Risk Category and specific concerns	SEV	OCC	Rank	Comments
Safety
Research related injuries / Safety audits needed for each lab
Lack of proper training (research facilities)
Senior Design safety risk
lab safety - proceedures, PPE, training
OSHA, EPA compliance
University safety guidelines
Inadequate maintenance of tools & facilities
After hours security of dangerous tools
safety guidelines for dept as compared to dept.
Inadequate maintenance of inventory lists
Always miniumum of (2) people using shop equipment
Machine safety training - inadequate
Inadequate marking of tools / equipment for safety concerns
unsupervised work by students in machine shop
Inadequate MSDS records
Hazardous material control
Communication and External Relations
Keeping communications open
Public and media relations
OU has engineering?
Low U.S. news ranking
Lack of national exposure and participation for students
To be only known for teaching or research
Bad mouthing University to Industry leading to discrediting the program
Monitoring of the lasting effect of the OU plagiarism in the news. How much has it impacted OU ME graduates reputation in industry.
Lack of good publicity relating to program PR push
Reputation for plagarism / Public Image
Losing research projects if the perception is that research was compromised
Breach of firewall for web-site(s) (spread false info)
Faculty unprepared to deal with media
Media relations
Alumni Relations
Inadequate communication with alumni
University Relations
C.O.E. insulated from the rest of the university (2)
Other O.U. professors are bad mouthing Engineering College
Lack of "due process" students/staff/faculty
Administrative and Policy issues
Preferential treatment for few staff / faculty / students
Not enough time to deal with all the details (for example checking expense reports)
Unclear workload policies / expectations
Inconsistent mentoring of non-tenured faculty
Inadequate rev level of control of literature
Student feedback regarding staff's services provided
Changing grades with special grade reports
Pressure to publish
Process for earning tenure in the department
Unclear relationship between research centers and the department
Unreasonable requirements for promotion and tenure
Conflict between research and teaching
Increased research pressure on faculty
Decrease in the number of faculty
Faculty Leaving (including Sr. faculty, valuable contributors,…)
lack of involvement in engineering extracurricular activiites-Staff
What happens if the faculty becomes too small
Graduate Specific
Technology export issues for non US or green card students
No outcomes and assessment of graduate program
Unclear archival policy wrt projects
Measurement instrument calibration & tracability
What happens if OU doesn't improve corporate affiliation
Grant writing procedures
Poor research support for grants/proposals
Failure of administration to understand serious research requires serious investment of resources (leading to faculty/student stress)
Loss of PhD program / ME PhD program not approved or delayed consideration
Undergraduate Specific
What happens if the program doesn't grow
Merging with another department
What happens if the COE doesn't adapt to the convergance of ME and EE
Incentives and performance reviews
Incentives not linked to SOP / values
Inadequate incentives for community involvement
No real incentives for student engagement activities
No real incentive for service
No merit/bonus as incentive to learn/do more
Greater rewards for consulting vs doing sponsored research
Accreditation and Accountability
Ugrad
Mission / SOP not used to guide plans and decisions
Inadequate evaluation of program relative to objectives
Lack of assessment data for some courses, some faculty, summer session courses, …
What happens when two departments offer ET course and they vary
Grad
Quality control of program content & requirements
Diversity
Low ratio of minority and female students
Lack of student diversity - race, gender, economic
Lack of Students diversity
Further decrease in undergrad. women enrollment (2)
Lack of racial diversity in students/faculty
Recruiting
Undergraduate students
Packaged advisory message to parents, students
Inadequate training of recruiting representatives
Prospective student base- quality, quantity & diversity
Grad students and faculty
Not attracting best faculty / Not attracting research faculty
Not attracting best grad students
Drop in grad students / quality Int. & US job prospects for them
Poor organization and lack of communication of grad program turns students away from grad program
Other schools recruit. OU does not look attractive.
Reaching out to undergrads about possible research
Low stipends for students / uncompetitive stipends
Scheduling
Class overlapping quarter to quarter (3)
Availability of classes (3)
Inadequate lab space/equipment
Class sizes too small and students can't get in (2)
Classes are too big and impersonal (2)
Inadequate teacher student ratio
Complicated curriculum wrt scheduling
Last minute change of scheduling
Careers and job placement
Other schools assist in job placement and advertise placement rates to recruit (low showing at career fairs)
What happens if BSME's aren't specified? Mechanical/Fluid thermal
Budget / Purchasing / Financial Issues
Mixing of funding sources
misappropriation of funds
Lack of understanding of budget by faculty
Spending guidelines - thoroughness / training
Improper use of p-cards or personal cards
Lack of Travel training for new faculty
Management of funding
Proper limits / approval levels for spending
Lab facilities and funding
Use of equipment by graduate students
Non-compliance with University purchasing policies
Comparative overhead & billing rate / Higher research overhead compared to peer institutions
Lack of funding for students & research
Plenty of funding for additional students but no money for needed equipment to enhance quality of research
Lack of industry sponsors compared to peer institutions (partnerships)
Corporate sponsors or partnerships
Infrastructure and Facility Conditions
Inadequate professional research staff resourses to perform significant research
Lack of all sources to compare against
Inadequate grant/contract support to perform research
Limited access to research software I.E. & Matlab
Lack of access to accredited journals & periodicals - IEEE, Xplore & others
Not keeping up with peer institutions in terms of facilities or hot research areas
Inadequate research and lab facilities and training
Lack of designated money for lab supplies
Lack of updated lab equipment
Unattractive facilities/poor maintenance
lack of maintained space for senior lab
Outdated technology
Funding - Facilities - Equipment
Inadequate money for lab supplies & repairs
Funding for new equipment
Program Issues
Concern that students know about this "Risk Assessment"  but don't have confidence that appropriate action will be taken as a result.  "It's just a study"  Concrete and visible changes should be made to the department as a result of this study to instill confidence (in our plan for continuous improvement) in the Students, Industry and Media.
Not enough networking opportunities for students
Future plans for (dept commitment to) Engineering Clubs such as SAE, E-Bobcat, etc.
Undergraduate Program Specific
Not enough faculty/student interactions early in program
Curriculum complexity and inflexibility
No clear engineering direction for first year plus
Lack of Sr. faculty engaged in undergrad. Curriculum
Freshman required to take intro. courses that help them to meet fellow freshman and a peer mentor
Not getting enough sleep
Too many courses which causes to students to become overwhelmed (2)
LACK of student involvement outside class
Students feel they must co-op to get a job
Lack of students involvement in organizations and/or co-op
Lack of individual flexibility in Senior Design
Dominence of automotive themes in classroom assignments
Communication between the departments to connect classes better
Missed opportunity of callobration with EECS in Sr. Design
Techinical writing learned while in senior design
What happens if students with diverse interests leave? A lack of flexibility
5 years expected for a bachelors degree
no net or intervention for poorly performing students
Service Courses
Courses like Statics acting as "discouragers" to qualified ME students
What if poor instruction of fundamental courses continues
Inadequate teaching of techinical writing (2)
Other departments teach required classes poorly
Other departments stop offering classes we need
Lack of control over critical core courses taught by others
Graduate Program Specific
Graduate students possessing poor english and/or writing skills
Excessive time commitments
Lack of advising time for research / grad students
Lack of student involvement with program and peers. Frustrated students give negative reviews of dept
Inadequate advisor responsibility indentification
Faculty performance issues
Instructor quality not adequate for class
Teaching assignment inflexibility
Poor or non-existent communication between course instructors
Poor professor/student relationship
Broad student professor gap
Professors being unavailable
Poor faculty performance (teaching, research)
Faculty not understanding program requirements
Lack of respect for staff / students etc.
Student performance issues
Students ignorance of program guidelines
Poor student performance (coursework, research)
Poor quality thesis
Inadequate background for graduate study
Diverse interests leading to overdoing it and stress
Cutting class
Sleeping/texting/talking during class
Advising - Curriculum and program of study
Improper advising of Undergrad students wrt curriculum and scheduling
Inconsistant faculty advising proceedure - group or one-on-one or both
Notifications of advising proceedures to students - individual emails from advisors or one blanket from secretary
Failure to review students plans and discuss impact of the plan
Poor academic advising
Advising quality varies from student to student and professor to professor
Students must have better knowledge of curriculum
Academic Dishonesty
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