Agenda

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Agenda

• Welcome by Dr. Mark Law, professor and ECE chair
• Presentation by the Graduate Assistant Union
• Presentation by the ECE Graduate Student
  Organization
• Overview of ECE Graduate Program, Degrees and
  Policies.

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Todays Division Presentations

• Overview of Graduate Research and Teaching in NEB
  201
• Devices faculty, 11-noon
• Computer Engineering faculty, noon-1 pm.
• Signal and Systems faculty, 1-2 pm
• Electronics faculty 2-3 pm
• Electromagnetics and Electric Energy Systems
  faculty, 4-5 pm

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Degree Programs

• Master of Engineering (Non-thesis or Thesis, 30
  credit hours)
• Master of Science (Non-thesis or Thesis, 30
  credit hours)
• Ph. D. (90 credit hours
• beyond BS)
• Joint MSEE/MSM
• Joint MSEE/JD

Mark Law, professor and chair
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Master DegreesNon-Thesis (30 hrs)

• Complete 2 breadth sequences (any 2 out of 14,
  with C or better in each course)
• 21 credit hours of ECE, UF classroom courses.
• MS final written exam during
• 2nd part of one student
• selected breadth sequence.
• ME no final exam

Rob Fox, associate professor and associate chair
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Electronics Division
EEL 5322 VLSI circuits and technology
EEL 5320 Bipolar analog IC design
EEL 6323 Advanced VLSI design
EEL 6328C Microwave IC design
EEL 6321 MOS analog IC design
EEL 6374 RF integrated circuits and technology
Tech Elective
Breadth II
Breadth I
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Master DegreesThesis Option (30 hrs)

• Course work plus Research.
• Requires 2 breadth sequences.
• 18 hours of ECE, UF classroom courses
• MS and ME require an oral defense of thesis.
• Three member supervisory
• committee.

Keith Rambo, director of finance and
administration
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Ph.D. Degree

• Requires a total of 90 credit hours beyond the BS
  degree 60 hours for Master degree holders.
• 24 credit hours of ECE, UF coursework
• Requires 3 breadth sequences
• (all breadth courses better than
• B).

John Harris, professor and graduate recruiter
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Ph.D. DegreeMajor Milestones

• Written Qualifying Exam on a Saturday (TBA) in
  January 08 on 3 of 8 ECE topic areas. Answer 4/6
  questions, at least one in each area. Sign up in
  November!
• Oral Qualifying Exam (2nd-3rd year)
• Admission to Candidacy (5 year clock).
• Dissertation defense (oral)

Jose Fortes, Bell South Eminent Scholar and
division coordinator of Computer Engineering
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Advising

• Academic issues (which courses, course contents,
  when offered, prerequisites, etc.) Division
  Coordinator of respective area
• Computer Engineering-Professor Jose Fortes
• Devices-Professor Gijs Bosman
• Electromagnetics and Energy Systems-Professor
  Vladimir Rakov
• Electronics-Professor William Eisenstadt
• Signals and Systems-Professor Jian Li

Shannon Chillingworth, graduate academic
coordinator
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Advising

• General policy Shannon Chillingworth in the
  Graduate Students Office.
• Mornings M-F from 8-12 and
• Afternoons M and W from 1-6, Tu and F from 1-5,
  Th from1-2
• Gijs Bosman, Graduate Coordinator
• Office hours posted on website and office door.
  Also appointments can be scheduled by email at
  bosman_at_ece.ufl.edu

Shannon Chillingworth, graduate academic
coordinator
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Pre-registration

• Please pre-register for courses so that we can
  measure demand low enrollment courses may be
  dropped.

Bill Eisenstadt, professor and chair of the
Electronics division
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Graduate Grading Policy

• Passing grades A4.0, B3.5, B3.0,C2.5, C2.0
• Failing grades D1.5, D1.0, E0
• Incomplete will be changed into an E after one
  semester.
• A course with a final C grade or better can not
  be repeated for credit.
• A course with a grade less than a C may be
  repeated and an average of both grades will be
  calculated.
• Must maintain a minimum average GPA of 3.00
• for TA, RA, Fellowship, and TO GRADUATE,
• ECE and Overall.

Jian Li, professor and division chair of Signal
and Systems
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Graduate Course Policy

• Only one schedule adjustment per degree program
  allowed after midpoint of semester.
• Applies to adding, dropping or switching a
  course.
• Additional adjustments by petition only.

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UF Honor Policy
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Graduate Guidelines

• Definitive version is on the ECE website at
  http//www.ece.ufl.edu
• Printed version is accurate as off Fall 2007.
  Changes and corrections will be provided as
  addendum.

Gijs Bosman professor, graduate coordinator, and
division chair of Devices.
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Email

• Provide a valid email address and update if
  necessary.
• Open student account in computer lab in 288 NEB
  2nd floor (xxx_at_ecel.ufl.edu).
• Used for ECE mass mailings concerning changes in
  rules, fellowship applications, job
  opportunities, etc.
• Shannon Chillingworth at schill_at_ufl.edu,
• Gijs Bosman at bosman_at_ece.ufl.edu

Vladimir Rakov, professor and division chair of
Electromagnetics and Energy Systems
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Financial Support

• Research Assistantship (RA). Stipend and tuition
  waiver if gt0.25 FTE. Distributed by ECE faculty.
• Teaching Assistantship (TA). Stipend and tuition
  waiver if gt0.25 FTE. Distributed by ECE
  department. International students must pass
  SPEAK test (minimum score is 50).
• Other Personal Services (OPS). Stipend but no
  tuition waiver.
• Electronic Transfer of Stipend.

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Joint Degree programs

• MSEE/MS in Management (theoretical part of MBA)
• MSEE/JD (Law)
• Benefits Requires fewer credits combined than
  taken separately, ease of scheduling.

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• Good luck with your studies.
• We wish you a productive and pleasant time in
  Gainesville.
• Any questions?

Pramod Khargonekar, ECE Professor and Dean