Department Chairs Report Fall 2018 Physics Board of
Department Chair’s Report Fall 2018 Physics Board of Visitors Meeting October 26, 2018 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 1
Topics Department Organization Strategic Plan & Hiring Research Education Space 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 2
Profs. Wesley Smith & Michael Winokur retired One truly unfortunate death, Prof. Stefan Westerhoff 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison Nfaculty = 44. 25 3
People Count! Role Count Non-major UG Students Served (<300 -level) ~2867 Physics Majors (Including AMEP, AP, double majors) ~175 Graduate Students ~186 Non-faculty Research Staff ~95 Faculty 44. 25 Non-faculty Teaching & Teaching Support Staff 11 Technical Staff 11 Administrative Staff 7 Emeritus Faculty 26 Affiliated Faculty 10 Total (Excluding Service course UGs) ~3400 (~500) I certainly can’t keep track of what 500 people are up to – some times I have trouble keeping track of what I am doing myself! We are doing a lot of stuff – I will not even bother trying tell you about it all! 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 4
Department of Physics (2018 -19) Chair (Dasu) Climate & Diversity Faculty Recognition, Salaries Outreach, Museum & Events Student Awards New Staff, Promotions & Mentoring Strategic Planning Curriculum Colloquium Facilities (Space, Library Computing, …) Non-faculty Recognition, Salaries Assoc. Chair (Rzchowski) 10/26/2018 Department Administrator (Lefkow) Physics Centers • WIPAC (VCRGE center) • Wi. PPL Dept. Finances Nominations Physics Council Graduate Student Organization Assoc. Chair Alumni Affairs (Joynt) Director of Computing (Bradley) University of Wisconsin–Madison Physics Learning Center (Nossal) 5
Physics Teaching Organization 2018 -19 Changes: Welcome to Michelle Holland Updated responsibilities for Schmidt & Reardon Director of Assoc. Chair (Rzchowski) UG Program (Reardon) Service Courses 10/26/2018 Admin Support (Holland - Grad) (Tredinnick - UG) Teaching Facilities Committees Physics Majors Director of Grad Program (Schmidt) UG Program Committee Advising on Course Plan Course Coordination (Thurs) Laboratories (Unks) UG Advisors Grad Program Committee Qual Exam Preparation TA Training & Operations (Reardon) Lecture Demos (Narf) AMEP Advisors Grad Admissions Committee Interfacing with Grad Mentor Committees Active Learning (Spike) Electronics Shop (Gates) Physics Club Advisor (Mc. Cammon) Qual Exam Committee Grad Mentor Committees Service Courses Committee Laboratories Committee Garage Physics (Carlsmith) Prelim Exam Committee (Mc. Cammon, Westerhoff) (Forest, Mc. Dermott) University of Wisconsin–Madison 6
Physics Administration & Services 2018 -19 Changes: Welcome to Michelle Holland Welcome to Kim Marston Department Administrator (Lefkow) Travel (Bannon, Kinzley) Purchasing (Austin) Research Program (Lefkow, Schutte) Payroll & HR (Marston) UG Student Services Coord (Tredinnick) Physics Librarian (Kresse) System Admin (Seys) Librarian (Croushore) Grad Student Services Coord (Holland) Instrument Shop (Dummer) Accountant (Miner) Foster 10/26/2018 Director of Computing (Bradley) Gerber University of Wisconsin–Madison Pape Yaeger 7
Physics Learning & Physics Earning Director of Physics Learning (Nossal) Assoc. Chair Alumni Affairs (Joynt) PLC Staff (Hooper) PLC Staff (Huesmann) 10/26/2018 Admin Support (Department Staff) Board of Visitors PLC Staff (Moore) This is very important effort which funds student scholarships, visiting speaker funds, outreach and lately new faculty! PLC Staff (Schenker) Thank you very much for your support and advice PLC Staff (Trestrail) We are looking forward to colloquia this year from candidates of Martin L Perl Endowed Professorship University of Wisconsin–Madison 8
Committee Assignments http: //www. physics. wisc. edu/r esources/committee You may not believe me, but we did reduce the number of committees! 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 9
Strategic Plan Get back to top 15 and improve • Better organization of work, diligent committees, improve efficiency with automation • Hire more faculty and staff • Retain top talent • Replenish successful groups when retirements are foreseen • Invest in well-supported and intellectually promising research areas • Possibly also in areas relevant for the society (& industry) at large 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 10
Faculty Hiring vis-à-vis Strategic Plan Long term strategic plan, Top priority • Experimental neutrino physics • Department welcomed Brian Rebel (2018) • Atomic, Molecular, Optics (AMO) and quantum physics • Department welcomed Shimon Kolkowitz in 2017 • Theoretical cosmology and astrophysics Second priority • Condensed matter experiment and theory Keith Bechtol welcomed Observational Cosmology (2018) (from prior strategic plan) • High energy particle experiments • Department welcomed Kevin Black and Tulika Bose (2018) Additional targets • Computational physics and high performance computing • Biological physics, nonlinear physics & soft matter (Offer pending) • Exoplanets 2018 -19 hiring plan • Multidisciplinary cluster proposal for Quantum computing approved • Martin L Perl Endowed Professorship approved 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 11
Size of Physics Faculty FTE 60 50 40 2015 -16 includes 3 new faculty: Arnold, Levchenko, Palladino 30 2016 -17 includes 2 new faculty: Brar and Ioffe, Arnold UCSD 20 2017 -18 includes Kolkowitz, but one retirement in Lin 10 2018 -19 includes Bechtol, Black, Bose, Rebel, but two retirements (Smith & Winokur) and one death (Westerhoff) 9 18 -1 20 17 -1 8 7 20 16 -1 6 20 15 -1 5 20 14 -1 4 20 13 -1 20 12 -1 3 2 20 11 -1 1 20 10 -1 0 20 09 -1 9 20 08 -0 8 20 07 -0 7 20 06 20 -0 05 20 -0 6 5 -0 04 -0 20 03 20 20 02 -0 3 4 0 Faculty FTE 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 12
Size of Physics Faculty vs Research Expenditures 60 50 40 30 Research expenditures should start to make an uptick. 20 More faculty hiring needed to get to past levels. 10 Faculty FTE 10/26/2018 9 18 -1 20 17 -1 8 7 20 16 -1 6 20 15 -1 5 20 14 -1 4 20 13 -1 20 12 -1 3 2 20 11 -1 1 20 10 -1 0 20 09 -1 9 20 08 -0 20 07 -0 8 7 20 06 20 -0 05 20 -0 6 5 -0 04 -0 20 03 20 20 02 -0 3 4 0 Extramural Research Expenses University of Wisconsin–Madison 13
Expenditure Pie Total Expenditure in AY 2016 -17 : $32. 4 M 6% Salaries 0% 1% 1% 3%2% Overhead Capital 6% Fringe Benefits 8% Subcontracts 47% Operating Expenses Tuition Travel Domestic 11% Scholarships Travel International 15% Relocation Expenses Overhead larger than salaries of all faculty combined 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 14
Another Slice of Expenditure Pie Amount 135 6% 233 150 2% 133 3% 1% 136 1% UW Base Support Extramural Research Funds 101 23% 144 64% 144 10/26/2018 101 135 150 233 136 161 145 403 University of Wisconsin–Madison 15
Funded Research Areas & Faculty Astro-particle / Neutrino-astrophysics (WIPAC) • Halzen, Hanson, Karle, Vanderbroucke, Westerhoff Astrophysics & Cosmology (Cosmo) • Mc. Cammon, Timbie, Bechtol AMO and Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms (AMO) • Broad groupings, trying to put one faculty in one group (not perfect!) Saffman, Walker, Yavuz, Lawler, Kolkowitz Biophysics (Bio) • Gilbert Condensed Matter, Quantum Computing & Nanostructure Experiment (CMP-E) • Brar, Erikkson, Mc. Dermott, Rzchowski Condensed Matter, Quantum Computing Theory (CMP-T) • Coppersmith, Levchenko, Joynt, Vavilov, Ioffe High Energy Physics Experiment (HEP-E) • Black, Bose, Dasu, Herndon, Palladino, Rebel, Smith, Wu Nuclear, Particle, Astro-particle, Cosmology & String Theory (NPACS-T) • Bai, Balantekin, Barger, Chung, Everett, Hashimoto, Shiu Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory, Plasma-astrophysics (Wi. PPL) • Boldyrev, Egedal, Forest, Sarff, Terry, Zweibel 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 16
Research Areas, Funding & People 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 AMO Bio CMP-E Faculty CMP-T M$s Cosmo 100 K$s/Faculty HEP-E NPACS-T Studs/Facu WIPAC Wi. PPL Average Persons/Faculty Reasonably well balanced across various research areas As expected, experimentalists are better funded, and support more people As expected, “centers” and “clusters” are better funded than remote/small groups 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 17
UW-Madison Student Population 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 18
Service Course Enrollments About 15% take Physics 103+104 About 10% take Physics 202, but 201 is split between physics and engineering About 6% take Physics 207+208 About 2% take Physics 115 So, about a third of the UG class goes through physics! 10/26/2018 103 202 208 207 104 109 115 University of Wisconsin–Madison 19
Physics Undergraduate Students From UW Data. Viz : https: //dataviz. wisc. edu/views/Trendsin Student. Enrollments/ Homepage? %3 Aiid= 1&%3 Ais. Guest. Redir ect. From. Vizportal=y &%3 Aembed=y My selection includes all Undergrad Majors in the programs: Physics Astronomy-Physics AMEP 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 20
UG Peer Departments We ought to be able to attract more Physics majors, Double majors & especially AMEP Perhaps, create a new major Math-CS-Physics Computer Science Electrical Engineering Mathematics Computer Engineering Chemistry Physics AMEP Astronomy-Physics 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 21
Graduate Students 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 22
Incoming Graduate Student Profile 28 new students 13 international 15 domestic Class of 2018 9 women 19 men 3 with MS already 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 23
Incoming Grad Demographics Previous Institutions Bethel College Birla Institute of Technology and Science Case Western Reserve University Chinese University of Hong Kong (2) Dartmouth College De. Paul University India Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune Kansas State University Lake Forest College Lawrence University Linfield College MIT Nanyang Technological University Sri Sathya Sai University Swarthmore College Tongji University; Univ degli Studi di Bologna Union College Universidad de Los Andes University of Arizona University of British Columbia University of Chicago University of Delhi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Louisville University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Missouri Columbia University of Wisconsin-Madison Yonsei University 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison Country of Citizenship Canada China Colombia Hong Kong (2) India (4) Korea Malaysia Taiwan USA (15) Vietnam 24
Incoming GRE Scores 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 25
2017 Grad Admits Scores 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 26
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICS-QUANTUM COMPUTING THE UNIVERSITYOF WISCONSIN-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS • Starts September 2019 • Designed for completion in one calendar year • Offers a blend of : • Classroom training • Independent projects • Laboratory experience • Only MS-P-QC Program in the US • Apply at https: //grad. wisc. edu/ • Application Deadline: March 15, 2019 Be one of the first to take advantage of this unique opportunity! Quantum computing and quantum information is a very rapidly growing field with fantastic career opportunities. Learn more at https: //www. physics. wisc. edu/mspqc 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 27
Space Issues Sterling Hall Accelerator Vault and Associated Rooms Currently the accelerator is unused Space is utilized by Knutson and visitors from Wittenberg faculty Cleanup of the area underway (slowly …) Possible decommissioning and repurposing plan in discussion • • WIPAC move back to campus (Chamberlin + Sterling) Plans were somewhat stalled due to remodeling sticker shock Just revived the discussion with alternate plans Benefits due to the move are significant • • • College of Letters & Science is very supportive Discussions continues to be underway Physics would like to get Sterling Hall back for new research centers • 10/26/2018 Great opportunity for a donor to fund named research centers! University of Wisconsin–Madison 28
Thank you for your continued support! 10/26/2018 University of Wisconsin–Madison 29
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