SELIM External Review Agenda
October 29-30, 2002
Review Board:
Richard Haglund: Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University
Henry Helvajian: Senior Scientist, The Aerospace Corp.
David Hudson: Associate Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, UVa
2 pm: End of Industrial Physics Forum in Williamsburg, Va. Prof. Haglund and Dr. Helvajian drive to Charlottesville and check in at Calvalier Hotel
6 pm: Dinner at Hamilton’s: Henry Helvajian, Richard Haglund, Ian Harrison, Lou Bloomfield.
9 am: Welcome and SELIM Program Overview, Ian Harrison
9:45 am: Norfolk State University Program, Carl Bonner
10 am: Facilities Tour- (a) Ultrafast Laser Facility
(b) Prof. Pfister’s Lab-Physics Rm. 009
(c) Prof. Fitz-Gerald’s Lab- Mat. Sci. Rm. 210
(d) Coffee, back in Rm. 290
10:45 am: Program Self-Assessment, Robert Tai
11: 00 am: Education, Lou Bloomfield
11: 15 am: Research, Brooks Pate
11:30 am: Student Posters around the Ultrafast Laboratory
12 – 1 pm: Posters continued and Lunch with students and faculty in Rm. 262
1 pm: Discussion with SELIM Faculty
· Program Impact
· Minority Recruiting
· Opportunities, Planning for the Future
· Prospects for Institutionalization
· Problems to Date
Chemistry Chairman’s Conference Room, Rm. 405
2:30 pm: Meeting with Arts & Sciences Assoc. Dean for the Sciences, George Hornberger, and Assoc. Dean of Graduate Academic Programs and Research, Peter Brunjes
2:50 pm: Meeting with Departmental Chairs: Vice-Chair Bob Burnett, Chemistry; Tom Gallagher, Physics; Raul Baragiola, Engineering Physics; Joseph Humphrey, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
3:20 pm: Meeting with Engineering Assoc. Dean for Research, Haydn Wadley
3:40 pm: Meeting with Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, Ariel Gomez
4 pm: Closed Discretionary Period for Review Board Deliberations, Questions to Faculty, Preliminary Report Preparation.
6:30 pm: Dinner at Ivy Inn: Henry Helvajian, Richard Haglund, David Hudson, Ian Harrison, Brooks Pate, Tom Gallagher, Carl Bonner, Robert Tai.