Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Heads Association
ECE and Globalization
S. M. Goodnick
18th February, 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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New Initiatives in 2005

• 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
• Unaffiliated Too many states

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Other Initiatives

• Survey
• Online Survey
• Increased Participation
• Purpose
• Consistency
• Size of department, also Public vs Private,
  Research vs Teaching
• Canada vs US
• Website
• Links to CHECE/DGEI and CRA
• New services?
• Member benefits

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Other Initiatives

• ABET Criterion 3 and
• Provide information on
• Check out http//gradnet.iec.org

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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
  (separate registration required)
• IEEE Program Evaluator Training Workshop, 10
  March 2006, Oahu, Hawaii (separate registration
  required)
• New Chairs Workshop, 10 March 2006, Oahu, Hawaii
  (no separate registration required)

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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• Before Survey ECEDHA Members and a
  Representative Set of Industrial Advisory Board
  Members from Various Schools
• 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
• Survey Members
• Present Report and Survey Results at 2006 Annual
  Meeting

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Globalization WorkshopsThe Impact of
Globalization on ECE Curricula of the Future

• Some Issues for Breakout Groups
• ECE curriculum revisions designed to prepare
  students for further changes in the future
• Changes needed in the ABET process to facilitate
  the creation of curricula that prepare students
  to effectively deal with the globalization of
  their profession
• Recruitment and retention of ECE students and
  faculty in the face of negative publicity from
  out-sourcing and related issues

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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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2006 Annual MeetingGlobalization Opportunities
for ECE

• Globalization Sessions
• Keynote Address
• Panel Results from the November Workshop
• Panel Industrial and Liberal Arts Perspectives
  on ECE
• Panel Using GradNet to focus on globalization as
  a contemporary issue under ABET Criterion 3

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2006 Annual MeetingGlobalization Opportunities
for ECE

• Other Sessions Continued Dialog from Previous
  Meetings All Topics Will Impact How We Respond
  to Globalization
• Nanotechnology Education (follow up to 2003
  workshop)
• Public Policy
• Recent ABET Visitation Experiences
• Educational Research
• Major Challenges for Department Chairs
• Best Practices for Bio Education in ECE

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