program self-study report - Lamar University Electrical Engineering

Self-assessment of limitations on the education of engineering students resulting from the currentlibrary facilities and improvements that would be most beneficial:A recent report of holdings for chemical engineering and related fields was found sufficient to support anew doctoral program in that department. In partial support of the requirements for the new degree, theLibrary acquired subscriptions to two engineering-related databases: Knovel and Web of Science. Theprint journal collection is further supplemented by a number of full-text databases, which are listedseparately. The continual rise in cost of journals often infringes upon the amount of money available forpurchasing monographs, but the Library’s participation in the statewide TexShare system affords patronswith a courier system that provides rapid access to items held by other participating libraries.Other learning resources (e.g., maps, microfiche, audio and video tapes, discs, etc.).The Lamar library contains over 570,700 volume equivalents of microform materials, 7902 maps, and6,894 items of audio-visual materials. The microform materials cover a broad range of disciplines, butperhaps the most important to engineering is the back runs of many journals. The majority of maps aretopographical. The audio-visual collection contains tapes (audio and video), films, slides, and records.Most of the A-V materials are instructional. There is a collection of PC software (discussed previously)available for student use in the Media Services computer lab.B. Background Information Relative to the Engineering Unit1. Engineering Educational UnitAn organizational chart showing the position of the engineering unit within the institution isshown in Table II-2a-1 and Table II-2a-2 on pages 26-27. The organization chart for the Collegeof Engineering is shown in Table II-2b on page 28. The College of Engineering consists of thedepartments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, IndustrialEngineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Service functions reporting to the dean include theadvising center, recruiting and co-op office, and minority recruiting and retention. The TexasCenters for Technology Incubation (TCTI) is an umbrella research organization which reports tothe dean. The organization chart for the TCTI is shown in Table II-2c on page 29. Allengineering courses, programs and degrees are supervised by the above departments withengineering in their title.Administrative HeadChairs of the engineering education units are:• College of Engineering – Jack Hopper, Ph.D., P.E., Dean• Chemical Engineering – Kuyen Li, Ph.D., P.E., Chair• Civil Engineering – Robert Yuan, Ph.D., P.E., Chair• Electrical Engineering – Harley Myler, Ph.D., P.E., Chair• Industrial Engineering – Victor Zaloom, Ph.D., P.E., Chair• Mechanical Engineering – Malur Srinivasan, Ph.D., P.E., ChairII - 141