BE Board:VisitingCom08

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Visiting Committee Visit Planning '08

Main Topics:

• Faculty Size/Curriculum
  • Increase number of electives
    • Statistics Class - survey responses
• Research Areas
  • What research areas lacking?
• Space
  • Currently de-centralized,lack of collaborations?
  • 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?