PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Schools of Engineering

Committee on Faculty Relations

Minutes of Meeting #954 November 14, 2001

Present: Professors Collicott, Gaunt, Groll, Huggins, Okos, Revankar, Schmeiser, Spitzer, Sutton, and Zoltowski.

Absent: Professor Venkatasubramanian.

1. The meeting was called to order by Chair Sutton. The agenda was approved as distributed.

2. Meeting minutes #953 were approved as distributed.

3. Announcements: Chair Sutton reported Fall 2001 CFR activities to the faculty at the engineering faculty meeting November 13. Copies of his report will be distributed at the next meeting. The possibility of implementing a uniform engineering policy for recognizing on engineering transcripts successful completion of minors in other fields will be added to a future agenda.

4. Groll moved that EFDs 26-00 and 58-00 be approved for the faculty; Zoltowski seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. EFDs 26-00 and 58-00 were approved for the faculty.

• EFD 26-00 ME New Course ME 689 Adaptive Control
• EFD 58-00 ME New Course ME 680 Bifurcations and Chaos

5. Collicott moved that EFDs 88-00, 89-00, 101-00, 108-00, and 3-01 be approved for the faculty; Gaunt seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. EFDs 88-00, 89-00, 101-00, 108-00, and 3-01 were approved for the faculty.

• EFD 88-00 AAE New Course AAE 536 Advanced Energy Conversion for Aerospace Systems
• EFD 89-00 AAE New Course AAE 628 Future Propulsion Concepts
• EFD 101-00 AAE Change in Course Title and Description AAE 519
• EFD 108-00 AAE Change in Course Attributes AAE 642
• EFD 3-01 AAE New Course AAE 551 Design Theory and Methods for Aerospace Systems

6. Revankar moved that EFD 109-00 be approved for the faculty; Collicott seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. EFD 109-00 was approved for the faculty.

• EFD 109-00 NE Change in Course Title, Prerequisite, and Course Description NUCL 200

7. Huggins moved that EFD 17-01 be approved for the faculty; Revankar seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. EFD 17-01 was approved for the faculty.

§ EFD 17-01 BME New Course BME 596 Biomedical Engineering Projects

8. Implementation of recently approved requirements for general education electives was discussed. The Engineering Education Committee met November 13 to generate an advisory list of courses they recommend not be counted toward satisfying engineering’s general education requirements. This list will be distributed by EEC to the academic advising departments of the engineering schools. The Engineering Education Committee is to be commended for their efforts with EFD 55-98 and its implementation practices.

9. The meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m.

Chris Murray

Recording Secretary