E. Faculty Performance and Contributions
VI. Revenue and Resources Generated by the Program
Briefly identify any revenue or resources generated by the program.
• Fees charged, other than tuition (include amount of fee and total revenue by semester or academic year).
o A $20 student laboratory fee is collected from each engineering student during advising for Fall and Spring semesters. In order to register for classes, a student must receive his/her Alternate PIN number. This Alternate PIN is provided by the faculty advisor after the student has been advised and presents evidence that he paid the laboratory fee. Students pay the laboratory fee at the bookstore. The funds are deposited to an account under the discretion of the Engineering Department Head.
Typical items purchased under this fund include laboratory supplies (consumables such as printer/copy paper toner, specimens, etc.), electrical and electronic
components (resistors, capacitors, ICs, etc.), inexpensive sensors and equipment, support circuits, etc.
o The following table shows the laboratory fees collected by month during the last three years. These fees are combined for undergraduate and graduate students. We have no way of separating the two sources of laboratory fee funding.
Year Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total
09-10
360 1368 18 3456 1782 36 738 0 1746 3348 270 108 13230
08-09
252 900 0 4860 288 54 612 873 3510 1260 288 198 13095
07-08
90 1188 72 630 2634 36 756 18 180 3908 234 144 9890
06-07
3420 630 0 1278 0 306 2574 252 18 8478
o Financial Support through the Technology Advancement Student Committee (TASC).
TASC was formed about 13 years ago in order to administer a $30 per semester, student self-assessed technology fee that is collected by the university at the time the tuition and fees are paid. During the last few years, TASC decided to allocate
$50,000 towards technology needs per college on an annual basis. Requests
submitted to the Dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology by faculty members are prioritized and funded up to $50,000. The following table lists recent equipment/software purchases by the department of engineering.
Equipment/Software Year Amount Gyroscope and Centrifugal Force Demonstrator, Single
Phase Transformer Trainer, Matlab Software, MSDN Microsoft Academic License, and equipment for a distance learning classroom.
2009-10 $46,795
Robotics components, Fluid Mechanics software, asphalt testing lab apparatus, Pro II simulation software, Allen Bradley PLC software
2008-09 $21,942
Quanser QNET - 011 NI ELVIS Rotary Inverted Pendulum, Quanser QNET - 012 NI ELVIS HVAC
Trainers, Agilent 33220A - 20 MHz Function Generators, P3 Strain Indicator and Recorder, NI ELVIS/PCI-6251, NI ELVIS/USB-6251, Power supplies for NI ELVIS, Manufacturing Engineering DVDs, Labview software
2007-08 $44,013
Laser printer, Electronic Message Center, Quanser QNET - 010 NI ELVIS DC Motor Control, Quanser QNET - 011 NI ELVIS Rotary Inverted Pendulum, Quanser QNET - 012 NI ELVIS HVAC Trainer, ELMO HV-5100 XG document camera, Labview software, Matlab software
2006-07 $36,147
Automation for SR-30 Jet Engine 2005-06 $6,361
TOTAL $155,258
In addition to the above funds, TASC provided the following funding towards the establishment of a small scale outdoor Model Chemical Plant.
Equipment Year Amount
Glycol-Water Fractionation Unit 2009-10 $150,000
Hands On Trainer 2008-09 $90,000
Hands On Trainer 2007-08 $131,000
TOTAL $371,000
• Financial Support through McNeese State University / State of Louisiana
o In addition to the financial support provided for faculty/staff salaries, operating expenses, supplies, maintenance, and travel (see above), the university funds scientific equipment for the department laboratories. Information on such equipment follows.
Equipment/Software Year Amount
H-6150-CDLC-X Liquid-Liquid Extraction Demonstrator with Data Acquisition and control access points to be used with the Honeywell System
2007-08 $80,000
H-ICS-PhX-X pH Control Trainer with micro controller 2007-08 $38,700 H-6252 Modular Chemical Reactor System 2007-08 $63,081 H-6290-CDLC-X Gas/Liquid Absorption Column with
Computer Data Logging and Control via the Honeywell System
2007-08 $56,000
H-6878-CDLC-X Six Pass Heat Exchanger with
Computer Data Logging and Control via the Honeywell system
2007-08 $43,762
H-IRT-1-CDLC-X Industrial Refrigeration Trainer with Computer Data Logging and Control via the Honeywell System
2007-08 $59,183
TOTAL $260,806
• Grants received by Department of Engineering faculty during the last five-year period.
Principal
Investigator Engineering
Co-Investigators Amount Award Period Stanley Klemetson Ning Zhang, John Li, Jay Uppot $29,912 07/10-06/11
Joseph Richardson $48,000 06/10-10/11
Stanley Klemetson $1,744 04/10-04/11
Nikos Kiritsis John Griffith, Zhuang Li,
Therrill Valentine $248,211 04/10-03/11 Nikos Kiritsis Zhuang Li, Ning Zhang $154,542 03/10-09/10
Ning Zhang $7,444 01/10-07/10
Jay Uppot $5,000 10/09-07/10
Nikos Kiritsis Qiu Liu $ 90,443 06/09-06/11
Zhuang Li $99,800 06/09-06/11
Ning Zhang Zhuang Li $19,500 04/09-03/10
Ning Zhang $2,200 03/09-03/11
Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson $334,540 10/08-09/10
Nikos Kiritsis $3,500 03/08-03/09
Nikos Kiritsis Jonathan Sullivan $2,700 09/07-07/11 Harold Stevenson Nikos Kiritsis $163,010 06/07-06/11 Jonathan Sullivan John Griffith, Therrill Valentine $150,000 06/07-06/09 Harold Stevenson Nikos Kiritsis $496,800 09/06-08/31
Jim Dennison Nikos Kiritsis $84,634 07/06-06/07
Nikos Kiritsis $10,000 08/06-01/07
Nikos Kiritsis $43,950 06/06-06/08
Nikos Kiritsis $1,129,996 09/05-08/11
Nikos Kiritsis $160,403 08/04-07/09
Ning Zhang $20,585 08/10-07/11
Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson $235,000 09/09-08/11 Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson $500,000 04/10-08/12
Lei Jin Ning Zhang, Zhuang Li $9,700 01/09-01/10
Ning Zhang $4,400 01/09-01/11
TOTAL $4,056,014
o The following grants have generated a total indirect cost for McNeese State University of
$323,453 during the last five years.
Principal Investigator
Engineering Co-Investigators
Amount Indirect Cost
Joseph Richardson $48,000 $8,976
Nikos Kiritsis $248,211 $34,073
Nikos Kiritsis $154,542 $11,447
Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson
$334,540 $48,094
Nikos Kiritsis $1,129,996 $124,016
Nikos Kiritsis $160,403 $12,676
Ning Zhang $20,585 $1,525
Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson
$235,000 $34,714
Janet Woolman Ning Zhang, Stanley Klemetson
$500,000 $47,932
TOTAL $2,831,277 $323,453
• Equipment Grants (identify any equipment received and estimated value and/or funds received specifically for purchase of equipment—include amount and date)
Principal Investigator
Engineering Co-Investigators
Amount Description Jonathan Sullivan John Griffith,
Therrill Valentine
$150,000 Bayport Process Trainer
Nikos Kiritsis Jonathan Sullivan $323,000 Equipment for the
Department of Engineering
Zhuang Li $99,800
Nikos Kiritsis $43,950 Open Water Channel
Nikos Kiritsis Qiu Liu $ 90,443 Motors Laboratory Jim Dennison Nikos Kiritsis $84,634 Circuits Laboratory
TOTAL $791,827
• Identify any potential revenues: fundraising, gifts, grants, other not yet acquired.
o Currently working towards acquiring equipment donations from Citgo Petroleum Corporation and Cheniere LNG.
o A $5,000 donation from Alcoa Carbon Products in Lake Charles is expected.
o A $10,000 donation from the PPG Foundation is expected.
• Endowed Funds with the McNeese Foundation.
o The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has one of the largest endowments with the McNeese Foundation. The table below shows the endowed holdings for the department of engineering and other purposes that benefit the
department as of July 13th, 2010. Depending on market conditions, the Department of Engineering benefits from these funds from the annual distributions of Foundation revenue.
College of Eng. & Eng. Technology Endowed Funds 7/13/2010
Fund ID Fund Description Total
02600 ENGINEERING - GENERAL - DEAN $83,979.81 02615 ENGINEERING - GENERAL - FACULTY DEVELOPMENT $27,776.53 02683 ENGINEERING - CHEMICAL/ELECTRICAL - GENERAL $3,476.90 02741 ENGINEERING - CIVIL/MECHANICAL - GENERAL $6,454.09 02790 ENGINEERING - OLIN/ARCH - GENERAL $14,030.00 02799 ENGINEERING ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN $657,900.34 02857 CITGO - OIL SPILL REMEDIATION $111,468.96 04037 BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE TRUST PROFESSORSHIP IN $11,550.00
ENG.
04052 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #6 $65,000.00
04101 SW LA INDUSTRIES PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING/TECH $100,000.00
04108 CONTRACTORS EDUCATIONAL TRUST PROFESSORSHIP $100,000.00 04153 CONTRACTOR'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST PROF IN
MECHANICAL ENG $100,000.00
04154 CITGO PETROLEUM ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #1 $100,000.00
04164 CITGO PETROLEUM ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #2 $100,000.00
04165 DR. O. C. KARKALITS ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGR
& TECH $100,000.00
04167 CITGO PETROLEUM ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #3 $100,000.00
04170 CITGO PETROLEUM ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #4 $100,000.00
04185 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION PROFESSORSHIP IN
ENGINEERING #5 $60,000.00
05090 LOUIE D. BARBE, JR. SCHOLARSHIP $31,838.38 05210 ROY AND LEEOVA BROUSSARD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $41,000.00 05285 GORDON AND MARY CAIN FOUNDATION GRADUATE SCH. $112,335.00 05373 CHANDRA "PEACE" MEMORIAL ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIP $13,000.00
05375 CHEVRONTEXACO ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS $23,115.00 05451 CONOCO, DUPONT, LUNDY & DAVIS MOSSVLLE
SCHOLARSHIP $184,483.55
05621 DR. EDWIN EISEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $67,007.83 05672 ENGINEERING MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $6,493.75
06082 BASELL SCHOLARSHIP $43,852.79
06280 LASATER ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARD $36,628.00 06410 DR. THOMAS S. LEARY, PAST PRESIDENT - ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIP $33,610.00
06436 EDITH AND ADAM LEDOUX MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $124,286.95 06450 KATHLEEN AND ERNEST LEVINGSTON ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIP $20,000.00
06970 GEORGE MUTAI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING $11,355.40
07038 NORTHROP GRUMMAN ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP $30,695.83 07088 EQUISTAR CHEMICAL CORPORATION SCHOLARSHIP $64,498.21 07328 FRANK M. ROLUFS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $47,064.67 07548 H. R. SMITH ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP $50,434.82 07555 SOUTHWEST BEVERAGE COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP $541,053.96
Grand Total: $3,324,390.76
• Engineering Scholarships (Endowed).
o Several endowed scholarships are available for undergraduate engineering students.
These scholarships are made available by generous donations from local industries and private donors. The requirements and limitations for the scholarships vary widely and include factors such as field of study, grade point average, residency, and
classification level. Typical awards are $500 per student per semester. The following is a list of the endowed scholarship programs available to McNeese’s engineering students.
• Bassell Scholarship
• Dr. Edwin Eisen Memorial Scholarship
• Engineering Memorial Scholarship
• Equistar Chemical Corporation Scholarship
• Adam LeDoux Scholarship
• Frank M. Rolufs Engineering Scholarship
• Harrell R. Smith Engineering Scholarship
• Sasol Chemical Company Scholarship
• Northrop Grumman Scholarship
• Gordon Cain Scholarship
• Lasater Engineering Scholarship
• Chevron Scholarship
• Citgo Petroleum Corporation Scholarship
• H.C. Drew Endowment for Economic Development program.
o Engineering faculty are also active in submitting proposals seeking internal
university grants. Through the H.C. Drew Endowment for Economic Development, McNeese State University enhances opportunities to partner in economic
development in Southwest Louisiana and prepares students with the modern skills needed to enter into and succeed in the workforce.
Proceeds from the H.C. Drew Endowment for Economic Development fund two programs through competitive proposals: the H. C. Drew Center for Associate Studies which provides access to higher education for students seeking the associate degree, and the H. C. Drew Institute which augments the university’s contributions to economic development by providing resources to enhance classroom instruction and educational services for students pursuing baccalaureate and/or master’s degrees.
The Department of Engineering is eligible to participate in both programs.
Competitive proposals written by Department of Engineering faculty funded the following equipment/software purchases.
Equipment/Software Year Amount
Contribution towards the outside, small-scale Chemical Plant 2008-09 $54,000 Hydraulic modeling software, GPS enabled surveying equipment, 2007-08 $35,500
equipment and software for web based courses
Chemical structure models 2006-07 $6,111
TOTAL $95,611
• Financial Support as a Result of Private Industry Contributions.
o Private industry contributions come in the form of cash or equipment/software
donations. We are fortunate to be located in a heavily industrialized area specializing primarily in oil and gas based products/materials that has had a number of profitable years lately. The following table lists industry equipment/software donations to the Department of Engineering.
Equipment/Software Year Amount*
Control Room Furniture by Trunkline LNG 2007-08 $35,000
LNG Plant Simulator by Trunkline LNG 2007-08 $75,000
Steam Power Plant Refurbishing by Entergy 2007-08 $72,000**
TDC 3000 by Basell Inc. 2006-07 $711,000
Backup and new boards for the TDC 3000 by Citgo
Petroleum Corporation 2006-07 $35,000
TOTAL $928,000
* approximate value at the time of donation
**The steam power plant was an interesting and rewarding collaboration between McNeese and the local power company, Entergy, and received significant local press coverage. Quoting from the college newsletter, The E & T Modem, “Entergy personnel recently refurbished, delivered and installed a steam turbine engine that has been used for training in the MSU Department of Engineering. The miniature power plant uses steam to run an electric generator to produce electricity similar to the equipment used at the Nelson Station Entergy Plant on Houston River Road. The use of the engine will be incorporated into the academic programs and used for hands-on training for future plant operators and mechanical and chemical engineers. The plant will also provide steam for labs within the Engineering Technology Lab building. More than 600 man-hours went into the refurbishing of the existing 1967 Westinghouse steam turbine engine. Entergy upgraded this miniature unit to be more like the actual equipment operated at the Nelson plant. The company’s research found that only nine of these specifically designed turbine engine and generator combination units were built for technology programs at colleges and universities.”
• Financial Support to Recover from Hurricane Rita.
o In response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Board of Regents entered into an agreement for the administration of
emergency funds as authorized by P.L 109-148. In accordance with this agreement, the Board of Regents contracted with McNeese State University to receive up to
$2,600,000 in emergency grant funding. A portion of these funds were budgeted to purchase needed equipment and instruments. The following equipment/software was funded by this program.
Equipment Amount
Communications Lab $22,675
Axial Fan Compressor $29,223
Computers, Laptops, Tablet PCs, Server, Printers $111,818
Ice Machine $2,500
Fluid Circuit Demonstrator $28,300
Simulation Lab $46,300
TOTAL $240,816