National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association

1997 Annual Meeting -- Program

(including some presentations)

The 1996 annual meeting of NEEDHA was held March 14 - 18, 1997, in Orlando, FL, at the Hyatt Orlando.

Thirteenth Annual Meeting
Orlando, Florida
March 14 - 18, 1997

Friday, March 14, 1997

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
IEEE / ABET / EAC Workshop
Bill D. Carroll, University of Texas at Arlington
Nick Tredennick, Tredennick, Inc.

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Meeting Registration

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop for New EE / ECE Chairs
John Proakis, Northeastern University

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
NEEDHA Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception

Saturday, March 15, 1997

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast

Guest Program
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
10:15 AM - 4:00 PM
Historic Winter Park / Park Avenue Shopping Tour

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
President's Welcome
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NEEDHA President

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary Session
The Changing Environment for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Timothy N. Trick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Preparing Engineers for Ultra Short Product and Technology Life Cycles
Pallab Chatterjee, President, Personal Productivity, Texas Instruments, Inc.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 noon
The Changing Environment for Electrical and Computer Engineers (cont)
Member Value Models for Research Consortia
Ralph K. Cavin, III, Vice President, Semiconductor Research Corporation
What Does This Mean for Engineering Faculty or, as Bob Dylan once sang, "Times They Are a Changing"
Stephen W. Director, Dean of Engineering, University of Michigan

12:00 noon - 1:00 PM
Luncheon

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contemporary Issues in Electrical Engineering
Introduction - Panels and Issues
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Break

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
I. Role of Engineering in Liberal Education
Alfred T. Johnson, Widener University, organizer
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, panelist
Albert J. Rosa, University of Denver, panelist
William A. Hornfeck, Lafayette College, panelist
II. Downsizing the Curriculum
Daniel C. Bukofzer, California State University, Fresno, organizer
Barry E. Spielman, Washington University, panelist
Robert O. Pettus, University of South Carolina, panelist
Anjan Bose, Washington State University, panelist
Sohrab Rabii, University of Pennsylvania, panelist slides
III. Faculty Evaluation (Approaches and Processes for Evaluating Faculty) summary
Rodney J. Soukup, University of Nebraska, organizer
William C. Jennings, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, panelist
Russell L. Pimmel, University of Alabama, panelist
IV. Intellectual-Property Policies and Their Impact on the Future of University Research
Roger P. Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology, organizer
Herb Lehman, Georgia Institute of Technology, panelist
Michael Sampogna, National Semiconductor, panelist
Ralph K. Cavin, III, Semiconductor Research Corporation, panelist
Randy H. Katz, University of California, Berkeley, panelist report
Lita L. Nelsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, panelist

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Break

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Breakout Sessions Continue

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas

6:30 PM
NEEDHA Reception, Dinner, and Dancing

Sunday, March 16, 1997

Daytime
Personal activities

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Reception

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Banquet and Award Presentations
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presiding
G. Marshall Molen, Mississippi State University
Chairman, NEEDHA Awards Committee
Recipients
Distinguished Service Award
Timothy N. Trick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Robert L. Sullivan, Florida Institute of Technology

Monday, March 17, 1997

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ABET Criteria 2000: The ABET View
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Background and Development of Criteria 2000
Ira Jacobson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Chair, ABET Criteria-2000 Development Committee
Outcomes Assessment
Gloria Rogers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Program Criteria for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Bill D. Carroll, University of Texas at Arlington

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 noon
ABET Criteria 2000: The University View Slides
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Progress Report, NEEDHA Working Group on Criteria 2000
Barry J. Farbrother, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Steve Kang, University of Illinois
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Raman Unnikrishnan, Rochester Institute of Technology
Robert White, Carnegie Mellon University
Institutional Experience from the Initial C-2000 Visits
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

12:00 noon - 1:30 PM
Luncheon

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Research in Electrical Science and Engineering
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electrons Do More Than Compute
Kaigham J. Gabriel (Ken), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
A New Vision for Electrical Engineering at NSF
Deborah L. Crawford, National Science Foundation

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Research in Computer Science and Engineering
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Initiatives in Computer Science and Engineering at NSF
Bernard Chern, National Science Foundation
Redefining Revolution in Engineering: Federal R&D in Computing, Information and Communications
John C. Toole, National Coordination Office for Computing, Information and Communications Slides (PDF)

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Break

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Your Opinion Counts
Do We Need MOSIS?
Bernard Chern, National Science Foundation
Do We Need ABET Criteria 2000?
John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tuesday, March 18, 1997

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
NEEDHA Business Meeting
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 noon
Open Forum: What's on Your Mind? ABET Criteria 2000 Ideas
Moderators:
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas

12:00 noon - 1:00 PM
Box Lunch and Adjourn

Information

Registration

Early registration and hotel reservations are advisable. You may use the NEEDHA on-line registration form.

Program Chair: William D. Brown | Created: Feb 25, 1997 | Modified: Dec 30, 1998
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