McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science McCormick Excellence at all Levels April 7, 2005 Julio M. Ottino, Dean McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Departments (plus much more…) • Biomedical Engineering • Chemical and Biological Engineering • Civil and Environmental Engineering • Computer Science • Electrical and Computer Engineering • Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics • Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences • Materials Science and Engineering • Mechanical Engineering Products? Customers? PL? 1
McCormick The Competition Landscape Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science 400% Faculty, Undergrad, and Grad Sizes, Relative to Northwestern Faculty size 300% Undergraduate size Graduate size 200% 100% 0% -100% Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1) Stanford University (2) University of California - Berkeley (3) University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (4) Georgia Institute of Technology (5) California Institute of Technology (6) University of Southern California (6) Purdue University - West Lafayette (8) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (9) Cornell University (10) Carnegie Mellon University (11) University of Texas - Austin (12) University of California - San Diego (13) Texas A & M University - College Station (14) University of Wisconsin - Madison (15) Princeton University (16) University of California - Los Angeles (17) University of Maryland - College Park (18) Harvard University (19) Northwestern University (20) Schools (with US News Graduate Ranking) Physical & Chemical Sciences McCormick Biology & Medicine Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Biomolecular and Cellular Materials IGERT Systems Biology Self Assembly Self-Assembly Processes Neural Information Processing Sustainable Technologies Information, Biology and Language Center for NICO Connected Communications Engineering Learning and Learning Business and Engineering Networks International and Comparative Analytical Mathematical Studies Politics Studies in Economics and Management Science Emergent Legal Structures Social Systems, Organizations Group and the Law 2
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McCormick 1990-2003 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Department in McCormick 600 authors Roger Guimera NWU McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Collaboration network in Social Psychology as obtained from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology . The data cover the period 1965-2003, and includes 9112 researchers and 7865 collaborations (Luis Amaral et al. 2004) 4
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Collaboration network in Economics as obtained from the journal Econometrica . The data cover the period 1965-2003, and includes 3350 researchers and 4254 collaborations (Luis Amaral et al. 2004). McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Collaboration network in Astronomy as obtained from the Astronomical Journal . The data cover the period 1965-2003, and includes 10832 researchers and 13016 collaborations (Luis Amaral et al. 2004). 5
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science R.J. Williams, N.D. Martinez, Nature (2000). McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science 6
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science A century of innovation: twenty engineering achievements that transformed our lives . • Electrification • Airplanes • Radio and Television • Computers Imagine a world • Telephony and Electronics • Spacecraft (and GPS, etc.) without • Automobiles and Highways • Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering and Technologies • Advanced materials Technology… • Medical technologies • Internet • Water Supply and Distribution McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Imagine a world without Engineering and Technology… 7
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Central Idea Seeing Milestones ourselves McCormick Map strengths Resource Compass Needs Response Large scale to trends trends McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Central Idea Seeing Milestones ourselves Strategic Plan McCormick Map strengths Resource Compass Needs Response Large scale to trends trends 8
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Trends Energy Environment Health Information Security… Not very useful… McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Large Scale Trends (1) The boundary between science, engineering, technology, and medicine is being completely blurred into a seamless chain. (2) The waves of innovation are becoming shorter. (3) Technology is permeating all areas of society Technological literacy essential ingredient of 21st century humanistic education; Essential to informed public-policy decisions. 9
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science A Picture of Innovation: Schumpeter waves accelerate Water power Steam Electricity Petrochemicals Digital Networks Textiles Rail Chemicals Electronics Software Iron Steel Int. Comb. Engine Aviation New Media Nano, Bio, Info The Economist, 1999 McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Large-scale trends: Needs (1) The boundary between science, engineering and technology is being completely blurred into a seamless chain. � Broad Perspective; Interdisciplinary Outlook (2) The waves of innovation are becoming shorter. � Adaptability (3) Technological literacy; 21st century humanistic education; public-policy decisions. � Broadly educated engineers 10
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Seeing Ourselves Future McC in Northwestern Graduate Centers Programs Professional Programs Programs Research Alumni McCormick University Industry Education Undergraduate Programs McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Basic Knowledge World View McCormick Reputation Peers, engineering community Business, industry Practice Future C in Northwestern US, society Graduate Centers Programs Programs Professional Programs Research Alumni World McCormick University Industry Education Undergraduate Programs 11
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Recognition, Reputation (1) Largest component of Basic Knowledge reputation, e.g. US McCormick Reputation & World Report, Peers, engineering Peers, engineering NRC, depends community community Practice critically on top- Business, industry Business, industry ranked peers. US, society US, society Placing people in World World academia McC in the World (2) Core, size matter McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science ..matching needs to strengths • Core, the one-to-one areas where we are compared with core others must be first rate • Adopt Matrix view of faculty; excellent people who can be counted twice • “Growth” strategy: synergistically dynamic leveraging small size across periphery schools WCAS, Kellogg, SoC, Medill, and Law 12
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Core and periphery; Nature of expansions State of the art of domain at time t “Break-with” Breakthrough 25 25 McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science But often… State of the art at time t Augmentation of knowledge base 13
McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Core-Periphery Interactions Core Core Core unifies structure Core may be formed by periphery McCormick Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Recognizing Hurdles: The Faculty Pipeline Career Span Longer, Waves of Innovation Shorter 40 year career span (and getting longer) Assistant Professors 6 years problem 14
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