IME Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

Friday, September 30, 2011 – Prairie Rose Room, NDSU Memorial Union

Attendees

Advisory Board Members:Faculty/staff:

Clint Rossland, Sanford Health, ChairJohn Cook

John Hansmann, Tenet HealthcareDavid L. Wells

Mike Kiernan, Case New HollandOm Yadav

Jim Engelstad, Sanford HealthJing Shi

Emmy Vareberg, Vareberg EngineeringCanan Bilen-Green

David N. Long, SJE-RhombusJun Zhang

Brian Poppoff, CapGeminiVal Marinov

Bob Heller, PPT VisionDavid Lehman

Al Henderson, RetiredReza Maleki

Jim Misialek, Integrity/Infinity WindowsSusan Peterson, Recorder

David Steffen, Sioux Manufacturing Corporation

NDSU Students: Shawn Kline, Alex Anderson, Derek Anderson, Tyler Samuelson, Susith Dunukara, Jonathon Thesing, Conor Herron, Michael Schnepf, Shuang Shi, Jingfeng Tan, Seth Johnson, Xing Zhuang, Brandon Miller, Hanzhe Li, Yong Shin Park, Wyatt Knell, Melissa Bartholomay, Katie Whelan, Doug Ackley, Tom Swenson, Rajat Pahwa, Andrew Berglund, Benjamin Johnson, Christian Mocchi, Akash Satija

  • Welcome/Introduction – John Cook/Clint Rossland

Introduction of Advisory Board members

  • Department Discussion Status/Needs – John Cook

Leadership transition (Spring 2011) – faculty remain productive in spite of challenging climate

Job market improving

  • 2+ Exchange Program – Jing Shi

2+ program with two Chinese universities, Nanchang Hangkong and Anhui University of Technology

Students spend two years in foreign universities and transfer to NDSU to finish their BS degrees.

Admission process is selective; specific requirements in English language, GPA above 75/100.

Students pay out-of-state tuition; most students qualify for academic and cultural share scholarship.

NDSU recruited 23 students since the fall of 2009 from Nanchang University; 6 students are graduating in Fall 2011.

NDSU recruited 4 students from Anhui University of Technology for Spring 2011

Challenges – credit transfer program

Two students in the IME Department talked about their experience with the 2+ program at NDSU.

  • CEA Highlights – Dr. Gary Smith, Dean, College of Engineering & Architecture

College statistics

  • Concerned about 24.7:1 student/faculty ratio—peer institutions are at 17:1

Overall engineering enrollment is up 1%

New President and Provost

Academic Roadmap process—3-5 programs in college will be submitted to the provost for priority in funding (if/when more funding comes available)

Benchmark against other engineering programs—looking to be in top 20% of land grant universities for each department of the college.

  • Capstone Overview – Reza Maleki

Undergraduate Capstone posters are displayed in second floor hallway of CIE Building

Two courses: IME 456, Program & Project Management and IME 485, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Facility Design

Students engage in “real world” experiences with business and industry projects.

Reza gave an overview of 2011 Capstone projects; project portfolios are available in a PDF document.

Capstone recognition program

Alternate, multi-disciplinary Capstone (David Wells)

Spring 2012--plan is not to solicit company projects

  • Extension Manufacturing Program – David Lehman

Dave’s position was established in May 2009

Original area in Dickinson, ND; office is now located in Bismarck, ND

January 2011 – Partnership with MEP (Kaizen, lean training, etc.)

Meeting to discuss Lean Coop Program

  • Advisory Board and Student Interaction/Lunch

Table discussion with 2-3 AB members and 5-6 students

Talked about likes/dislikes about IME experience, classes, instructors, job prospects, etc.

Students had very positive things to say about the department

  • IIE Student Chapter Conference Presentation

Regional Conference in Fargo on March 1-4th, 2011

Looking for sponsors to help raise $25,000

Expecting 200-250 students from 12-13 universities

IIE Students going to visit companies in Minneapolis/St. Paul area on Nov. 10-11, 2011.

  • Department Opportunities Work Session

Grad program— only thesis-based option available

Program fees use—Dr. Cook is starting a committee to help manage program fees

Moving the department forward—new opportunities to explore

  • Supply chain
  • Lean/Continuous Improvement
  • Distance Learning
  • Non-thesis graduate options

Future of Capstone structure

  • University Highlights – Dr. J. Bruce Rafert, Provost

Increase strength of the academic programs; NDSU’s core business is the degree program

Student/faculty ratio

Funding model for higher education in ND needs to be updated—Provost is optimistic this can happen

Dean of each college to present 2-3 priorities to him (through Gary Smith) in proposal form (due to Gary, October 6; due to Provost, October 15); will be ranked when funds become available.

Needs of the IME sector nationally to satisfy training needs – provide specific training either online or through a certificate program that would ensure a more stable workforce and be more relevant to the market.

  • Dr. Rafert has successfully implemented this model in IME departments at other universities
  • IME Dept needs an anchor tenant that will offer tuition reimbursement and use masters program as workforce development tool
  • Provost has asked for a business plan to accomplish this in Fargo by March 2012

Establish mini committee that represents IME Department and reports to Provost

Provost believes that with a modest investment, the IME program will yield great results—we need to be ready before the investment comes.

  • Advisory Board Business

Chair-Elect selection

  • Currently no member serving in this role
  • Would assume AB Chair role starting Fall 2013 for two years

Board size and attendance

  • Currently about 12-14 members attend regularly
  • Members in attendance liked the style of meeting—roundtable discussion
  • Decided to selectively invite professionals in industries not currently represented on the board

Alumni Recognition Award

  • Board suggested to ask award winners to speak at Capstone Banquet in the Spring
  • Wendy Masloski and Matt Vettel were previously selected to receive award
  • Revisit outstanding alumni to receive award at Spring AB meeting

Student Capstone Award

  • AB Best Presentation award
  • Plaque given and displayed each year with photo
  • Wrap-Up Session/Action Item Review – Clint Rossland/Advisory Board Members

Chair-elect—would like to have a member volunteer for this position

Mini-committee (Mike Kiernan, Clint Rossland, Dave Long, Emmy Vareberg) to meet with Provost Rafert in future – progress report to be emailed to other advisory board members

Contact potential anchor tenants for masters program

  • Case New Holland—Mike Kiernan
  • Sanford Health—Clint Rossland, Jim Engelstad

Contact Wendy Masloski and Matt Vettel to receive their award – Clint

Capstone plaque to be designed and purchased – Clint

Invitation to be sent to Kevin Black-Continental Resources (oil industry) and Dennis Steinman-SuperValue (distribution) to join advisory board – Clint

  • Next Advisory Board meeting to be held on Friday, April 27th, 2012.
  • The meeting adjourned at 4:07 p.m.