Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Heads Association
Business Meeting
K. A. Connor
13 March 2006
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Approval of Minutesfor 2005 Business Meeting
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IEC Corporate StructureIntroduction of New
Executive DirectorJohn Janowiak
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Financial ReportJohn Janowiak
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State of the AssociationKen ConnorPresident
2005-2006
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Outline

• 2005 Annual Meeting March in New Orleans
• Some Initiatives for 2005-06
• Globalization Workshop November in Washington,
  DC
• 2006 Annual Meeting March in Oahu

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Biology and ECE
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2005 Annual MeetingBio-X in ECE

• Bio-X Sessions
• Panel Biology in ECE Education and the ECE
  Profession of the Future
• Vasu Varandan (U. Arkansas) Humanizing the EE
  curriculum and re-engineering the human body
• Keynote The Importance of Biology in an
  Integrated, Application-Focused ECE Curriculum,
  Kristina Johnson (Duke U)
• General thoughts on ECE curricula
• What can Bio do for ECE?
• What can ECE do for Bio?
• Integration of individual pieces into the
  curriculum

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2005 Annual MeetingBio-X in ECE

• Bio-X Sessions
• Panel How Much Biology in ECE?
• See paper by Mark Smith et al in IEEE Trans on
  Education
• Educational Research Sessions
• Plenary Talk Future Funding Directions in
  Engineering Education at NSF, Gary Gabriele (NSF)
• Panel Educational Research
• Coalitions Texas AM
• Engineering Education Departments -- Purdue
• New Power Program Minnesota
• Mobile Instrumentation -- RPI

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2005 Annual MeetingBio-X in ECE

• Globalization Session
• Panel Engineering Workforce, Globalization and
  Workforce Dynamics
• Semiconductor Industry Association
• IEEE-USA
• Slides from almost all talks are available on the
  ECEDHA website at http//www.ecedha.org

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Initiatives

• Regional Activities
• Survey
• Website
• ABET Criterion 3 and
• Nanotechnology
• Bio in ECE
• Globalization

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Globalization
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ECEDHA Meetings

• The Impact of Globalization on ECE Curricula of
  the Future, 13-15 November 2005, Washington, D.C.
  
• Presentation Videos
• ECEDHA Annual Meeting, 10-14 March 2006, Oahu,
  Hawaii
• ECEDHA ABET Workshop, 10 March 2006, Oahu, Hawaii
  
• IEEE Program Evaluator Training Workshop, 10
  March 2006, Oahu, Hawaii
• New Chairs Workshop, 10 March 2006, Oahu, Hawaii

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Membership Annual Meeting Attendance
Membership Totals
Annual Meeting Attendance 03 04
05 06 03 04
05 06 286 288
290 187 157 164
174 175
Regional Meeting Attendance ????
As of 1 March
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Other Meetings Attended as ECEDHA Representative

• CHECE/DGEGI Meeting in St. Johns, Newfoundland
  3-4 October 2005 Excellent meeting with
  vigorous discussion. (Ken Connor)
• IEEE CEAA Meeting, Short Hills, NJ 20-21 January
  2006 (Ken Connor)
• IEEE EAB Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ 18 February 2006
  (Steve Goodnick)

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Articles

• IEEE/ASEE Interface
• April 2005
• August 2005
• November 2005
• HKN Bridge
• April 2006

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Annual Department SurveyMark SmithSecretary
Treasurer 2005-2006
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ECEDHA Survey 2005

• Presented March, 2006
• Mark J. T. Smith
• ECEDHA Annual Meeting
• Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu, HI

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ECEDHA Survey 2005

• Responses are separated into categories
• Public, Private, Research Extensive and
  Intensive, Masters and others for publics, and
  Masters and others for privates.
• Median, Average, Maximum, Minimum are presented
  for each category
• Details are available to survey participants

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• Survey Questions
• Faculty FTE, numbers and salaries
• Minority faculty
• Women faculty
• TAs and RAs, numbers and stipends
• Lab equipment
• BS, MS, PhD, enrollments and graduation
• Research expenditures

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• The End

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Report on the 2006 Annual MeetingJon
BredesonVice President 2005-2006
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Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech University
Report on the 2006 ECEDHA Annual Meeting
March 13, 2006
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Program Information for ECEDHA

• Suggestions taken from 2005 ECEDHA Survey at 2005
  Annual Meeting
• Layout of program started at Board of Directors
  meeting in August 2005
• Board members others volunteered to find
  organizers for various sessions
• Always some last minute changes

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Organizers for Sessions

• Ken Connor, Ken Jenkins, Steve Goodnick Mark
  Smith Various speakers special sessions
• Bill Hudson ABET Workshop
• John Orr Dave Soldan Program Evaluators
  workshop
• Dave Irwin New Chairs Workshop
• Ken Jenkins Effects of Globalization on ECE
• Steve Goodnick Nanotechnology Education

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Organizers for Sessions

• Wayne Bennett Public Policy, Using GradNet
• Pamela Leigh-Mack Recent ABET Visitation
  Experiences
• Dave Conner Educational Research
• Issa Batarseh EE, CompE CS Programs Merger or
  Peaceful Co-Existence
• Yih Fang Huang Best Practices for Bio in ECE

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Other Items

• Great help from Kathy Ricker Bob Janowiak, now
  John Janowiak IEC
• ECEDHA 2007 Annual Meeting Give suggestions to
  Board Members
• Fill out survey with suggestions
• It is your program!
• Thanks for all the help!

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Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech University
Report on the 2006 ECEDHA Annual Meeting
March 13, 2006
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Report on the ECEDHA WebsiteKen ConnorWebmaster
2003-2008?
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GradNetDave SoldanPresident 2002-2003
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Plans for Future MeetingsKen ConnorPresident
2005-2006

• St Augustine, FL 16-20 March 2007
• San Diego (Coronado), CA 14-18 March 2008
• New Orleans, LA 20-24 March 2009

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Introduction of Candidates for Secretary
TreasurerKen JenkinsJunior Past President
2005-2006
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Regional Group ActivitiesKen ConnorPresident
2005-2006
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New Initiatives in 2005

• Revitalization of US Regional Groups
• Western Meetings do not involve all states.
  Membership is somewhat uncertain
• Southwest Well established with regular
  meetings
• Central States Well established but membership
  is somewhat uncertain
• Great Lakes Not very active
• Southeast Well established with regular
  meetings
• Middle Atlantic Well established with regular
  meetings
• Northeast Recently re-established with regular
  meetings
• Unaffiliated Too many states

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ECEDHA Members from the Directory
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St Johns October 2005
Calgary October 2006
Ottawa May 2006
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ECEDHA NewsletterPaul DevganEditor
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Eta Kappa NuDave Irwin Karl MartersteckHKN
Board
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Globalization ECE Education WorkshopKen
JenkinsJunior Past President 2005-2006
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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• 2005 Workshop First Day What are the Effects of
  Globalization on ECE Education and the ECE
  Profession?
• Overview from Bill Wulf (NAE)
• Industrial Presentations and Panel (IBM, BAE
  Systems, Accelerance, National Semiconductor)
• Academic Presentations and Panel (Olin, RPI,
  Illinois, CMU, Indiana/CRA, Penn)
• US Government Presentations (NSF)

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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• Second Day Response by ECE Chairs
• 40 ECE Chairs
• 3-4 Breakout Groups Address Curricular and
  Programmatic Reforms
• Write and Present Reports Including Survey
  Questions
• Follow Up
• Combine Reports of Breakout Groups into
  Comprehensive Report
• Present Report at 2006 Annual Meeting
• Survey Members, Advisory Boards, etc.

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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• Issues for Breakout Groups
• Global Awareness
• Technical skills for Global Environment
• Recruitment and Retention of ECE Students and
  Faculty in the face of Globalization

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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• 2006 Workshop on Implementation of Ideas from the
  First Workshop
• How can ECE educators bring about much needed
  curricular change in light of traditional program
  structures and increasing pressures to introduce
  emerging technologies into already crowded ECE
  curricula?
• 2007 Workshop on Assessment and Continual
  Improvement of Curricular Ideas Developed and
  Implemented in the First Two Years
• Hoped for Outcome of All Three Workshops More
  Curricular Reform Proposals to NSF and Other
  Agencies

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Other Business
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Passing the ECEDHA GavelKen Connor to Jon
Bredeson
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Adjournment