[PPT] - WELCOME to College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago PowerPoint Presentation

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Vahid Motevalli

Associate Dean for Research & Innovation Tennessee Tech University

Kenneth Brezinsky

Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies UIC

Monday, October 16, 2017 College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago

WELCOME to https://chicago-adr-conference2.engr.uic.edu/

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Acknowledgement:

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transportation Systems (CBET) Award 1646808

The 2nd Chicago Conference for Associate Deans of Research at Small and Mid-Sized Engineering Schools

College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago

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Ov Over erall Concern cerns s for r ADRs Rs in Sm Small to med edium Colleg eges es

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Professional development is challenging, no formal opportunities for “training”
The responsibilities and resources available to these ADRs differ from colleges of

engineering in large (often land grant) universities and public vs. private.

The variations appear to have a clear demarcation evident in the size of the

college faculty and ranking.

The expectations/responsibilities of ADRs vary greatly across these universities:

Such as:

Part-time vs. full-time appointment
Teaching and/or research expectations
Staff support
Budget control or resources

The 1st Chicago conference provided an intimate and open environment as a professional development and enrichment opportunity for all participating Associate Deans for Research in medium to small colleges of engineering

https://chicago-adr-conference.engr.uic.edu/

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Monday, October 16 9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome and overview of the program Participant introductions 9:15 am – 9:45 am Keynote, Dr. Peter Nelson, Dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering, “The Challenges Facing Small to Medium Sized Engineering Schools: A Dean’s Perspective” 9:45 am – 10:00 am Q&A 10:00 am – 10:15 am Break 10:15 am – 12:00pm Facilitated Discussion of the following topics 1) Defining and empowering the position of Associate Dean of Research in a consistent way 2) Optimizing Associate Deans’ relationships with their engineering faculty colleagues 3) Optimizing Associate Deans’ relationships with their Deans 4) Providing Associate Deans of Research a system of metrics both for self-evaluation and for evaluation of their Colleges/Schools of Engineering 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Presentation and Facilitated Discussion, “Recruiting Women Faculty”, Dr. Adrienne Minerick, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Michigan Technical University 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Presentation and Facilitated Discussion, “Recruiting Faculty From Underrepresented Minority Groups”, Dr. Jeremiah Abiade, Faculty Director, UIC President's Award Program for STEM Initiatives 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Open discussion and wrap up, facilitated by Dr. Ken Brezinsky, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, UIC, and Dr. Vahid Motevalli, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Tennessee Tech University

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Attendees Introduct ction

Please address only the following items in interest of time:

Your name and title
Part-time or full-time appointment, AY or 12-months
University type (public of private)
Size of faculty and student enrollment

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Topic 1) Defining and empowering the position of Associate Dean of Research in a consistent way

Responsibilities of the ADRs across the colleges of interest
Is there a written position description?
Graduate studies responsibilities are most common
Level of authority and autonomy
Financial control on part of a budget, IDC funding
Faculty mentorship and development
Managing start-up funding for new faculty
Space and facilities “management”
Teaching responsibilities and activities
Research activities/responsibilities
Tracking data

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Topic 1) Defining and empowering the position of Associate Dean of Research in a consistent way

Does it need to be consistent everywhere?
How many associate deans are there?
Meetings with other ADRs in the university
Relationship with the VPR or university level
Limited submission opportunities
What are the essential components.
Preparing faculty to deal with agencies, program directors (role plays)
Use those with agency experience to work with new faculty.
Agency organized visits

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Topic 2) Optimizing Associate Deans’ relationships with their engineering faculty colleagues

How do we define optimization?
Meetings one-on-one
Provide information on a useful and optimized way (funding opportunities)
Transparency
Mentoring new faculty, should it involve the department chairs?
Workshop for
Making sure to be accessible to the faculty
Variations of the relationship with assistant professors through tenured senior

faculty.

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Topic 3) Optimizing Associate Deans’ relationships with their Deans

What is an optimized relationship?
Trust and confidentiality
Access and regular meetings
Communication
Integrity and transparency
Enjoy the job and make tangible impact
Why is this important?
Being able to perform at the highest level
What works well and what does not?

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Topic 4) Providing Associate Deans of Research a system of metrics both for self-evaluation and for evaluation of their Colleges/Schools

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What are the key metrics?
External research funding
Comparison with the peers
Success of the new faculty
Why is this important?
To improve impact of our work.

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

“Recruiting Women Faculty”

Dr. Adrienne Minerick

Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Michigan Technical University

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

“Recruiting Faculty From Underrepresented Minority Groups”

Dr. Jeremiah Abiade

Faculty Director, UIC President's Award Program for STEM Initiatives

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Faci cilitated Discu cussions

Open Discussion and Wrap up

Facilitated by Dr. Ken Brezinsky, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, UIC, and

Dr. Vahid Motevalli, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation,

Tennessee Tech University

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1. How to maintain expensive core laboratory facilities
2. Balancing the hiring of tenure track research oriented faculty

against teaching faculty to increase enrollment.

New Discussion Topics

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Chicago Conference ce Su Summary Findings gs

a) Helping faculty to be successful, i.e. getting more funding and national recognition

1) What does a successful proposal look like, library of successful proposals. 2) Appropriate startup for new faculty and its management. 3) Assist faculty to find collaborators. 4) National recognition; participate/organize wkshps/conf.

b) Assist junior faculty, through mentoring, particularly for highly prestigious and competitive grants.

1) Provide grant writing and proposal development support. 2) Build confidence in their capabilities.

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Chicago Conference ce Summary Findings

c) Providing faculty the necessary infrastructure for developing proposals for large funding amounts

1) Provide release time support for large proposals such as ERCs 2) Hire consultants to help with writing. Partner with other institutions 3) If there is a space challenge, the institution can buy space and rent out what is not needed, Look for under used laboratories to utilize

e) Increasing research productivity, enhancing the impact of the research

1) Faculty who are no longer research active: Post tenure review, increased teaching or half appointment, industry-based research/consulting, appeal to the altruistic side. 2) “Launch Committees” – early career management for 1st year, external advice. 3) “Lift Committees” for existing faculty 4) Measure Impact: Outputs, quality of journals, metrics: citations, recognitions, funding, Publicize papers once they are accepted

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f) Cultivating research leaders who might be PIs on large proposals 1) Create leadership training program specifically in research that is, for example, similar

to typical academic leadership training programs.

2) Create a mentorship program; mentors have records of having developed successful

research programs. Mentors may be from the college, or university, and in some cases from other universities.

3) Encourage junior faculty to participate in summer fellows programs at national labs

where they can develop skills in building a successful research program.

4) Hire associate professors who are on a trajectory of success; ambitious and high

energy.

5) Create an award for faculty who have taken leadership and received external funding

greater than a designated amount; for example the annual “Million Dollar Club” dinner for new awards greater than $1.0 M.

Chicago Conference ce Summary Findings

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j) Faculty recruiting: women and underrepresented minority groups

1) Upper administration (College, University) has to prioritize, give importance

Get rid of unconscious bias
Trainers providing diversity training

2) Opportunity hires – trailing hires

Spousal accommodation
Strategic hire – term limited
Funding from upper administration

3) More mentoring, special attention, social interaction

Address unconscious bias re: tenure clock

4) Institution will provide resources to attract faculty in these groups

Chicago Conference ce Summary Findings

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j) Faculty recruiting: women and underrepresented minority groups (cont’d)

1) Faculty network “Phone Tree” can be an excellent tool for faculty recruiting 2) Higher Education Recruiting Consortium (HERC) (http://www.hercjobs.org/) 3) Reasons for loss of women faculty

Do not get tenure due to a lack of mentoring
Pay inequality – allegedly women are getting paid 20% less than men
Family issues typically fall to the woman while man continues with his career path

4) Lack of Mentoring

Use it as a recruiting tool, a small university can do a better job than at a larger school

5) Help women to achieve tenure and to climb the career ladder

Support participation is leadership workshops and institutes HERS – Leadership

Training Institutes for Women in Higher Ed -- https://hersnet.org/

Chicago Conference ce Summary Findings

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k) Developing inter-institutional collaborations since smaller sized schools do not have the critical mass necessary

1) Need to team with a school with a similar size to even the playing field 2) First, explore activity within a campus

Bring faculty together and have discussions overseen by a facilitator
Focus discussions on some “Grand Challenge” of a “Wicked Problem”

3) Options for identifying external partners

Start a conversation at a high level, e.g. Vice Provost or Vice Chancellor for Research
Host a workshop focused on the collaboration topic
Use a grass roots approach, i.e. individual faculty use their network to build a team by

contacting faculty at other small institutions – email “phone tree” approach

Chicago Conference ce Summary Findings

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Attendees

Tarek Abdel-Salam Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies East Carolina University

ABDELSALAMT@ecu.edu

Susan Davis Allen Associate Dean for Research Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Susan.Allen@ERAU.edu

Anthony W. Dean Assistant Dean for Research Old Dominion University

adean@odu.edu

Phillip L. De Leon Associate Dean of Research, Engineering New Mexico State University

pdeleon@nmsu.edu

Greg Easson Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education University of Mississippi

geasson@olemiss.edu

John Hansen Associate Dean for Research University of Texas at Dallas

john.hansen@utdallas.edu

Dave Field Associate Dean Research and Graduate Education Washington State University

dfield@wsu.edu

Adrienne R. Minerick Associate Dean for Research & Innovation Michigan Technological University

minerick@mtu.edu

Brian S. Mitchell Interim Associate Dean Tulane University

brian@tulane.edu

Vahid Motevalli Associate Dean for Research & Innovation Tennessee Technological University

vmotevalli@tntech.edu

Adel Nasiri Associate Dean for Research University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

nasiri@uwm.edu

K. Y. Simon Ng

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Wayne State University

sng@wayne.edu

M. Volkan Otugen

Senior Associate Dean Southern Methodist University

tugen@lyle.smu.edu

Anand J. Puppala Associate Dean of Research University of Texas at Arlington

anand@uta.edu

B. Ramu Ramachandran

Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Louisiana Tech University

ramu@coes.latech.edu

Teri Reed Asst VP for Research Development, Office of Research University of Cincinnati

reedtk@ucmail.uc.edu

Patricia A. Relue Associate Dean for Research University of Toledo

patricia.relue@utoledo.edu

Jacqueline Smith Assistant to the Associate Dean for Research and Facilities University of Louisville

kevin.walsh@louisville.edu

Janet Twomey Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Wichita State University

janet.twomey@wichita.edu

Vivek Utgikar Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development University of Idaho

vutgikar@uidaho.edu

Rosemarie D. Wesson Associate Dean for Research The City College of New York

rwesson@ccny.cuny.edu

R.J. (Bob) Wilkens Associate Dean for Research and Innovation University of Dayton

rwilkens1@udayton.edu

Dan Bailey Manager, Research Planning, College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago

dbailey1@uic.edu

Jeremiah Abiade Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago

jta@uic.edu

Kenneth Brezinsky Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies College

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Kenbrez@uic.edu

Peter Nelson Dean, College of Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago

nelson@uic.edu