Minutes from the Manufacturing Engineering Advisory Board Meeting December 13, 2013 Attending: Devin Berg, Debashish Burman, Ben Ferron, David Fly, Glenn Gehring, Tom Lacksonen, Ron Malles, Steve Zondlo, Andy Pandian, Jean Price, Paul Thomas, Matthew Ray, Rich Rothaupt, Wei Shi, Nicholas Tomlinson (student) Absent: Rajiv Asthana, Chris Bendel, Stacy Brown (student), Cory Cauwels, Scott Graf, Bob Meyer, Chris Stephany, Danny Bee, John Dzissah, Matt Hafele, Jerry Johnson, Mike Lorenzen, Laura McCullough, Andy Myers, Bruno Rahn, John Petro, Kurt Schnapp, Dean Schley, Greg Slupe, Scott Springer, Lin Stradins, Wei Zheng (Bold indicates professional in the field) 1. Rich Rothaupt thanked those who attended the capstone presentations and asked questions. Your input is appreciated. Rich welcomed everyone and introductions were done. 2. Minutes from the May 13, 2013 meeting were approved as distributed. 3. Program Update – Rich Rothaupt There are 256 total students in the program. There will be 19 graduating tomorrow. Numbers of accepted freshmen applications for 2014‐2015 are strong. Recruitment efforts are going well including: STEPS – for girls going into 7th grade. A number of universities are doing similar programs. Girls who attend a STEPS program are three times more likely to pursue STEM programs. First Lego League – directed toward middle school students, held in the fall. We had 13 teams here this year. STEM Career Day ‐ over 300 students attended last fall. They have a chance to view programs and lunch is provided. The cost is $15 but that doesn’t cover the expenses. Skills USA ‐ 400 students attended the end of February. This program continues to be well attended. Science Olympaid – Stout will host the 2016 national contest. Expect 3,500 students plus parents and coaches to be on campus. We continue to visit and host middle and high school groups as well as community college groups. We had campus representatives at the Minnesota National College Fair. 4. Changes in Manufacturing Engineering Flow Chart Rich presented and reviewed the changes in the Manufacturing Engineering program flow chart to start in fall 2013. 5. Recent Student Outcomes Assessment All programs assess outcomes ‐ this should be written into objectives of class. Outcome L: Proficiency in materials and manufacturing processes. It was decided that this outcome needs to be worked on more. Outcome A: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering. This outcome looks good but it was suggested to add definitions Outcome B: An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. Outcome B looks good. 6. Proposed B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering Have turned in intent to plan for these engineering programs. Regional employers are having a hard time finding graduates in these fields. Plan to roll out at three different times starting in 2015. Project 300 mechanical engineering, 200 electrical engineering and 100 chemical engineering students. We would hire new faculty and staff ‐ probably 10 new hires in the first year. Part of the intent is a proposed new building. Quite a few of the courses will be common with current programs in the first two years. Once intent is approved we can start raising money and ask for funding from legislature. We already have a $2.5 million commitment. The next step will be to write Authorization to Implement document and submit to UW‐System to be approved by Regents. 7. Other The engineering and technology department open house including student capstone displays/presentations is today in Fryklund Hall. Devin Berg has been named as the program director for the B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering program. Next Meeting The spring meeting will be Friday, May 9, 2014 at 12:15 pm with the capstone presentations starting at 10:00 am.