February 10, 2003

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CEFO Minutes
(B. Sherlock, Secretary)

MINUTES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FACULTY ORGANIZATION
Monday, February 10, 2003 @ 12:30 PM
Cameron Applied Research Center, Room 101

CEFO President Jack Carter opened the meeting at 12:37 PM. The following individuals signed the attendance sheet: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: R. Johnson, C. Blat, K. Elmore, S. Myers, P. Tolley. CAMERON A.R.C.: COMPUTING & ENGINEERING LABS: C. Price . CIVIL ENGINEERING: J. Anderson, D. Bayer, J. Daniels, I. Gergely, J. Graham, M. Kane, V. Ogunro. ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING: K. Daneshvar, M. Hasan, I. Howitt, Y. Kakad, R. Makki, A. Nasipuri, H. Phillips, E. Stokes, F. Tranjan. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: F. Ahmad, A. Barry, E. Braun, N. Byars, J. Carter, B. Gehrig, C. James, J. Kimble, S. Kuyath, D.Liou, C. Mobley, D. Murphy, C. Orozco, T. Owen, R. Priebe, D. Ramers, D. Sharer, B. Sherlock, S. Wang, G. Watkins. MECHANICAL ENGR & ENGR SCIENCE: H. Cherukuri, J. Cuttino, Y Hari, J. Hill, C. Lee, E. Morse, S. Patterson, J. Raja, J. Raquet, M. Rodgers. GUESTS: .

Total documented attendance: 52.

Note that, in addition to distribution, the archive of CEFO minutes is maintained on the world wide web at http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jcarter/cefo

I. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the CEFO meeting of September 24, 2002 were approved as distributed. II. Engineering Technology Proposal to Offer Lower Division Courses, A. Brizendine. Tony Brizendine gave a presentation outlining the ET Department’s proposal to offer lower-division courses. III. College Progression Requirements, D. Bayer. Dr. Bayer presented the proposed new COE Requirements for Continued Enrollment. A motion to accept the new requirements as presented was seconded and passed. To see the approved document, click here. . The intention is for this to become effective for the coming Fall semester. IV. Dean’s Report, Bob Johnson. A moment of silence was observed in memory of Prof. Bill Shelnutt. There are over 40 candidates for the post of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. This has been narrowed down to a pool of 10. We are looking at 4 to be invited to the campus in late February or early March. The Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Ph.D. should make the deadline for Spring. Sen. Edwards was here on Friday. There is strong momentum behind a push for a regional center for homeland security to be set up at UNC-Charlotte. We have requested two SPA positions: Instrument maker, and Applications Programmer. A welcome was extended to Courtney James, new faculty member in Engineering Technology. VII. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 1:42 p.m.

Submit corrections/changes to Dr Barry Sherlock, CEFO Secretary: sherlock@uncc.edu