Leadership Development Opportunities for Tenured

Faculty

Sadan Kulturel-KonakAssociate Professor of Management Information

SystemsCoordinator of Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor

ADVANCE Auburn, May 18, 2010

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My Background

B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in Turkey and in the USA

Research- modeling and optimization of complex systems and robustness under uncertainty

Teaching- MIS, IST, and EntrepreneurshipPenn State Berks- started in 2003 and

was tenured and promoted in 2008

Penn State Berks• 52-year-old campus in the system of 155-year-old university• 2,600 undergraduate students with about 800 of them reside on campus• 15 baccalaureate degrees and first two years of 160 Penn State degrees• Mascot: The Nittany Lion

Challenges for Faculty in Undergraduate InstitutionsNo graduate studentsUndergraduates’ technical skillsFew colleagues in the same fieldFinding time (e.g., teaching 9 credits in

a semester)

Research and leadership development opportunities?

What An Academician Has

A love of teaching and researchAmbition EnergyIdeasColleagues

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What An Academician NeedsAccepted refereed papersNew course developmentGood teaching reviewsResearch activity / funding Professional serviceTenure and promotion or promotionA life!

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Synergies

Research(and Funding)

Teaching

Service

Student advising, special topics, course projects, teaching cases, undergraduate research,…

Academic journals,funding agencies,seminar/session/conference organization,paper competitions

Personal goals & values

Education activities in professional organizations,education/teaching committees,thesis committees

My View of Undergraduate Research

Teaching with inquiry based experiencesInvaluable faculty-student one-on-one interactionActive learning and a very important integral part of

undergraduate educationStudents’ primary responsibility for the projectReports and presentations are extremely important

outcomes

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Research FocusApplied modeling and optimization in

areas such as facilities design, network design, reliability, supply chain, scheduling, and data mining

Geographically distributed teams (NSF supported)

Stereotyping of IT skills (NSF supported)

Research Many international and interdisciplinary

collaborations

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First Ever Post-doc Researcher at Penn State BerksBerna Ulutas, Eskisehir Osmangazi

University TurkeyMay 2009-May 2010Dynamic Facility Layout Problem

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Service to the Professional Societies

Women in Operations Research and Management Science (WORMS) Forum of INFORMS- President◦ Panels on Life and Work Balance,

Opportunities and Challenges, International Collaborations, Excellence and Diversity in Academia, Best Practices

IIE Reading Chapter- Chapter Director and Assistant Newsletter Editor

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Internal Service

Diversity CommitteePeer MentoringHiring CommitteesFaculty Affairs CommitteePromotion and Tenure CommitteesResearch Interest GroupNational Survey of Student

Engagement Evaluation CommitteeUndergraduate Research Conference

Committee

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Women in Information Sciences and Technology (WIST) ClubStudents, Faculty and Industry

Partners (i.e., alumni)Lockheed Martin, PJM, CPCU Society,

Elemica

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MentorIST

Surveys to

match

mentor-

mentee

Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor

Fall 2009

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Entrepreneurship Minor (18 credits in total)

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For the Entrepreneurship Minor

Teaching the gateway (Entrepreneurial Leadership) and Entrepreneurship Capstone courses

Organizing Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Program and course level assessmentsGrants:

$4,000 from IBM & Greg Flemming $31,700 from National Collegiate Inventors and

Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)- Course and Program grant: Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education Program

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Institutional Support

Course releaseSummer supportUndergraduate research support

in the form of funds to pay students

Funds for travel and equipmentMentoring- only available for

promotion and tenure process for Assistant professors

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The Right Balance

What do you like to do?

What are you good at?

What needs to be done?

A Few Final Thoughts!

Know when to initiate a changeTrust your intuitionBe confident and courageousBe willing to resume new roles in different

committees and organizationsMake commitments and honor them

regardlessPay attention to detailsFAMILY IS FIRST!

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Fact or Fairy Tale