New Advisory Board

Member OrientationOctober 21, 2004

John F. Carney III

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

WPI – The University of Science and Technology. And Life.

WPI – The University of Science and Technology. And Life.

Who We AreWho We Are A university with a core

focus on science, engineering, and the management of technology that grants bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in 30+ disciplines.

Undergraduate ProgramUndergraduate Program

What Makes Us DifferentWhat Makes Us Different

Our pioneering approach to undergraduate education through which students learn how to learn and

– obtain professional-level experience before they graduate by applying their knowledge to the solution of real-world problems,

– discover how creativity is expressed in nontechnical fields by exploring, in depth, an area of the humanities and arts,

– learn to consider the impact on society of their professional work through field projects, conducted globally, in teams, in close collaboration with faculty mentors.

The WPI Experience (Cont.)The WPI Experience (Cont.)

Assume Responsibility in a Professional Environment

Develop Own Program of Study Non-Punitive Grading Cooperative Environment

WPI Degree RequirementsWPI Degree Requirements

The Major Qualifying Project The Interactive Qualifying Project The Sufficiency Social Sciences Departmental Distribution Requirements Physical Education

WPI’s Global Project

Program

Paul Davis

Dean, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies

Advisory Boards, 21 October 2004

OverviewOverview Global

– 500 students per year at 23 project centers– 13 countries– 6 foreign exchange programs

Projects– Student consulting teams solve real problems– Exemplify theory and practice

Program– Projects are required of all undergraduates– In humanities or arts; society-technology; major

discipline

History (McDonald’s style)History (McDonald’s style)

3,000,000,000,000,000

students

1,000,000,000,000,000

projects

HistoryHistory

Beginning in Washington

30 years ago,

5,500 WPI students have completed

1,700 off-campus projects

ImpactImpactPercentage of graduates with

an off-campus experience

1998 1999

20002001

20022003

2004

0%10%

20%30%40%

50%60%

70%80%

Year of Graduation

Project centers and programsProject centers and programs Hong Kong, PRC Bangkok, Thailand Melbourne, Australia NASA Goddard NASA Glenn NASA Johnson Limerick, Ireland London, UK San Jose, Costa Rica Venice, Italy Gallo Winery, CA Budapest, Hungary

Washington, DC Wall St., New York Worcester, MA Silicon Valley Nancy, France Madrid, Spain Boston, MA Copenhagen, Denmark San Juan, Puerto Rico Windhoek, Namibia Lincoln Laboratory

Project centers and programsProject centers and programs

RecognitionRecognition

WPI: One of Ten Institutions Honored for Exemplary Internationalization, 2002-2003

Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of ExcellenceExcellence, 2003 for “The WPI Global , 2003 for “The WPI Global

Perspective Program”Perspective Program”

RecognitionRecognition

Association of American Colleges and Universities recognized WPI as one of its sixteen Leadership Institutions, for “its vision and program as an exemplary way of infusing liberal and global studies into pre-professional education.”

•More science and engineering students studying abroad than any other U.S. university•Second-highest percentage of graduates with international experience among all majors at U.S. doctoral universities

Real problems solved on siteReal problems solved on site Public response to air quality information

(Environmental Protection Agency, Australia) Intelligent software for master-worker multiple

satellite deployment (NASA, USA) Commercial full-duplex speaker-phone feasibility

(Analog Devices, Ireland) Mode hop suppression in tunable lasers (New

Focus, Inc, USA) Analysis of Customer Relations Management for

a brokerage operation (Morgan Stanley, USA)

Impact on Thai village of power plantImpact on Thai village of power plant

What clogs the canals of Venice?What clogs the canals of Venice?

Outcomes of global projectsOutcomes of global projects Students

– Experience global society and culture– Integrate theory and practice

Sponsors– Problems solved– Potential employees

University– Educational vision and leadership– Global partnerships

“If I went to another school I would find out what I was going to be, what occupation. At WPI, I am really defining who I am.”

Anna Matzal, ‘99 London Humanities Project

Venice Technology-Society Project

OutcomeOutcome

WPI Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division

Engineering Enrollments (Fall ‘04)Engineering Enrollments (Fall ‘04)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

98 00 2 4 98 00 2 4 98 00 2 4 98 00 2 4 98 00 2 4 98 00 2 4

Grad.

Undergrad

BE CEE CM ECE FPE ME

Science Enrollments (Fall ‘04)Science Enrollments (Fall ‘04)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04

Grad.

Undergrad.

BB CHBC CS MA PH

10/02

Other Enrollments (Fall ‘04)Other Enrollments (Fall ‘04)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04 98 00 02 04

Grad.

Undergrad.

SSPS HU&A Inter MG EN

10/02

Undergraduate Enrollment by CategoryUndergraduate Enrollment by Category

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03

Total Engineering Total SciencesTotal Other Total Undecided

Student Course & Project UnitsStudent Course & Project Units

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Part-Time Non-Tenure Track

1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004

Sponsored Program ActivityAwards Received

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Am

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t($

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s)

2002 2003 2004

Fiscal Year

93

128

122

Sponsored Program ActivityApplications Submitted

50

100

150

200

250

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f A

pp

lica

tion

s S

ub

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ted

2002 2003 2004

Fiscal Year

204 230 207

Extramural Support for Academic Sponsored Extramural Support for Academic Sponsored ProgramsProgramsExtramural Support for Academic Sponsored Extramural Support for Academic Sponsored ProgramsPrograms

ORA is the Office of Research Administration – Includes Federal agencies, industry contracts, some foundations.CFR is the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations – Includes Foundation grants and corporate support for education and research.

Sponsored Programs: FY04

- Research Center Memberships $ 1,192,000 - Project Center Fees 183,000- Corporate Sponsored Student Projects

177,000

- Research/Education (ORA) 13,744,000- Research/Education (CFR) 1,152,000

Gifts:  - Corporate In-Kind Support 2,702,000

Total $19,150,000

Faculty HiringFaculty Hiring

96/97 16 3 5

97/98 11 4 3

98/99 14 7 3

99/00 14 3 5

00/01 14 0 4

01/02 5 1 1

02/03 18 4 2

03/04 7 2 3

04/05 12 2 5

Total 111 26 31

Academic New Year Hires Minorities Females

Faculty StatisticsBase Year– 1998/1999Faculty StatisticsBase Year– 1998/1999

By 2010/11– Faculty Additions

203 220+

221Underrepresented Minorities

11% 15% 12%

Women 13% 25% 18%

– Faculty Salaries– Promotion and Tenure Criteria

AccreditationAccreditation

NEASCAACSBABET/CAC

Faculty ResponsibilitiesFaculty Responsibilities

Teaching

Scholarship

Service

WPI - Faculty Elected Committees WPI - Faculty Elected Committees

Committee on Academic Operations Committee on Academic Policy Committee on Administrative and Financial

Policy Committee on Appointments and Promotions Faculty Review Committee Committee on Graduate Studies and Research Committee on Governance Committee on Advising & Student Life Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom

Gateway Research Park and the

WPI Bioengineering InstituteWilliam W. Durgin

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

Vice President for Research

Advisory Board Meeting

Thursday, October 21, 2004

BioengineeringBioengineering

“The application of engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine …combines biology, the other sciences, mathematics and various engineering areas into a synthetic whole.”

Robert M. Nerem

in “The Bridge”

Opportunities for Faculty and StudentsOpportunities for Faculty and Students

Laboratories Collaboration Funding Technology Transfer Start-up Companies

Regional Economic DevelopmentRegional Economic Development

Economic Summits Regional Strengths/Resources Bioengineered Products Building a Cluster Forming a New Industry

BEI LaunchedBEI Launched

Promote job creation and economic vitality

Convert research discoveries into new products and companies

Conduct research and development Tap the regional intellectual capital Invoke the innovation process

BEI MissionBEI Mission

Conduct pre-commercial R&D Maintain a regional biomedical

technology innovation network Apply appropriate incubation

practices to new medical technology companies

BEI StructureBEI Structure

Director and Staff– Timothy Gerrity (Director)– Grant McGimpsey (Assoc. Dir. For Bus. Dev.)– Elizabeth Stepien (Administrative Assistant)

Four Centers– Center for Untethered Healthcare– Center for Comparative NeuroImaging– Center for Molecular Engineering– Center for Bioprocessing and Tissue Engineering

Medtech Network Membership Program Incubation

BEI SuccessesBEI SuccessesTechnical

Sensitive IR oxygen saturation sensors

Portable Ultrasound Precision Positioning Novel RF coils for brain

and breast MRI Unique 3-D anatomic

imagining algorithms Additional TATRC

funding– Sensor Locations– DREAMS– Ft. Lewis Field Testing

Commercial

MedTech network – UMMS, Nypro, Beacon…

New CE program in medtech management

Recognized as medtech commercial innovators by Mass Insight and MassMEDIC

WPI Gateway Research ParkWPI Gateway Research Park

Prescott St./Grove St. – Brownfields Reclamation

Joint Partnership – WPI and WBDC Master Plan Gateway Park LLC Marketing – began in earnest July ’03 Need 50% commitment

Status of 60-68 Prescott StreetStatus of 60-68 Prescott Street

New Laboratory Building & Renovated Manufacturing Building

Preliminary Design Program for WPI Space Identification of Compatible Tenants

Admissions Office Class of 2008 - (746)Admissions Office Class of 2008 - (746)California 11

Colorado 4

Connecticut 68

Delaware 1

Florida 5

Georgia 2

Illinois 3

Indiana 4

Iowa 1

Kansas 2

Louisiana 1

Maine 45

Maryland 6

Massachusetts 333

Minnesota 1

Mississippi 1

Missouri 2

Montana 1

New Hampshire 72

New Jersey 10

New York 40

North Carolina 2

Ohio 3

Oklahoma 1

Oregon 4

Pennsylvania 13

Puerto Rico 1

Rhode Island 25

Tennessee 3

Texas 6

Vermont 4

Virginia 7

Washington 4

Foreign Countries 60

Admissions Office Class of 2008 (746)Admissions Office Class of 2008 (746)

Class Rank by Decile.Decile # of Students 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

No Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Median SAT ScoresVerbal and Math Combined

Median SAT ScoresVerbal and Math Combined

1050

1100

1150

1200

1250

1300

1350

75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03

Global Perspective Program EnrollmentGlobal Perspective Program Enrollment

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

74

/75

75

/76

76

/77

77

/78

78

/79

79

/80

80

/81

81

/82

82

/83

83

/84

84

/85

85

/86

86

/87

87

/88

88

/89

89

/90

90

/91

/

91

/92

92

/93

93

/94

94

/95

95

/96

96

/97

97

/98

98

/99

99

/00

00

/01

01

/02

02

/03

03

/04

04

/05

*

WPI has sent over 5000 students off-campus since 197450% of graduates have an international experience

* Projected enrollment 2004-2005

Strategic Plan GoalsStrategic Plan Goals

Enhance the Quality of WPI’s Academic Programs

Develop WPI’s Position as a National University

Establish WPI as a Leader in Global Technological Education

Improve WPI’s Campus Culture and Community Presence

Expand WPI’s Educational Resources

Challenges Facing WPIChallenges Facing WPI

Reputation (e.g.: USNews, NRC, etc.) Increasing Access to Under-Represented Populations

Maintaining Laboratory Currency Academic Space

Importance of Graduate Research Program to WPIImportance of Graduate Research Program to WPI

Enhances our national recognition Attracts top quality faculty to University Keeps instruction at cutting-edge Provides opportunities for fruitful

interaction among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty

Enriches the intellectual environment of University

Degrees Awarded - FY 04

Master’s Degrees

(Includes M.S., M.B.A., M. Eng., MME) 293

Ph.D. 17

TOTAL 310

Graduate Degrees Awarded

050

100150200250

300350

85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03

Fiscal Year

Nu

mb

er o

f D

egre

es

Master's PhD

10/02

Graduate Student BreakdownGraduate Student Breakdown

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03

Academic Year

Fal

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ead

cou

nt

Sciences Engineering Management Other*

*includes IDs, ENs, and Undeclared

Graduate Enrollment for Fall 2004Graduate Enrollment for Fall 2004

Full-time Graduate Students 431 Part-time Degree Seeking

355 Part-time Non-Degree Seeking

193

TOTAL 979