Waterloo Engineering Strategic Plan 2011-2018 Building on Excellence Progress Report 2015/16 October, 2016 This report is published by the Office of the Dean of Engineering. Please direct enquiries to: Director of Planning, Faculty of Engineering University of Waterloo (519) 888-4567 x32544 | [email protected] Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Summary of Current Goals ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Aspiration ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Key Priorities ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Alignment with the University of Waterloo Strategic Plan ....................................................................................... 8 Waterloo Engineering Today .................................................................................................................................. 9 Waterloo Engineering in Context .......................................................................................................................... 10 II. Strategic Plan Progress Report ................................................................................................................................ 11 A. Faculty and Staff ........................................................................................................................................... 11 B. Undergraduate Studies ................................................................................................................................. 13 Co-operative Education ........................................................................................................................ 17 Accreditation ......................................................................................................................................... 18 C. Graduate Studies .......................................................................................................................................... 19 D. Research ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 E. Teaching ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 F. Outreach ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Diversity ................................................................................................................................................ 30 G. Internationalization ........................................................................................................................................ 31 H. Entrepreneurship .......................................................................................................................................... 35 I. Space .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 J. Information Technology ................................................................................................................................ 38 K. Advancement ................................................................................................................................................ 39 L. Academic Unit Progress Report Summaries ................................................................................................ 41 School of Architecture ........................................................................................................................... 41 Department of Chemical Engineering ................................................................................................... 50 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering ............................................................................... 57 Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology Centre .................................................................. 63 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering ............................................................................... 67 Department of Management Sciences ................................................................................................. 75 Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering...................................................................... 80 Department of Systems Design Engineering ........................................................................................ 85 III. Key Metrics and Performance Indicators ................................................................................................................. 92 A. Faculty and Staff ........................................................................................................................................... 92 B. Undergraduate Studies ................................................................................................................................. 96 C. Graduate Studies ........................................................................................................................................ 100 D. Research ..................................................................................................................................................... 104 E. Women in Engineering ............................................................................................................................... 108 F. Internationalization ...................................................................................................................................... 108 G. Space .......................................................................................................................................................... 110 H. Advancement .............................................................................................................................................. 110 IV. Appendices ............................................................................................................................................................. 112 A. Faculty and Staff Data Tables .................................................................................................................... 112 B. Undergraduate Studies Data Tables .......................................................................................................... 115 C. Graduate Studies Data Tables ................................................................................................................... 118 D. Research Data Tables ................................................................................................................................ 121 E. Women in Engineering Data Tables ........................................................................................................... 125 F. Internationalization Data Tables ................................................................................................................. 125 G. Space Data Tables ..................................................................................................................................... 125 H. Advancement Data Tables ......................................................................................................................... 125 I. Data Notes .................................................................................................................................................... 127 Strategic Plan Progress Report: 2015/16 1 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Alignment of Waterloo Engineering and University of Waterloo Strategic Plan Goals ....................................... 8 Table 2: Key Metrics: Current Values and Change from the Strategic Plan Baseline (2010/11) ..................................... 9 Table 3: Key Performance Indicators: Current Values and Change from the Strategic Plan Baseline (2010/11) ........... 9 Table 4: Waterloo Engineering in the Institutional Context, 2015/16 ............................................................................. 10 Table 5: Waterloo Engineering in the Provincial and National Contexts, 2015 .............................................................. 10 Table 6: University of Waterloo in International University Rankings of the Engineering Discipline, 2016 .................... 10 Table 7: Undergraduate Course Evaluation Summative Question Responses, 2012-2015 .......................................... 27 Table 8: Graduate Course Evaluation Summative Question Responses, 2012-2015 ................................................... 27 Table 9: International Delegations to Waterloo Engineering, 2015 ................................................................................ 32 Figure 1: Faculty Complement Plan Performance to Target .......................................................................................... 11 Figure 2: Staff