Goals
- Develop national recognition and leadership in strategic research thrust areas.
- Increase research activities and productivity
Benchmark 7: Research Productivity
Metric: Expenditures/faculty
Target: Peer average (~$240K/faculty)
Impact: Extramural funding is fundamental to build strong and quality research programs
Metric: Number of publications per faculty
Target: 3/faculty/year
Impact: Increased research output of journal and
conference papers, books, patents, software, art, designs and
exhibitions will increase the scholarly reputation of the school.
Metric: Number of doctoral students supported per faculty member
Target: 2
Impact: Support of doctoral students is an indication
of the quality of and demand for the research work and a measure of the
contribution to the graduate program
Benchmark 8: Research Quality
Metric: Number of faculty and students receiving university, regional, or national research/scholarly awards per year
Target: 4
Impact: Awards are a measure of the recognition of the quality of research work by peers
Metric: Yearly citation index per faculty member
Target: 5
Impact: Citation of scholarly work by others is a measure of the quality and short-term impact of the scholarly work
Strategies
- Increase faculty participation in regional, national and international conferences.
- Awards: Increase level and numbers of awards and distinctions (Awards Committee).
- MME summer symposium series: Organize one focused symposium in Pullman every summer. This would increase visibility of programs, and fosters interaction among our faculty and graduate students with leaders in the scientific fields and funding agencies.
- Research Proposals: Increase the number of proposals submitted by tenure track faculty.
- Promote MME faculty leadership in engineering societies.
- Increase number of Endowed faculty chair and distinguished professorships.
- Faculty hiring: Target areas of research growth.