BE Board:VisitingCom08: Difference between revisions

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Main Topics:

Faculty Size/Curriculum
- Increase number of electives
  - From Survey:
  - Statistics Class focused on Biology
  - Tissue Engineering
  - Graduate Lab Technique class
  - Mathematical modeling
  - Ethics
Research Areas
- What research areas lacking?
Space
- Currently de-centralized,lack of collaborations?,social interactions?
- Tech Square people generally happy over there, would not necessarily want to move
- Not enough space for new faculty
BE Department Staff - Dan Darling, Mariann, Aran
- Compared to other engineering departments, less staff; asking them to wear a lot of hats
- minimal web site activity, low student input, other departments seem to do more self-promotion (related to staff issue)
Jobs
- Current grads are finding jobs, but new web portal might offer more help
- How to attract recruiters - currently Merck actively recruits, but few others
- Alumni contacts/database?
Undergraduate Effects
- Increase in number of semesters as TA?

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 *'''Faculty Size/Curriculum'''
 **Increase number of electives
-***Statistics Class - survey responses
+***From Survey:
+***Statistics Class focused on Biology
+***Tissue Engineering
+***Graduate Lab Technique class
+***Mathematical modeling
+***Ethics
 *'''Research Areas'''
 **What research areas lacking?
 *'''Space'''
-**Currently de-centralized,lack of collaborations?
+**Currently de-centralized,lack of collaborations?,social interactions?
+**Tech Square people generally happy over there, would not necessarily want to move
 **Not enough space for new faculty
 *'''BE Department Staff - Dan Darling, Mariann, Aran'''
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 **How to attract recruiters - currently Merck actively recruits, but few others
 **Alumni contacts/database?
+*'''Undergraduate Effects'''
+**Increase in number of semesters as TA?