In the last 10 years, the faculty size in CEEN has grown by 58% and the graduating class size has grown by 106%. Providing engineering education to 500+ students (ug+grad) requires significant investments to maintain, upgrade and expand lab equipment and computer resources.

     

      In the last 20 years, the only addition to CEEN’s instructional lab space is the new geotechnical engineering lab (Leo 124), scheduled to open later this spring. This facility is made possible entirely through alumni and external funding. A new computer room was opened in Leo 102 in Fall 2015, with resources provided by the Provost and the Dean SoE.

     

      Facilities maintenance is long overdue in the Fluid Mechanics, Materials, and Geotechnical (existing) labs. New equipment upgrades are needed in the Materials lab. New specialized computer software for engineering application, as well as routine update of existing software are required in computer room Leo 102, as well as College’s network.

Beginning in 2010, the CEEN department has added 11 tenure-track assistant professors. This happened partly due to departure of senior faculty and mostly due to new faculty lines created in the department to cope with increased enrollment.

     

      While the faculty size has increased, there has been no concomitant increase in quality research space. Nominal increases happened, through allocation of one room in the basement (which got flooded due to rains) and one computer room and another shared laboratory on the third floor. However, these are not nearly sufficient for the additional faculty, who expect to be involved in significant research, with undergraduate and graduate students.

There has been an increase in faculty research with students in the CEEN department in recent years (evidence: number of papers co-authored with students, poster presentations by students at regional and national conferences, number of special project, CIVL 415 registrations in recent years). In addition, a number of externally-sponsored research grants have been submitted by the faculty which included student involvement and a number of them have received funding.

     

      However, institutional support has been lacking, in the form of space, travel support for students (for projects without external funding or where travel funding is not provided by external sponsors). It is imperative that the institution provides this support if there is expectation for the level of student research to continue or grow.

The number of full-time faculty needs to keep pace with enrollment, especially at the undergraduate level.

     

      As stated under Goals #1 & 2, over the last 10 years the number of full-time faculty has increased by 58%, while the number of degrees granted increased by almost twice that rate, at 106%. Thus, the student-faculty ratio is higher and, with increase in the number of non-tenured faculty, the dept is critically dependent on a couple of seniors faculty members to carry significant overload.

     

      The freshman classes entering in 2015 and 2016 were especially large. As these students advance through the sophomore-senior levels, additional sections of the upper-level classes will need to be offered. Additional full-time faculty will be necessary to handle these classes.

Co-curricular organizations, such as (within CEEN): ASCE, EWB, NYWEA, SWE, SHPE, CMAA, DFI, ITE, provide unique opportunities for engineering students. However, most of them do not have access to quality space where students can pursue their projects. Allocation of space, in proportion to level of student participation, is necessary to provide our students with opportunities.

 

In the last 10 years, the faculty size in CEEN has grown by 58% and the graduating class size has grown by 106%. Providing engineering education to 500+ students (ug+grad) requires significant investments to maintain, upgrade and expand lab equipment and computer resources.

     

     In the last 20 years, the only addition to CEEN’s instructional lab space is the new geotechnical engineering lab (Leo 124), scheduled to open later this spring. This facility is made possible entirely through alumni and external funding. A new computer room was opened in Leo 102 in Fall 2015, with resources provided by the Provost and the Dean SoE.

     

     Facilities maintenance is long overdue in the Fluid Mechanics, Materials, and Geotechnical (existing) labs. New equipment upgrades are needed in the Materials lab. New specialized computer software for engineering application, as well as routine update of existing software are required in computer room Leo 102, as well as College’s network.

 

Beginning in 2010, the CEEN department has added 11 tenure-track assistant professors. This happened partly due to departure of senior faculty and mostly due to new faculty lines created in the department to cope with increased enrollment.

     

     While the faculty size has increased, there has been no concomitant increase in quality research space. Nominal increases happened, through allocation of one room in the basement (which got flooded due to rains) and one computer room and another shared laboratory on the third floor. However, these are not nearly sufficient for the additional faculty, who expect to be involved in significant research, with undergraduate and graduate students.

 

There has been an increase in faculty research with students in the CEEN department in recent years (evidence: number of papers co-authored with students, poster presentations by students at regional and national conferences, number of special project, CIVL 415 registrations in recent years). In addition, a number of externally-sponsored research grants have been submitted by the faculty which included student involvement and a number of them have received funding.

     

     However, institutional support has been lacking, in the form of space, travel support for students (for projects without external funding or where travel funding is not provided by external sponsors). It is imperative that the institution provides this support if there is expectation for the level of student research to continue or grow.

 

The number of full-time faculty needs to keep pace with enrollment, especially at the undergraduate level.

     

     As stated under Goals #1 & 2, over the last 10 years the number of full-time faculty has increased by 58%, while the number of degrees granted increased by almost twice that rate, at 106%. Thus, the student-faculty ratio is higher and, with increase in the number of non-tenured faculty, the dept is critically dependent on a couple of seniors faculty members to carry significant overload.

     

     The freshman classes entering in 2015 and 2016 were especially large. As these students advance through the sophomore-senior levels, additional sections of the upper-level classes will need to be offered. Additional full-time faculty will be necessary to handle these classes.

 

Co-curricular organizations, such as (within CEEN): ASCE, EWB, NYWEA, SWE, SHPE, CMAA, DFI, ITE, provide unique opportunities for engineering students. However, most of them do not have access to quality space where students can pursue their projects. Allocation of space, in proportion to level of student participation, is necessary to provide our students with opportunities.