Fall 1996 Technology Fee Awards

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Submitted by	Project	Amt Requested	Amt awarded
King/EG	EG Computing Facility	140,650	116,500
Ely, Baldwin/CR	Comp Aided Ed in ChemEng	100,000	50,000
Hereman/Bath/MACS	Student Lab in MACS	68,688	57,500
Turner/GE	Upgrade/Expand GE Lab	38,000	21,000
Knecht/EPICS	Upgrade BB316	17,232	17,232
Wilson/CC	Modem Pool Increase	38,991	20,500
Wilson/CC	Computer Workrooms	49,200	49,200
Wilson/CC	General Use Systems	23,040	8,000
CC, LAIS, EB, MS, MT, PH, ESE, PE, CH, LIB	17 Proposals / Various Projects	431,742	Not Funded
	Totals....	907,543	339,932

Summary

A technology fee was instituted in the Fall of 1996 as a way to partially fund improved instructional technology resources for students. The revenue generated by the fee (approximately $225,000 for FY96/97) is matched annually by the institution .

A Technology Fee Committee, consisting of five students, five faculty, and a faculty chairperson that votes only in the event of a tie, solicits, reviews and selects proposals to fund. Proposals are submitted each semester by academic departments/programs and recognized student organizations on campus. Documents relating to technology fee guidelines and proposals are available through the technology fee web page (CSM Home Page->Academic Affairs->Technology Fee Committee) or from the Computing Center.

Twenty-five proposals were submitted requesting a total of $907,543 during the Fall semester of 1996. Eight were approved for funding totaling $339,932. Any student or faculty member wishing to read the proposals submitted during Fall, 1996, may do so weekdays between 8am and 5pm at the Computing Center by making arrangements with Marge Arnold (x3433; marnold@mines.edu).

The Computing Center requested $38,991 (for acquisition and an initial 15 months of operating costs) to add 32 modems to the modem pools available to students. The committee approved $20,500 to increase the pool by 16 modems. $49,200 was requested and awarded to the Computing Center for 20 additional public access PCs for open workrooms in the Computing Center. $8,000 was awarded to the Computing Center to begin replacing NeXT systems with general access PCs in the Computing Center pod in the Library.

The EPICS program received $17,232 to be used to upgrade 25 existing computers in a lab in the Brown Building. The upgrades will add memory and faster processors to existing systems so Autocad can be taught and used on the systems.

The Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department requested $68,688 received $57,500 to replace NeXT systems with Pentium PCs in a student computing lab used for calculus classes and other courses. The NeXT systems were unable to support required software and had serious maintenance problems.

The Engineering Division requested $140,650 and received $116,500 to purchase new computers for a student lab in the Brown Building, servers, ethernet cards, locking systems, NT client access licenses and licenses for several software applications.

The Geology and Geological Engineering Department requested $38,000 and received $21,000 for systems purchased to replace aging systems in their computer laboratory.

The Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Department requested $100,000 and received $50,000 to purchase workstations for their student computing lab.

Additional recommendations by the Committee:

Two of the older PCs which would be replaced by new equipment in the Computing Center should be used as additional email and web browsing stations in the Student Center. These will be installed in the Student Center during the Spring semester.

NeXT systems replaced in the Computing Center and MACS should be made available for use by the Physics Department to help support their needs until other resources can be acquired.

The Engineering Division should work with the Computing Center to determine whether any of the software purchased through Technology Fee funding can be site licensed so that it will have wider use on campus. A site license order was issued for Mathcad with additional funds provided by the Computing Center.