POSITION TITLE

OPUS Dean, College of Engineering

The Opportunity

The successful candidate for this unique opening will occupy the endowed Dean’s position, spearhead the new $100 million Discovery Learning Complex currently under construction, and have the opportunity to implement a vision for game-changing engineering education at our distinguished engineering college. Exceptional applicants will aspire to have an impact on the role of engineering locally and internationally, while working closely with talented colleagues who share a commitment to preparing men and women for others and partnering with leaders in industry. These attributes are aligned with Marquette's rich history of collaboration, teaching and research excellence.

Marquette University is an equal opportunity employer; women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Provost

College of Engineering Vision

The Marquette College of Engineering will be known for its leadership in balancing the education of the whole person – Cura Personalis – with world-class research improving the quality of life.

All great academic programs begin with top-flight teachers – the fuel for quality instruction. We will seek out generous support from our benefactors to endow academic chairs and named faculty fellowships that attract this caliber of teacher to our college community.

Faculty – new and tenured – will continue to introduce better ways to educate our students. We will reward faculty who understand and embody how teaching and research go hand-in-hand, and whose scholarly accomplishments are respected by their peers.

Outstanding faculty will attract gifted students. Since the financial needs of many of these students outstrip their available resources, we will aggressively pursue endowed scholarships to dramatically increase the level of support we can offer our student community.

Our students expect and deserve learning environments in which they can hone their skills to meet the demands placed on today’s engineers. We will aggressively pursue capital campaigns that provide our students with modern facilities, laboratories, and technologies. We will be unwavering in our dedication to maximizing the probability of our students’ success.

As we teach our students to build computers, highways, robots, or artificial hearts, we will also act to build their character and infuse moral values that develop their desire to be men and women dedicated to serving others.

We will never lose sight that this is the mark and quality of a Marquette Engineer.

Discovery Learning Complex

(under construction, artist rendering available)

The College of Engineering is currently in the midst of a $150,000,000 campaign, which incorporates a new $100,000,000 Engineering building as well as $35,000,000 for endowed chairs, and $15,000,000 for scholarship. The goal of the new building, called the Discovery Learning Complex, is to develop a new paradigm for the delivery of engineering education that meets the 21st century need for engineers in a global economy. The foundation of this transformation is the bold new building that fosters collaboration and hands-on discovery learning. The end result will be an integrated learning and teaching environment that emphasizes:

Cross-disciplinary teams of students and faculty
Discovery learning blending theory, design and hands-on application
Alignment of academics and industry design
Awareness of the diverse needs of our multicultural world

Essential Functions of the Dean

The OPUS Dean is the Chief Academic Officer of the College of Engineering, providing leadership to promote teaching, research and service to faculty and students as well as community outreach in support of the College and University mission. The Deanship for the College is a position endowed by a gift from the OPUS Corporation. It was the first endowed deanship at Marquette. The Dean is responsible for developing and articulating the college vision, coordinating strategic planning, directing all administrative structures and functions, fundraising and building alumni relations, and determining overall direction of the college.

Duties and responsibilities include:

Develop, implement, and continue to deploy the College’s strategic plan, particularly as it relates to the Discovery Learning Complex; of transforming students, transforming faculty and curriculum, and transforming facilities.
Promote faculty development in teaching and research.
Strengthen College faculty through recruitment, hiring, and promotion and tenure process.
Oversee curriculum development and assessment.
Represent the College’s fundraising initiatives.
Build strategic relationships with the community and alumni.
Work closely and maintain ongoing interaction with the Graduate School.
Maintain and strengthen the College’s relationship with other academic and non-academic units on campus.
Maintain and strengthen the College’s relationship with external partners, including other higher ed. institutions and private businesses.
Maintain and strengthen STEM activities.
Work to engage industry and build industry relations with the College.
Work closely with leadership in the College (department chairs and college executive committee) to support the College and University mission.
Work closely with the College’s National Advisory Council.

Candidate Professional Experience/Qualifications needed

An earned doctorate and a record of teaching and research meriting tenure as a full professor in a department within a College of Engineering are required.
Registered PE is preferred.
Appreciation for, and a commitment to, the Catholic, Jesuit higher education vision.
Commitment to the professional development of faculty in teaching and scholarship.
Able to articulate and communicate compellingly, across the University and to external audiences, the value of an education in engineering and the vision of the Discovery Learning Complex.
Demonstrated record and the ongoing ability to effectively support the activities and needs of the academic areas of a College.
Curricular and programmatic experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels; experience with doctoral education.
Demonstrated record and ongoing ability to work effectively with diverse groups and individuals.
Administrative experience in Engineering higher education, including fiscal management and strategic planning, such as a department chairmanship, deanship, or commensurate experience.
Fundraising ability and commitment to academic priorities.
Excellent listening, compromising, decision-making, and consensus-building skills.
Able to incorporate new information, higher education trends and developments, and ongoing learning into effectively leading the College.
Committed to the balance of teaching and research at Marquette, including the pursuit of external research funding and advocating for resources for the College.
Business-related budgeting experience and exposure to industry, including technology and innovation, are preferred.

Compensation

The successful candidate will receive a compensation package that is competitive and commensurate with her or his experience.

College of Engineering

College of Engineering Web site

Marquette University is the largest Catholic College of Engineering in the nation with 1027 undergraduates and 299 graduate students. It is ranked number one in the nation among Jesuit colleges of engineering.

Since 1908, the Marquette University College of Engineering has been uniquely blending professional engineering preparation with a liberal arts education to provide the world with well-balanced leaders in their profession. Co-developing expertise in engineering with communications and reasoning skills is absolutely critical to engaging, hearing, and reacting to the voice of the stakeholder in ways that are both successful and sustaining.

The College of Engineering offers six undergraduate degrees in 10 majors through four departments: Biomedical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering. Five degree programs are accredited, accreditation of the sixth degree program, Construction Engineering and Management, is planned for 2012. Marquette also offers a wide range of graduate and doctoral programs.

Additional Information on the College of Engineering

College of Engineering Mission

The mission of the Marquette University College of Engineering is to excel in four critical areas:

To prepare all students for successful careers based on a strong moral and ethical foundation
To advance the state-of-the-art in engineering
To serve our professional and technical communities
To contribute to our global society

College of Engineering Goals

Improve financial position
Increase student enrollment & diversity
Strengthen undergraduate programmatic quality
Strengthen graduate programmatic quality
Increase scholarly productivity
Expand alumni relationships
Increase outreach to communities
Strengthen staff support services

Learning and Teaching: Undergraduate Education

The College of Engineering guarantees the availability of required courses to graduate in four years.
All engineering courses are taught by regular faculty with full or part-time faculty appointments rather than teaching assistants.
The College maintains a near common freshman curricula, making it easy to be an undecided freshman. Transfer within the college departments is not restricted or limited by quotas. Approximately 20% of entering freshmen have undeclared majors.
Minors are available in many areas including business, mathematics, computer science, physics, and areas of engineering other than the student's major. An Engineering Ethics and Values minor is also available.
Marquette has been a pioneer in the development of interdisciplinary freshman through senior engineering design. Many senior design projects include significant interaction with local industry.
The average course credit load for day students is 16.5 credit hours. Average class size in engineering is 33 students for lower-division courses and 23 for upper-division courses.

Overview of Programs and Collaborations

Marquette University has enjoyed strong research collaborations and joint educational programs with the Medical College of Wisconsin since the late 1960's, and is currently a member of the Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) of Southeast Wisconsin, which represents a unique and transformative collaboration among the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, the VA Medical Center, the Blood Research Institute, Marquette University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Milwaukee School of Engineering. The CTSI supports and advances education, collaboration and research in clinical and translational science in the region.

The Medical College of Wisconsin, and affiliated hospitals offer excellent research and clinical facilities for Marquette faculty and students to engage in internationally recognized, multidisciplinary research that is highly funded through the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education and numerous private foundations.

MU COE faculty also collaborate on research programs and offer student research experiences with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the Shriner's Hospital of Chicago. These research partnerships support Marquette's Falk Neurorehabilitation Engineering Research Center, the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Engineering Center and the Keck Center for Microfocal Angiography.

Joint degree programs between MU and MCW include graduate programs in healthcare technologies management, functional imaging and bioinformatics. More than 40 MCW faculty serve as adjunct professors in the MU College of Engineering. Likewise, COE faculty also have appointments at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

All departments offer BS, MS and PhD programs.
A five-year BS/MS degree program is available to engineering students
All established programs are ABET accredited.
Cooperative Education opportunities are nationwide, providing first term co-op incomes averaging $14 per hour or more. Approximately 50% of Marquette engineering students participate in Co-op.
Marquette Engineering programs also lead to many other career paths such as law, medicine, dentistry, and business.

Centers and Laboratories

For a complete list of centers and laboratories in Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, please visit the College of Engineering Departments.

Stem & External Relations

Outreach activities have increased dramatically in recent years. These activities effectively address three populations; students, parents and teachers. Project Lead the Way has become a major educational program in the state and country. The College of Engineering has expanded the number of partner schools and looks to support their efforts in an effective way. Below are some of the numerous outreach activities organized by and/or participated in by the College of Engineering:

STEM activities:

Winter, Spring and Summer Academies

Engineering for Young Minds
Robotics Engineering Lego RCX and NXT Mindstorms
T.O.Y.S. Teaching Our Youth Strategies
The World of Polymers
Women in Engineering
Engineering: It’s a Girls Thing
Engineering is a Family Affair
Robotics Engineering – Saturday Series
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Physics Series
Franklin Family Day

Project Lead the Way

School partnerships with 13 high schools in the Milwaukee area
Membership on the Wisconsin State Leadership Council - PLTW State leaders group advises on policy and state financial issues for middle and high schools
Activities with partners
Scholarships -$1000 to PLTW participants

Student Mentors

Engineering formed a mentoring group composed of several COE students
Women engineering students mentor girls at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School and with women in engineering efforts.

The Infinity Project

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School
Female mentors from COE help recruitment efforts
On campus programming for students.

SySTEM Now!

COE Sponsorship October 21, 2008 at Marquette University
This event is a major opportunity for Marquette to show our program offerings and to display our awareness of educational issues facing local schools, teachers and administrators.

Educational Research Partners

Marquette will be partnering with two schools for proposed NSF and US Office of Education projects involving STEM education initiatives.
Milwaukee Academy of Science
Carmen High School of Science and Technology

Badger State Science and Engineering Fair

Host Organization
Scholarship -$10,000 scholarship for Engineering category winner (winner will attend Marquette)

FIRST Robotics Competition

Regional Planning Committee
Financial support
COE Supported a $4000 scholarship – 2009 winner to attend Marquette
Team technical support
Robotics Partners

St. Thomas More
Pius XI
Marquette University High School
Brookfield East High School
Oconomowoc High School
Messmer High School
Kettle Moraine High School
Fondy Fire
CORE Engineering Staffing

Rube Goldberg Machine Contest

Milwaukee Engineering Partnership
Design and Construction Award Sponsored by COE

Milwaukee Academy of Science

NSBE outreach
First Robotics
First Lego League
Project Lead the Way
Educational research partner

Collaboration with other external constituents:

The College of Engineering is currently collaborating with multiple other colleges and universities in the area on a number of important issues, including:

The Southeastern Wisconsin Energy Research Technology Center (SWETRC)
Marquette is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) to form the Southeastern Wisconsin Energy Research Technology Center (SWETRC). The Center will be a collaborative initiative between the US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Lab, the three institutions, and several regional industries and foundations. The goal of the SWETRC is to generate technology to foster economic growth in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Water Center
Marquette is collaborating with UWM and several regional industries to form a regional center focused on Water Equipment and Policy. Funds are being requested from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for an Industry/University Collaborative Research Center (I/UCRC). This Center will provide a structured mechanism for industry and academic researchers to work together on common industry-defined research challenges. This effort is part of the University/Corporate Linkages committee of the Milwaukee 7 Water Council, a cooperative arrangement between a seven-county region in southeastern Wisconsin to create mutually beneficial regional partnerships.

Regional Transportation Center Marquette is collaborating with UWM, the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Milwaukee Institute to form a regional transportation center. This collaboration will be built on leading innovation in highway safety, transportation infrastructure technology, highway materials, freight management systems and emergency services technology. The Center will align the relationships between the various organizations to realize numerous opportunities.

For a complete list of partnerships in the College of Engineering, please visit: Partner's Web page

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