

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• Engineering and Computer Science Summer Camps

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Engineering Summer Programs

• Girlgeneering Camp
• 50 campers 6th 9th grade girls one-week day
  camp

Girlgeneering
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Engineering Summer Programs

• Girlgeneering

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Engineering Summer Programs

• Autonomous Vehicle Lab Workshops (AVL
  Interdisciplinary)
• 15 students 11th and 12th graders one week
  day camp
• RoPro College Challenge Camp (CSE_at_UTA)
• 10 students 11th and 12th graders and newly
  graduated 3 day camp
• AHETEMS / SHPE STEM Camp
• 28 students 10th grade Hispanic students 3
  day residential camp
• ASM International Materials Science Camp (MSE)
• 23 students July 12 middle and high school
  students 9am 5pm
• Materials Camp for Kids (MSE)
• 12 students July 26 4th and 5th grade students
  9am 5pm

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Engineering Saturday

• One-day FREE event with three time blocks
• Two or more activity choices in each time block
• UTA COE and partners provide flyer, handouts or
  other media material to students and parents

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Engineering Saturday
Contact Dr. T
Bring your kids
Website has more info
You can help!
www.uta.edu/engineering/saturday
Saturday, April 3, 9am 3pm
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