lake superior state university industrial advisory board meeting november 3, 2006

Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial Advisory Board Meeting

November 3, 2006

8:30 – 9:00 am Informal Discussion - All Welcome 9:00 – 9:10 am Meeting Call to Order– Fred Berg - Introduce new member Elio Principe 9:10 - 9:40 am Action Item Review/Minutes Approval – Lynnette Utecht

- Approve minutes from November Meeting - Review Action Items from April 2006 meeting - Introduction to Johnson Controls - Tour of Engineering facility

9:40 – 10:00 am Chair’s Report – Fred Berg

- Chairman Responsibilities/nomination - Spring nomination - IAB survey - April 2007

Committee Reports 10:00 – 10:15 am Recruitment Subcommittee Report - Chris Conklin - MACRO Events Fall 2006 update 10:15 – 10:30 am Scholarship Report – Dan Goodrich 10:30 – 10:40 am Break Lake Superior State University Updates 10:40 - 11:20am School Updates – Morrie Walworth

- Enrollments, - Recruitment - Scholarships - ABET visit

11:20 - 12:00 Program Updates – David Baumann, Paul Duesing, Jim Devaprasad

- MA/CS relationships - New option - Faculty activities

12:00 – 12:30 pm Lunch Senior Projects 12:30 – 2:00 pm Senior Projects – Jim Devaprasad

- Last year's results - This year's projects - Course Enhancements - Overview of Senior Project process

2:00 pm Closing Remarks/ Next Meeting LSSU Campus, 2007

ACTION ITEMS Responsible

Control charts – need some data and examples for the proposed

new class EG346 IAB members

Recruitment activities – MACRO nights coming up this fall.

Check out the LSSU website to see when one is located in your area IAB members

IAB members to be involved in evaluating of the senior project

presentations IAB members

Senior Project ideas for 2006-2007 send to David Baumann All

Additional Notes:

Please keep LSSU in mind:

When your company is getting rid of old equipment. LSSU can use it for students’ classes,

sale for parts, or other various items.

When your company is looking to hire new people.

Chair’s report

Chairman responsibility/nomination

Spring nomination

IAB survey

The Nominations Are:

•_________________•_________________•_________________

Industrial Advisory Board

Chairman Election Spring 2007

Nomination Process:

• Any existing IAB members are eligible

•Self nominations are acceptable

•If you are nominating another member please be sure that they are willing to participate

•All nominations will be accepted and presented at the spring IAB meeting

•Any Questions you can contact the existing IAB offices.

Lake Superior State University School of Engineering and Technology Industrial Advisory Board

IAB Chairperson Responsibilities and Term Limits

It is the Chairman’s responsibility to oversee all of the activities of the IAB including coordinating committees.

As the need arises, the Chairman shall appoint committee chairpersons.

The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all committees and is eventually responsible for the completion of all committee business. He/She shall keep in touch with all committee chairs, facilitate the completion of their task, and if necessary, remove inactive committee chairs/members and appoint successors.

The Chairman is directly responsible for the IAB meetings.

Meeting Responsibilities include:Establish meeting dates, locations and times (coordinate with Dean of Engineering)Arrange meeting facilityFinalizing meeting agendasPresiding over meeting

Lake Superior State University School of Engineering and Mathematics

Industrial Advisory Board

IAB Officer Responsibilities and Term Limits TERM LIMITS The term of each office shall be two calendar years. The terms of Chairman and Secretary shall expire on alternate years. No more than 2 consecutive terms are allowed. There is no limit to the number of non-consecutive terms. Election shall be by a majority of the members present at the spring meeting. The term shall pass to the successors at the end of the spring meeting. Communication of all necessary information is the responsibility of the exiting officer. Comments: The smooth operation of this small organization will depend on communication. Form of correspondence: Phone Fax E-mail Letters To facilitate hand-offs, a format should be consented upon for electronic applications (e.g. IBM/DOS).

IAB Survey• As of the Spring IAB meeting held on the campus of LSSU,4/28/06,the action item taken relative to the IAB survey was:

The membership survey will be emailed to all IAB members yearly. Results to be presented in the spring meeting of that same year.

• Do we still want to have a survey annually or perhaps every other year?

Simple ProjectDean Morrie Walworth is our conduit to the University. He will assist in any project that can generate additional funds to the University, especially for the School of Engineering.

examples: short term quick turn around projects

previous examples: prints, one of a kind part.

LSSU IAB Recruiting Subcommittee Update

Chris Conklin, Bob Andersen, Don Stephanic, & Dan Goodrich

October 30, 2006

Major Points

Direct recruiting support effort

Indirect recruiting support effort

Future

Direct RecruitingSupport Effort

MACRAO Calendar on schedule (updated early this season)MACRAO College Nights

- Fall, 2006 (we had scheduled participation in 12 events this season)

Follow up via the Admissions counselorsIncreased the number of IAB participants and MACRAO Events in Fall 2006 MACRAO College Nights from a year ago.

Direct RecruitingSupport Effort

Volunteers from IAB for Fall 2006 MACRAO Events:

Bob AndersenDon StephanicChris ConklinFred BergDan GoodrichJim GibbsDave AllisonAdam LyonRalph Larsen

Indirect RecruitingSupport Effort

Admissions/Alumni Association/IAB linkageDid not occur (not sure of status of this

program)

Future Plans

Continue to increase activity and participation within the IAB.Invite the admissions advisors to the senior projects & research projects final presentations.Continue to work with Admissions to determine role with Alumni Association/IAB with respect to support of Admissions.Continue to work closely with Admissions on 2007 Spring Recruiting Season and MACRAO events.

Follow up & Next Steps

Preparation for the Spring 2007 recruiting season.

Record any follow up offered during today’s meeting.

Comments, Concerns, Suggestions?

Volunteer positions are still open…

Scholarship Subcommittee Report

Don Stephanic, Dan Goodrich

Scholarships

Charlie Snyder scholarship For incoming freshmen Awards not renewable $27k fund balance 2 x $500 awards in Fall 2006 (first year for 2 x) 2 x $500 awards planned for Fall 2007

Scholarships

Robotics scholarships For incoming freshmen Awards renewable in 2nd year $275 fund balance 3 x $1500 awards in Fall 2005 (first year)

0 eligible for renewal

3 x $2000 awards in Fall 2006 4 x $2000 planned for Fall 2007 Funding primarily by SET Support needed!

LSSU Updates

Morrie Walworth, David Baumann,

Paul Duesing, and Jim Devaprasad

School UpdatesMorrie Walworth

Dean, School of Engineering & Technology

Enrollments

Recruitment

Scholarships

Grants

ABET Visit

Enrollment

In general, across the state, enrollments in engineering and technology are down.

Furthermore, LSSU enrollment is down about 20% over the last 5 years.

SET enrollment is down about 35% over the same time period.

There has been no director of enrollment at LSSU for the last three years.

Recruitment

New Director of Enrollment Services Bill Eilola New regions for recruitment New Web presence Buying more names More high school visits

Admits are already up 150% from last year.Engineering admits are 15% higher than they have ever been (2000).

Recruitment

Faculty calling students

Students calling students

New articulationsHigh School Skill CentersCommunity Colleges

More scholarships

Scholarships

Charlie Snyder Endowed Scholarships 2 @ $500

Huizenga Scholarships 4 @ $1,500

Robotics Scholarships 4 @ $2,000 (renewable for 2nd year)

MSPE (matching scholarships) 3 @ $2,000

SAME Scholarship 1 @ $500

GrantsYouth InternationalContinental Automotive Systems Summer Robotics Camp Sponsorship

21st Century Jobs Fund Michigan economic Development Corporation

(MEDC) American Association for the Advancement of

Science (AAAS) Strategic Economic Investment and

Commercialization (SEIC) Board Over $580,000 Prototype Development Center (PDC)

Prototype Development Center

Entrepreneurial ActivitiesDesignPrototype DevelopmentTestingConsulting

New Equipment

New Staff

ABET

Visit: September 24-26CE, EE (David Baumann)ME (Paul Duesing)Generally Positive OutcomesNothing Officially ReportedExpect all Three to be Accredited

(August, 2007)

ABET

Positive CommentsAssessment Process IABQuality of Senior ProjectsHappy GraduatesFaculty

ABET

General Items (all degrees)Concern about student knowledge of

lifelong learningConcern about enrollmentConcern about time spent in Senior

ProjectsConcern about budgetsMust publish objectives in the catalog

ABET

Electrical EngineeringNothing !

ABET

Mechanical EngineeringNeed to increase realization of design in

the thermal fluids area

ABET

Computer EngineeringConcern about the lack of CE faculty

membersNeed to ensure all graduates meet the

minimum math/science and discrete math requirements.

Program Updates

Curricular Issues

New Option

Faculty Activities

Curricular IssuesDavid Baumann, Chair ECE

CS341 New Course in CE Degree

EG346 Control Charts

MA310 Team Teaching With Mathematics Focus on Applications

RS460 “New” Lab Format

New EngineeringDegree Options

Paul Duesing, Chair ME and MfgET

Current

Issues

Ideas/Plans

Related and Other Changes

Issues

Attract Additional Students

Populate Upper Level Courses

Provide Path for Graduate School

Current Options

MechanicalEngineering

ElectricalEngineering

GeneralOption

Robotics &Automation

Option

DesignOption

ComputerEngineering

ManufacturingEngineeringTechnology

GeneralOption

Electrical/Mechanical

Option

DigitalSystemsOption

Future Options

MechanicalEngineering

ElectricalEngineering

GeneralOption

Robotics &Automation

Option

VehicleDynamics

Option

ComputerEngineering

ManufacturingEngineeringTechnology

Electrical/Mechanical

Option

DigitalSystemsOption

Related Changes

Four Courses for OptionsPLC Course for Robotics & Automation

OptionAssembly Modeling / GD&T for Vehicle

Dynamics Option

Dynamics In Electrical Core

Other: New Gen Ed Class

Faculty Activity Highlights

Matthew Carroll

Paul Duesing

Robert Hildebrand

Dave McDonald

Wael Mokhtar

Taskin Padir

Faculty Activities

Matthew CarrollCo-authored paper presented by Prof. Hildebrand at the 2006 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control in Querataro, Mexico

EGNR245: developing and expanding course – a synthesis of all mathematical techniques beyond basic calculus needed by MfgET majors.

Faculty Activities

Paul DuesingAttended the National Assessment Institute in Indianapolis,IN – Oct. 2005 Presented paper entitled Quantitative and

Qualitative Assessment to Accomplish Continuous Improvement

Attended training session on coordinate measuring machines

ABET: guru for ME reports and materials

Continues to coordinate Cooperative Education experiences for SET

Faculty Activities

Robert Hildebrand

Attended the 2006 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control in Querataro, Mexico – August 2006 and presented two papers.

Attended workshop in Kourou, French Guiana – May 2006 as external advisor to group of Finnish grad students: reviewed work progress, toured ESA Ariane launch site and tropical wood research station

Translated Swedish textbook Sound & Vibration to English. Will be used at universities in Egypt, Sweden and at LSSU.

Attended seminar of Vehicle Dynamics simulation software package for Fall 2006 courses.

Faculty Activities

Dave McDonaldAttended the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago – June 2006 and presented paper entitled Simulation Learning Experiences in Energy Conservation with Simulink and SimPowerSystems.

Worked with WaveCrestLabs in Rochester, MI during summer – responsible for integration of instrumentation and control features of dynamometer test stand operation using LabVIEW and INERTIA software.

Course development of EGEE300 Instrumentation and Control with Real Time Applications using LabVIEW, CAN-LabVIEW Channel & Frame API and synchronous DAQ & CAN, and MATLAB-Simulink (input on applications is welcome!)

Faculty Activities

Wael Mokhtar

Received Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Aerospace Engineering Department – May 2006 from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Attended 2006 ASME Midwest Student Leader Conference in April (Wael serves as ASME advisor)

Attended January AIAA 44th Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit in Reno, NV

Faculty Activities

Taskin PadirAttended 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics in Hawaii and presented a paper entitled Kinematic Redundancy Resolution for Two Cooperating Underwater Vehicles with Manipulators on Board

Attended Michigan Consortium of Universities for the Saudi Arabian Students Initiative, Arab-American Museum in Dearborn

Attended First-Year Engineering summer workshop at Notre Dame

Consulting with Precision Edge - product modeling for CNC machines for precision surface grinding

Co-Director of SET summer camps

Active in Cultural Diversity activities and presentations

Senior Projects

Jim Devaprasad

Senior Projects

Last Year’s Projects

Current Projects

Philosophy Behind Senior Projects

Course Enhancements In Senior Projects

Overview of the Senior Project Selection Process

2005-06 Projects:

4 ProjectsDURA Automotive Automotive Pedal Assembly Tester

LSSU Mobile Robotics System

Continental-Teves Frequency Input Modules for the SDAS

LSSU CNC Plasma Cutter

2005-06 Projects:

Grading

2005-06 Projects:

LSSU’s Mobile Robotics System

International Design Competitions

ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (Ypsilanti, MI – Oct, 2006) 2nd Place (1st – U of Florida, 3rd – U of Michigan)

UPADI Pan American Conference (Atlanta, GA – Sept. 2006) Honorable Mention Award

Industry Sponsored Projects (3)

LSSU Sponsored Projects (3)

2006-07 Senior Projects

2006-07 Projects: Industrial

Company…....… Continental Teves

Contact………... Bob Andersen

Advisor……..…. Paul Duesing

Team…….......… 2 CE, 2 EE, 2 ME

Budget ………… $18,000

Description: Steering Machine Calibration

and Test Stand


Company…....… DELPHI Steering System

Contact………... Fred Berg

Advisor……..…. David Baumann

Team…….......… 2 CE, 4 EE

Budget ………… $30,000

Description: Universal Steering Column Validator


Company…....… Algoma Steel, Inc.

Contact………... Rani Lottey

Advisor……..…. Jon Coullard

Team…….......… 1 CE, 1 EE/ME, 1 EM, 1 ME, 1 MET

Budget ………… $15,000

Description: Trailer Beam Tester


Company…....… LSSU Engineering

Contact………... Jon Coullard

Advisor……..…. Keith Schwiderson

Team…….......… 2 CE, 1 ME, 1 MfgET

Budget ………… $10,000

Description: 2-D Plasma Cutter (Phase II)



Contact………... Ray Adams & Paul Duesing

Advisor……..…. Robert Hildebrand

Team…….......… 4 ME, 2 MfgET

Budget ………… $5,000

Description: Mini-Baja – Chassis Design and Build



Contact………... Ray Adams & Paul Duesing

Advisor……..…. Wael Mokhtar

Team…….......… 4 ME, 1 MfgET

Budget ………… $5,000

Description:Mini-Baja – Drivetrain Design and Build

Request for Feedback:

Final Presentations

Held same day as IAB meeting

SPFB considers IAB evaluations of the Final Presentations

This is your best opportunity to give feedback on the quality of the projects

We request your attendance and evaluation of the Final Presentations

Senior Projects:

Philosophy & Key Elements

Transition from Academia toIndustry or Graduate School

Emphasis on Soft Skills

Interpersonal

Working in Teams

Communications (Written and Spoken)

Leadership

Time and Project Management

Senior Projects:

Other Key Elements

Working with a Budget

Interaction with Practicing Engineers

Results are Based on Outcomes

Academic Elements Ethics Writing Project Plans & Acceptance Criteria Formal Presentations Design Reviews

Senior Projects:Enhancements Being

ImplementedDevelopment of a General Education Course Ethics Engineering Economics

Project Definition and Plan

Purchasing Plan (by early December) Order Parts by End of Fall Semester

Track Hours Being Spent in Senior Projects

Senior Projects:Solicitation and Selection Process

Solicitation Occurs Late Spring and Summer IAB Spring Meeting Alumni & Employers of Alumni Regional Industries and Small Business

Development Companies

Project Submittal Form is Sent Company Background Project Description Budget Technical Content & Required Expertise


Proposals Reviewed for Selection by new SPFB Mid- August

Criteria Used in the Selection Process Project Well Defined? Can it be Completed in 2 Semesters? Budget and Support Clearly Defined? Faculty & Student Expertise Available? Laboratory and Other Resources Available?


Projects SelectedStudent Members Assigned

Faculty Members Assigned

Industries Contacted

Kick-off Meeting Planned (Late August or Early September)

Closing Remarks

Next meeting: May 4, 2007

at LSSU Campus

lake superior state university industrial advisory board meeting november 3, 2006

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