ECEDHA Report

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ECEDHA Report
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Heads Association
Jon Bredeson, President
17/02/2007, Universal City, CA, EAB
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ECEDHA Membership Requirements

• Must have an ABET Accredited Electrical or
  Computer Engineering Program in the US
• Canadian universities were added about 3 years
  ago
• Canadian Heads of Electrical and Computer
  Engineering (CHECE), or Bienvenue sur le site du
  (DGEIC)

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ECEDHA Officers

• Secretary/Treasurer Gerald Kane, Tulsa
• Vice President, Mark Smith, Purdue
• President, Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech
• Junior Past President, Ken Connor, RPI
• Senior Past President, Ken Jenkins, Penn State
• Board Members, Terri Fiez, Oregon State Pamela
  Leigh-Mack, Morgan State Horacio J. Marquez,
  Alberta
• IEC Member, Wayne Bennet, Clemson
• John Janowiak, IEC

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ECEDHA Meetings

• 2006 Annual Meeting was in Hawaii
• ECEDHA Board Meeting in Jackson Hole in July
• Twenty-Third Annual Meeting
• World Golf Renaissance, St. Augustine, FL, March
  16 20, 2007
• Theme Recapturing the Image

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• ECEDHA ABET Workshop for Programs to be visited
  in 2008 and 2009 Bill Hudson, Minnesota State
• IEEE Program Evaluators Workshop Dave Soldan,
  Kansas State
• New Chairs Workshop Dave Irwin, Auburn

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Plenary Panel I Image of ECE Recruiting and
  Retention Strategies
• Moderator Mark Smith, Others to be determined

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Panel Session II Infusing principles of business
  and entrepreneurship into the curriculum
• Moderator Fred Berry (Rose Hulman)
• Panelists McRae C. Banks, Worcester Polytechnic
  David F. Barbe, Maryland John B. Ochs, Lehigh

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Breakout II Assessment Support for ABET a-k
  Criterion III GradNet
• Moderator Gerry Kane, Tulsa
• Panelists Tamal Bose, Utah State Dave Soldan,
  Kansas State Wayne Bennett, Clemson Roger
  Plummer, IEC

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Regional Departmental Meetings
• Canada
• Central
• Great Lakes Region
• Mid-Atlantic
• Northeast
• Southeast
• Southwest
• Western

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Panel III International Strategies What are
  they doing in Europe, Asia, the Americas
• Organizer Ken Jenkins
• Panel IV-- ABET the costs and benefits of
  assessment
• Moderator Pamela Leigh-Mack, Morgan State
• Panelists Gloria Rogers, Rose-Hulman

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Sessions at 2007 ECEDHA Conference

• Panel Session IV Technology Enhanced Learning
• Moderator Mark Smith
• Panelists Shawn Brothy, Purdue University Ken
  Connor, RPI
• Panel Session V The future role of energy and
  power in the ECE curriculum
• Moderator Ken Connor
• Panelists Horacio Marquez, Alberta Gary May, Ga
  Tech Terri Fiez, Oregon State Mesut Muslu,
  UW-Platteville Ned Mohan, Minnesota

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Continued Initiatives, Ken Connor

• Revitalization of 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

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Other Items

• Survey
• Improve Online Survey
• Work to Increase Participation from universities
• Purpose to assist in planning
• Consistency in survey questions
• Size of department, also Public vs Private,
  Research vs Teaching
• Canada vs US
• Website
• Links to CHECE/DGEI (Canadian Heads) and CRA
• Member benefits

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Other Items

• ABET Criterion 3 and
• Provide information on meeting this criterion for
  universities
• Check out http//gradnet.iec.org

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ECEDHA Report
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Heads Association
Jon Bredeson, President
17/02/2007, Universal City, CA, EAB