Research Council Tasks and Members Overview
Explore the composition of the Research Council, its taskforce members, and discussions held in Fall 2019. Delve into the tasks assigned to the council, including faculty research awards, redefining research roles, mentoring initiatives, and more. Gain insights into the council's role in shaping research endeavors within the academic community.
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Welcome to Research Council! Elected in Spring of even-numbered years: EMP/SHIP RF James Simmons Applied Mathematics and Statistics T/TT - Mahadevan Ganesh Chemical and Biological Engineering T/TT - Ning Wu Computer Science T/TT - Hao Zhang Electrical Engineering T/TT Randy Haupt Geology and Geological Engineering T/TT Thomas Monecke Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences T/TT - Adrianne Kroepsch Metallurgical and Materials Engineering T/TT - Emmanuel De Moor Mining Engineering T/TT - Rennie Kaunda Underground Construction and Tunneling T/TT Jamal Rostami Elected in Spring of even-numbered years: EREP RF Kenneth Xerxes Steier Chemistry T/TT Svitlana Pylypenko Civil and Environmental Engineering T/TT John Spear Economics and Business T/TT TBD Engineering, Design and Society T/TT Elizabeth Reddy Geochemistry T/TT Jim Ranville Geophysics T/TT Jeffrey Shragge Hydrologic Science and Engineering T/TT Tzahi Cath Library - Emily Bongiovanni Materials Science T/TT Eric Toberer Mechanical Engineering T/TT Cristian Ciobanu Nuclear Science and Engineering T/TT Mark Deinert Petroleum Engineering T/TT Yilin Fan Physics T/TT Eric Toberer Non-voting: ORA, EHS, GSG, USG
Research Council Taskforce Members 2019-early 2020 Kaufman portfolio: Andrew Herring (CBE) Dave Diercks (RaP in MME) Bradford portfolio: Yvette Kuiper (GE) John McCray (CEE) Moore portfolio: Tina Gianquitto (HASS) Jared Carbone (EB)
Taskforce discussions in Fall 2019 Taskforce discussions in Fall 2019 Discussed: Past effectiveness of Research Council -> main issue: needs better coordination with VPRTT office There is need for a Research Council, in addition to the current VPRTT Research Advisory Board -> Tina Gianquitto and Sebnem Duzgun discussed at RAB; RC would be welcome, with tasks on next slide
Research Council tasks Research Council tasks: Faculty Research Awards (Junior and Senior) Redefine Research Associates (and Research Assistants?) Roles of Postdocs, Research Associates, Research Professors (Assistant, Associate, Full) Promotion process for Research Professors, and review their roles (there is a wide variety on campus; numerated versus non-renumerated, one year versus pretty well permanent, etc) Mentoring faculty (in terms of research) Mentoring of postdocs etc. (NSF postdoctoral mentoring platform should apply to all postdocs) The curriculum implications of programs, entrepreneurship, research and innovation Be a council for faculty to request research needs, and solicit input from faculty e.g. by sending out surveys, Research Council will advocate to raise more funds Define strategic instrumentation plan (needs coordination with VPRTT) New programs as needed (e.g. undergraduate research fellowships, now Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship - MURF)
RC RC- -RAB RAB- -Senate coordination Senate coordination /communication communication Always need RAB member on Senate: that member needs to report to Senate after each RAB meeting, once a month Need one person who is on both RAB and RC RC membership needs representation from Research Faculty, T/TT Faculty, early career and senior faculty, and library faculty
Motion (and approval) Re-installation of the Research Council effective January 2020 Chair: Andy Herring (unanimous approval by Senate in January 2020)
Where to go from here (2020-2021)? Operations Effectiveness and efficiency. Work with subcommittees. Use RC meetings to focus on discussion, not reporting. Reporting done as much as possible prior to meeting (Canvas or Teams). Issues on next slide, and subcommittee ideas two slides down (for discussion) Note taker Zoom chat
Senate taskforce on RC effectiveness (2019/2020) recommendations: Faculty Research Awards (Junior and Senior) Redefine Research Associates (and Research Assistants?) Roles of Postdocs, Research Associates, Research Professors (Assistant, Associate, Full) Promotion process for Research Professors, and review their roles (there is a wide variety on campus; numerated versus non-renumerated, one year versus pretty well permanent, etc) Mentoring faculty (in terms of research) Mentoring of postdocs etc. (NSF postdoctoral mentoring platform should apply to all postdocs) The curriculum implications of programs, entrepreneurship, research and innovation Be a council for faculty to request research needs, and solicit input from faculty e.g. by sending out surveys, Research Council will advocate to raise more funds Define strategic instrumentation plan (needs coordination with VPRTT) New programs as needed (e.g. undergraduate research fellowships, now Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship - MURF) Other: Effectiveness of faculty as researchers on campus (how to manage resources and time) RC Lecture series Lab managers committee MRI strategic directions ORA issues
Research Advisory Board activities From Stefanie Tompkins, focus on three major topics: Research/Tech Transfer statistics: analyze research and tech transfer data to infer causes of improved research and tech transfer metrics and identify areas of concern Shared research facilities: develop a framework and business model(s) for shared research facilities at Mines (this group will also work with facilities and RTT office on how to subsidize or support better power management for research instruments) Industry Consortia: conduct SWOT analysis for Mines industry consortia across three general topics (Oil & Gas, Mining, and Materials & Manufacturing) and identify areas where greater collaboration, new business models, and university support can strengthen consortia Continued effort from a year ago: find ways launch and fund a Research Bridge Fund. Research Council could evaluate requests for such bridge funding (work with original RAB subcommittee)
Subcommittees Subcommittees Faculty Research Awards (Junior and Senior) Definition and roles of Postdocs, Research Associates, Research Assistants, Research Professors (Assistant, Associate, Full) needs revision of Faculty handbook and/or Procedures manuals; Promotion process for Research Professors, and review their roles (there is a wide variety on campus; numerated versus non-renumerated, one year versus pretty well permanent, etc.) Faculty survey subcommittee Research Council Bylaws committee Mentoring subcommittee Strategic instrumentation/space subcommittee RC lecture
