Educational Experience 1st Semester: Take Core Classes Get the Basics 2nd Semester: Study Abroad Experience
Performance (What’s Possible)
3rd Semester: Industrial ImmersionExperience the Cost (What it
Takes) 4th Semester: Oral Exam Research Proposal
Student Requirements 1 industrial board member serves each student’s
graduate committee. PhD student submits at least 2 journal articles before
defending dissertation.
Management (CO-PIs)Graduate Administrator; Director of Study Abroad;
Director of Industrial Emersion; Director of Recruitment
Research Group 1 Afsaneh Rabiei, Mech. Eng
Sami Rizkalla, Civil EngRanji Ranjithan, Civil EngPercy Hooper, Industrial
DesignThomas Birkland, Public Policy
Research Group 2Kara Peters, Mech. Eng
Greg Buckner, Mech EngFrancis de los Reyes, Civil Eng
Min Lui, Civil Eng.Wayne Place, Architecture
Research Group 3 Bill Roberts, Mech. Eng
William Rasdorf, Civil EngPat Rand, ArchitectureBrian Laffite, Industrial
Design
Research Group 4Rich Gould, Mech. EngChris Frey, Civil Eng
Paul Tesar, ArchitecturePerver Baran, Ctr. Earth
Observ.Detlef Knappe, Civil Eng
Common Denominators
Everyone in this room is very active in research.
Everyone in this room deals with technical innovations that are or can be applied to architectural systems.
Tasks for the Groups
Spend 1 hr discussing common interests and appoint research group leaders.
Decide on a name for your research group.
The research group leaders present a summary of their group’s research interests in the last ½ hr of this meeting.
When you leave today, you will have developed a strategy to put together the information for the pre-proposal (trade emails, set-up times to meet, etc.).
Needed Information
From each participant, statistics that reflects the importance of your research Provide a sentence along with the statistics including the citation for each statistic. The statistics are compiled into a 300-500 word “Thematic Basis” that appears in the opening section of the pre-proposal.
Major Research AreaDecide on a descriptive title and a 300-500 word description.
5 to 10 Research Problems corresponding to your Major Research AreaEach problem consists of a title and several sentences that describe the problem.
CitationsThe descriptions of your major research area and the research problems include citations of your papers and of papers by others.
Core Classes
Indicate which of your classes, if any, should be considered as part of a first-semester core curriculum.
Study AbroadNames of faculty abroad along with their titles, department, college, university, and a short phrase that describes the state-of-the-art performance that the student can experience while at that university.
Industrial ImmersionNames of industry leaders to serve on the industrial board along with their titles, company name, and a short phrase that describes the industrial experience the student will receive while at the company.
Nov 15 This meeting
Monday, Dec 3 I receive needed information (email to [email protected])
Friday, Dec 14 You receive edits of pre-proposal
Monday, Jan 7 I receive edits of pre-proposal
Monday, Jan 14 First draft of pre-proposal is
complete
Mid-January Briefings with NSF IGERT Program Managers