The State of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
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The State of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
Ned Thomas, Dean of Engineering, March 22, 2012
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NEW FACULTY AS OF JULY 1, 20111 new dean, 1 professor, 4 assistant professors
Dean Ned Thomas, NAE, MEMS Materials for extreme environments, phoXonics (X = t + n)
Herbert Levine, NAS, BIOE Biological physics
Swarat Chaudhuri, CS Programming languages, logic in computing
Rouzbeh Shahsavari, CEE Atomistic and multi-scale modeling, nano mechanics
Caleb Kemere, ECENeuroengineering
Ashok Veeraraghavan, ECEComputational imaging, computer vision, robotics
Aydin Babakhani, ECEHigh-speed wireless communication, medical imaging and bio
sensing
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Tony Mikos elected to NAE 2012
Antonios G. Mikos,Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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George R. Brown School of Engineering
Centennial Campaign Summary (as of March 22, 2012)
Campaign Goal $115,000,000
Cumulative Commitments $98,089,841 (84%)
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GRB Vision Statement (2012)• Make a difference. Develop leading research and educational
programs in areas where Rice is well-positioned to make a difference: health, energy, water, and information technology and processing.
• Enhance our strengths in computational engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials science and robotics.
• Develop leaders. Be pre-eminent in engineering education and the education and development of tomorrow’s leaders and entrepreneurs.
• Be open. Open ourselves to the world by building on our unique strengths to increase our opportunities in the US and abroad while improving our rankings.
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AY05/06 AY06/07 AY07/08 AY08/09 AY09/10 AY10/11 AY11/120
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1400Engineering Undergraduates
2.3%9.3%
18.3%26.7%
44.1%52.2%
Enrollments
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BIOE CHBE CEE CAAM CS ECE ENGI MEMS STAT0
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Total Enrollments (Students in Classes) by Department (UG + G)
Spring 2009Fall 2009Spring 2010Fall 2010Spring 2011Fall 2011
Growth is across the entire GRB SoE and not just Engineering Majors!
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Some 2011 OEDK Winning Design Teams
Team Dragon: Third place, mobile game design in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup International Competition
Equiliberators: National Top Five Finalist (highest honor), RESNA Student Design Competition
Electric Owl: First place, Texas Instruments Analog Design Competition ($10,000!)
InfantAIR: Multiple competition winner now field testing in Malawi
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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110
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SoE Research Expenditures
$50M
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RICE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
PREPARES YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE
Learn how to learn—quickly!
Design systems and devices to solve real-world problems
Create new knowledge through research
Take fundamental discoveries out of the lab into the World
Understand engineering in global/social context
Develop leadership and teamwork abilities
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The Path Forward (GRB SoE)• Select a few focused research thrusts in Energy,
Environment, Health, Energy-Health• Combine Engineering and Science efforts• Make It Happen No Matter What !• State Objectives and Metrics for Success
– What is the delta @ (2, 5 and 10 yrs)? – Make Donors/Supporters care about success and the delta
• Develop Business Plan for each Center– Nucleation funds t = 0 to 24-36 months– Steady-state faculty generated funding in out years (or die)