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Faculty Meeting
Notes - Fall 2009-2010
11/04/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Information:
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ME Social – Sat Nov 14th, 3 PM, Izzi’s
place
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Engineering Fabrication Facility to open in 012 Winter Quarter
– welding, mill, lathe, sheet metal, various saws, drill presses. Open to students (undergrad and grad)
from 9-5 PM. Tom Chambers
is supervisor and will provide some help, but the intent is for students to
do the work. Safety rules and
other procedures are still being worked out.
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ARC unofficial opening still scheduled for Dec 1st.
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SAB/GSAB –
Fall newsletter nearly complete (awaiting ARC tour for final story). Other items?
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Grad Program –
PhD Name change nearly complete (letter to OBR being sent from provost’s
office, no approval step, it just gets recorded). Other?
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Q2S
activities proceeding well (thanks to Frank and Merry). Q2S work will continue over Winter
Break.
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This is the last faculty meeting of the quarter!!!! Next Wednesday is a holiday.
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Check Department Calendar
For Discussion:
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Review / Approval of
2009 ABET Program Review Report (sent to all via email)
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Recitation sections
for college courses? Some departments (ChE in particular) normally have a 2 hr recitation
section with their undergraduate courses. That means a class like Thermo in
semesters would meet twice a week for 1 hour then once a week for two
hours. This isn't too bad to
schedule because I block the times with recitations for other courses.
– What
is our position on recitation sections?
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Semester course lists –
any changes?
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Other Business?
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10/21/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Information:
·
New Health Care Plan for young
faculty (from Rudy)
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Program Code elimination –
ND code is only impact on us.
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Budget – next 2 years
looking grim
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ABET reminders – Course
binders
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Ombudsman Position? 0.5 FTE
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Fulbright applicant – Mechatronics
and Robotics
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ME Social – Sat Nov 14th, 3 PM, Izzi’s place
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Check Department Calendar
For Discussion:
***Continuation of ABET Program
Review ***
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10/07/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Discussion:
SAB: Changes to ME student-prof social to get more interactions – Social to be
next week, 10/14/09
Q2S
Announcements
***Continuation of ABET Program
Review ***
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9/30/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Discussion:
***ABET Program Review Items***
ABET Outcomes Reports –
Group reviews
> The ABET working groups were slightly modified
based on discussion at the last meeting.
To prepare for the program review meeting please review the listed outcomes
reports from last academic year with the goal of being
able to give feedback on the assessment activity and the assessment result,
and to use the results to help you vote on student achievement of program
outcomes.
a) Dave, Carole, Izzi, Khairul (and Jesus), [Please
review ME 288, 321, 328, 412] Also responsible for ME101 (when
available)
b) Bob, John, and Greg (and Ken) [Please review ME 301, 401, 351, 451, 470/1/2] Also responsible for ME 303
(when available)
c) Frank, Rudy, Jay, and Jun, [Please review ME 224, 314, 388, 488] Also responsible for ME 304 and
491 (when available)
Discussion for Faculty Program
Assessment Report – Does the assessment data show that our
program is preparing students to achieve the program
outcomes?
> For each program outcome, ABET Working groups
will share their perspectives based on their outcomes report reviews and we
will vote as a faculty on whether our program achieved the outcome and will
identify potential items for continuous improvement.
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ABET-related actions
for this year
> Fill in course assessment gaps
(101, 303, 304, 491, and others?)
> In all required courses re-assess the specific outcomes with Continuous Improvement projects to check for the effect of the change, and include this data in the
Continuous Improvement section of the ABET self study.
> Status of CI for courses being taught this quarter: ET181, ME224,
ME288, ME301, ME314, ME321, ME412, ME470, ME388 (could be done in a future
quarter)
> ME101 (assess and select CI project), ME304 (assess and select CI project),
> ABET course syllabi
> Prepare course materials
“that will be available for review during the visit to demonstrate
achievement related to this criterion, per section II.E.3.c of the ABET
Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual (APPM).”
II.E.3.c.(9)
Curricular content.
II.E.3.c.(10)
Representative samples of student work that reveal the spectrum of
educational outcome. In order to make a qualitative evaluation of a
program, it is necessary that the institution exhibit teaching materials
such as course outlines and textbooks for all courses required for
graduation. Sufficient examples of student work in technical,
mathematics, and science courses must be available to the visiting team for
the entire campus visit. The examples should show a range of grades for
assignments, including homework, quizzes, examinations, drawings, laboratory
reports, projects, and samples of computer usage in technical courses.
Examples must also be presented to demonstrate compliance with the
requirement for student competence in written and oral communications.
> Teach and Assess ME280
> Implement prerequisite inventories
recently added to our program outcomes list
> Need to collect a written reason
for all pink slips that impact prerequisites (frequent weakness in transcript
review)
> Convert recently created course
outcomes list into semester course version, and ‘roll up’ course
outcomes into revised program outcomes that will take effect under
semesters.
> Other activities to complete the
ABET Self Study Report and prepare for the visit
> Complete additional actions
related to improving outcomes – technical writing, etc.
> Technical Communication Committee: (John, Greg, Frank,...)
> Develop standard Technical Writing
guidelines for the department (common expectations for reports). Post on a website with other technical
writing resources (see example from Chemical Engineering Department)
> Define a standard citation format for all
departmental undergraduate (lab and design reports) and graduate (project and
thesis) reports.
> Ensure adequate presentation skills
coverage in semesters (since COMS103 will not be required)
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9/23/09
Attendees: ME Faculty (minus Dave and Carole and ½ of Bob)
plus Stephanie Walker plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Information:
>
Check Reminder Calendar
>
House Bill Funds will be available this year – about the same amounts
as last time
> ARC Grand Opening Ceremony –
May 8th. SrD team projects invited to be a part of it.
> IE
PhD name change still needs to go to Board of Regents. (Good news is that it doesn’t
need to go to BOT or RAGS)
>
Advising Evaluation begins this quarter.
All departments are required to do it once per year. Departments can request it more often.
> 2
large Stocker rooms to be kept as classrooms for Winter 2010. Contact Ken Sampson if we have a Wtr quarter room issue. – Discussion
about the need to push the college to make this ‘permanent.’
>
Assessment Report Updates – 321 and 328 submitted. Still need report for 412.
For Discussion:
SAB/GSAB
– Positive
Meeting with Industrial Advisory Board.
Recruiting new members. Plan to make appeals in ME101 and ME224.
SPACE
>
Comments on Computer Lab Plan? –
> Labs
seem to be used less.
Centralizing labs may be a sound use of space.
> Students
sometimes just log in to use printers.
Wireless printers would reduce need for lab space.
> ARC
student space – ME and CE will ‘share’ the large open
space, ~2000ft^2. Unclear methods
for determining how to share.
> May lead to
positive interactions between ME and CE students
Grad Program
> Capacity Survey [Frank] - 5 grad students per active grad faculty member was
selected as a max capacity. 1-2
PhD and the rest MSME.
> Q2S course transition update – Merry will be sending course templates soon for expedited
courses. Faculty should review
and update as appropriate for their semester courses, focusing on Titles,
Descriptions, and Outcomes (and possibly semesters offered).
Q2S
> Service Course Duplication – College concern is increasing scheduling flexibility
(especially important for co-ops), helping transfer students, limiting
faculty workload, and making efficient use of space.
> Meeting of Chairs and Dennis and Ken S. on TH
Sept. 24th to hash something out. It appears that at least some courses
will be made ENT courses and programs will not be allowed to have duplicate
courses (For example Statics would be ET2200 and we
would not be able to get a Mechanics I course approved at the college level).
> Include
CHE 231 Materials?
> Do not include Dynamics (unless other
departments require it and are qualified to teach it)
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9/16/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Information:
For Discussion:
PURF
proposal review panel member needed – anyone willing to serve? No
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***ABET Program Review Items
ABET ‘Buddy System’ for
‘help’ and motivation
> John suggested forming small working groups
for the ABET assessment activities, pairing new faculty with experienced ones
and using the ‘buddy system’ to help encourage meeting deadlines.
Proposed groups:
a) Dave, Carole, Izzi, Khairul,
b) Bob, Jun, John, and Greg
c) Frank, Rudy, Jay, and Jesus
Status Report: Course Assessments.
> Fall: 224, 301, 314, 388, and 470
submitted. 101 (not submitted)
> Winter: 288, 488, 471, and 451
submitted. 303 and 491 not
submitted.
> Spring: 401, 351, 472 submitted. 304, 321,
328, 412 not submitted.
Faculty Program Assessment Report –
What can we say about students achieving the program outcomes?
Status Report: Closing the loop
Solicit examples of ‘actionable assessment
results’ from the assessments of each required Ugrad
course,
and plans for meaningful course changes that can be made based on that assessment
data.
> Needed for all required classes to make sure
we are collecting closing-the-loop data for our ABET preparation year.
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First mtg
of the quarter – 9/9/09
Attendees: ME Faculty plus student reps (Michael D., Esteban Hincapie)
For Information:
> Update
on Ken
> Covering for Ken - ME101: Dave, ME304: Jay,
Recruiting visits: TJ and other grad students and ME Engineering Ambassadors
(Aaron Shelly and Robert Herpy), Advising: Greg
>
Check the reminder calendar
> The
Boy Scouts is sponsoring an air show and career fair at the Ohio University
Airport on Sat. and Sun., Oct. 10-11. If you have any interest in having a
table or related display for the career fair, please contact Dean Bruckner of the Avionics Engineering Center.
>
National Research
Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers
at federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards provide
generous stipends ($30,000 - $35,000 for graduate students, $42,000 - $75,000
per year for recent Ph.D. recipients and higher for additional experience),
and the opportunity to do independent research in some of the best-equipped
and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S.
citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign
nationals. Detailed program
information, including instructions on how to apply online and a list of
participating laboratories, is available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs Web site at: www.national-academies.org/rap
> ORSP
Workshops this Fall on IRB, COI, RCR – any questions?
> CTL
Workshops this Fall on outcomes, teaching portfolios, and semesters.
> ME Advisory
Board is on campus Friday Sept. 18 for SrD and
ME101 interactions
> Library periodical cancellation list (http://www.library.ohiou.edu/serials/cancellation/Engineering.html)
* Note that it includes
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: PART A – P
Note from Michael Wilson: The reason
for the cancellation was because of the cost, and the usage. The cost was
$26,125/year; with 59 electronic uses during the last year. We were spending
$442.80 per use. Since most recent issues of the journal are still published
in paper we should be able to interlibrary loan needed articles at a much
more affordable cost.
We currently have a mix of both the print copy of Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the electronic. Canceling the journal
should remove the electronic access to it. We would stop receiving paper
copies of the journal. At that time the retained paper copies that we do have
will remain accessible. In checking the journals there is no specific pattern
as to which ones we have current issues in. Check this link for more
information about the accessibility of journals: <http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/search~B1A1/t?SEARCH=proceedings+of+the+institution+of+mechanical+engineers&submit=Search&SORT=D&searchscope=1>.
For
Discussion:
1. Schedule Conflicts / issues?
> Students needing ME388 this quarter – number of students
being assessed in SrD. Probably ~5.
2. Usage of software/labs for
teaching - John
3. SAB/GSAB –
Need to prepare a ‘plan for the year’ for discussion at the SAB mtg with Advisory board (either 11:15 – 11:45 or
2:15 – 2:45 PM Friday Sept. 18).
Input on student member of Tech fee advisory committee?
4. Q2S: review of schedule, course
transition plans (Ugrad and Grad) and next steps
> Sept 25: NOI
due for service courses (system is ready, we have a worklist)
Hours, title, description, when
offered, section sizes, outcomes or topics (optional now)
> 2 week comment cycle on NOIs – biggest current debate seems to be 5 hour
courses (Physics, Chem,…)
> 2 week ‘pending’ cycle –
allows departments to put a hold on a course for an 'intervention' to handle
unresolved disputes
> ~Oct 15 - Oct 30 (dates
in negotiation) - binders from Engineering programs entered in system (ready
for college review)
> Note: Jeff Giesey will add all our existing courses to the NOI
system so we can get started entering data, since NOIs
can be transitioned to expedited course approvals.
> Programs will be entered in Acalog (the
catalog software). There will be
a side by side comparison of programs (created by the system?) and an
explanation of the changes (created by the program) for the college and UCC
to review
> The curriculum will be in
the form of cores (like DARS) rather than year by year.
> ~Nov 15 - Dec 15 –
programs approved by college and sent to UCC
> Goal is approval by UCC Feb meeting
Where are we on the department
level?
> Our Semester Program and Course transition
plans are posted on our Departmental info page at http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~kremer/ChairStuff.
We plan to have our wonderful staff handle as much
of the administrative burden as possible, but will need help from everyone as
we fully define the courses that make up our semester curriculum. Since the
outcomes are one major component of the course approval process (for both new
and expedited courses), I have posted the latest copy of our undergraduate
course outcomes (for review and use for crafting the semester course
outcomes) at http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~kremer/ChairStuff/ME_COURSEOUTCOMES_STDWORDING.doc
(this version includes a few format changes to standardize the language and
focus on special areas of concern)
5. ABET program review meeting –
part 2 – next week…
> email sent at end of
Spring quarter: This is just a quick reminder to send Stephanie your ABET
course assessments and plans for course changes to improve student performance
in at least one outcome. The
dates that we agreed on in the last faculty meeting are Friday June 26 for
the course assessments and Wednesday July 1st for the 'actionable assessment results' and plans for course changes to
improve student performance in at least one outcome [This is
the one thing you will do a follow up assessment on next year to determine
the impact of the change.]
6. Other
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Open items:
> Other Items
> SAB
Suggestion: Create a suggested tech electives sheet for the ME program
> Address issue of the lack of courses for students
early in the program (if they do not start in MATH263A)
> Develop department-level understanding of an
appropriate scope and level of difficulty for a graduate project (vs. a
thesis)
> Need more SAB members (personal invitations to
freshmen, sophomores and juniors) and GSAB members
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