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Construction Management And
Civil & Construction
Engineering Department
Advisory Board Meeting
April 28, 2015
Agenda 2015 Student Awards & Competitions EIT College Update (Tramel) Department Report (Tramel) Restructuring Report (Tramel) ACCE Report (Bray) Construction Management Update (Tramel) Advisory Council (Overton) AGC Future Leaders (Wright) Engineering Report (Jovanovic) Open Forum
Student Academic Awards Must have overall GPA of 3.5 or higher Anna Friemel (CNMG) Nabholz Joshua Hendricks (CVCE) US Army COE Heath Kight (CNMG) Seeking Job Angie Matika (CVCE) Prospect Steel Whitney Montague (CVCE) US Army COE Esteban Rodriguez (CVCE) CDI
ASCE Construction Institute
Student Days
Portland, Oregon: August 3-6, 2014
n 30 students selected nationwide
n 2 CVCE students from UALR
w Angela Matika – leader
w Whitney Montague - member
w 2nd place team!
10-mile pipeline to convey raw water
from a lake to a WTP over a mountain
n Engineering design
n Cost estimate
ASCE CI Student Days
ASC/TEXO Student
Competitons
$2000 from the Arkansas Chapter of AGC
Highway Division for Heavy Civil Team
Nabholz Construction sponsored team
shirts
$2000 from Arkansas Chapter of AGC
Building Division for Commercial Team
CDI Construction Sponsored the Team
Shirts
EIT College Update Lloyd Webre, Director of Development and External Affairs 5% University Budget Cut Department budget New EIT funding policy concerning technology fees will be put in place July 1, 2015
Dean Search Status of Dean search is not clear at this time Search committee made their recommendations EIT Assembly discussed, voted, and made recommendation to Provost Chancellor met with search committee members
Department Enrollment Report The Fall 2014 enrollment was 47 new students with 22 new construction management freshman Construction management has a total of 120 students with 7 graduate students Construction engineering has a total of 101 students Environmental Engineering has 1 student
CNMG, CVCE, & ARCE Totals
250
200
150 Total
CM
100
CE
50
0
2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Freshman Enrollment Trends
Department Graduation Report Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 (Approved) 41 CNMG Bachelor of Science 6 CNMG Master Science 4 CVCE Bachelor of Science
Faculty Update
Dr. Pellicane is now employed in California
Dr. Hollis Bray, PE, CPC, LCI
n ACCE coordinator
n Hired to teach construction management and
civil and construction engineering courses
Dr. Lashun Thomas
n Program Coordinator for environmental
engineering
n NSF Grant for Hydraulic Fracture Workshop2015 EIT Faculty Excellence Award John Mark Squires was awarded the EIT Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service Boosting Engineering Science & Technology n BEST Robotics Children International n Playhouses Museum of Discovery n Playhouse and children “build-it-labs”
Discovery Museum Playhouse
UALR Restructing College of Engineering and Information Technology College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences College of Business College of Education and Health Professions College of Social Sciences and Communications
EIT Restructuring Computer Science Information Science Earth Science Engineering Technology Systems Engineering Construction Management and Civil & Construction Engineering
2015 ACCE Accreditation Hollis Bray is the new ACCE Coordinator and is responsible for editing the self- study and writing the assessment plan along with Jim Carr UALR has been selected for a pilot program for the new ACCE Outcome based self study Site visit is September 20-22, 2015
ACCE ACCREDITATION OUTCOME – BASED STANDARDS STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES COMPETENCIES MEASURED IN COURSES ASSESSED BY AC EXAM INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND ALUMI IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
Construction Management Plan to revise the curriculum down to 120 credit hours with a course in Spanish for Construction Associate of Science in Construction Science will be finalized this summer Plan to revise the Master of Science in Construction Management and add a four plus one program that leads to the MS
Concrete Construction Class Students work as construction team to design and construct reinforced concrete scale model Students built metal pan forms Web cam set up
Concrete Scaled Model
Students Building Structure
Slab Pans
Wish List Structural Steel Scale Model Hoisting device Fork Lift device Building materials Safety Equipment Scaffolding Webcam
John Brown Steel Lab
AGC Future Leaders Division Lance Wright and Richard Hedgecock First annual Meet and Greet sponsored by Nabholz, ACE Glass, and AGC Arkansas was a major success About 80 students and about 38 AGC members attended Panel discussion received compliments from the students
Discussion Panel
Audience
Alumni Operations Committee Donna Mantione new Chair The committee has been reviewing course curriculum and providing insight into what skills are needed by our graduates Will start reviewing curriculum again after ACCE and ABET visits
Industrial Advisory Council Don Overton is serving as a Member of the Board of Directors for the UALR Foundation Fund Board Wants to set up a IAB that requires funding for membership
Engineering Update
Dr. Nick Jovanovic
Civil and Construction Engineering
n ABET Accreditation Date: October 4-6, 2012
Architectural and Construction
Engineering
n Most students changed majors to CVCE
Environmental Engineering
n Approved July 2014
n First class enters in August 2015National Examinations Associate Constructor (AC) Exam n Taken by CNMG, CVCE, and ARCE majors n Leads to Associate Constructor Certification n Eventually leads to CPC Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam n Taken by CVCE, ARCE, and ENVE majors n Leads to Engineer Intern Licensure n Eventually leads to PE
Employment and
Graduate School
CVCE Seniors 2013-2015 (15 students)
n CDI Contractors
n US Army Corps of Engineers
n The Holloway Firm
n Prospect Steel
n AFCO Steel
n VCC
n McCarthy Building Companies
n Crossland Construction
n Hensel Phelps Construction
n Austin Bridge & Road
n Rogers Group
n Vanderbilt UniversityCVCE Senior Design Project
n Seismic Retrofit Feasibility Study for the American
Red Cross Facility, Little Rock
n Noon on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in EIT Auditorium
n UALR
w Dr. Hollis Bray, PE
w Dr. Nickolas Jovanovic, PE
n Cromwell Architects Engineers
w Joe Hilliard, PE
w Mike Callahan, PE
w Paul Timko, PE
w Larry Newkirk, AC
n CDI Contractors
w Jeff Borgsmiller, PESenior Design Project Wiki https://sites.google.com/a/ualr.edu/cnmgseniors2015/
ABET Visit Preparations ABET Self-Study Report – June 2015 Program educational objectives (PEO’s) are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation. PEO’s must be consistent with the needs of the program’s constituencies.
Program Constituencies Employers and Potential Employers n Construction companies n Engineering design firms n Government agencies n Vendors Professional Societies Faculty Alumni In other words, all of you!
PEO 1 Produce graduates who rapidly become certified Engineer Interns (EI) and Associate Constructors (AC) employed in architecture, engineering, construction, or related fields or pursuing graduate or professional education in engineering, business, law, architecture, etc.
PEO 2 Produce graduates who become licensed Professional Engineers (PE) and/or Certified Professional Constructors (CPC) after gaining the required professional experience and the requisite knowledge to pass the licensing and/or certification exams.
PEO 3 Produce graduates who engage in lifelong learning, through on-the-job training, participation in professional societies, additional formal education, continuing education and professional development, research, and self- study, in order to use state-of-the-art knowledge to design and build safe and effective buildings and infrastructure and/or provide high quality service to the general public, employers, clients, and other professionals.
Motion – Jeff Borgsmiller PEO’s 1, 2, and 3 are consistent with the needs of program constituencies. If you have suggestions for revisions to the PEO’s, please contact: n Jeff Borgsmiller: jborgsmiller@cdicon.com n Joe Hilliard: jhilliard@cromwell.com n Nick Jovanovic: nsjovanovic@ualr.edu
Open Forum Please feel free to ask any question you might have or provide comments No comments or questions meeting ended at 8:45 am
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