National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association

1998 Annual Meeting -- Program

Fourteenth Annual Meeting
Turtle Bay Hilton
Oahu, Hawaii
March 13 - 17, 1998

Friday, March 13, 1998

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
ABET EC 2000 Workshop

3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Registration

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
New Chairs Workshop
Mos Kaveh, University of Minnesota

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception

Saturday, March 14, 1998

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Regional Meetings

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
President's Welcome
Bill Brown, University of Arkansas

8:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Plenary Session
ABET EC 2000
Daniel Hodge, Accreditation Director - ABET
ABET EC 2000 Workshop Summary
C. Denny Avers, Consultant; Member, Engineering Accreditation Committee
Panel Discussion: Preparation for Visits
Panel Leader:
Roger Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology
Panelists:
Theodore Bickart, Michigan State University
Michael Rudko, Union College
William Sayle, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Discussions: Implementation of ABET EC 2000
Panel Leader:
Edward W. Ernst, University of South Carolina
Getting Faculty Involved
John Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Slides
Setting Goals & Objectives
Jerry Yeargan, University of Arkansas
Assessment Tools & Measurement
Theodore Bickart, Michigan State University Slides
Facilitating Outcome-Driven Assessment
Jack McGourty, NSF/Gateway Coalition
Panel Discussion: Feedback & Improvement

6:30 p.m.
Reception and Luau

Sunday, March 15, 1998

Activities on your own

Monday, March 16, 1998

Critical Issues in Engineering Education

7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Joseph Bordogna, Acting Deputy Director, National Science Foundation

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Internationalization of Engineering Education
Panel Leader:
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas
Panelists:
Réjean Plamondon, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Ing Rolf H. Jansen, University of Technology, Germany
Hidenori Akiyama, Kumamoto University, Japan
Alan Bradley, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions:
Life After Department Head
Chair:
Dave Conner, University of Alabama, Birmingham Slides
Panelists:
Lyle Feisel, State University of New York - Binghamton
Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech University
Teaching Innovations
Chair:
William Jennings, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Slides
Panelists:
Steve Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University
Industrial Needs Over Next Five Years
Chair:
Bob Mattauch, Virginia Commonwealth University
Panelists:
M. Rucj Uffelman, Constellation Communication Inc.
Wayne K. Nesbit, White Oak Semiconductor
Robert W. Guernsey, Jr., IBM Academy of Technology Slides

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Post Tenure Review
Chair:
Leonard Ferrari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Panelists:
Steve Goodnick, Arizona State University Slides
Gerald Crain, University of Oklahoma Slides
Chanan Singh, Texas A & M University
Department Management
Chair:
Anjan Bose, Washington State University
Panelists:
Daniel Bukofzer, California State University - Fresno
Wai-Kai Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago
Roger Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology
Department Resources
Chair:
Barry Spielman, Washington University in St. Louis
Panelists:
Robert Kolbas, North Carolina State University
Sohrab Rabii, University of Pennsylvania

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Trends in Student Interest: EE, CE and CS
Chair: James Roberts, University of Kansas
Are These Trends Permanent?
Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Slides
View from a School of Engineering
George Cybenko, Dartmouth College
View from an EECS Department
Andrew R. Neureuther, University of California - Berkeley
View from an ECE Department
Robert M. White, Carnegie Mellon University
View from an EE Department
James D. Plummer, Stanford University

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Your Opinion Counts
Moderator: Dave Conner, University of Alabama Birmingham

6:30 p.m.
Reception / Awards Banquet
Recipients:
Outstanding Service Award
Rodney J. Soukup, University of Nebraska
Innovative Program Award
Carnegie Mellon University for Innovative Curriculum Development

Tuesday, March 17, 1998

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
NEEDHA Business Meeting
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Open Forum
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas
Barry E. Spielman, Washington University in St. Louis

12:00 noon
Luncheon and Adjournment

Information

General information about the meeting and about local arrangements.

Registration

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

Early Registration List

You can see which of your fellow NEEDHA members have registered already; their names are on the on-line pre-registration list. Plan to join them and your other NEEDHA friends at this meeting.

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