BE Board:VisitingCom08

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Visiting Committee Visit Planning '08

Main Topics:

• Faculty Size/Curriculum
  • Increase number of electives
    • From Survey:
    • Statistics Class focused on Biology
    • Tissue Engineering
    • Graduate Lab Technique class:Imaging,Biochemistry,Basic Biology
    • Cellular,Physiological,Organ level biology
    • Genetics
    • Metabolics
    • Mathematical modeling
    • Ethics
• Research Areas
  • What research areas lacking?
    • From 2006 survey:
    • Strengthen core subjects already emphasized
    • Neuroscience
    • Metabolic engineering
    • Energy/Environment
    • Epigenomics
    • Immunology
• 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
  • 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)
    • BE: 7, ChemE: at least 9, EECS: at least 9
    • ChemE has dedicated Web Site developer, Communications/Events people
    • EECS has Alumni Relations
• 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?

Notes from previous Visiting Committee Meeting