Faculty Meeting -- March 3, 2003

MINUTES
(Unapproved)

Present: Drs. Burgos, Clark, Curtin, Krajcevski, Liang, Ma, Manougian, McColm, McWaters, Rimbey, Saito, Stark, Suen, Williams, You, Zerla and Mr. Jim Tremmel.

Absent: Drs. Elhamdadi, Isaak, Ismail, Jonoska, Kartsatos, Mukherjea, Nadarajah, Pothoven, Rakhmanov, Ratti, Shekhtman, Totik, Tsokos.

Dr. Marcus McWaters: Meeting called to order at 3:01 p.m.

PECO FUNDING: Announced a request from Physics for a joint PECO funding effort to upgrade PHY Room 130. Three suggested floor plans were distributed for review. Discussion held. A motion was made to accept the "all benches" plan. Motion seconded. Motion approved for a joint PECO funding effort utilizing the "all benches" plan.

ALGEBRA CANDIDATES: Dr. McWaters called for a motion to accept proxy votes as submitted. Dr. Clark seconded the motion. Carried. Motion approved to accept proxy votes as submitted.

Dr. Suen noted the Algebra Committee members:

• Drs. Clark, Jonoska, Liang and Suen. presented the committees' four highest ranked candidates.
• Called for a motion to approve candidates as presented. Dr. McColm made the motion to approve the committees' slate of candidates. Motion second, carried.
• Gave a brief description of each of the candidates credentials.
• Discussion held. Dr. Suen explained the 1 - 4 ranking system, with 1 being the highest.
• Distributed ballots.
• The ballots were collected and counted. The results noted that the committee ranking stands:

1. Gluesing-Luerssen, Heide
2. Hou, Xiang-Dong
3. Reid, Michael
4. Qin, Hongxun

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.