1998-99 INDUSTRIAL LIAISON COUNCIL

t is particularly important for institutions that foster change to be able to predict, plan for and react to change. The UW-Madison College of Engineering is just such an institution. The new knowledge created on the Madison campus generates change and improvement worldwide. At a recent meeting of the Industrial Liaison Council (ILC) we tried to address the needs that must be fulfilled by the college in the years 2005 to 2010.

As we enter the age of mastery, the need for continuous learning becomes paramount. Our control over the world on the atomic, genetic and digital level is growing rapidly as evidenced in the pages of this report. This new understanding and control of our world requires vast amounts of new knowledge. Distance teaching via the Internet presents the college with an extraordinary opportunity and challenge to meet the needs of continuous learning. Courses offered on the Madison campus are already being attended by students in other parts of the state via video and computer links. Engineering Professional Development offers courses to professionals around the world. More and more, learning is taking place outside of the traditional classroom. The college must expand this technology to meet the demands of learning that take place 24 hours a day, across state and national boundaries.

As great a challenge as this new technology presents, it is the smaller part of the picture when compared to the investment needed in human capital. State support of the university has steadily declined. The demand for top-quality, high-potential professors and instructors is at an all-time high as is the competition for them. While effort to put more discipline into government budgets is warranted, it comes at a time when the college and university are under great pressure to retain a world-class staff. We urge the state legislature and governor to recognize the university as a jewel in the state and to find ways to lend additional support.

This highly ranked and recognized research institution is great because of its wealth of human capital. We don't want to see that jeopardized.

Ernest S. Micek, 1997-98 Chair
Industrial Liason Council

Kathryn Anderson Tech. Leader, Control Info. Systems Procter & Gamble Cincinnati, Ohio Thomas H. Aschenbrenner Entrepreneur Dallas, Texas Jeffrey A. Banaszynski Senior Vice President Allen-Bradley Co., Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eugene M. Bentley, III President Advanced Engineering, P.C. Washington, D.C. John E. Berndt President Sprint International Westwood, Kansas Brenda J. Blanchard President Forward Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Guy D. Briggs VP / General Manager of Operations GM Truck Group Pontiac, Michigan Edward P. Cornell Vice President, Engineering Acuson Mountain View, California James S. Dahlke President and CEO Harrow Industries Grand Rapids, Michigan John R. Dewane Consultant, Space & Aviation Sys. Honeywell, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona A. Frederick Fath Director, Tech Assessment (retired) Boeing Seattle, Washington R. Fenton-May Director of Operations Development The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, Georgia C. Daniel Gelatt, Jr. President NMT Corporation LaCrosse, Wisconsin Jane Griesinger Manager Kurt Salmon Associates Princeton, New Jersey Thomas N. Hendrickson President and CEO CPAC Inc. Leicester, New York Gerry Hoerig Private Consultant Boulder, Colorado

John Huston VP, Power Train Operations Ford Motor Company Dearborn, Michigan Leon P. Janssen Manager, Global Education Solutions GE Medical Systems Waukesha, Wisconsin Frederick C. Kiekhaefer President Mercury Hi-Performance Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Steven E. Klabunde Vice President, Engineering (retired) Giddings and Lewis Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Charles F. Kohlmeyer Vice President Baxter Health Care Corp. Deerfield, Illinois Thomas Kruger Private Consultant Charlotte, North Carolina Ronald E. Mengel VP of Engineering McNeil Consumer Products Co. Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania Ernest S. Micek Chairman, President, CEO Cargill, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota Timothy C. Mickelson Private Consultant Mequon, Wisconsin Brian A. Mitchell President Mitchell Construction, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin Thomas J. Mohs Chairman Placon Corp. Madison, Wisconsin Jason Poon President (retired) Poon Wong & Association, Inc. Vancouver, BC Morton G. Spooner Director, Planning (retired) E-Systems Estero, Florida Mary L. Tilton Director of Operations Planar Standish Inc. Lake Mills, Wisconsin Richard L. Wilkey President Fisher-Barton, Inc. Watertown, Wisconsin Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Of Counsel Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C. Kalamazoo, Michigan