2011 Annual Report - College of Engineering - University of Iowa

College of Engineering 

2010 – 2011 Annual Report


The College of Engineering at The University of Iowa publishes an annual report for the 

expressed use by members of the College advisory board and campaign task Force, members of 

the five departmental advisory boards and four research centers that report to the College, 

members of the faculty, and staff members. 

The annual report serves as a yearly metric of how the College is performing, and a compilation 

of activities and programs that support the goals and strategies of the College’s six-year strategic 

plan. 

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Table of Contents 

Profile 

College of Engineering …………………………………………………………………… 1 

Organizational Chart …………………………………………………………………….... 6 

Strategic Plan 

Strategic Plan ……………………………………………………………………………... 7 

Strategic Plan 2010 – 2011 Accomplishments …………………………………………… 17 

Enrollment and Degrees 

Fall Enrollments …………………………………………………………………………... 23 

Degrees Conferred ………………………………………………………………………... 24 

Diversity Efforts …………………………………………………………………………... 25 

Sponsored Research 

Research Expenditures …………………………………………………………….……… 30 

5-Year Trend for Research Expenditures …………………………………………….…… 31 

Total Dollar Amount Awarded According to Source …………………………………….. 32 

New Awards by College of Engineering Faculty ………………………………………… 33 

Placement 

Median Salary Offers for All Engineering Undergraduate Majors ………………………. 34 

Corporate, Alumni Relations/Student Outreach 

Corporate Relations, Alumni Relations, 

and Future Student Outreach Programs and Activities………….……………………. 35 

Outreach to Iowa Counties ……………….………………………………………………. 38 

Alumni Located in Iowa Counties ………………………………………………..………. 39 

Alumni Located in the U.S. ………………………………………………………………. 40 

Alumni Located in Other Countries ………………………………………………………. 41 

Finances and Development Support 

Resources – Budget $ Source of Funds and 

Budget $ Expenditures ………………………………………………………………... 42 

Giving Report ……………………………………………………………………………... 43 

UI Foundation Summary of Resources ……………………………….………………...… 44 

Student Aid Funds ………………………………………………………………….…...… 46 

Appendix 

Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………….. 48 

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College Organization 


The College of Engineering is organized into five departments and four research centers/institutes. 

The five departments are Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil and 

Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical and Industrial 

Engineering. Each department offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs. 

The four research centers/institutes are the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 

Center for Computer-Aided Design, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, and Iowa Institute for 

Biomedical Imaging. 

Programs 

The College of Engineering offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering 

(B.S.E.) degree in the major fields of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil 

engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering. These 

programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board 

for Engineering and Technology (ABET). 

Programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered in the fields 

of biomedical engineering, chemical and biochemical engineering, civil and environmental 

engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical 

engineering. 

Departments 

Biomedical Engineering 

Joseph M. Reinhardt, Departmental Executive Officer. 

Biomechanics of the spine, low back pain and scoliosis, upper-extremity biomechanics, articular joint 

contact mechanics, total joint replacement, computational simulation of artificial heart valve 

dynamics, hemodynamics of arterial disease, mechanical properties of diseased arteries, 

biomechanics and rupture predication of abdominal aorta aneurysms, solution-perfused tubes for 

preventing blood-materials interaction, control and coordination of the cardiovascular and respiratory 

systems, controlled drug delivery, medical image acquisition, processing and quantitative analysis, 

wire coil–reinforced bone cement, models of cellular processes based on nonequilibrium 

thermodynamics, tissue engineered vascular grafts, bioinformatics and computational biology, 

drug/target discovery, gene therapy, and development of genomic resources. 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 

David W. Murhammer, Departmental Executive Officer. 

Air pollution engineering, atmospheric aerosol particles, atmospheric chemistry, biocatalysis, 

biochemical engineering, biofilms, biofuels, biomaterials, biotechnological applications of 

extremophiles, controlled release, drug delivery, engineering education, fermentation, high-speed 

computing, insect and mammalian cell culture, medical aerosols, microlithography, nanotechnology, 

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oxidative stress in cell culture, photopolymerization, polymer reaction engineering, polymer science, 

polymer/liquid crystal composites, process scale protein purification, protein crystallography, 

reversible emulsifiers, spectroscopy, supercritical fluids, surface science, vaccines, virus infection, 

chemicals from biomass, green chemistry, and sustainable energy. 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Michelle M. Scherer, Departmental Executive Officer. 

Water sustainability, water quality, flood prediction and mitigation, environmental remediation, air 

pollution, drinking water quality, bioremediation, biogeochemistry, computational solid mechanics, 

digital human modeling, design of hydraulics structures, design simulation, hydropower, optimal 

control of nonlinear systems, optimal design of nonlinear structures, diverse aspects of water 

resources engineering, rainfall and flood forecasting, thermal pollution/power plant operation, 

transportation-infrastructure modeling, highway pavements, winter highway maintenance. 

Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Milan Sonka, Departmental Executive Officer. 

Sustainable energy, quantitative medical image processing, communication systems and computer 

networks, sensors and sensor networks, wireless communication, controls, signal processing, parallel 

and distributed computing systems, large-scale intelligent systems, bioinformatics, photonics, plasma 

waves, software engineering, design and testing of very-large-scale integrated circuits, 

nanotechnology, materials, and devices. 

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

Andrew Kusiak, Departmental Executive Officer. 

Mechanical Engineering: Biomechanics and biofluids, biology-based design, bio-renewable and 

alternative fuels, bioengineering, casting and solidification, cloud computation, combustion, 

chemically reactive flows, computational mechanics, computer-aided analysis and design, dynamics, 

fatigue and fracture mechanics, fluid mechanics and ship hydrodynamics, fluid mechanics, human 

organ modeling, heat transfer, materials processing and behavior, multiscale modeling and 

simulation, reliability-based design, robotics, composite materials, nanotechnology, renewable 

energy, structural mechanics, system simulation, thermal systems, vehicle dynamics and simulation, 

virtual prototyping. Industrial Engineering: Bio-manufacturing, computational intelligence, 

informatics, engineering economics, engineering management, financial engineering, health-care 

systems, human factors and ergonomics, human-computer interfaces, flight simulation, driver 

behavior, manufacturing processes control and operations research applied statistics, optimization of 

energy systems, reliability, telerobotics, quality control. 

Research Centers and Institutes 

Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 

Thomas L. Casavant, Director. 

A multidisciplinary research center dedicated to applying high-performance networking and 

computing to basic life science and applied biomedical research. 

Center for Computer-Aided Design 

Karim Abdel-Malek, Director. Jas Arora, Acting Director (Fall 2010). 

Virtual Soldier Research (musculoskeletal model; whole body vibration; validation; motion capture; 

intuitive interface; immersive virtual reality; physiology; standard ergonomic assessments; zone 

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differentiation; posture and motion prediction; hand model; spine modeling; gait: walking and 

running; predictive dynamics; dynamic strength and fatigue; modeling of clothing; human 

performance; armor and soldier performance). Cognitive Systems Laboratory (ergonomics, human 

interaction with advanced technology and automation, cognitive processing burden 

assessment/sensory and data input cognitive impact, human-machine interaction optimization for 

operational control and safety, driving simulation supporting automotive operation and warningsystems 

effectiveness, computational modeling of human performance); Operator Performance 

Laboratory (optimal aircraft instrumentation configuration, rotorcraft, flight simulation supporting 

aircraft operation task analysis, warning-system effectiveness, roadway markings and illumination 

analysis, driver performance measurement ); Reliability and Sensor Prognostic Systems (mesh-free 

methods for structural analysis and design-sensitivity analysis, composite materials, probabilistic 

mechanics and reliability, reliability-based design optimization, topology optimization, 

multidisciplinary design optimization, sensor technologies, sensor-based process monitoring 

optimization); National Advanced Driving Simulator (highway safety and transportation efficiency, 

equipment product development effectiveness enhancement via virtual prototyping, vehicle dynamics 

and simulation, simulator technology and virtual reality environment and human factors); 

Musculoskeletal Imaging Modeling and Experimentation Program (computational modeling of 

anatomic structures, with emphasis on finite modeling); Biomechanics of Soft Tissue (soft tissue 

mechanics, biomechanics of the heart, cardiovascular system, aneurysm formation, CFD, nonlinear 

FEA). 

IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering 

Larry J. Weber, Director. 

A leading institute in fluids-related fundamental and applied research. Cutting-edge research 

activities incorporate computational fluid dynamics with laboratory modeling and field observational 

studies. Research includes: fluid dynamics (ship hydrodynamics, turbulent flows, biological fluid 

flow); environmental hydraulics (structures, river and dam hydraulics, fish passage at dams, sediment 

management, heat dispersal in water bodies and power production, water-quality monitoring, airwater 

exchange processes); and water and air resources (atmospheric boundary layer, air pollution, 

hydrogeology, hydrology, hydrometeorology, remote sensing). 

Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging 

Milan Sonka, Director. 

Knowledge-based analysis of biomedical images from a variety of imaging modalities (e.g., CT, MR, 

and ultrasound). Current focus areas include development of computer-aided and automated 

techniques for quantitative analysis of human, animal, and cellular image data. 

Interdisciplinary Research Centers and Institutes 

Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing 

Mani Subramanian, Director. 

Biocatalyst fundamental properties, bioremediation, bioprocessing, new biocatalyst discovery, novel 

biocatalyst applications, biosensing technology, reactive agent development. 

Center for International Rural and Environmental Health 

Tom Cook, Director. 

Rural and environmental health, with special emphasis on adverse health effects that threaten 

agricultural and other rural populations; promotes greater understanding and awareness of the causes, 

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consequences, and prevention of communicable, chronic, environmental, and occupational diseases 

in all regions of the globe, focusing on nations with substantial agrarian economies. 

Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center 

Corinne Peek-Asa, Director. 

Prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, surveillance, and biomechanics, including examining causes of 

delay in Iowa’s trauma system, identifying risk factors for injuries to farmers and their families, 

domestic violence in rural populations, and studying the driving abilities of individuals with sleep 

disorders and epilepsy. 

Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory 

Thomas D. Brown, Director. 

Application of advanced innovative computational formulations and novel experimental approaches 

to clinically-oriented problems across the diverse spectrum of musculoskeletal biomechanical 

research; total joint replacement (hip, spine, knee, ankle), posttraumatic arthritis, osteonecrosis of the 

hip, high-energy limb trauma, carpal tunnel syndrome, and articular contact stresses as they relate to 

joint degeneration. 

NSF Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis 

Mani Subramanian, Director. 

A multidisciplinary, multi-university research center. Catalyst design, synthesis, and characterization; 

biocatalyst preparation and characterization; synthesis of catalyst supports with controlled pore 

structure; benign media, including carbon dioxide–based solvents and ionic liquids; probing reaction 

mechanisms with advanced analytical tools; advanced molecular modeling of chemical, physical, and 

thermodynamic properties involving reactions and media; multiphase reactor design and analysis; 

economic and environmental impact analysis; computational fluid dynamics. 

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research 

Gregory R. Carmichael and Jerald L. Schnoor, Co-directors. 

Multiple aspects of global environmental change, including the regional effects on natural 

ecosystems, environments, and resources and on human health, culture, and social systems. 

Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination 

Gene F. Parkin, Director. 

Conducts and supports research on the identification and measurement of environmental toxins, 

particularly water contaminants, and possible associations between exposure to environmental 

contaminants and adverse health effects. Provides environmental database design and development 

and systems support for environmental health research. 

Environmental Health Sciences Research Center 

Peter S. Thorne, Director. 

Agricultural and rural environmental exposures and health effects, agricultural chemical exposures 

and health effects. 

Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development 

P. Barry Butler, Principal Investigator. 

The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) is a partnership with 

state and local governments, community colleges, Regents Universities, independent Iowa colleges, 

the private sector, and the federal government. It is designed to serve as a catalyst for the growth of 

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wind energy and to support and to facilitate the research and training needs of wind energy 

companies. 

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute 

Vicki Grassian, Director. 

Environment and health (air quality, natural environment, workplace environment, human and 

animal toxicity, environmental health, drug delivery, disease detection, imaging, bioanalytical assays, 

environmental remediation and decontamination, green chemistry, fuel cells, energy, sustainability, 

sensors); nanomaterials (quantum theory, understanding condensed-phase matter at the nanoscale, 

synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, defense-related applications). 

Optical Science and Technology Center 

Michael Flatté, Director. 

Laser spectroscopy and photochemistry, photonics and optoelectronics, ultrafast laser development, 

condensed-matter physics, materials growth techniques, device physics/engineering, surface 

chemistry, chemical sensors, environmental chemistry, polymer science, plasma physics, nonlinear 

optics. 

NSF IUCRC Photopolymerization Center 

Alec Scranton, Director. 

Kinetics and mechanisms of photopolymerizations and their impact on the structure and properties of 

photopolymerized materials. 

Public Policy Center 

Peter C. Damiano, Director. 

Transportation, environmental quality, health care, economic growth and development. 

University of Iowa Water Sustainability Initiative 

Jerald Schnoor, Chair, Steering Committee. 

The University of Iowa has expanded its existing strength in interdisciplinary research on water 

including its availability, quality, reuse, health impacts, and its relationship to a changing climate. 

Economics, policy, and law as well as the natural sciences and engineering are all engaged to solve 

the problems of water. The faculty alliance on water sustainability encompasses the Colleges of 

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Public Health, Law, Engineering, the Graduate College, and the Public 

Policy Center. Among the various resources already developed to advance the initiative are the new 

Iowa Flood Center and the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability. 

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Associate Dean 

Academic Programs 

K.C. Hornbuckle 

Student Development Center 

Professional Development 

P. Jordan, Director 

I. May, Associate Director 

Scholarships/Academic Advisor 

N. Schneider, Director 

Admissions and First Year Experience 

J. Dorman, Director 

Tutoring and Retention/Academic Advisor 

M. Allen, Director 

Engineering Honors Programs/Academic Advisor 

K. Delfosse, Director 

K-12 Outreach 

R. Whitaker, Director 

Hanson Center for Technical Communication 

S. Coffel, Director 

Marketing and Communications 

F. Streicher, Director 

Alumni Relations and Communications 

W. Brentner, Director 

Departments / Programs 

Support Services 

Engineering Computer Systems Support 

Engineering Electronics Shop 

Design and Prototyping Center 

D. Eltoft, Director 

Biomedical Engineering 

J.M. Reinhardt, Departmental Executive Officer 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 

D.W. Murhammer, Departmental Executive Officer 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 

M.M. Scherer, Departmental Executive Officer 

Electrical and Computer Engineering 

M. Sonka, Departmental Executive Officer 

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

A. Kusiak, Departmental Executive Officer 

Interim Dean 

A.B. Scranton 

Finance and Personnel 

J. Waterhouse, Director 

Institutes / Centers 

Advising Boards / Councils 

Associate Dean 

Graduate Programs and Research 

G.R. Carmichael 

Facilities 

J. Millsap, Director 

Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 

T.L. Casavant, Director 

Center for Computer-Aided Design 

K. Abdel-Malek, Director 

IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering 

L.J. Weber, Director 

Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging 

M. Sonka, Director 

Faculty Council 

Administrative Council 

Advisory Board 

Campaign Task Force 

Young Alumni Advisory Board 

Staff Advisory Council

I. MISSION 



Academic Years 2010-2016 

To serve the state, the nation, and the world by graduating talented, broadly educated engineers, 

conducting high quality research, developing new technologies, and creating, disseminating and 

preserving knowledge. 

II. VISION 

To be the best at serving society by creating engineering knowledge and educating engineers for 

dynamic and global careers. 

The following strategic characteristics and aspirations enable the College to realize its vision: 

• Contemporary and rigorous 

educational experiences that develop 

the engineer and something more; 

• An atmosphere that facilitates 

personal commitment to the 

educational success of students in an 

environment that values diversity 

and community; 

• Education and research partnerships 

with UI colleges, and targeted 

agencies, universities, and industries; 

• Highly successful alumni who 

contribute to the profession in the 

global society; 

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• Undergraduate programs that 

integrate global awareness, 

communication skills and team 

building across the curriculum; 

• Internationally recognized research 

programs; 

• Prudent and accountable resource 

management; 

• Graduate education and training that 

prepares students for 

interdisciplinary engineering 

research and advanced problem 

solving; 

• Leadership and service to meet 

society’s needs.

III. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES 

The College’s strategic priorities—the four complementary, mutually supporting areas in which 

we will invest for accelerated advancement—are directly aligned with those of the University: 

• Student success, 

• Knowledge and practice, 

• New frontiers in the arts, and 

• Better futures for Iowans. 

These are areas in which we will build on ongoing strengths, seize new opportunities, and 

advance our core commitments for focused excellence. 

Student success 

Undergraduate student success 

The University-wide strategic plan identifies three dimensions to this priority: Quality, access, 

and affordability. The College of Engineering will advance all three dimensions of this priority 

through strategies that are based upon a dynamic student experience life cycle that integrates K- 

12, recruitment, creating a supportive community, advising and retention, classroom experience, 

experiential learning, professional development, pre- and post-graduation experiences, and 

alumni relations, as illustrated by the figure below: 

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Graduate and professional student success 

We will continue to recruit the very best graduate and professional students from Iowa and 

beyond whose achievements and diversity will enrich the intellectual excellence of our 

programs. The total educational experience at the University will promote their academic and 

professional success. University and College funding for graduate programs will be linked to 

program quality and to student success (including improved and timely degree completion). 

Knowledge and practice 

The College has a long and successful tradition of interdisciplinary and cross-college 

scholarship. We will build on that success and mobilize the College’s scholarly capacities to 

address major societal and professional challenges of our time—areas of national or global need 

and significance that require the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines. 

New frontiers in the arts 

The creative processes in engineering and art are naturally synergistic. We will integrate 

engineering educational programs to complement the full range of the University’s arts programs 

in innovative ways that will generate educational opportunities and stimulate creative work 

among students, faculty, staff, visiting artists and scholars, and engineering professionals. 

Better Futures for Iowans 

Public research universities evolve by addressing the needs of each generation in each state. The 

College will expand its public engagement to contribute to economic and cultural vitality and to 

the health and quality of life of the people of Iowa. We will help place-bound Iowans achieve 

their educational aspirations. We will align College resources with important state needs. 

IV. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 

The following initiatives form the roadmap for realizing the vision of the College of 

Engineering. Each initiative is followed by a representative (not comprehensive) list of action 

items. 

Access and enrollment growth 

Increase the size and mix of students for the College over six years. 

• Encourage more Iowans, and particularly women and other under-represented groups, to 

pursue a degree in engineering through effective K-12 outreach programs. 

• Expand scholarship opportunities and optimize the use of scholarships to meet strategic 

goals. 

• Enhance programs to support retention and encourage all students to successfully complete 

their engineering studies. 

• Enhance interactions and relationships with community colleges. 

• Increase College involvement in distance learning in the state and beyond. 

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Undergraduate student success 

Create the best student-centered experiences in engineering. 

• Maintain the highly attractive small-college experience to preserve distinguishing 

characteristics of high engagement and interaction among students, staff, and faculty and 

graduation of students. 

• Maintain a size and mix of faculty, lecturers, and adjuncts that provide the highest quality 

educational experience and meet enrollment needs. 

• Enhance the facilities and infrastructure, including classroom and student space, to maintain 

the collaborative and engaging small college atmosphere. 

• Promote opportunities for students to pursue minors, double majors, and certificates within 

the engineering curriculum. 

• Promote and support experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students, 

including co-ops, research experiences, service learning experiences, and real-world 

collaborative design projects. 

• Improve the process for academic advising by sharing responsibilities among departmental 

faculty advisors and Student Development Center advisors. 

• Promote and support global learning opportunities for undergraduate students, including 

study-abroad experiences and international service learning experiences. 

• Support the development of students’ communication skills through the curriculum and the 

Hanson Center for Technical Communication. 

• Expand the tutoring program offered free of charge to undergraduate students. 

• Support undergraduate students’ development of leadership skills through opportunities such 

as student organizations and the Student Leadership Institute. 

Graduate and professional student success 

Enhance student success and focused excellence in graduate and professional programs. 

• Achieve modest growth in graduate degree production while continuing to improve quality 

and effectiveness. 

• Provide competitive graduate student teaching assistant/research assistant/fellowship support, 

with priority to students declaring PhD as their study objective. 

• Improve efficiency and diversity of course offerings by coordinating courses common to 

multiple departments (such as numerical methods, green energy courses, and statistics for 

research in engineering); introducing new courses that align with interdisciplinary thrusts 

within the College; and better utilizing course offerings outside of the College. 

• Reduce barriers for interdisciplinary studies within and outside of the college. 

• Increase graduate students’ exposure to other disciplines and allowing participation in interdepartmental 

seminars. 

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• Explore the development of new professional master’s programs in select high-demand areas. 

• Share best practices and improve graduate student recruiting. 

• Ensure that all graduate students are trained in best research practices, including ethics, 

safety, intellectual property management, and International Traffic in Arms Regulations 

(ITAR). 

• Develop new graduate student training programs such as the Integrative Graduate Education 

and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT). 

• Enhance the experiences of College post-doctoral fellows, building upon the University’s 

Office of Post-Doctoral Scholars. 

Scholarly inquiry and creative work 

Put knowledge into practice to address “grand challenges” of the 21st century, building on our 

existing and emerging strengths. 

• Encourage further strategic collaboration with the University’s Health Sciences colleges to 

develop new technologies that will enhance medical care. 

• Pursue cluster hires and leadership in multidisciplinary activities including large center and 

institute proposals. 

• Enhance College research excellence by upgrading and expanding laboratory space and 

improving the capabilities and support for research computing. 

• Expand activities related to management of intellectual property and economic development, 

and enhance efforts to encourage researchers (students, faculty, and staff) to think 

entrepreneurially and to innovate. 

• Provide better support for faculty and staff to pursue sponsored research, for example by 

establishing the Engineering Grant Support Office. 

• Improve the information technology infrastructure for collaboration (including software 

tools, research meeting spaces, video conferencing facilities), promote utilization of existing 

resources, and improve ease of access and use. 

• Develop initiatives to build a stronger community of researchers within the College. 

• Improve internal evaluations of the College by tracking scholarly productivity metrics and 

benchmarks (e.g., H-index, citation-based indices, impact factor of journals/conferences). 

• Increase faculty nominations for societal, national, and international awards. 

Arts synergies 

Incorporate the College into the University’s tradition of leadership in the arts by creating 

connections with Arts programs in writing, theater, painting, printing and book-making, music, 

and dance. 

• Develop agreements with the Arts programs that define and promote specific courses 

available to Engineering majors (course cross-listings or team-taught, for example). 

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• Promote and support student design projects that include collaborations between Engineering 

students and Arts students (including student organization projects and course projects) to 

collaborate on the University campus and select Iowa communities. 

• Develop and refine Elective Focus Areas that include coursework within the Arts programs 

(Pre-Architecture EFAs, for example). 

• Promote and support access to the College machine shop for use by Art majors and Studio 

Art facilities to Engineering students. 

• Display more art in the Seamans Center for the Engineering Art and Sciences. 

• Establish collaborations with the digital arts and digital humanities initiative on campus. 

Internationalization and diversity 

Enhance educational excellence by expanding domestic and international diversity and by 

bringing the world to Iowa and taking Iowa to the world. 

• Target admissions and recruiting to obtain a broader and more diverse profile of students. 

• Continue to support and develop programs which help undergraduate and graduate students 

from underrepresented groups to succeed. 

• Promote and develop study abroad opportunities for undergraduates. 

• Continue to promote and develop College courses and projects which include international 

experiences. 

• Promote and develop international experiences for graduate students such as research 

collaborations and participation in international conferences. 

• Enhance infrastructure and facilitate the use of video-conferencing and web-casting 

technologies to facilitate international collaborations. 

Sustainability 

Integrate sustainability into all aspects of the university enterprise – academics, operations, and 

outreach 

• Expand the already well-developed leadership roles of students, faculty, and staff in the 

discovery and practice of sustainability at the University and beyond. 

• Increase the number of students enrolled in sustainability-related courses and EFAs. 

• Expand research that enhances environmental sustainability. 

• Inspire sustainable practices throughout the college’s operations. 

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Public outreach and civic engagement 

Extend the reach of the University’s and College’s missions. 

• Expand relationship-building programs that serve the key constituents – including alumni 

and friends of the College, state government officials, corporations, government agencies, 

potential and enrolled students, and parents. 

• Expand K-12 efforts via Project Lead the Way, FIRST, and specialized engagement 

programs (i.e. PharmCamp, etc.). 

• Pursue the application of science and technology which helps Iowans prepare for “the 

unexpected and the unimaginable” (i.e., Iowa Flood Center). 

• Continue to assess constituents’ needs and develop appropriate outreach programs. 

Efficiency and effectiveness 

Maximize impact by being more collaborative, enterprising, and innovative; align budget 

allocations and reallocations with strategic priorities. 

• Attract and retain outstanding faculty and staff. 

• Achieve higher levels of individual and corporate/foundation financial support for the 

College in collaboration with the UI Foundation. 

• Develop new teaching and research space needed to reflect enrollment growth at the 

undergraduate level and extramural research support growth at the research level, including 

modular, reconfigurable laboratories. 

• Practice budget discipline and realize cost savings through on-going administrative and 

academic streamlining. 

• Consider alternative educational delivery models that maintain quality and lower costs. 

• Inform, persuade, and engage constituents by aligning College communication resources 

with those of other University colleges and units, utilizing emerging technologies and 

activities such as internet advancements, social media, electronic mail, electronic distance 

learning, and electronic publications. 

• Optimize investments in College computational resources through coordination and 

collaboration with campus-wide initiatives (e.g., high-performance computing, highefficiency 

low-cost data storage). 

• Review curricular, procedural, and policy requirements that impede progress to degree, and 

consider innovations that would help students complete their degree faster. 

• Establish the Engineering Grant Support Office to support faculty and staff to pursue 

increased extramural funding. 

• Investigate mechanisms to facilitate bridging research support for successful research groups 

that need to manage occasional lapses in funding. 

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Goal, Strategy Key Metric 

Undergraduate Access 

& Enrollment Growth 

Undergraduate 

Student Success 

Grad & Prof. Student 

Success 

V. KEY METRICS, ACADEMIC YEARS 2010-2016 

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Baseline 

2010-11 

College 

Target 

2015-16 

Enrollment 1573 2000 

BSE degrees 288 370 

Number of undergraduate women students 314 500 

Number of underrepresented minority undergraduate students 94 160 

Number of undergraduate students employed by the College 476 600 

Student Development Center/Hanson Center for Technical 

2718/885/ 3500/1100/ 

Communications/tutoring consults 

3836 5000 

% of undergraduate students with minors, second majors, or certificates 52% 55% 

Number of students completing honors theses prior to graduation 11 25 

% of undergraduate students with experiential learning 84% 90% 

Career first destination in industry, government, graduate or professional 

school 

96% 100% 

Enrollment 411 420 

MS/PhD degrees 83/35 90/45 

Median time to PhD degrees 5.3 years 5.0 years 

Career first destination in industry, government, or academia 100% 100% 

Number of underrepresented minority graduate students 15 25 

Number of national or international awards for faculty and staff 3 6 

Scholarly Inquiry & Number of research proposals submitted 301 360 

Creative Work 

Research expenditures 

$51 

million 

$60 

million 

Number of peer-reviewed publications per faculty per year 3.5 4 

Arts Synergies Number of collaborative projects involving arts and engineering students 2 10 

International & 

Diversity 

Number of underrepresented minority/women tenure-track faculty 

Number of BSE graduates with international experiences 

Number of international BSE students enrolled in the College 

2/10 

27 

77 

5/18 

40 

140 

Sustainability Number of undergraduate students enrolled in sustainability-related EFAs 50 150 

Public Outreach & 

Civic Engagement 

Efficiency & 

Effectiveness 

Number of Iowa counties engaged with the College’s K-12 programs 59 99 

Number of companies and agencies engaged with the College 418 500 

Number of personal connections with alumni 26,306 33,000 

Number of tenure-track faculty (head count) 83 100 

Number of faculty lecturers (FTE) 1.5 5 

Gifts to the College over the duration of the strategic planning period 

$21 

million 

(2005-10) 

$40 

million 

(2010-16)

VI. PROCESS 

The College of Engineering strategic plan builds from and supports the University of Iowa 

strategic plan: Renewing the Iowa Promise: Great Opportunities – Bold Expectations. After the 

University’s strategic plan was adopted in the Fall of 2010, the College organized and charged 

four strategic planning committees aligned with the four pillars of the University’s plan. These 

committees were made up of faculty, staff, and students, and invited input from advisory board 

members, as illustrated by the committee rosters below (advisory board members in italics): 

Student Success Better Futures for Iowans 

Michelle Scherer (chair) Larry Weber (chair) 

Tonya Peeples David Rethwisch 

Nicole Grosland Olesya Zhupanska 

Anton Kruger Erwei Bai 

Bill Eichinger Jan Waterhouse 

H.S. Udaykumar Fred Streicher 

Susan Beckett Wendy Brentner 

Nancy Schneider Rebecca Whitaker 

Phil Jordan Terry Kouba 

Megan Allen Phil Larson 

Kelli Delfosse Kelly Ortberg 

Kandace Munson Mitch Corbett 

Elizabeth A Risius Herm Reininga 

Bob Kress 

Roger Utman 

Adrian LaTrace 

Sharon Tinker 

Knowledge and Practice New Frontiers in the Arts 

Milan Sonka (chair) Tom Casavant (chair) 

Witold Krajewski Mona Garvin 

Charlie Stanier Craig Just 

M.L. Raghavan David Wilder 

Pavlo Krokhmal Diana Harris 

Doug Eltoft Jane Dorman 

Dina Blanc Shawn Allen 

Rachel Marek Amanda DeHoedt 

Bernardo Perez Bruce Keith 

Brian Rauch Roger Vincent 

Bennett Reischauer Karen Kjar 

Selcuk Uzuner Jerry Schnoor 

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The following timetable was used for the strategic planning process: 

• Process described in the state-of-the-college presentation by the dean February 4 

• Four committees constituted, charged, and begin meeting March 9 

• Committees present initial ideas to one another April 4 

• Committees invite input from the College advisory board April 8 

• Committees submit reports to the dean’s office May 9 

• Dean’s office draft plan based upon committee reports Summer 

• Draft plan modified with input from Engineering faculty and staff September 

The voting faculty endorsed the College of Engineering 2010-2016 Strategic Plan and Metrics on 

October 11, 2011. 

Primary responsibility for overall implementation of the College Strategic Plan lies with the 

Dean. The Dean will prepare an annual progress report for the faculty and staff that includes a 

comparative summary to prescribed plan metrics. 

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Summary of Strategic Plan Accomplishments 

Academic Year 2010-2011 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Create a collegiate experience that encourages 

intellectual rigor and productive teamwork, and results in the graduation of engineers who are 

well prepared to succeed in the global workplace. 

• Quality/Demand, Incoming Students: The Fall 2010 incoming freshman class had an 

average composite ACT score of 28 and over 67% received at least one University of 

Iowa College of Engineering merit scholarship. 

• Global Awareness 

o Fifth year of Randall and Barbara Meyer “Grabbing the Globe” college-wide lecture 

series with goal of preparing students for global understanding and success. 

o International Engineering Service Project in Mexico (7th Year). 

o Five engineering students worked with Bridges to Prosperity, traveling to Ciudad 

Sandino in Nicaragua to construct a 40-meter-long bridge that will service 5,000 

people. 

o Ten engineering students, as part of the winter interim course, “Energy for 

Sustainability at the Forest’s Edge: How to Balance Rural Life with Wildlife 

Preservation”, traveled to India to introduce the “Hawkeye” solar cooker to two 

Indian villages in an effort to decrease deforestation due to wood harvesting and 

grazing. 

• Leadership & Professional Growth 

o 86% participation rate in co-ops, internships or faculty mentored research. 

o Student Leadership Institute (12 th year; held two during 2010-11). 

o Senior Design Projects and Program for Enhanced Design Experience (more than 50 

teams). 

o Virtual International Design Project Team (5 th year). 

• Breadth and Depth of Education 

o More than 50% of engineering graduates earned a minor, double major or special 

certificate. 

• Quality/Demand, Graduates: Demand for BSE graduates continues to grow; ~ $57,250 

average starting salary offers. 

• Other 

o Eleventh certified Grand Challenges Scholar Program in the U.S. with four 

scholarships granted. 

o Enhanced free tutoring program. 

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o The College employs 480 engineering students as research assistants, tutors, student 

ambassadors, teaching assistants, and outreach agents. 

• Notable achievements 

o Omicon Chapter of Theta Tau recognized at the national convention for performance 

recognition for an increase of 20% or more growth over the previous year. 

o Alyssa Neiers awarded the Theta Tau Robert L. Miller Scholarship. 

o Curtis Goreham-Voss received the Young Scientist Pre-Doctoral Award from the 

American Society of Biomechanics. 

o UI American Institute of Chemical Engineers given Outstanding Student Chapter 

recognition. 

GOAL - GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: Build and sustain nationally and 

internationally recognized engineering research and graduate programs of relevance to 

contemporary societal problems. 

• Student Quality: Incentive program in place to apply and attend UI. 

• Research Productivity: College-wide research productivity continues to grow. 

o 270 archival journal publications (3.5 per faculty member) 

o AY 2010-2011 total of $49M in research expenditures ($628,000/faculty member). 

o Seven engineering faculty members and staff exceeded $1M in research awards for 

2010. 

• Global Partnerships: International Perspectives in Water Resources Course to be held in 

India (10 th year). 

GOAL - DIVERSITY: Promote excellence in education by increasing the diversity of the 

faculty, staff, and students. 

• Student Diversity: Student population, Fall 2011, is 22% women; 9.8% minority 

(American Indian, Black/African American, Mexican American/Chicano, Oriental/Asian 

American, and Pacific Islander). 

• Faculty Diversity 

o Two administrative appointments – both filled by women. 

o Seven new faculty hired – two women, one underrepresented. 

GOAL - ENGAGEMENT: Broaden the College’s education, research and service missions to 

include stronger partnerships with the public, industry and government. 

• Corporate/Public Relations 

o Enhanced partnerships with more than 418 companies and organizations (160 Iowa 

locations) through experiential learning, recruitment, scholarships, student design 

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projects, guest seminars, adjunct faculty positions, continuing education, information 

exchanges, briefings at the College, advisory board membership, 

equipment/classroom facilities, faculty consulting, sponsored research, lab use, and 

technology transfer. 

o Conducted ninth annual Research Open House with 156 student posters. 

o Continued Randall and Barbara Meyer “Grabbing the Globe” seminar series for 

engineering students. 

o Conducted Fall Engineering Career Fair (59 employers) and Spring Engineering Job 

and Internship Fair (45 employers). 

o Conducted four Hanson Center for Technical Communication Summer Workshops in 

Workplace Writing to engineering professionals at Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

o Advanced economic development coordination with Iowa Department of Economic 

Development, Priority One, Iowa City Area Development Group, Quad Cities First, 

and Rock Island Arsenal Development Group. 

o Enhanced leadership role in the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel 

Development (IAWIND). 

o Expanded online, automated digital publishing platform that now transforms 12 

College publications into magazine-user-friendly interactive presentations that engage 

readers. 

o Expanded opportunities for College administrators to deliver key research messages 

(sustainability, wind energy, flood prediction, digital humans, and lower back pain 

issues) to cover 11 civic group audiences (Rotary, etc.). 

o Broadened use of social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube) for 

student, alumni, and public audiences. Expanded use of LinkedIn groups to transmit 

news announcements about College to worldwide audiences. 

• Alumni Relations 

o Attracted more than 800 alumni, friends, and parents to college events (Homecoming, 

Family Weekend, and Insight Bowl reception). 

o Expanded Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy membership to 68; expanded 

Legacy of Iowa Engineering membership to 20. 

o College of Engineering group on LinkedIn.com has increased to 522 members. 

o Engineering@iowa Facebook page to over 120 “likes.” 

o Initiated Twitter account (http://twitter.com/engr_at_iowa). 

o 16 th year of publishing E/WEEK, a weekly subscription electronic email newsletter 

for faculty, staff, students, alumni, corporate partners, and friends. 

o Introduced interactive digital magazine format on line for Iowa Engineer publication 

for alumni. 

o Fourth year of Young Alumni Advisory Board (only two such boards on campus). 

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o Expanded CareerConnection for Engineering Alumni service, using targeted email to 

inform alumni of current experienced career positions at 25 companies with Iowa 

locations that are corporate partners of the College. 

o Hosted inaugural Party after the Parade event on Homecoming Weekend with almost 

200 in attendance. 

o Eighty-five engineering alumni serve on collegiate, departmental, and research unit 

advisory boards. 

o Fourteen engineering alumni returned to campus to present at a seminar or student 

organization meeting. 

o Over 50 engineering alumni participated in the Engineering Career Fairs as recruiters. 

o Sent over 900 donor thank-you notes personally signed by the dean. 

• Alumni Recognition 

o Avery Bang named to 2011 New Faces of Civil Engineering. 

o Thomas J. Lowenberg received The University of Iowa Alumni Association 

Hickerson Award for outstanding contributions to The University of Iowa Alumni 

Association. 

o Thirteen alumni featured on the College of Engineering News. 

• K-12/Student Outreach 

o Project Lead the Way (PLTW) 

• Over 15,000 students from across Iowa participated in Project Lead the Way. 

• PLTW include 32 middle schools and 99 high schools in Iowa, managed by coaffiliate 

Colleges of Engineering at The University of Iowa and Iowa State 

University. 

• 17 new high schools were certified by PLTW and can now offer college credit for 

PLTW classes. 

• 438 students requested college credit for PLTW courses from the UI College of 

Engineering. 

• Fifth year of Core Training Institute with 44 high school teachers trained: 23 

teachers participating in the Principles of Engineering course, 14 teachers 

participating in the Biotechnical Engineering course, and 7 teachers participating 

in the Civil Engineering and Architecture course. 

o FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®): Acted as the Affiliate Partner with FIRST® Tech 

Challenge program during the 2010/11 Season with corporate partner Rockwell 

Collins, Inc. 

• Recruited and supported 50 registered FTC teams throughout all regions of Iowa. 

• Hosted a 3-day pre-season workshop for potential coaches. 

• Hosted a season Kick-Off with over 100 attendees. 

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• Hosted 7 pre-tournament events throughout Iowa, including scrimmages and a 

skills driving course. 

• Hosted a 48 team tournament at the Iowa Memorial Union. Teams from Iowa, 

Wisconsin and Illinois participated. 

• Awarded one $16,000 scholarship to a student who participated in FIRST and will 

be attending the College of Engineering and majoring in Electrical & Computer 


• Sent representatives to the FIRST World Festival in St. Louis and had a 

University of Iowa booth on scholarship row. 

o 2011 Summer Programs 

• Hosted three one-week robotics programs, each for 24 students ages 9-12. 

• Hosted a one-week PharmCamp for middle school girls who had completed 

grades 4, 5, 6. Eleven girls from the Iowa City/Coralville area participated. 

• Hosted two one-week renewable energy programs. These programs, titled 

RESP:ECT, focused on solar and wind renewable energy. 22 students 

participated. RESP:ECT was funded by the Iowa Energy Center. 

o Other activities 

• Presented FTC® and PLTW®, as well as other STEM programs, to state 

legislators during the STEM day at the State Capitol. 

• Participated at the State of Iowa booth at the USA Science & Engineering Festival 

in Washington, DC in October 2010. 

• Provided scholarships to winning recipients in the regional Future City 

Competition, MATHCOUNTS competition, Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering 

Fair, and Invent Iowa State Invention Convention. 

GOAL - VITALITY: Strengthen the College’s intellectual and community vitality. 

• Recognition 

o David Wilder appointed to the Whole-Body Vibrations Injuries Conference 

International Scientific Committee - first person from the U.S. to be invited to be a 

member of the committee. 

o Tonya Peeples received 2011 Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Service. 

o Megan Allen received 2011Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy. 

o Connie Mutel received 2011 Regents Award for Staff Excellence. 

o Marian Muste received 2011 Regents Award for Staff Excellence. 

o Milan Sonka received 2011 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. 

o Craig Just named 2011 International Studies Outstanding Faculty Mentor. 

o George Constantinescu awarded Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize. 

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o John Forys, head of the Lichtenberger Engineering Library, received the 2010 Arthur 

Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award. 

o Engineers for a Sustainable World Website received a gold ADDY award. 

o Craig Just received the 2010 David J. Skorton Award for Staff Excellence in public 

service. 

o Witold Krajewski received a 2010 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. 

o Michelle Scherer received Malcolm Pirnie/Association of Environmental Engineering 

and Science Professors Frontier in Research Award. 

• Appointments 

o P. Barry Butler appointed executive vice-president and provost of The University of 

Iowa. 

o Alec B. Scranton appointed interim dean of the UI College of Engineering. 

o Keri C. Hornbuckle appointed associate dean of academic programs at the UI College 

of Engineering. 

o Michelle Scherer appointed departmental executive officer of civil and environmental 

engineering. 

o Gene Parkin appointed faculty athletics representative. 

• Budget 

o Reduced GEF budget by 10% to $16.6M. With minimal disruption to college 

operations. 

o Successful sophomore differential tuition proposal. 

o First year of a faculty salary release policy. 

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Fall Enrollments 

AY 2008-2009 

Per HC 

DEPARTMENTS HC BS MS PhD TOT BS MS PhD TOT 

Biomedical * 15 284 35 44 363 18.9 2.3 2.9 24.2 

Chemical and Biochemical 11 125 9 30 164 11.4 0.8 2.7 14.9 

Civil and Environmental 20 197 35 49 281 9.9 1.8 2.5 14.1 

Electrical and Computer 17 183 14 50 247 10.8 0.8 2.9 14.5 

Industrial 8 68 19 25 112 8.5 2.4 3.1 14.0 

Mechanical 15 264 26 39 329 17.6 1.7 2.6 21.9 

Undeclared 233 233 

TOTAL 86 1,354 138 237 1,729 15.7 1.6 2.8 20.1 

Peer 1 2,812 48,057 6,815 10,322 65,194 17.1 2.4 3.7 23.2 

AY 2009-2010 

Per HC 


Biomedical * 15 284 29 43 356 18.9 1.9 2.9 23.7 




Industrial 6 85 17 19 121 14.2 2.8 3.2 20.2 

Mechanical 15 254 22 36 312 16.9 1.5 2.4 20.8 


TOTAL 87 1,411 127 226 1,764 16.2 1.5 2.6 20.3 

Peer 1 2,849 50,317 6,601 10,842 67,760 17.7 2.3 3.8 23.8 

AY 2010-2011 

Per HC 


Biomedical * 14 275 50 49 374 19.6 3.6 3.5 26.7 




Industrial 7 108 12 21 141 15.4 1.7 3.0 20.1 

Mechanical 13 289 23 33 345 22.2 1.8 2.5 26.5 


TOTAL 85 1,567 160 251 1,978 18.4 1.9 3.0 23.3 

Peer 1 2,818 55,130 7,018 11,580 73,728 19.6 2.5 4.1 26.2 

HC = headcount of all tenured and tenure track faculty with an appointment 50% or greater, including administrators. 

BS = undergraduates pursuing B.S. degree and enrolled with 12 semester credit hours or more. 

MS = graduate students pursuing M.S. degree and enrolled with 9 semester credit hours or more. 

PhD = graduate students pursuing Ph.D. degree and enrolled with 9 semester credit hours or more. 

Peer 1 = Colleges of Engineering in the UI/Board of Regents peer group (data taken from ASEE). 

* Excludes faculty on unpaid leave. 

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Degrees Conferred 

AY 2008-2009 Per HC 


Biomedical * 15 59 18 7 84 3.9 1.2 0.5 5.6 




Industrial 8 11 7 3 21 1.4 0.9 0.4 2.6 

Mechanical 15 73 12 9 94 4.9 0.8 0.6 6.3 

TOTAL 86 253 71 38 362 2.9 0.8 0.4 4.2 

Peer 1 2,812 9,245 4,014 1,736 14,995 3.3 1.4 0.6 5.3 

AY 2009-2010 Per HC 


Biomedical * 15 76 10 5 91 5.1 0.7 0.3 6.1 




Industrial 6 15 12 5 32 2.5 2.0 0.8 5.3 

Mechanical 15 70 10 8 88 4.7 0.7 0.5 5.9 

TOTAL 87 275 65 42 382 3.2 0.7 0.5 4.4 

Peer 1 2,849 10,045 4,206 1,768 16,019 3.5 1.5 0.6 5.6 

AY 2010-2011 Per HC 


Biomedical * 14 56 15 5 76 4.0 1.1 0.4 5.4 




Industrial 7 29 8 6 43 4.1 1.1 0.9 6.1 

Mechanical 13 72 13 2 87 5.5 1.0 0.2 6.7 

TOTAL 

Peer 1 -- data not yet available 

85 287 83 35 405 3.4 1.0 0.4 4.8 

HC = headcount of all tenured and tenure track faculty with an appointment 50% or greater. Includes administrators. 


* Excludes faculty on unpaid leave. 

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Diversity Efforts 

The Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering develops integrative programs to provide a 

welcoming and inclusive environment in the University of Iowa College of Engineering. This activity in 

support of COE faculty, staff, and students drives excellence in engineering and has a mission to: 

• Help solve national ethnic diversity issues in the engineering disciplines. 

• Promote cultural awareness and sensitivity for all Iowa Engineers. 

• Place The University of Iowa College of Engineering among the leaders of inclusion for Carnegie 

Research I engineering programs. 

Goals 

Goals of are to enhance inclusion in the graduate and undergraduate student body, to integrate 

inclusion and diversity awareness throughout the curriculum, to enhance diversity in the college faculty 

and staff, and to build cultural immersion and cross-cultural experiential learning specifically for 

engineers. achieves these goals through support from federal and state funding, corporate sponsors, 

and diversity and awareness resources found throughout the campus at Iowa. This diagram shows the 

multi-effort platform developed to achieve these goals. 

FACULTY & STAFF 

DEVELOPMENT 

• Diversity 

Awareness 

• Mentor Training 

• Graduate 

Recruiting 

• Represent 

College on Iowa 

Edge Committee 

WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT 

CULTURAL AWARENESS 

PROGRAMS 

• First-Year Seminars 

• Cultural Awareness Workshops 

• Seminars on Inclusion in the 

Workplace 

• Cultural Immersion 

• Students Practicing Inclusion 

Portfolio 

INCREASED MINORITY DOCTORAL STUDENTS 

• Support Engineering Education 

• Develop Cutting-Edge Research 

• Demonstrate Diverse Expertise 

eI 

DIVERSE, CULTURALLY CERTIFIED IOWA ENGINEERS 

PREPARED FOR CHALLENGES OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY 

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2 

FEDERAL & 

STATE SUPPORT 

CORPORATE SPONSORS 

• Ethnic Inclusion 

Programming 

• Scholarships 

• High School Visits 

HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH & 

RECRUITING 

• Community Outreach 

• MESA/Tutoring 

• Industrial Partnership 

• Establish Diverse Feeder Schools 

• SECME Programs

Highlights of This Year’s Achievements 

The following highlights demonstrate continued excellence in the Ethnic Inclusion Efforts and 

overall diversity efforts of the College of Engineering over the past year. 

Graduate Programs 

The College of Engineering continues to remain a national leader in its inclusion effort at the 

doctorate level. Several students who are underrepresented minorities have recently earned their 

doctorates. One recent graduate is currently in an engineering position with the U.S. Department 

of Justice, and another in a post-doctoral position at research institution (see Table 2, Recent 

Ph.D. Ethnic Inclusion Graduates, page 20). One graduate from 2009 has obtained a postdoctoral 

research fellowship at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and will return to 

the University of Puerto Rico—Mayaguez as a tenure-track faculty member. Within the program, 

several Ph.D. students are continuing towards the completion of their degrees. 

See Table 3, Recent MS Ethnic Inclusion Graduates, page 20, for Ethnic Inclusion students 

graduating with an MS degree this past academic year. 

The Ethnic Inclusion Effort assisted in the recruitment of four underrepresented graduate 

students by arranging campus visits for each and covering all travel related expenses. Three of 

these recruits, two Ph.D. students (one ACT Scholar and one Dean’s Graduate Fellow) and one 

M.S. student, entered for the 2011-2012 academic year. Based on current enrollment figures, the 

percentage of underrepresented minorities in the U.S. doctorate student pool (African American, 

Native American and Hispanic/Latino) is at 12%. The data does not account for students who do 

not report ethnicity/race. Based on enrollment, graduation statistics and Ph.D. productivity from 

The University of Iowa, the College of Engineering remains among the highest percentages of 

underrepresented minorities in Carnegie Research I doctoral engineering programs in the United 

States. Strong mentoring and networking activities and active participation of graduate fellows in 

outreach and recruiting at professional meetings helps with student retention. This is 

complemented by professional development seminars through Ethnic Inclusion programs. Ethnic 

Inclusion continues to administer the current Department of Education Graduate Assistantships 

in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant, which provides graduate fellowship support. 

Additional support has been provided through The University of Iowa graduate college Dean’s 

Graduate Fellowships and Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences (GEM) 

fellowships. In addition to the GAANN grant, the Ethnic Inclusion Effort has supported larger 

diversity initiatives through grant applications to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has 

been an active participant in developing, and has received funding from two new award 

programs, the NSF Louis-Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and the NSF 

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). As part of the LSAMP 

effort, the Ethnic Inclusion Effort worked with the University of Iowa Center for Diversity and 

Enrichment (CDE) as well as with colleges and universities in Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska to 

create IINSPIRE (Iowa Illinois Nebraska STEM Partnership for Innovation in Research and 

Education). This program will increase the number of students graduating in the STEM fields, 

with a particular emphasis on underrepresented minority students. 

The percentage of total women in the Engineering doctoral program holds steady at 27%. When 

assessing domestic students, the numbers show that 25.9% of the U.S. students in the program 

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are female. These U.S. women comprise 8.6% of the total graduate student population. These 

numbers are well above the national average for engineering graduate programs. For summary 

data of the diversity distribution for engineering graduate programs see Table 1, Ph.D. Students 

Enrolled, page 20. 

Undergraduate Programs 

The College of Engineering has maintained its presence to potential 

underrepresented applicants through faculty and fellow participation in 

recruiting and outreach activities. To build community with 

underrepresented students within the UI first-year cohort, the Ethnic 

Inclusion Effort represented the College in the Iowa Edge Program. 

Academic Program & Diversity Specialist, Natalie Potter, provided leadership in planning the 

event, and an Ethnic Inclusion doctoral student provided Spanish language interpreting expertise. 

The program was attended by over 90 African American, Native American, Asian American, 

Latino/ Latina, and first-generation college students. It is diverse by design, with a purpose to 

help ease students concerns about attending a large majority institution. Five engineering 

students participated in “The Iowa Edge” this year and were able to meet students and campus 

leaders, and form support networks for campus life. So that familiarity with the program could 

be continued, direct connections were also made between incoming undergraduate students and 

current graduate students via Ethnic Inclusion’s participation in the new “OnIowa!” orientation 

program for all first year students. Continued programming with this community will help to 

further increase the welcoming environment that the College has consciously continued to 

improve. 

Ethnic Inclusion provided assistance to students of the National Organization for the 

Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) to sponsor the 

NOBCChE Midwest Regional Conference that took place on the UI campus November 11-13, 

2010, as well as provided major funding to students in the National Society of Black Engineers 

(NSBE) and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) organizations to attend the 

NSBE Regional Conference in St. Louis. Ethnic Inclusion continued as the primary sponsor for 

the UI chapter of SHPE’s Noche de Ciencias (Family Science Night) in Fall 2010, which 

involved outreach to approximately 80 area K-12 students and their families. 

Creating a Welcoming Environment in Engineering 

The College is continuing development of cultural awareness programs for engineers to perform 

in a global society. Components of this activity include continuing to support the Golden Student 

Personality Profiler in Engineering Problem Solving I, and celebrating ethnic and international 

diversity across the college. The profiler activity assists the first-year student with greater selfawareness 

and also provides information about "other" awareness. Efforts to develop immersion 

experiences in cross-cultural service learning environments, also continues. Ethnic Inclusion also 

continues to work with the Engineering Staff Advisory Council to celebrate the rich international 

diversity within the College by assisting with the International Flag Display. Flag installation, 

removal, and cleaning require an ongoing collaboration with Ethnic Inclusion and the 

Engineering Staff Advisory Council. 

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Outreach 

Ethnic Inclusion supported a successful seventeenth year of the Multi-Ethnic Engineering and 

Science Association tutoring program with the Iowa City Community School District. Graduate 

fellows, undergraduates, faculty, and staff have also continued outreach efforts in Eastern Iowa 

to communities with larger underrepresented populations. In addition, the COE collaborated with 

the Carver College of Medicine to welcome administrators, and science and engineering students 

from Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. This collaboration 

resulted in at least one application to an engineering doctoral program and strong interest in 

another department’s summer undergraduate research program. Ethnic Inclusion provided 

financial support for Professor Tom Casavant, Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and 

Computational Biology, to travel to the Atlanta area and visit the same schools to recruit 

potential graduate students. 

Ethnic Inclusion Graduate Fellows have helped in outreach and recruiting events including: 

Recruiting at this past year’s regional NSBE conference; meeting and providing tours of campus 

and the engineering facilities with prospective graduate students; volunteering with Morehouse 

College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, and the Iowa Edge; and meeting with 

minority alumni visitors to the College of Engineering. Three of our undergraduate U.S. minority 

students also had the opportunity to meet with Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox, through a 

collaborative effort with the College of Business. 

Corporate Sponsors 

The College and Ethnic Inclusion would like to thank the Caterpillar Foundation, the John Deere 

Foundation, the Rockwell Collins Foundation and Fisher Controls—Emerson Trust, whose 

generous financial contributions over this past year have made these efforts possible. 

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Table 1 

# of Total 

Students 

# of Total that 

are U.S. 

# of Total that 

are Women 

# of U.S. that 

are Women 

# of U.S. that 

are Minorities 

% of Total 

that are U.S. 

% of Total 

that are 

Women 

% of U.S. that 

are Women 

% of U.S. that 

are Minorities 

Table 2 

Ph.D. Students Enrolled 2011 

(Based on August 25, 2011 Preliminary Admissions Data) 

BME CBE CEE ECE IE ME College College College 

2011 2010 2009 

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2008 


2007 


2002 

Count Values 

47 31 53 54 18 41 244 243 226 237 204 215 

20 16 21 14 4 6 81 88 85 92 163 48 

20 10 12 11 6 7 66 67 70 71 64 46 

7 4 6 2 1 1 21 24 27 29 31 11 

1 4 1 3 1 0 10 14 11 20 18 4 

Percentage Values 

50 48.3 32 31.3 47.6 15.2 33.1 36.2 37.6 38.8 41.0 22.3 

40.9 32.3 22 23.4 28.6 21.2 27 27.8 31 30.0 30.2 21.4 

40.9 26.7 37.5 10 20 50 25.9 27.3 31.8 31.5 37.0 22.9 

.05 33.3 12.5 25 0 20 12.3 15.9 12.9 21.7 22.0 8.3 

Minorities = African American, Native American, Hispanic/Latino American 

Recent Ph.D. Ethnic Inclusion Graduates 

Candis Dubose December 2010 Post Doc Trainee, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 

University of Tennessee Health Science Center. 

Kehinde Bankole May 2011 Department of Justice, Washington D.C. 

Table 3 

Recent MS Ethnic Inclusion Graduates 

Elena Bond December 2010 Engineer at R&D Post Foods, Battle Creek MI. 

Kent Hutchinson December 2010 Navy, Continues to pursue Ph.D. at UI.

Research Expenditures 

2008-2009 

ASEE REPORTED 

GEF/ FEDERAL/ UI TOTAL EXPEND/ TOTAL EXPEND/ 

DEPARTMENTS HC INST. CORP COLLABORATIVE EXPEND. HC (LESS GEF) HC 

Biomedical 15 2,454,422 8,582,056 754,494 11,790,972 786,065 11,529,012 768,601 

Chemical and Biochemical 11 247,027 1,758,777 319,228 2,325,032 211,367 2,185,036 198,640 

Civil and Environmental 20 2,813,772 6,847,217 1,221,791 10,882,780 544,139 10,420,073 521,004 

Electrical and Computer 17 571,071 2,435,483 4,484,731 7,491,285 440,664 7,048,194 414,600 

Mechanical and Industrial 23 3,819,544 9,609,843 31,275 13,460,662 585,246 12,425,804 540,252 

TOTAL 86 $9,905,836 $29,233,376 $6,811,519 $45,950,731 $534,311 $43,608,119 $507,071 

Peer 1 2,812 $1,323,831,325 $470,779 

2009-2010 

ASEE REPORTED 



Biomedical 15 2,587,499 5,301,612 1,080,805 8,969,916 597,994 8,628,153 575,210 

Chemical and Biochemical 11 395,263 1,937,750 462,225 2,795,238 254,113 2,624,925 238,630 




TOTAL 87 $12,577,469 $27,466,685 $11,415,723 $51,459,877 $591,493 $49,067,764 $563,997 

Peer 1 2,849 $1,377,176,969 $483,390 

2010-2011 

ASEE REPORTED 



Biomedical 14 2,018,692 4,571,294 2,038,836 8,628,822 616,344 8,366,940 597,639 

Chemical and Biochemical 11 672,514 2,172,067 3,086,538 5,931,119 539,193 5,459,177 496,289 




TOTAL 85 $11,027,461 $30,139,016 $10,013,931 $51,180,408 $602,122 $48,926,982 $575,612 

Peer 1--Data not available. 2,818 

HC = Headcount of all tenured and tenure track faculty with an appointment 50% or greater. Includes administrators. 


GEF/Institutional Expenditures = General Education Fund and other related internally supported research expenditures. 

Federal/Corporate Expenditures = All College of Engineering research related expenditures credited to the College and generated from sources outside 

The University of Iowa. 

Collaborative Expenditures = Research related expenditures by College of Engineering faculty affiliated with grants and contracts in other units of 

The University of Iowa. 

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Amount 

$36,717,226 

5-Year Trend for Research Expenditures 

$41,004,808 

$45,794,047 

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 

Mechanical & Industrial $10,961,268 $12,431,326 $13,460,662 $11,708,544 $14,273,295 

Electrical & Computer $3,262,934 $3,669,957 $7,334,601 $11,012,673 $7,286,860 

Civil & Environmental $10,038,435 $11,875,944 $10,882,780 $16,973,506 $15,060,314 

Chemical & Biochemical $2,591,389 $2,638,030 $2,325,032 $2,795,238 $5,931,119 

Biomedical $9,863,200 $10,389,551 $11,790,972 $8,969,916 $8,628,820 

Fiscal Year 

$51,459,877 

$51,180,408 

Mechanical & Industrial 

Electrical & Computer 

Civil & Environmental 

Chemical & Biochemical 

Biomedical

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$$ (in millions) 

Total Dollar Amount Awarded According to Source 

$60.00 

$50.00 

$40.00 

$30.00 

$20.00 

$10.00 

$0.00 

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 

Private Non-Profit Organizations $1.35 $1.88 $0.76 $0.42 $1.00 

Individuals (Non-Alumni/Non-Profit) $0.00 $0.00 $0.05 $0.00 $0.00 

Educational Institutions & Hospitals $1.61 $2.10 $2.89 $1.81 $2.79 

Business Corporations $5.60 $4.56 $3.46 $5.70 $5.88 

Foreign Governments $0.05 $0.05 $0.03 $0.00 $0.06 

State and Local Governments $0.69 $0.81 $0.72 $28.86 $2.02 

Federal Government $17.36 $16.10 $13.96 $14.08 $12.05 

Private Non-Profit Organizations 

Individuals (Non-Alumni/Non-Profit) 

Educational Institutions & Hospitals 

Business Corporations 

Foreign Governments 

State and Local Governments 

Federal Government

33 

Individuals, 1 Private Non-Profit 

Educational Institutions & 

Hospitals, 35 

Organizations, 16 

Business Corporations, 67 

New Awards by College of Engineering Faculty 

200 Total in FY11 

Federal Government, 62 

State & Local Government, 

19 

25 

4 

10 

5 

7 

11 

Breakdown of Federal Agencies 

Department of Defense 

Department of Transportation 

DHHS 

NASA 

NSF 

*Other Federal Agencies Include: 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

U.S. Department of Education 

U.S. Department of Interior 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Other Federal Agencies

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$65,000 

$60,000 

$55,000 

$50,000 

$45,000 

$56,000 

$55,500 

Median Salary Offers for All Engineering 

Undergraduate Majors 

$54,500 

$55,500 

$55,500 

$57,250 

$55,250 

$55,000 

$60,000 $60,000


Corporate Relations, Alumni Relations, and 

Future Student Outreach Programs and Activities Highlights 

• Corporate/Public Relations 

o Enhanced partnerships with more than 418 companies and organizations (160 Iowa 

locations) through experiential learning, recruitment, scholarships, student design 

projects, guest seminars, adjunct faculty positions, continuing education, information 

exchanges, briefings at the College, advisory board membership, equipment/classroom 

facilities, faculty consulting, sponsored research, lab use, and technology transfer. 

o Conducted ninth annual Research Open House with 156 student posters. 

o Continued Randall and Barbara Meyer “Grabbing the Globe” seminar series for 

engineering students. 

o Conducted Fall Engineering Career Fair (59 employers) and Spring Engineering Job and 

Internship Fair (45 employers). 

o Conducted four Hanson Center for Technical Communication Summer Workshops in 

Workplace Writing to engineering professionals at Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

o Advanced economic development coordination with Iowa Department of Economic 

Development, Priority One, Iowa City Area Development Group, Quad Cities First, and 

Rock Island Arsenal Development Group. 

o Enhanced leadership role in the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel 

Development (IAWIND). 

o Expanded online, automated digital publishing platform that now transforms 12 College 

publications into magazine-user-friendly interactive presentations that engage readers. 

o Expanded opportunities for College administrators to deliver key research messages 

(sustainability, wind energy, flood prediction, digital humans, and lower back pain 

issues) to cover 11 civic group audiences (Rotary, etc.). 

o Broadened use of social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube) for 

student, alumni, and public audiences. Expanded use of LinkedIn groups to transmit news 

announcements about College to worldwide audiences. 

• Alumni Relations 

o Attracted more than 800 alumni, friends, and parents to college events (Homecoming, 

Family Weekend, and Insight Bowl reception). 

o Expanded Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy membership to 68; expanded 

Legacy of Iowa Engineering membership to 20. 

o College of Engineering group on LinkedIn.com has increased to 522 members. 

o Engineering@iowa Facebook page to over 120 “likes.” 

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o Initiated Twitter account (http://twitter.com/engr_at_iowa). 

o 16 th year of publishing E/WEEK, a weekly subscription electronic email newsletter for 

faculty, staff, students, alumni, corporate partners, and friends. 

o Introduced interactive digital magazine format on line for Iowa Engineer publication for 

alumni. 

o Fourth year of Young Alumni Advisory Board (only two such boards on campus). 

o Expanded CareerConnection for Engineering Alumni service, using targeted email to 

inform alumni of current experienced career positions at 25 companies with Iowa 

locations that are corporate partners of the College. 

o Hosted inaugural Party after the Parade event on Homecoming Weekend with almost 200 

in attendance. 

o Eighty-five engineering alumni serve on collegiate, departmental, and research unit 

advisory boards. 

o Fourteen engineering alumni returned to campus to present at a seminar or student 

organization meeting. 

o Over 50 engineering alumni participated in the Engineering Career Fairs as recruiters. 

o Sent over 900 donor thank-you notes personally signed by the dean. 

• Alumni Recognition 

o Avery Bang named to 2011 New Faces of Civil Engineering. 

o Thomas J. Lowenberg received The University of Iowa Alumni Association Hickerson 

Award for outstanding contributions to The University of Iowa Alumni Association. 

o Thirteen alumni featured on the College of Engineering News. 

• K-12/Student Outreach 

o Project Lead the Way (PLTW) 

• Over 15,000 students from across Iowa participated in Project Lead the Way. 

• PLTW include 32 middle schools and 99 high schools in Iowa, managed by coaffiliate 

Colleges of Engineering at The University of Iowa and Iowa State 

University. 

• 17 new high schools were certified by PLTW and can now offer college credit for 

PLTW classes. 

• 438 students requested college credit for PLTW courses from the UI College of 


• Fifth year of Core Training Institute with 44 high school teachers trained: 23 teachers 

participating in the Principles of Engineering course, 14 teachers participating in the 

Biotechnical Engineering course, and 7 teachers participating in the Civil Engineering 

and Architecture course. 

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o FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®): Acted as the Affiliate Partner with FIRST® Tech 

Challenge program during the 2010/11 Season with corporate partner Rockwell Collins, 

Inc. 

• Recruited and supported 50 registered FTC teams throughout all regions of Iowa. 

• Hosted a 3-day pre-season workshop for potential coaches. 

• Hosted a season Kick-Off with over 100 attendees. 

• Hosted 7 pre-tournament events throughout Iowa, including scrimmages and a skills 

driving course. 

• Hosted a 48 team tournament at the Iowa Memorial Union. Teams from Iowa, 

Wisconsin and Illinois participated. 

• Awarded one $16,000 scholarship to a student who participated in FIRST and will be 

attending the College of Engineering and majoring in Electrical & Computer 


• Sent representatives to the FIRST World Festival in St. Louis and had a University of 

Iowa booth on scholarship row. 

o 2011 Summer Programs 

• Hosted three one-week robotics programs, each for 24 students ages 9-12. 

• Hosted a one-week PharmCamp for middle school girls who had completed grades 4, 

5, 6. Eleven girls from the Iowa City/Coralville area participated. 

• Hosted two one-week renewable energy programs. These programs, titled 

RESP:ECT, focused on solar and wind renewable energy. 22 students participated. 

RESP:ECT was funded by the Iowa Energy Center. 

o Other activities 

• Presented FTC® and PLTW®, as well as other STEM programs, to state legislators 

during the STEM day at the State Capitol. 

• Participated at the State of Iowa booth at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in 

Washington, DC in October 2010. 

• Provided scholarships to winning recipients in the regional Future City Competition, 

MATHCOUNTS competition, Eastern Iowa Science & Engineering Fair and Invent 

Iowa State Invention Convention. 

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38 

8 

34 

17 

UI College of Engineering Outreach to Iowa Counties

39 

3 

5 

23 

1 

2 

1 

23 

1 

3 

UI College of Engineering Alumni Located in Iowa Counties 

1 

2 

9 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

1 

1 

1 

2 

5 

2 

2 

1 

3 

1 

10 

26 

2 

2 

2 

3 

2 

4 

295 

11 

1 

1 

12 

5 

3 

6 

6 

31 1 

12 

3 32 

1 

1 

61 2 

5 

1 

1 

8 

12 

2 

4 

2 

19 

9 

28 

22 

13 

2 

11 

6 

12 

683 

1,065 

24 

29 

8 

7 

11 

2 

51 

24 

29 

127 

118 

13 

426 

39

40 

HI 

9 

OR 

110 

WA 

242 

UI College of Engineering Alumni Located in the US 

ID 

43 

NV 

46 

CA 

UT 

1,110 37 

CO 

332 

MN 

569 

IA 

3,586 

AZ 

OK 

244 NM 

41 

AR 

55 

30 

AK 

11 

MT 

18 

WY 

11 

ND 

9 

SD 

23 

NE 

97 

IL 

1,532 

IN 

149 

KS 

MO 

141 268 

KY 

46 

TX 

529 

LA 

37 

WI 

349 

MS 

25 

MI 

276 

TN 

100 

AL 

38 

OH 

200 

GA 

144 

WV 

10 

SC 

72 

FL 

325 

PA 

151 

VA 

201 

NC 

144 

NY 

180 

VT 5 

NJ 129 

ME 

9 

NH 28 

CT 54 

RI 7 

DE 18 

MD 139 

DC 19 

MA 134

41 

Nicaragua 

2 

UI College of Engineering Alumni Located in Other Countries 

Canada 

37 

Chile 

4 

Argentina 

3 

Iceland Norway 

1 11 

Ireland England 

1 8 

Portugal France 

1 

6 

Spain 

Mexico 

4 

Switzerland 

8 

10 Dominican Republic 1 

Honduras 

Barbados 1 

2 Puerto Rico 

Costa Rica 

5 

1 

Venezuela 

Panama Columbia 

11 

11 8 

Ecuador 

Brazil Cote D’Ivoire 

3 

Bolivia 

2 

7 

1 

Paraguay 

1 

Algeria 

4 

Libya 

1 

Nigeria 

5 

Ghana 

2 

Sweden 

1 

Germany 

14 

Italy 

4 

Turkey Syria 

19 2 

Kuwait Iran 

Egypt 5 6 

3 Saudi Arabia 

6 

Yemen 

Ethiopia 1 

1 

Kenya 

1 

Botswana 

3 

Swaziland 

South Africa 

3 

1 

Bulgaria 1 

Netherlands 2 

Jordan 5 

Lebanon 3 

Greece 10 

Macedonia 1 

Romania 

1 

South Korea 

China 101 Japan 

Pakistan Nepal 18 

29 

5 2 

Taiwan 

India Myanmar 117 

78 1 

Hong Kong 

Thailand Vietnam 10 Philippines 

Sri Lanka 23 2 

4 

1 

Malaysia 

Singapore 47 

Papua New Guinea 

16 

Indonesia 

19 

1 

Israel 4 

Cyprus 1 

United Arab 

Emirates 7 

Guam 1 

Australia 

9 

Fiji 

1 

New Zealand 

2

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Federal 

Grants and 

Contracts 

33% 

Resources-Budget $ 

FY2011 Source of Funds (CoE) 

$65.6 Million 

Other 

3% 

Non-Federal 

Grants and 

Contracts 

9% 

Stores and 

Services 

3% 

UI 

Foundation 

Gifts 

2% 

IDC and 

Activities 

20% 

General 

Education 

(UI 

Allocated) 

28% 

Special State 

Appropriatio 

n (IFC) 

2% 

Transfer 

10% 

Faculty 

Salary 

24% 

TA Salary 

2% 

RA Salary 

8% 

Resources-Budget $ 

FY2011 Expenditures (CoE) 

$65.6 Million 

Other 

General 

Expense 

4% 

Travel 

2% 

P & S Salary 

17% 

Supplies 

6% 

Services 

10% Scholarships 

and Tuition 

3% 

Merit Salary 

1% 

F & A Costs 

11% 

Equipment 

3%

College of Engineering Giving Report 

FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 

INCOME 

Development Fund $245,564 $296,645 $400,292 $256,226 $409,755 

Building Campaign $4,084 $580 $730 $580 $580 

Other Administration Funds $451,032 $900,098 $468,741 $516,103 $2,142,892 

Departments $443,449 $1,547,882 $486,324 $2,973,669 $2,744,694 

Total Outright Gifts * $1,144,129 $2,745,205 $1,356,087 $3,746,578 $5,297,921 

Total Deferred Gifts $588,121 $1,974,735 $673,650 $3,443,344 $3,425,646 

Total Productivity $1,732,250 $4,719,940 $2,029,737 $7,189,922 $8,723,567 

EXPENSES 

Fund Raising Expenses $529,722 $528,367 $449,130 $429,675 $580,934 

Cost per $1 Outright Gifts Raised $0.46 $0.19 $0.33 $0.11 $0.11 

Number of Givers 1,991 1,732 1,709 2,062 1,874 

Number of Household/Organization Givers 1,335 1,166 1,132 1,170 1,057 

Gifts in Kind $0 $416,425 $549 $0 $115,000 

* Total outright gifts include pledge payments, trust gifts, and insurance gifts. 

$10,000,000 

$9,000,000 

$8,000,000 

$7,000,000 

$6,000,000 

$5,000,000 

$4,000,000 

$3,000,000 

$2,000,000 

$1,000,000 

$0 

Five Year Productivity 

FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 

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Deferred Gifts 

Outright Gifts

University of Iowa Foundation 

Summary of Resources 

TYPE DEPARTMENT FY10 GIFTS* JUNE 30, 2010 FY11 GIFTS* JUNE 30, 2011 

BALANCE** BALANCE** 

Academic Support 

College of Engineering $0 $293,075 $0 $363,025 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $0 $293,075 $0 $363,025 

Building/Infrastructure 

College of Engineering - Seamans Center $580 $553,096 $580 $645,901 

College of Engineering - Future Projects $0 $423,610 $0 $474,500 

IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering - SHL $50 $95 $0 $95 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $630 $976,801 $580 $1,120,496 

College Discretionary Funds 

College of Engineering - Joehnk Fund $0 $80,870 $0 $81,415 

College of Engineering - Bently Fund $0 $445,810 $0 $538,882 

College of Engineering - Raja Fund $0 $0 $0 $125,566 

College of Engineering - Randall & Barbara Meyer Fund $0 $929,506 $0 $1,133,515 

College of Engineering - Rockwell Fund $0 $53,742 $0 $47,242 

College of Engineering - Excellence Fund $256,226 $442,743 $409,755 $683,760 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $256,226 $1,952,671 $409,755 $2,610,380 

Department Discretionary Funds 

Biomedical $1,200 $129,580 $1,380 $159,581 

Chemical & Biochemical $27,698 $277,761 $1,025,050 $1,488,428 

Civil & Environmental $13,000 $125,851 $8,260 $128,562 

Electrical & Computer $1,565 $912,509 $1,270 $1,125,822 

Industrial $100 $12,820 $100 $11,580 

Mechanical $5,795 $82,336 $15,850 $114,726 

IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering $2,390 $34,861 $1,325 $17,981 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $51,748 $1,575,718 $1,053,235 $3,046,679 

Endowed Chair 

College of Engineering - Henry $0 $1,187,873 $0 $1,417,318 

College of Engineering - Summers $0 $1,267,246 $0 $1,513,360 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $0 $2,455,119 $0 $2,930,678 

Endowed Faculty Fellowships 

College of Engineering - Wheeler $0 $198,982 $0 $238,857 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $0 $198,982 $0 $238,857 

Endowed Professorships 

College of Engineering - Ashton $0 $1,429,741 $0 $1,516,170 

College of Engineering - Bently $0 $445,810 $0 $538,882 

College of Engineering - Wang $0 $1,300,000 $0 $0 

Chemical & Biochemical - Kammermeyer $2,500 $421,801 $0 $504,155 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $2,500 $3,597,352 $0 $2,559,207 

Faculty Research Funds 

College of Engineering $0 $227,360 $1,000,000 $994,945 

Biomedical $10,500 $32,686 $1,000 $40,518 

Chemical & Biochemical $0 $0 $0 $0 

Civil & Environmental $0 $114,311 $0 $123,333 

Electrical & Computer $0 $72,668 $0 $85,918 

Industrial $0 $140,719 $0 $156,318 


Center for Computer-Aided Design $10,000 $125,624 $1,500 $130,175 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $42,120 $1,044,097 $1,400,475 $2,326,862 

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University of Iowa Foundation 

Summary of Resources 

TYPE DEPARTMENT FY10 GIFTS* JUNE 30, 2010 FY11 GIFTS* JUNE 30, 2011 

BALANCE** BALANCE** 

Graduate Student Support 

College of Engineering $0 $500,000 $30,477 $31,820 



Industrial $0 $5,945 $0 $7,041 

Mechanical $215,750 $193,412 $0 $233,138 

IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering $0 $66,770 $0 $80,725 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $217,100 $1,881,959 $32,827 $1,559,763 

Scholarship Funds 

College of Engineering $364,365 $5,726,061 $682,640 $7,368,895 

Biomedical $6,000 $167,089 $26,000 $212,808 

Chemical & Biochemical $0 $107,972 $2,820 $132,792 


Electrical & Computer $2,587,826 $2,663,073 $1,235,186 $4,635,338 

Industrial $788 $78,319 $788 $93,218 

Mechanical $19,978 $162,637 $570 $193,970 


________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $3,017,361 $9,351,926 $1,968,524 $13,179,919 

Special Needs Funds 

College of Engineering $131,738 $899,910 $428,275 $1,378,914 



IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering $0 $0 $1,000 $981 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $148,643 $965,746 $431,275 $1,462,280 

Student Awards 

College of Engineering $10,000 $131,354 $0 $151,777 


________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $10,000 $141,102 $0 $162,691 

Undergraduate Student Support 

Industrial $250 $48,340 $1,250 $56,202 

________ ________ ________ ________ 

Total $250 $48,340 $1,250 $56,202 

GRAND TOTAL $3,746,577 $24,482,886 $5,297,921 $31,617,039 

*Gifts include outright gifts, gifts in-kind, and estate gifts received. It does not include pledges. 

**Balance includes cash, pledges, and invested funds. It does not include planned future giving. 

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College of Engineering Student Aid Funds 

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS 

A. Donald Sexton Engineering Scholarship 

Amanda and Michael Mikhail Engineering Scholarship Fund 

Archie A. Alexander Memorial Fund 

Archie N. Carter Civil & Environmental Engineering Scholarship Fund 

B. J. Lambert Scholarship Fund 

Basil and Mildred Deegan Scholarship Fund 

Bea Park Memorial Engineering Scholarship Fund 

Bob and Molly Whitmore Engineering Scholarship Fund 

C. P. McGrath Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Carol M. Ortberg Memorial Scholarship 

Carroll Sample Estate Scholarship Fund 

Cathy S. Hinton Scholarship Fund 

Chang Engineering Scholarship 

Chapman UI Engineering Scholarship 

Clarence H. Clark Fund 

Clifford & Nina Smith Engineering Scholarship 

Clifford L. and JoRuth Fudge Scholarship Fund 

David R. Buchanan Scholarship Fund 

Dr. H. L. Olin Scholarship 

Dwight and Elsie Johnston Engineering Scholarship Fund 

E.B. Kurtz Senior Merit Award 

Edward Mielnik Scholarship Fund 

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Fund 

Fethke Industrial Engineering Scholarship Fund 

Forrest and Adah Kehn Scholarship Fund 

Frank A. Park Scholarship Fund 

Frank Hugo Guldner Scholarship or Loan Fund 

Franklin D. and Anita L. Hockett Engineering Scholarship 

Fred Stebler Endowment Fund 

Frederick G. Higbee Memorial Fund 

George C. Flick Engineering Scholarship 

George L. and Gladys I. Petrik Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Hal W. Hunt Scholarship Fund 

Halverson Construction Company Scholarship 

Herm and Dianne Reininga Scholarship Fund 

Hubbard Family Fund 

J.W. Deegan Fund 

James and Marie Buck Scholarship Fund 

James Deluhery Engineering Scholarship 

James R. Lightner Gift Fund 

James Shive Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Jared and Carol Hills Foundation Engineering Scholarship 

Joanne and Robert M. Chiusano Engineering Scholarship 

John Fisher Kennedy Memorial Fund 

John J. Corcoran Scholarship 

John M. Russ Memorial Fund 

John R. Porter Scholarship in Water Sustainability Fund 

John R. Porter Summer Research Experience Award 

Kenneth Mosher Scholarship Fund 

Kook-Wha and Kwang-Kuk Koh Eng 

Kwo-Tseng Lee Scholarship Fund 

L. A. Ware Scholarship Fund 46

College of Engineering Student Aid Funds 

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS (continued) 

Leo W. Ladehoff Scholarship Fund 

Lloyd Knowler Quality Engineering Scholarship Fund 

M.W. Petersen Memorial Scholarship 

Mary V. Sheedy Scholarship Fund 

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Scholarship Fund 

Melville F. Clements Scholarship Fund 

Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Louis Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund 

Paul Scholz Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Petersen/Miller Scholarship in Civil & Environmental Engineering 

Philip A.Temple Engineering Scholarship 

Philip F. Morgan Scholarship Fund 

Plumly Tuition Scholarship Fund 

R. F. and H. W. Poston Scholarship Fund 

R. Milton Pierce Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Ray and Sarah Latimer Engineering Scholarship Fund 

Ray Collins Scholarship 

Richard and Alice Bogue Scholarship Fund 

Richard B. Miller Scholarship 

Robert F. and Eleanor M. Williams Endowment Fund for Engineering 

Richard K. Miller Scholarship Fund 

Robert E. Moulds Global Engineering Scholarship 

Robert K. Vierck Scholarship Fund 

Samek Gannon Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Thomas & Sophronia Caywood Scholarships 

Victor and Elizabeth Chang Engineering Scholarship 

Vincent A. Mascagni Scholarship Fund 

Wayne L. Paulsen Fund 

Wilbur and Helen Kime Memorial Fund 

William C. Blackburn Engineering Scholarship Fund 

William Lichtenberger Scholarship Fund 

William Liike Engineering Scholarship 

RENEWABLE SCHOLARSHIPS 

Biomedical Engineering Student Aid Fund 

Dr. Donald C. and Sheila A. Enemark Scholarship 

Robert and Mary Jo Godwin Scholarship 

Stanley Group Charitable Foundation Scholarship 

ENDOWED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP & SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 

Dr. Arthur R. Giaquinta Memorial Scholarship 

Dimond Fellowship in Electrical Engineering 

Industrial Engineering Graduate Research Fund 

N. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship Fund 

Paul & Sarah Jane Benedict Fund 

Peter Berntsen Graduate Scholarship Fund 

Ray L. and Edna P. Sweigert Memorial Fellowship 

Richard B. Stewart Thermo-Fluids Graduate Scholarship 

William W. Kersten IWPCA Scholarship Fund 

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Appendix 

Following are web links to additional information and resources about the College of 

Engineering available on the College’s web site: 

Reports 

Annual Report – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/miscellaneous/annual-report/assets/annual_report_2010-2011.pdf 


Strategic Plan – 

http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/miscellaneous/2010-2016-strategic-plan.pdf 

Faculty 

Faculty Profiles – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/profile-directory/index.php 

Awards and Recognition 

Faculty/Staff Excellence Awards – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/faculty-excellence.php 

Faculty Milestone Awards – 

http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/faculty-milestones.php 

The University of Iowa Hancher-Finkbine Medallion and Awards – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/hancher-finkbine.php 

Tau Beta Pi National Awards – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/taubetapi.php 

National Academy of Engineering Members Who Are Alumni and Faculty of The University of 

Iowa College of Engineering – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/nae.php 

Legacy of Iowa Engineering – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/members.php 

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/alumni-academy/members.php 

Placement and Employers 

Engineering Professional Development Annual Report 

http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/epd/assets/EPDAnnualReport05-09.pdf 

Cooperative Education and Internship Program Annual Report 

http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/epd/documents/2008%202009%20CoopAnnRpt.pdf 

Graduate Schools that Enroll Iowa Engineers – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/epd/graduateschools.php 

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Advisory Boards 

College of Engineering Advisory Board – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/advisory-board.php 

Biomedical Engineering Advisory Council – 

http://www.bme.engineering.uiowa.edu/people/advisory-board/ 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Advisory Board – 

www.cbe.engineering.uiowa.edu/advisory_board/ 

Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board – 

www.cee.engineering.uiowa.edu/advisors.php 

Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board – 

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Advisory Board – 

www.mie.engineering.uiowa.edu/FacultyStaff/Advisory_Board.php 

Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Advisory Board – 

IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering Advisory Board – 

www.iihr.uiowa.edu/people/advisoryboard.html 

Young Alumni Advisory Board – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/young-alumni-advisory-board.php 

Development Council – 

www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/development-council.php 

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