ENGINEERING
NEW FRONTIERS
MUN YOUNG CHOI
University of Connecticut
School of Engineering
Announcements
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Reda Ammar will receive
$1.7M to develop educational
programs at Prince Migrin
University
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Mike Accorsi, Mekonnen
Gebremichael and Guiling
Wang submitted a $8M
proposal to USAID to develop
research and training in Water
Resource Management with
Ethiopian institutions
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Rampi Ramprasad, von
Humboldt Fellow
Centers of Excellence
 Pratt & Whitney Center of Excellence on
Diagnostics, Sensors and Control (ME)
 One of six centers in the US including:
 Penn State
 Georgia Tech
 Ohio State
 Virginia Tech
 UC-Santa Barbara
 Hamilton-Sundstrand Center of Excellence
(in preparation)
SoE Advisory Board
SoE Advisory Board
Mr. Paul Adams, Vice President,
Engineering, Pratt & Whitney
Mr. Chris Fuselier, President and
CEO, Progeos
Mr. Kevin Bouley, President, Nerac
Mr. Peter Halvordson, Vice
President – Engineering, Electric
Boat Corporation
Mr. Al Brockett, VP – Module
Centers Engineering, Pratt &
Whitney
Mr. Dennis Bushnell, Chief
Scientist, NASA Langley Research
Center
Mr. Jeffrey Butler, President &
COO, The Connecticut Light and
Power Company
Mr. Michael A. Cantor, Founding
Partner, Cantor Colburn, LLP
Mr. David Carter, Vice President –
Engineering Technology, Hamilton
Sundstrand
Dr. Michael D. Curtis, Senior Vice
President, Fuss & O’Neill, Inc.
Ms. Heidi S. Douglas, Managing
Partner, Nuventus LLC
Mr. Joel Douglas, Chief
Technology Officer, MysticMD, Inc.
& eGen LLC
Mr. John Krenicki, Jr., President &
CEO, GE Energy
Mr. Peter Longo, President &
Executive Director, Connecticut
Innovations
Dr. Thomas Martin, President &
Chairman of the Board, Phonon
Corporation
Mr. George Reynolds, Director,
Industry & University Initiatives,
Northrop Grumman
Mr. Douglas C. Shidler, Vice
President, Army Program, Sikorsky
Aircraft
Mr. Paul Singer, General Manager –
Industrial Technology, General
Electric
Dr. Yunquan Sun, President
ENN Group North America
Mr. Joseph E. Triompo, President
Aerospace Power Systems,
Hamilton Sundstrand
Commissioner Joan McDonald
Economic & Community
Development
Mr. Mark P. Vergnano, Executive
Vice President, DuPont
Dr. J. Michael McQuade, Senior
Vice President, Science &
Technology, UTC
Ms. Diane S. Wallace, Chief
Information Officer, State of
Connecticut
Dr. Sharon L. Nunes, VP, Strategic
Growth Initiatives, IBM
Ms. Judith K. Resnick, Director
Workforce Development &
Training, CBIA
Support for the Capital Campaign
(Ms. Heidi Douglas, Chair)
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Mission: Support the School of Engineering’s
efforts to endow scholarships, fellowships,
professorships and infrastructure.
Objectives:
 Develop roadmap for effective communication
of program needs
 Develop roadmpa for effective engagement of
individuals and corporations
 Develop roadmap to steward gift opportunities
from individuals and corporations
Fostering Innovation &
Entrepreneurship (Mr. K. Bouley, Chair)
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Mission: Establish leadership for integrating innovation and
entrepreneurship into our education & research activities.
Objectives:
 Evaluation of existing policies and practices at UConn
 Develop roadmap to effectively encourage spirit of
innovation and entrepreneurship for students
 Develop roadmap to promote innovation and
entrepreneurship through faculty research
 Develop roadmap for faculty and students to develop
relevant IP and to increase commercialization
 Develop roadmap to promote startup business formation
by students and faculty
Fostering Collaboration with Industry
Partners (Dr. M. Curtis, Chair)
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Mission: Establish leadership in workforce
development and meeting technical needs of
industry partners.
Objectives:
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Evaluation of existing policies and practices at UConn.
Develop roadmap to effectively integrate the academic
and industry mission to provide added value
Develop effective engagement practices to identify
topics of importance to industry
Develop roadmap for collaborative efforts in R&D
through federal and state funding opportunities
NSF and ENG Funding Rates
8000
40%
7000
35%
6000
30%
5000
25%
4000
20%
3000
15%
2000
10%
1000
5%
0
0%
FY 2000FY 2001FY 2002FY 2003FY 2004FY 2005FY 2006FY 2007FYFY
2008
2009 Projection
ENG Proposals
ENG Funding Rate
ENG Awards
NSF Funding Rate