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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I sent this email more than 10 days back to all the chairs, graduate program directors and graduate advisers regarding GTF situation for this academic year. As I understood this information has not been passed
by some departments to the faculty who are supervising PhD students. Please read this email and advise your students who have exceeded the time limit for their GTF support (4-year for MS to PhD and 5-year for BS to PhD) to enroll for 3 hours of PhD Dissertation
or Research (if they have completed required dissertation hours). If they are international students they should file for Reduced Course Load. These students will no longer be given GTF. Either it has to come from your research grant or the students have
to pay for it.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I also wanted your help in reducing the number of hours for those students who are in their last year of GTF eligibility to see if they can enroll for three hours only if they have met their Research and Dissertation
hours requirements.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best regards,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
Suresh</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________________________</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 713-743-4205</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax: 713-743-4214</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Industrial Engineering Email:
<a href="mailto:skhator@uh.edu" id="LPlnk672828" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
skhator@uh.edu</a> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E421 Engineering Building 2
<a href="http://www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator" id="LPlnk474971" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Houston, TX 77204-4008</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Khator, Suresh <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 9, 2018 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Akay, Metin <makay@Central.UH.EDU>; Ballarini, Roberto <rballari@Central.UH.EDU>; Harold, Michael P <MPHarold@Central.UH.EDU>; Lim, Gino J <ginolim@Central.UH.EDU>; Roysam, Badri <broysam@Central.UH.EDU>; Sharma, Pradeep <psharma@Central.UH.EDU>;
Soliman, Mohamed Y <msoliman@Central.UH.EDU>; Chen, Yi-Chao <ychen11@Central.UH.EDU>; Donnelly, Vincent M <vmdonnel@Central.UH.EDU>; Feng, May <qfeng@Central.UH.EDU>; Glennie, Craig L <clglenni@Central.UH.EDU>; Grigoriadis, Karolos <mece2hv@Central.UH.EDU>;
Han, Zhu <zhan2@Central.UH.EDU>; Jackson, David R <elee1l5@Central.UH.EDU>; Karim, Alamgir <akarim3@Central.UH.EDU>; Kondapi, Phaneendra B <pbkondap@Central.UH.EDU>; Larin, Kirill <klarin@Central.UH.EDU>; Myers, Mike <mtmyers@Central.UH.EDU>; Rifai, Hanadi
S <rifai@Central.UH.EDU>; Sun, Li <lsun3@Central.UH.EDU>; Wang, Keh-Han <KWang@Central.UH.EDU><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tedesco, Joseph W <jtedesco@Central.UH.EDU>; Bangerter, Stephen A <sbangert@Central.UH.EDU>; Chen, Ting <tchen23@Central.UH.EDU>; Edwards, Cyrena E <cedward4@Central.UH.EDU>; Ingco, Catherine <cingco@Central.UH.EDU>; Johnson, Trina M <tjohnso5@Central.UH.EDU>;
Lynn, Nafeesa <nlynn@Central.UH.EDU>; Rodriguez, Jose L <jrodrig5@Central.UH.EDU>; Smith, Cecily A <casmit20@Central.UH.EDU>; Sturm, Anne <masturm@Central.UH.EDU>; Thomas, Yolanda M <YMThomas@Central.UH.EDU>; Vernon-Harrison, Miranda A <mavernon@Central.UH.EDU>;
Yale, Brandie L <bmasseng@Central.UH.EDU><br>
<b>Subject:</b> GTF Situation for AY 2018-19</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Dear Graduate Program Directors and Department Chairs,</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Here is the funding situation for GTF for the PhD students in the College for this academic year:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">FY 19 GTF Allocation by the Provost $3,585,422</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">FY 19 RA/TE Allocation
<u> 166,638</u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> Total Available in FY 19 $3,752,060</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Total GTF requested by the departments</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">(includes continuing and newly admitted students) $4,750,042</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">The requested amount exceed the allocation by more than one million dollars. Dean’s request for even half a million dollars of additional GTF which was approved last year has been denied by the provost this year. Here is what we are
doing for Fall 2018 to bring the requests closer to the allocation.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>A MS to PhD student who has been supported for four years and a BS to PhD student who has been supported for five years will not be given GTF anymore.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>A MS to PhD and a BS to PhD who will hit the four and five year limit in Fall 2018 will not be given GTF in Spring 2019.</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>We have admitted 147 new students and they are all included in the departmental requests. Our yield (enrolled vs admitted) was 81% in Fall 2015, 56% in Fall 2016 and 65% in Fall 2017. I am using a 70% yield which will bring our newly admitted
students who will enroll to around 103. </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">The accumulated savings will then be:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Not funding students who have exceeded four and five year limit $212,514</p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>No show of newly admitted students based on 70% yield
<u>395,380</u></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.5in">Total savings $607,894</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">This will still leave a shortfall of roughly $400,000 that we will have to deal with in Spring 2019. This is what I am requesting you all to do right away.
<b>Please ask the major professor who are supervising PhD students who are in the last stages of their dissertation if they will enroll for reduced hours (3 hours or the hours needed for them to complete their credit hour requirements).</b> I am hoping this
will bring in additional savings of $100,000 or more and reduce the stress of dealing with the shortfall in Spring 2019.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">After the ORD, I will bring in the amount that we would have spent in Fall 2018 to give a clear picture of what will be remaining in Spring 2019 and how to take your suggestions in dealing with the shortfall.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thank you for your consideration,</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Suresh Khator</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________________________</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 713-743-4205</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax: 713-743-4214</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Industrial Engineering Email:
<a href="mailto:skhator@uh.edu" id="LPlnk176517" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
skhator@uh.edu</a> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E421 Engineering Building 2
<a href="http://www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator" id="LPlnk848191" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Houston, TX 77204-4008</span></p>
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