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The State of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
Ned Thomas, Dean of Engineering, March 22, 2012
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, ECE
Neuroengineering
Ashok Veeraraghavan, ECE
Computational imaging, computer vision, robotics
Aydin Babakhani, ECE
High-speed wireless communication, medical imaging and bio sensing
Tony Mikos elected to NAE 2012
Antonios G. Mikos,Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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%)
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.
AY05/06 AY06/07 AY07/08 AY08/09 AY09/10 AY10/11 AY11/120
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400Engineering Undergraduates
2.3%9.3%
18.3%26.7%
44.1%52.2%
Enrollments
BIOE CHBE CEE CAAM CS ECE ENGI MEMS STAT0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Total Enrollments (Students in Classes) by Department (UG + G)
Spring 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Growth is across the entire GRB SoE and not just Engineering Majors!
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
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
SoE Research Expenditures
$50M
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
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)