College of Sciences2014 STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS
Overview
Presentation of College Awards Recognition of Tenure and Promotion Dean’s Office and College Staff
Introductions New Faculty and Staff Introductions Year in Review
Enrollment and TeachingResearch and ScholarshipService
Review of Goals for 2013-2014Goals for 2014-2015
College of Science Excellence Awards
Graduate Student Excellence in Research – Mr. Daniel Haarman (Biological Sciences)
Student Excellence in Teaching – Ms. Kaylee Kerbs (Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology)
Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching – Ms. Sharon Frey (Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology) and Ms. Ava Fujimoto-Strait (Geography and Geology)
Faculty Excellence in Research – Dr. Madhusadan Choudhary (Biological Sciences)
Faculty Excellence in Teaching – Dr. Martin Malandro (Mathematics and Statistics)
Faculty Excellence in Service – Dr. Rick White (Chemistry)
Please join me in congratulating the winners:
Faculty Tenure and Promotion
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Faruk Yildiz (Agricultural Sciences and Engineering
Technology) Sibyl Bucheli (Biological Sciences) Madhusudan Choudhary (Biological Sciences) Aaron Lynne (Biological Sciences) Donovan Haines (Chemistry) Hyuk Cho (Computer Science) Li-Jen Shannon (Computer Science) Damon Hay (Mathematics and Statistics) Martin Malandro (Mathematics and Statistics) Scott Miller (Physics)
Promotion to Professor Ilona Petrikovics (Chemistry)
Dean’s Office
Dean-Dr. John PascarellaAssociate Dean of Curriculum and
Assessment-Dr. Marcus GillespieAssociate Dean of Research and
Graduate Programs-Dr. Anne GaillardAssistant to the Dean-Tammy GraySenior Administrative Assistant-
Rhonda BaxterAdministrative Assistant-Shellie
ArmstrongStaff Assistant- Susan Floyd
College Staff Associates from DELTA
DELTA COS Web Content Specialist-John Holder ([email protected])
New Faculty and Staff
Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology
ChemistryMathematics and
Statistics
Enrollment
Undergraduates in COSData as of 8/19/2014-compared to 2013, * moved/moving to Health Sciences, stable enrollment at college level
Sciences 4121/4101
Biology 654/737
Animal Science 350/367
Forensic Chemistry 302/296
Computing Science 289/269
Agricultural Business 226/206
General Core 181/194
Applied Arts and Sciences 164/164
Geology 138/124
Mathematics 125/143
Construction Management 121/117
Chemistry 113/110
Physics 101/ 99
Biomedical Sciences 79/32
Sciences 4121/4101
Engineering Technology 79/37
Geography 72/61
Agricultural Engineering Tech 67/69
General Studies 66/115
Interdisciplinary Ag 66/66
Design/Development 39/36
Plant and Soil Science 31/32
Agricultural Communications 12/0
Electronics 2/26
Industrial Safety Management 1/15
Elec. And Computer Eng. Tech 1/0
Nursing* 0/141
General Studies-Prenursing* 822/539
Graduate Students in COS
Data as of 8/19/2014
Masters 218Agriculture 33Biology 23Chemistry 19Computing and Information Science 25Digital Forensics 18Geographic Information Systems 26Information Assurance and Security 31Mathematics 24Statistics 19
Graduate Certificate 4Digital Investigation 3Geographic Information Systems 1
SCH-Fall 2014 to Fall 2013Data from 8/19/2014, class day -7
College 2014 2013 Diff PercentAcademic Affairs 2,699 2,739 -40 -1.46%Business Administration 34,988 33,357 1,631 4.89%Criminal Justice 22,987 20,525 2,462 12.00%Education 20,632 30,595 -9,963 -32.56%Fine Arts and Mass Comm. 17,557 17,114 443 2.59%Health Sciences 12,393 0 12,393Humanities/Social Sciences 65,992 63,210 2,712 4.29%Sciences 51,494 55,101 -3,607 -6.55%Grand Total 228,672 222,665 6,007 2.70%
Decline in Science Hours mostly due to move of Nursing credits to Health Sciences. Education lost kinesiology and health.
Education and Science down (13,570 SCH) is more than gain in Health Science SCH (12,393)-not yet seeing impact of new programs
College of Science Graduates
Fall 2013/Fall 2014
Spring 2013/Spring 2014
Summer 2013/Summer 2014
Undergraduate 191/177 279/237 109/96
Graduate 23/22 37/30 20/11
Total 214/199 316/267 129/107
Undergraduate down by 12%, graduate down by 21%
Teaching and Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum and Degree ProgramsTHECB approved name change of
Program in Industrial Technology to Engineering Technology
Program in Horticulture and Crop Science to Plant and Soil Sciences
Removal of all Interdisciplinary designations from Agricultural Degrees
Name of Department from Agricultural and Industrial Sciences to Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology (ASET)
Curriculum and Degree Programs THECB approved
Bachelor of Science with a major in Agricultural Communications
Bachelor of Science with a major in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Science with a major in Software Engineering Technology
Received preliminary approval from THECB for Full Proposal for PhD in Digital Forensics
Developing an Online Master of Agriculture degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Environment (SAFE)
Woodlands and University Park Campus Programs Mostly Business, Education, CHSS, and Criminal Justice
programs
College of Sciences Fall 2012, 97 students, 348 credit hours
Spring 2013, 116 students, 348 credit hours
Primarily Geography, Math, and Statistics
Numbers will decrease as GIS moving from Woodlands campus to University Park Spring 2015
Online Courses/Programs
Online Courses/Programs
Online Courses/Programs
Online Courses/Programs
Online Courses/Programs
ACE -Academic Community Engagement
15 courses from College, Please consider adding additional courses None yet from Geography/Geology, Math/Stats, or
Physics
Dr. Li-Jen Shannon
Teaching Awards
SHSU Award of Excellence in Teaching Dr. Bobby Lane (Agricultural Sciences)
Dr. Kyle Stutts (Agricultural Sciences) receives NACTA Teacher Fellow Award and American Society of Animal Science Outstanding Young Animal Science in Education Award
Dr. Foy Mills (Agricultural Sciences) nominated for the NARRU Distinguished Educator Award
Research and Scholarship
Faculty Research Grant: 4 out of the 10 awards were to COS
Harper, James (Biological Sciences)“Caloric restriction and aging in American cockroaches”
Liang, Gan (Physics)
“Comprehensive study of Li2FeSi04-based Lithium Ion Battery Materials”
Neudorf, Diane (Biological Sciences)“Urbanization impacts on songbird alarm calls”
Primm, Todd (Biological Sciences)“Effects of Antibiotic Therapy on the Microbiome”
Deadline to apply is Oct. 13, 2014
Enhancement Research Grants: 7 out of the 10 awards were to COS
Bucheli, Sibyl (Biological Sciences)“Ultra-fine scale bacterial sampling of human cadavers”
Chen, Lei (Computer Science)“Attacks and digital forensics in personal computer games”
Leatherwood (Lucia), Jessica (Agricultural Sciences)“Development of an equine non-contact thermography device”
Randle, Chris (Biological Sciences)“Parallel evolution of minimal plastomes in tropical
Orobanchaceae” Thies, Monte (Biological Sciences)
“A comparison of cranial morphology in fossorial reptiles using contrast-enhanced micro-CT”
Varol, Cihan (Computer Science)“Extracting and mining web browser artifacts”
Walker, Joel (Physics)“Dynamically determining stable local minima in no-scale
supergravity”Deadline to apply is Oct. 6, 2014
Professional Development Leaves
Funded by the Provost
Dr. Chris Randle (Biological Sciences)
Dr. Todd Primm (Biological Sciences)
Dr. Lei Chen (Computer Sciences)
Funded by the College of Sciences
Dr. Ken Smith (Mathematics and Statistics)
COS Dean’s Office Funding for Research
Funded three Associate Professors for Career Advancement Awards for summer 2014
Provided additional funding to EURECA for 3.5 student-faculty summer research teams (FAST)
Funded undergraduate students through COS Undergraduate Research Program
Keynote speaker and Sponsor of the SHSU Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
External Funding(7/1/13-8/1/14)
Department # NewApps
$ New Apps
# GrantsAwarded
$ New Awards
# Active Awards
$ spent active grants
Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology
8$1,876,35
46 $336,324 11 $89,827
Biology10
$2,828,822
3 $151,532 9 $46,456
Chemistry8 $979,682 3 $385,345 2 $173,029
Computer Science4
$2,789,603
2 $262,997 4
Geography/Geology 2 $109,918 1 $100,000 1
Math and Statistics 4 $820,376 3 $584,102 8 $252,053
Physics1 $110,133 1 $35,000 3 $44,539
Total
34$9,514,88
819
$1,855,390
38 $606,904
Selected Awards and Active Grants 2013-2014
Agriculture/Engineering Technology- Continued award for renewable energy education from USDA
Biological Sciences-2 new awards > $100,000, 8 active awards
Chemistry-Continued Army funding of Dr. Petrikovics on cyanide antidotes; Dr. Williams received funding from SERDP
Computer Sciences-Dr. Liu received NSF grant
Geology-Dr. Acton brought NSF grant to SHSU
Math and Statistics-Began NSF REU for 3 years summer 2014 (Dr. Chapman, PI); continued PURE REU in Hawaii
Physics-2nd year of ASSET grant for K12 science teachers; Dr. Pooley received Cottrell Award
Dr. Petrikovics lab stays busy
Student presents at NASA conference
Scholarship Dr. Gary Acton (Geology) published in “Science”
Dr. Hui Fang (Physics) published in “Nature Nanotechnology”
Dr. Renee James (Physics) new book from Johns Hopkins Press “Science Unshackled” in fall catalog
Dr. Mark Leipnik (Geography) with 4 book chapters
Chemistry published 9 articles
Biology published 14 articles (9 had student coauthors)
Dr. Dusty Jones (Math) had 1 book and 2 articles published
Dr. Lei Chen (Computer Science) published book on Wireless Network Security
SERVICE
COS Service Activities Dr. Doug Ullrich (ASET), SHSU Faculty Excellence in
Service
Dr. Jerry Cook (Biology), Associate VP of Research
Dr. Tamara Cook (Biology) selected to lead EURECA
Dr. Patrick Lewis (Biology) new Assistant Director of Honors Program
Dr. Bill Lutterschmidt (Biology), Director of TRIES
Dr. Manish Dixit (ASET) selected as US participant for International Energy Agency’s Annex 57
Dr. Renee James (Physics), Chair, Faculty Senate
Hosted the Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics 6-12
Hosted the 2nd International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security at the Woodlands Campus
ASET Faculty provided over 500 hours service to community events
Hosted the Southeast Texas BEST CompetitionOct. 26, 2013
Service Activities from Dean’s Office
Outreach to Hispanic students
Dean’s Office and Computer Sciences
attended “Houston Hispanic Forum”
Dean Pascarella took 13 Hispanic
students to Washington DC for the HACU
spring meeting, including 3 COS students
Organized First College Career Fair
Other Service Contribution Dr. Mary Swarthout (Math and Statistics) elected President, Research Council on Mathematics Learning
Dr. Ed Swim and Dr. Beth Cory (Math and Statistics) hosted mini-workshop on CLEAR Calculus Labs for local HS teachers
Dr. Ken Smith and Dr. Martin Malandro (Math and Statistics) hosted workshop on combinatorial graph theory at SHSU
Dr. Dusty Jones (Math and Statistics) serves as President of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators in Texas and Chair of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
Dr. Timothy McGuire (Computer Science) Membership Secretary for National Board of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Dr. Li-Jen Shannon hosted ACE workshop
Editorships
Dr. Don Albert (Geography and Geology) serves as editor of the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research
Dr. Scott Chapman (Math and Statistics) is editor of The American Mathematical Monthly, the premier journal of the Mathematical Association of America
Dr. Luis Garcia, (Math and Statistics), Associate Editor, AMA and J. of Algebraic Statistics
Dr. Chris Randle (Biological Sciences) is Editor-in-Chief of Castanea, the Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
Dr. Manish Dixit (Engineering Technology) on Editorial Board – Journal of Energy
Dr. Art Wolfskill (Agricultural Sciences) serves on Editorial Board – Journal of North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
Review of Goals for 2013-2014
Goal 1-Develop strategic plans for managing growth in classes required in the core and for Health Sciences students Hired three full-time mathematics lecturers;
Obtained additional pool faculty funding for freshman course demand;
Obtained new initiatives funding for : Anatomy and Physiology Lecturer (Biological Sciences)
TT Biology Science Educator (Assistant Professor) to teach Foundations of Science courses and core biology courses
TT Mathematics Assistant Professor
Goal 2: Review existing space allocation in Lee Drain and Farrington to accommodate needed lab space for teaching and research Obtained funding for renovation of
teaching lab in Farrington and Math grad space in Lee Drain
Department Chairs in Lee Drain reviewed space allocation and priority agreements
Repurposed underused spaces to accommodate faculty offices and research space
Improved Infrastructure Converted old Vivarium to Geology
faculty and student research space
Improved Infrastructure Outfitted Geology “CORE” facility on
Sycamore street
Improved Infrastructure Renovated facilities and new research
equipment at SHSU Biological Field Station
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Alan Byboth, Field Station Manager,In front of renovated Research Lab
New Vivarium under Construction
Major Completion Date by Mid-December 2014
New Planetarium Projector
Mediaglobe III to replace 10 year old Mediaglobe II
New Vehicles
New Street Legal Cart for Geology Core Lab and Vivarium
New Diesel 4x4 Pickup for Towing and Field Work
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Plan on acquiring new van in FY15 to replace 21 year old van
Future Academic Buildings Fred Pirkle Engineering
Technology Building Design has been completed, in final design phase. Break Ground Spring 2015, open January 20177 named rooms already!
Planning completed for new Equestrian Facility at Gibbs Ranch
TRB request to fund New Biology Building may occur next year
Goal 3-Review possibility of reviving the Environmental Science program as a true interdisciplinary degree from BS to PhD
Faculty led committee presented plan for BS proposal with three tracks; Proposal is on University master list of future degree programs
Faculty Committee identified three areas: Forensic related research in Biology,
Chemistry, and Computer Science to partner with Forensic Science and Criminal Justice;
Science Education at multiple levels and preparing K-12 Science Educators;
Energy and Energy Systems, including both conventional and renewable
Goal 4-Examine cross-cutting research strengths to identify areas for enhanced research and programmatic growth
Goal 5- Enhance international collaborations
Jinggangshan University for Physics
Continuing review of curriculum for future 3+1 program
Beijing Mining and Technology for Mathematics and Statistics-1st Grad Student coming to SHSU
Zhejiang Police College and Ocean University, China-Visiting this fall to explore possible programs in Computer Science
Firat University (Elazig, Turkey) for Computer Science
First students arrive fall 2015 for 2+2 degree program
Kafkas University (Turkey) and Patna University (Biology)
Exploring 2+2 programs and faculty exchange
International Activities Vallarta Botanical Gardens and UNIBE (Costa Rica)
(Biology) and France and Italy-Agricultural Sciences, Thailand-Geography
Faculty led summer programs
Firat University for Geology-future summer field course site
University of Applied Science-Trier (Germany) for Engineering Technology
Possible Future Summer Field Program in Engineering Technology
Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe
Research and study abroad opportunities
Hosted or will be hosting international faculty visitors from Chile, China, Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Libya
International Activities
Provost Hebert and DeanPascarella visited FiratUniversity in Elazig, Turkey
First Group of Turkish StudentsArrive fall 2015 for SoftwareEngineering Technology Program
At Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens
Predator or Dr. Williams?
Increased International Opportunities
Dean Pascarellaexplored opportunitieswith German universitiesthrough “Germany Today”program
University of Applied Science-Trier Birkenfeld Sustainability Campus
Goals for FY15 Begin Assessing Core Curriculum Courses
Analyze opportunities/threats from Lone Star and partners entering local market ie., SFA approved to offer a Biology degree at LS Montgomery
Can and should we offer select undergraduate degrees at LS campuses or satellite campuses (Woodlands, University Park)?
Continue developing international partnerships Diversify countries of origin, increase international students in
Biology and Agriculture, develop new study abroad destinations in Turkey and Germany
Develop and Support new programs Submit proposal for Environmental Science BS degree
Funding for Computer Science and Engineering Technology Faculty
Support Fundraising efforts for new facilities
Have a great year! Please provide your input into all of
these areas through your departmental meetings, faculty senate representatives, and other venues
I will be visiting with each department during the year to discuss how we can improve teaching, research and scholarship within the COS