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Overview of UIC College of Engineering

Overview of UIC College of Engineering. Peter C. Nelson Interim Dean, College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago nelson@uic.edu. University of Illinois at Chicago. Started as University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) in 1965

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Overview of UIC College of Engineering

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  1. Overview of UIC College of Engineering Peter C. Nelson Interim Dean, College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago nelson@uic.edu UIC College of Engineering

  2. University of Illinois at Chicago • Started as University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) in 1965 • Merged with UI Medical Center in 1982 to become University of Illinois at Chicago • UIC is part of University of Illinois System • Chicago, Urbana-Champaign, Springfield • UIC currently ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in federal research funding with $290 million in research funding • UIC is Chicago's largest university with 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges • Has the state's major public medical center • Known for its diverse student population • Mission is “Access to Excellence” UIC College of Engineering

  3. UIC College of Engineering • Six Departments with graduate and undergraduate programs • Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Materials Eng., Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Eng., and Mechanical/Industrial Eng. • Faculty • 113 Faculty in 6 departments • 55 Professors, 37 Assoc. Prof, 21 Asst. Prof, 6 Lecturers • 14 are women • 2 NAE, 43 Fellows, 20 NSF Career/PYI • Students • 1710 B.S. students enrolled in 2007-08, 321 B.S. graduates in 2006-07 14.7% women, 6.7% African, 14.6% Hispanic, 24.6% Asian • 418 Ph.D. students in 2007-08, 64 Ph.D. graduates in 2006-07 • 530 M.S. students in 2007-08, 203 M.S. graduates in 2006-07 • Alumni • 17,000 alumni • Research • Research expenditures: $20.8 million for 2006-07 • Publications: 77 books and book chapters, 431 journal papers and 481 conference papers UIC College of Engineering

  4. Faculty UIC College of Engineering

  5. Faculty Status 113 Faculty, 14 women and minorities 43 Fellows of Societies, IEEE, ASME, ASCE, ACM 20 NSF Career Award, NYI, PYI Awardees Two members of the National Academy of Engineering UIC College of Engineering

  6. Faculty Recruiting • Three new faculty joined in 2006-07 • Dr. Elodie Adida, Ph.D. MIT, joined MIE department as Assistant Professor • Dr. David Eddington, Ph.D. Wisconsin, postdoc, Harvard-MIT, joined BioE department as Assistant Professor • Dr. Craig Foster, Ph.D., Stanford, NSF Research Fellowship at Technical University of Catalonia, joined CME department in January 2007 as Assistant Professor UIC College of Engineering

  7. Faculty Recruiting • Six new faculty for 2007-08 • Philip Yu, Ph.D. Stanford, Full Professor (Wexler Chair) joining the CS/ECE departments in January 2008 • Eduard Karpov, Ph.D., Southhampton Assistant Professor in CME, one year as Assistant Professor, Tennessee, two years as Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern, Post-doc, Northwestern, joined CME as Assistant Professor in August 2007 • James L. Patton, Ph.D., Northwestern, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, joined as Associate Professor in Bioengineering in August 2007 • Wenjing Rao, Ph.D., UC, San Diego, will join as Assistant Professor in ECE in January 2008 • Ying Liu, Ph.D., Princeton, Postdoc, University of Chicago, will join as Assistant Professor in ChE in August 2008 • One Assistant Professor in CS/Learning Sciences – search ongoing UIC College of Engineering

  8. Faculty Promotions • Promoted four faculty to the rank of Full Professor • Jie Liang (Bioengineering) • Robert Kenyon (Computer Science) • Dan Schonfeld (Electrical and Computer Engineering) • H.Y. (David) Yang (Electrical and Computer Engineering) • Promoted three faculty to Associate Professor with tenure • Yang Dai (Bioengineering) • Danilo Erricolo (Electrical and Computer Engineering) • Laxman Saggere (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) UIC College of Engineering

  9. Faculty Awards and Honors • Fellows of Societies during 2006-2007 • Gyungho Lee (ECE) became a Fellow of AAAS • Thomas Royston became Fellow of ASME • Mohsen Issa became Fellow of ASCE • Farhad Ansari became Founding Fellow of International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure • Farid Amirouche (MIE) named to Palmes Académiques of France • George Uslenghi (ECE) received the 2006 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award • University Scholar Award for 2007-08 • Sol Shatz (CS) • Krishna Reddy (CME) • Gyungho Lee (ECE) • Daniela Tuninetti received an NSF CAREER Award for 2007 UIC College of Engineering

  10. Students UIC College of Engineering

  11. UIC COE B.S. Program • 1710 total undergraduate students in 2007 • Average ACT score of freshmen students 25.6 • 321 B.S. graduates in 2006-07 • 15% Women, 25% Asian, 7% African American, 15% Hispanic UIC College of Engineering

  12. UIC COE M.S. Program • 465 total MS Graduate students in 2007 • 203 M.S. graduates in 2006-07 • 28% Women, 54% Foreign UIC College of Engineering

  13. UIC COE Ph.D. Program • 418 total PhD Graduate students in 2007 • 64 PhD. graduates in 2006-07 • 25% Women, 74% Foreign UIC College of Engineering

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  24. Professional Master’s Program • UIC COE has an online Master’s Program (MENG) in ECE, CS, and MIE departments • UIC COE also has two International Master’s Programs (Turin and Milan) in ECE, CS, and MIE • Launching LIVE MS Energy program for people in Chicago area • Masters in Energy Technology (Fall 2008) UIC College of Engineering

  25. Spring 2007 Post-GraduationEmployment Survey Results • The following results are from the post-graduation employment survey conducted over Summer 2007. • These results were gathered via email and telephone response. • There were a total of 180 COE Spring 2007 Bachelor of Science graduates. Of this total, we received a 48% response rate. Typical response is only around 20% • There were a a total of 84 COE Spring 2007 Master of Science graduates. Of this total, we received a 52% response rate. • PhD not included in this survey. UIC College of Engineering

  26. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results (YTD)Bachelor of Science UIC College of Engineering

  27. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results (YTD) Bachelor of Science UIC College of Engineering

  28. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results (YTD) Bachelor of Science Salary Report UIC College of Engineering

  29. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results (YTD)Master of Science UIC College of Engineering

  30. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results (YTD)Master of Science UIC College of Engineering

  31. Spring 2007 Employment Survey Results(YTD) Master of ScienceSalary Report UIC College of Engineering

  32. Spring 2007 COE Internship Data • Rolled out eCampus Recruiter tool to fully automate job posting and search process • Over 300 Engineering jobs currently posted (intern and Full time) • From Fall 2006 to Summer 2007, there has been a 19% increase in student registration for the Engineering Internship/Co-op program. UIC College of Engineering

  33. Engineering Co-op/Intern ProgramQualified* Undergraduate #’s • *To be considered “Qualified”, undergraduate students must meet the following min. requirements: • 45 credits completed • GPA (2.75 for 45-59 credits completed, and 2.5 for 60+ credits completed) • Be more than 1 semester from graduation • ** These results are only of those who reported Co-op/Internship employment. Not all candidates report their employment status, so an absolute number is not available. UIC College of Engineering

  34. Engineering Co-op/Intern Program Participants Spring 2007 UIC College of Engineering

  35. Engineering Co-op/Intern ProgramEmployment Numbers ** These results are only of those who reported Co-op/Internship employment. Not all candidates report their employment status, so an absolute number is not available. UIC College of Engineering

  36. College of Engineering Co-op/Internship Report 2007 (YTD)Engineering Internship/Co-ops/Entry Level positions posted on www.uiccareers.com (1/1/07-YTD): 392 Top Hiring Internship Employers UIC College of Engineering

  37. Internship 2007 ReportContinued Companies that hired at least 2 COE Interns: UIC College of Engineering

  38. Research UIC College of Engineering

  39. Research Program • Research done in six departments and eight centers • Research expenditures: $20.8 million for 2006-07 • Publications: 77 books and book chapters, 431 journals and 481 conferences • 64 Ph.D. graduates in 2006-07, up from 47 Ph.D. graduates in 2005-06 UIC College of Engineering

  40. Research Funding Trends UIC College of Engineering

  41. Research Productivity • Published 77 books and book chapters in 2006-07 • compared to 80 in 2005-06 • Published 431 journal publications in 2006-07 • compared to 465 in 2005-06 • Published 481 conference publications in 2006-07 • compared to 500 in 2005-06 • Graduated 64 Ph.D. students in 2006-07 • Compared to 47 in 2005-06 • Research expenditures: $20.8 million for 2006-07 • compared to $20.1 million in 2005-06 UIC College of Engineering

  42. NSF ERC Proposals Status - Three pre-proposals submitted in May 2007 • BioGrids Center: Biologically Fueled Engine Systems for Electric Microgrids (Bill Worek and Rodica Baranescu) Core partners: UIUC; PSU; UW-Madison; OSU; Kansas State Univ.; IIT-Dehli, India • New Paradigm for Urban Infrastructure System (Subrata Chakrabarti and Ming Wang) Core partners: U. of Notre Dame; Lehigh Univ.; Florida A&M Univ.; Florida State Univ. • Center for Next Generation Dynamic Simulation of Vehicular Systems (Ahmed Shabana) Core partners: Georgia Tech.; Tennessee State Univ.; Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Iowa, UW-Madison - NSF Received 143 pre-proposals - Invitations for full proposals expected end of September 2007 - Full proposals expected to be due in December 2007 UIC College of Engineering

  43. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research • Title: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Recreational Technologies and Exercise Physiology Benefiting Persons with Disabilities • PI: Jim Rimmer, AHS • Co-PIs: Pat Banerjee & Michael Scott, COE-MIE • ~$5M – informal approval, no formal word yet • 2007-2012 • Lead Institution: UIC • Partner Inst: • Inclusive Fitness Coalition - UK, • Univ of Colorado, • Univ. of Pittsburgh, • Northwestern Univ. , • Beneficial Designs, Inc. UIC College of Engineering

  44. Machines Assisting Recovery from Stroke (MARS) A National Institute for Disability and rehabilitation research (NIDRR) Funded to The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Partners: University Of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, University of California at Irvine, ETH at Zurich, Balgrist Hospital, Zurich, Hocoma Zurich, Illinois Institute of Technology, UNAM, INAOE, INN, Mexico Focus: The development of robotic devices and passive systems to promote restoration of function in stroke survivors PI/co-PIs: W. Z. Rymer (RIC), PI, J. Patton (UIC & RIC), Co-PI, with Project leaders R. Kenyon (UIC), D. Kamper (IIT), D. Brown (Northwestern), M. Peshkin (Northwestern), D. Reinkensmeyer (Cal) Funding: $950k per year total cost Period: starting October 1, 2007 for 5 years UIC College of Engineering

  45. Recent Research Grants • PI: Sudip Mazumder (ECE), “Hybrid-modulation Based High-power High-frequency and Scalable SiC Polyphase Fuel-cell Inverter for Power Quality and Distributed Generation,” NSF, 8/15/07-7/31/10, $270,000 • PI: Zhichun Zhu (ECE), “Collaborative Research: CSR --- SMA: Thermal Modeling, Simulation and Management of Memory Subsystems for Multi-Core Systems,” NSF, 8/07-7/08, $40,000 • Ashfaq Khokhar and Dan Schonfeld (ECE), “MotionSearch: Motion Trajectory-Based Object Activity Retrieval and Recognition in Video and Sensor Databases,” NSF Grant International Supplement, 9/1/07-8/31/10, $72,000 • Aris Ouksel and Ashfaq Khokhar (ECE), “Reliable Information Dissemination and Resource Discovery in Mobile Environments,” NSF, 9/1/07-8/31/09, $160,000 UIC College of Engineering

  46. Recent Research Grants (cont’d) • Randall Meyer (ChE), “Development of New Heterogeneous Catalysts for NOx Storage and Reduction,” NSF, $158,272 • Sohail Murad (ChE) and Cynthia Jameson, “Molecular Modeling of Ion Transport and Separation in Nanochannels, NSF, $270,000 • John Regalbuto (ChE), “Non-Platinum Bimetallic Cathode Electrocatalysts,” DOE, $400,000 • Lewis Wedgewood and Ludwig Nitsche (ChE), “Evaluation of Three Related Forms of Copper-Chlorine Thermochemical Cycle for Hydrogen Production, Argonne, $70,000 • Ernesto Indacochea (CME), “Development of Nanostructured-based Sensor for Reliable Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices,” NSF, 9/1/07-8/31/10, $546,456 • PI Ernest Indacochea (CME), “Real Time Detection Methods to Monitor TRU Compositions in UREX+ Process Streams,” DOE, $449,961/$2,100,000 UIC College of Engineering

  47. Recent Research Grants (cont’d) • Ernesto Indacochea (CME), “Study of Glass and Steel Interfaces in Phosphate Cement Composites,” Argonne, 9/1/07-8/31/08, $43,662 • Sol Shatz (CS), “Collaborative Research: CT-ISG: Agent-Based Trust Management for Trust Re-Evaluation in Online Auctions,” NSF, 8/1/07-7/31/10, $120,000 • Krishna Reddy and Amid Khodadoust (CME), “Remediation of Contaminated Subsurface Using Nanoscale Iron Particles,” NSF, 8/07-7/09, $169,830 • Tanya Berger-Wolf (CS), “Computational Methods for Understanding Social Interactions in Animal Populations,” NSF, 8/1/07-7/31/10, $245,955/$899,017 • Ming Wang (CME), “Collaborative Research: Sensor Fusion for Comprehensive Health Monitoring of Complex Infrastructure Systems – An International Testbed Opportunity,” NSF, 9/07-8/10, $130,000 UIC College of Engineering

  48. Recent Research Grants (cont’d) • Thomas Royston (MIE), “The Audible Human Project,” NIH, 9/5/07-8/31/09, $146,869 • Dan Schonfeld (ECE), “Mobile Plenoptics: Panoramic Video Communications in Mobile Device,” Motorola, 8/07-5/08, $22,000 • Dan Schonfeld (ECE), “Machine Learning and Event Detection in Biological Systems,” VG Bioinformatics, Inc., 8/07-5/08, $40,000 • Dan Schonfeld (ECE), Interactive Vision: Collaborative Mutiple-Input-Multiple-Output Inverse Problems with Application in Image and Video Processing,” NSF, 8/07-8/10, $232,496 • Farhad Ansari (CME), “Simple Cost Effective Bridge Scour Sensor,” IDOT, 8/15/07-8/14/08, $55,000 • Farhad Ansari (CME), “US-Asia Network of Centers for Intelligent Structural Health Management of Safety-Critical Structures,” NSF, 9/5/07-9/412, $2,496,711. shared with Northwestern University UIC College of Engineering

  49. College of Engineering Technology Commercialization UIC College of Engineering

  50. New Initiatives UIC College of Engineering

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