Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Sponsor 10 undergraduates in CAPRS research each year.
• Sponsor 8 MS students in CAPRS research per year.
• Sponsor 4 PhD students in CAPRS research per year.
• Graduate 100% of all students involved with CAPRS in Geosciences or Petroleum Engineering.
• Ensure placement of 100% of all graduating students in industry positions or graduate programs.
• Meet student diversity recommendation of the university.

Objective 1.1: Recruit graduate and undergraduate students to Texas Tech Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering Departments

Strategies:

• Participate in recruiting efforts with Petroleum Engineering Student recruiter.
• Participate in recruiting efforts of Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering graduate advisors.
• Find funds to offer scholarships to HS graduates and transfer students.
• Seek invitations to speak at predominantly minority universities.
• Proactively recruit students when the co−directors of CAPRS are making presentations at universities and professional society meetings.

Assessments:

• Number of undergraduates recruited from HS.
• Number of undergraduate transfer students recruited from community college or other universities.
• Number of MS graduate students.
• Number of PhD students.

Objective 1.2: Initiate faculty mentorship program for all students working on CAPRS research

Strategies:

• Formalize relationship between Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering faculty and CAPRS activities.
• Provide first−year graduate students who have not chosen a thesis supervisor with a faculty mentor.

Assessments:

• Number of faculty mentors.
• Retention rate.
• Graduation rate of undergraduate students.
• Graduation rate of graduate students.

Objective 1.3: Increase undergraduate and graduate student involvement in CAPRS research projects to prepare students for industry or advanced degrees.

Strategies:

• Pursue funded research projects for students.
• Include undergraduate student opportunities in all research projects.
• Find funds to offer scholarships to encourage undergraduate students to enroll in independent study (PE 4000 or GEOL 4300) and work on CAPRS research projects.
• Find funds to offer scholarships to encourage graduate students to enroll in independent study (PE 5000 or GEOL 5300) and work on CAPRS research projects.

Assessments:

• Percentage of proposals including undergraduate opportunities.
• Number of undergraduate scholarships.
• Number of graduate scholarships.
• Number of MS graduate students.
• Number of PhD graduate students.
• Percent of graduates with full−time employment.
• Percent of students with summer employment.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Participate in 80% of the conferences related to the mission.
• Participate in 80% of the federal proposal solicitations related to the mission.
• Contribute to 80% of the journals related to the mission.

Objective 2.1: Contribute to the publications in regional, national, and international journals

Strategies:

• Find funds to provide technical support to faculty and students to assist in proposal, publication, and presentation preparation.
• Seek research opportunities that lead to publications.

Assessments:

• Number of conference papers.
• Number of journal publications.

Objective 2.2: Participate in professional presentations at regional, national, and international meetings

Strategies:

• Find monies for faculty and students to participate in conferences.
• Make five−year plan of all professional meetings with technical interest similar to the mission of the Center.

Assessments:

• Number of conferences attended.
• Conference program committees served on.
• Receive "Best Paper" recognition.

Objective 2.3: Propose/conduct multi−disciplinary research to federal agencies

Strategies:

• Write competitive DOE, NSF, and PRF proposals at least once every three years.
• Collaborate on research projects with other prominent universities in the area of petrophysics and reservoir studies.
• Pursue industry−funded projects regularly to maintain a nearly−constant level of funding.

Assessments:

• Number of government proposals.
• Number of industry proposals.
• Number of other proposals.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Provide selection/series of continuing education course to cover the areas of petrophysics and reservoir engineering.
• Five special topic seminars for presentation by invitation (non−conference).
• Four distance learning graduate courses.

Objective 3.1: Develop series of technical industry courses

Strategies:

• Develop series of topic−specific industry courses for continuing education.
• Provide regional seminars on special topics for in−house courses and professional meetings (non−conference) in areas such as Levelland, Amarillo, & Midland/Odessa.
• Acquire funds to purchase a laptop computer, projector, & stipend and travel expenses for faculty offering courses through CAPRS.

Assessments:

• Number of meeting presentations (non−conference) and seminars developed.
• Number of companies requesting presentations/seminars/courses.
• Number of people attending presentations/seminars/courses.

Objective 3.2: Provide opportunities for non-traditional graduate students in MS and PhD programs of the Departments of Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering

Strategies:

• Develop graduate degree plan for non-traditional MS and PhD students pursuing degree in Geosciences or Petroleum Engineering while continuing industry employment.
• Contribute to petroleum engineering distance education courses.

Assessments:

• Number of continuing education courses.

Objective 3.3: Support student chapters of American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Petroleum Engineers

Strategies:

• Provide field trip opportunities for the student chapters of AAPG and SPE.
• Acquire funds to support student participation in local, regional, national and international technical meetings.

Strategies:

• Number of sponsored student field trips.
• Amount contributed to student chapter.

Objective 3.4: Pursue sponsorship and co-sponsorship of regional conferences and professional meetings

Strategies

• Acquire funds to sponsor and co-sponsor local and regional conferences and professional meetings.
• Acquire funds to purchase display booth and appropriate paraphernalia.

Assessments:

• Exhibit as research provider at technical conferences.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Maintain regularly updated CAPRS website.
• Seek donations of commercially available industry software relevant to the mission of the Centers.
• Provide CAPRS staff with modern computer facilities for presentations, publication and research.

Objective 4.1: Provide state-of-the-art petrophysical and reservoir engineering computer software to students and faculty

Strategies:

• Contact software vendors to donate commonly used industry software.
• Coordinate with local petroleum companies and software vendors for faculty and students to get experience and training on advanced petroleum software.

Assessments:

• Amount of software donations.

Objective 4.2: Provide computer and peripheral facilities to support research projects

Strategies:

• Acquire funds to build infrastructure in permanent facility to include computers, printers, plotters, digitizers, and microfiche readers.

Assessments:

• Percent of projects requiring no additional software or hardware.

Objective 4.3: Provide CAPRS publications on a Web site and CD

Strategies:

• Coordinate with TTU COE website coordinator to add publications to Web site.
• Create a CAPRS Web Page to aid in the advertisement the faculty and equipment available in the departments of geosciences and petroleum engineering that the potential student will be involved with.

Assessments:

• Percent of publications available on CD and website.

Critical Success Factors (measures of the degree of success over the next 5 years):

• Two formal partnerships with research centers.
• Three formal partnerships with other universities.
• Five formal partnerships with producing and/or service providing companies.

Objective 5.1: Pursue research institute alliances

Strategies:

• Identify research institutes with related research interests.
• Schedule regular meetings and correspondences with research institutes.

Assessments:

• Number of research institutes identified.
• Amount of communication.

Objective 5.2: Pursue university alliances

Strategies:

• Identify universities with related research interests.
• Schedule regular meetings and correspondences with universities.

Assessments:

• Number of universities identified.
• Amount of communication.

Objective 5.3: Pursue industry partnerships

Strategies:
Assessments:

Critical Success Factors (measures of the degree of success over the next 5 years):

• Centralized, functional CAPRS Research facility.
• Maintain staff capable of supporting and maintaining the infrastructure of the Center.
• Maintain staff capable of conducting research in the areas of petrophysics, general reservoir engineering and CO2 oil recovery processes.

Objective 6.1: Create a centralized CAPRS Research facility

Strategies:

• Find a facility to house CAPRS−related resources.
• Purchase computers, printers, and plotters.

Assessments:

• Percent of projects requiring no new equipment or software.

Objective 6.2: Support Reservoir Characterization Laboratory (Unix & Geoquest software)

Strategies:

• Hire part−time computer tech.
• Provide software training for faculty and students.

Assessments:

• Number of proposals using Unix & Geoquest software.
• Number of classroom activities using Unix lab & Geoquest software.

Objective 6.3: Build a critical mass of CAPRS staff

Strategies:

• Obtain monies for a Research Associate Professors to provide research to develop and support multi−disciplinary CAPS to industry to have regularly funded projects.
• Hire student assistant for clerical−type work to maintain CAPRS databases.
• Hire three research associates one specializing in petrophysics, general reservoir engineering, and CO2 oil recovery processes.

Assessments:

• Availability of databases.
• Number of internal and external entities request use of databases.
• Number of proposals.

Objective 6.4: Provide infrastructure to new faculty research programs

Strategies:

• Maximize Facilities and Administration expense (F&A) reimbursement on funded research projects to build and maintain CAPRS infrastructure.
• See funded research that includes multi−purpose lab equipment.
• Startup new technical publication (Journal of Applied Petrophysical and Reservoir Studies).

Assessments:

• Monitor use of F&A usage.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Conduct unique research of widespread application.
• Pursue awards and merits for CAPRS faculty and students.

Objective 7.1: Seek niche research areas that are not associated with other universities or research institutes

Strategies:

• Identify components of all research conducted by CAPRS that are novel.
• Identify areas of research of all relevant research providers.

Assessments:

• Use of Technical Advisory Board to evaluate projects.

Objective 7.2: Nominate Faculty for local, regional, national, and international awards

Strategies:

• Identify all possible awards for which CAPRS faculty members are eligible.

Assessments:

• Number of awards applied for.
• Number of awards received.

Objective 7.3: Encourage CAPRS−sponsored student participation in technical competitions

Strategies:

• Provide scholarships to encourage students to participate in local, regional, national, and international paper competitions, best paper awards, and best poster awards.
• Pay related expenses for student participation.

Assessments:

• Student participation to number of opportunities.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• $5M endowment.
• $200K per year state line−item budget.
• Average TTU mandated F&A on funded projects.

Objective 8.1: Seek minimum annual funding of $250K to provide infrastructure and continuity in CAPRS objectives

Strategies:

• Work with COE development office to identify donor(s) for Center endowment.
• Work with TTU Director of Centers to pursue state line−item income.

Assessments:

• Amount of funding.

Objective 8.2: Maximize facilities and administration charges on funded projects

Strategies:

• Monitor all CAPRS−related proposals.

Assessments:

• F&A expenses.

Critical Success Factors (measured by the degree of success over the next 5 years)

• Working Strategic Plan.
• Procedure for self−evaluation.

Objective 9.1: Develop a ledger system

Strategies:

• Translate strategic plan to a ledger.
• Develop spreadsheet to monitor strategic plan assessments.

Assessments:

• Ledger activity used to update strategic plan.
• Ledger activity used to maintain longevity.

Objective 9.2: Ensure fiscal accountability

Strategies:

• Use third−party auditor.

Assessments:

• Annual Report