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Badri Roysam,
University of Houston
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Dear ECEDHA Members, Industry Partners, and Colleagues,
Welcome to the June issue of the Source!
Is your department experimenting with fresh approaches to transform the first-year ECE student experience? We would like to hear from you.
In this edition of the Source, we are pleased to feature some of the efforts at the University of Maryland. The faculty team at Maryland is exploring dramatic ways to convey the excitement, societal impact, and impressive breadth of our discipline to freshmen with the overarching goal of advancing the learning experience and improving student retention. By carefully hiding the technical complexities that the students will learn later in the curriculum, they are able to provide freshmen with an early "bird's eye view" of a surprisingly advanced (for freshmen) range of topics.
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Romel Gomez,
University of Maryland, College Park |
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ENEE 101 "What's Cool in ECE" - A Teaching Innovation for First Year Retention
By R.D. Gomez, B. Babadi, S. Bhattacharyya, J. Goldhar, A. Khaligh, N. Mogul, W.S. Levine, M. Wu, and R. Chellappa
Institutional data averaged over the last 5 years show that every year our department retains just over 80% of the declared electrical (EE) and computer (CpE) engineering students after the freshman year. Yet over the same period, the AJ Clark School of Engineering retained more than 90% of its majors, while the University as a whole retained 97% of its freshmen students. This suggests that students leave their majors not primarily due to poor academic performance, but factors such as the lack of context about their curricula and quite possibly, ambiguity about their careers. What is worrisome is that students make up their minds to transfer with just a meager understanding of the relevance of ECE in every day life, in favor of programs that are more conspicuous.
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ECEDHA 2016 Keynote Address:
Sanyogita Shamsunder,
Director of Strategy-Technology, Verizon Wireless
Wireless Leadership in the U.S. - Transforming the Consumer Experience
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Reinventing Control Education for the Modern ECE Curriculum
By Tom Lee, Chief Education Officer, Quanser
"Reinvention" seems to be a topic of lively discussion in many circles these days and ECE is no exception. For the past several years, the reinvention of the ECE image or brand has been a significant topic as we reconcile our academic traditions with emerging societal and technological realities.
My company, Quanser, has a long history and pedigree in inventing and reinventing efficient lab test beds for validating formal control systems concepts as studied in teaching and academic research. Twenty years ago, commercialized control test plants for academia was, without argument, an innovation and their adoptions had a definite impact on quality of teaching and proficiency of research.
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ECEDHA 2016-2017 Election Results
The 2016-2017 Election has officially concluded. We are pleased to announce the results of our election for Secretary-Treasurer.
ECEDHA welcomes the following officer to the ECEDHA Board of Directors:
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Anthony Maciejewski
Professor and Department Head
Colorado State University |
Congratulations to our new officer. We look forward to a continued strong leadership for the association.
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Harris Corporation Honored for Contributions to Engineering Education at ECEDHA 2016
Harris Corporation was honored with the Industry Award at the 2016 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo in La Jolla, California this past March. Craig Miller accepted the award on behalf of Harris Corporation at the ECEDHA Awards Banquet.
The award is given in recognition of seminal contributions to engineering education - especially in the ECE disciplines - that go well beyond typical industry-university relations.
Harris Corporation has participated in numerous initiatives with ECE departments from 22 schools across the country. These include sponsored research projects for undergraduates and graduates, representation on ECE Advisory Boards, support for senior design projects and scholarships, among others.
Above (from left to right): John Janowiak, ECEDHA Executive Director, Craig Miller, Harris Corporation, and Zhihua Qu, ECEDHA Awards Committee Chair
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ECE Insights
ECE Insights offer in-depth interviews with leading industry executives.
Featured ECE Insight:
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Tom Lee
Chief Education Officer
Quanser
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March 17, 2017
ABET Workshop
Presented at the ECEDHA Annual Conference
Hilton Sandestin - Miramar Beach, FL |
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March 17-21, 2017
ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECE
xpo
Hilton Sandestin - Miramar Beach, FL
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by National Instruments |
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by COMSOL |
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by ConRes/Tektronix
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by National Instruments |
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by Quanser
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On Demand Webinar
Sponsored by COMSOL
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Ideas/Comments/Suggestions?
We're interested in hearing from you!
We welcome all feedback - drop us a line at:
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Reminder: Finalize Your
2016 ECEDHA Membership!
2016 ECEDHA membership renewal for ECEDHA department heads is currently underway.
Membership runs on a calendar year beginning January 1st through December 31st.
Renew your membership today to keep receiving ECEDHA membership benefits, including:
- Access to the ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo
- Complimentary registration for ECEDHA's ECE Webinars
- The opportunity to participate in the ECEDHA Annual Survey, a valuable tool in benchmarking your organization in lab and office space, faculty and department head salaries, research budgets, student retention, graduation rates, and much more.
- Complimentary job posting service via the ECEDHA website
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ECEDHA Member and
Partner News
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AIST Foundation Electrical Engineering Grant
T
o address the increased industry need for electrical engineers, the AIST Foundation has established a new grant to challenge North American university teams (students and professors) to submit proposals for a one-year US$10,000 grant in the theme area of an electrical challenge within the steel manufacturing industry.
Professors of industrial control systems, power and energy systems, and electrical machines and motor drives are encouraged to apply. Proposals will be accepted through 30 June 2016 for the inaugural grant.
For more information, please visit our
website.
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2016
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2016 IEEE Virtual Conference on Applications of Commercial Sensors
To submit a presentation and paper, or register for the conference, please visit:
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2016
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