UMKC Chancellor Report at March 22. 2011 Curators Meeting

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Curators’ Meeting | March 22, 2011 Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

UMKC is focusing on Kansas City’s unique competitive positions: Engineering #4 in Engineering Revenue - #1 in Engineers per capita Entrepreneurism Headquarters to many “Home-Grown”, National and Global Corporations UMKC advances competitiveness by: Supplying talent, technology and future entrepreneurs Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

KC’s Top Engineering Firms : Black & Veatch Burns & McDonnell HNTB Kiewit Power Engineers HDR Engineering URS Corporation Plus 20 others of note Areas of Expertise: Energy, power, water, telecomm., aviation, bridges, transport, sports facilities, environmental, information Technology, etc. (#4 in engineering revenue behind NY, Chicago & LA - #1 engineers per capita) Engineering What help do they want from us? Talent/Retention/Diversity Continuing Education Adjunct opportunities Business School connection Project management Research collaboration Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness How have we responded?

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness Needs of KC Firms UMKC Response Talent/Retention/Diversity (75% of UMKC grads still in KC area 5 years after graduation) Increase interest – Educate – Engage locally Over $3.7M used toward: educating veterans and women in STEM fields; shared service model for KC P-20 STEM initiatives ; Summer Camps for KC youth ( Project Lead the Way , FIRST Robotics , etc.) 95% of juniors and seniors have summer internships ; over 40% year-round internships Continuing Education (Opportunity to be a “Portal” to MU and MS&T) Industry Driven Restructured MS degrees (100 industry students each year) Additional MS degree options per industry needs Successful PE review course every Fall Professional and Managerial tracks Delivery of on-site Engineering classes at Black & Veatch / other firms Adjunct Opportunities (Adds practical value to programs and corporate access to students) 30 adjunct faculty from Black & Veatch, HDR, HNTB, Honeywell, Sprint, MRI, TranSystems and others (UMKC’s SCE only 10 years old – growing fast with 1000 students)

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness Needs of KC Firms UMKC Response Business School Connection (Business leaders want engineers to appreciate business perspectives) 15 SCE students in SIFE and Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IEI) Three SCE supported STEM companies in Innovation Center with Small Business and Technology Development Center support: QM Power – High power density motors, generators and actuators sComm – Engineer, manufacture and sell UbiDuo – device for the deaf Alburty Labs – National leader operating aerosol wind tunnel lab Engineering Management & Industry Collaboration SCE, Bloch School, and industry are partnering for technology management degrees MODOT/KCMO/HDR/HNTB - Capstone design course, actual design project (rated top 5 capstone courses in the country) Applied Research Collaborations (Opportunity to be a “portal “ to MU and MS&T) Black & Veatch - Applied research on wind turbine designs HDR – Applied research in environmental solutions for KC IBM – Database solutions and cloud computing technology QM Power – Applied research in control design Concrete Industry Council – Applied research in environmentally sustainable concretes, pervious concrete, quality control measures – Summer workshop for CIC members

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

KC’s Best Known Firms and Foundations Hallmark Cards Hall Family H & R Block Bloch Family Marion Merrill Dow Kauffman AMC Stan Durwood American Century Stowers Garmin Garmin Cerner Cerner JE Dunn Construction Dunn Family Miller Nichols Miller Nichols DST Systems GKCCF Russell Stover Candies GKCCF Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness (Headquarters to many “Home-Grown”, National and Global Corporations) Entrepreneurism Philanthropy in DNA of Entrepreneurs Kansas City is the 3 rd most giving city in the country behind Seattle and San Francisco* #1 in philanthropy per capita UMKC must supply: Talent for existing firms Next generation of entrepreneurs *Report by The Daily Beast and article in KC Star 12/10

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness Creating and Sustaining New Jobs UMKC Response to those Needs (IEI, SIFE, Innovation Ctr.) Increase Student interest in STEM Related Fields and Entrepreneurism (SIFE [founded in MO] has grown from 1 to 70 students in 5 years at UMKC – becoming a national leader) SCE partner with FIRST Robotics has teams in 40% of metro high schools SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise Program) – 70 students from Business, Engineering, Science and Technology develop projects and leadership skills through connecting with the community – 2 nd runner up in National Competition Build on KC History of Entrepreneurship (Enhance probability of success) IEI (Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) – Program ranked in top 25 in nation ; students taught to create new businesses and the skills to sustain them – Incl. SCE, SOM, Conservatory students Small Business Development: - 99% of all employers are small businesses - 85% of job growth in small businesses - 39% of high tech jobs in small businesses Innovation Center – provides resources and support for creation of new small businesses, helps with grants , incubator space , marketing support and joint research . 3 STEM related new businesses : QM Power; sComm; Alburty Labs

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness:

Advancing Missouri’s Competitiveness Some promising new innovations: UMKC is pursuing Intellectual property protection for a number of new discoveries . College of Arts and Sciences: UMKC Physics and MU Nuclear Engineering researchers are developing a new sensor to prevent trafficking of nuclear bomb making materials . The sensor can also be applied to locating underground oil deposits, monitoring radiation and data collection. Geoscience researchers are at the center of a multinational collaborative project that benefits population centers in two developing countries regarding earthquakes and seismic activity . School of Computing and Engineering : Electrical engineering researchers are developing in situ, telemetirc biosensors for real-time monitoring of ocular pressures , blood sugar levels , and mineralized tissue strains ; biometric responses for noninvasive human security (terrorist) risk assessment and lie-detection . Civil engineering researchers are developing testing and design methodologies for system behavior for man-made and natural disasters ; environmentally sustainable materials such as pervious concrete and biomass concretes .