To:         CIT Faculty

From:     John L. Anderson

Date:     May 17, 1999

Subject: Criteria for CIT Centers and Institutes

Cc:         Department Heads and Associate Deans
 
 

Below are criteria for designation of ‘centers’ in CIT along with the list of existing centers that meet these criteria. This list will form the basis for CIT publications, such as the fact sheet and graduate and research catalogs.
 

Review of CIT Centers and Institutes:

Review by the Dean and the responsible department heads will typically take place every two years.

Minimum Criteria for CIT Centers and Institutes:

• Should have at least three tenure-track faculty or principal research faculty significantly involved in the center activities.
• Should have multi-disciplinary activity, as evidenced by having faculty from two or more academic units.
• Should maintain an average minimum research volume of $350,000 annually (1998 $ including indirect costs) measured in research or fellowships directly supporting the center activities.

Start-Up for CIT Centers and Institutes:

New centers and institutes require approval by the Dean. Programs, consortia and laboratories can be started by departments. A new center will be reviewed two years after initiation and need not meet all the criteria above at its inception, but is expected to make steady progress towards meeting the criteria.
 

Affiliated Facilities and Centers:

Carnegie Mellon Research Institute (CMRI)

Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

Robotics Institute

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Green Design Initiative

Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology
 

Institutes and Research Centers:

Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

Data Storage Systems Center

Center for Electronic Design Automation

The Environmental Institute

Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research

Center for Integrated Study of Human Dimensions of Global Change

Spray Systems Technology Center

The Brownfields Center

Information Networking Institute

Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation

Computer-Aided Process Design Center

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center