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Seventeenth Annual Meeting
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ABET Evaluators Workshop
8:00 am - 9:00 am
9:00 am - 5:00 pm | This ABET training session is separate from the NEEDHA Annual Meeting and requires individual registration as well as a separate fee. Fees should be paid directly to the IEEE. |
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8:00 am through dinner | This program requires individual registration as well as a separate fee. |
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
NEEDHA Registration
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
NEEDHA Board of Directors Meeting
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
New Chairs Workshop
Organizers:
J. David Irwin (
jdirwin@eng.auburn.edu), Auburn University
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
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Spouse/Guest Program |
8:30 am |
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9:30 am | |
8:30 am
President's Welcome
John Orr (
orr@ece.wpi.edu), Worcester Polytechnic Institute
8:45 am - 10:00 am
Plenary I -
The Future of Electrical and Computer Engineering Education
Keynote Speaker:
Professor James Plummer (
plummer@ee.stanford.edu), Stanford University
Presentation(PDF)
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - Noon
Panel Session I -
The Role of Bioengineering and Life Sciences in ECE's Future
Organizer:
James H. Aylor (
jha@virginia.edu), University of Virginia
Panelists:
Shu Chien (
shuchien@ucsd.edu), University of California, San Diego
Alan Grodzinsky (
alg@mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
S. Shankar Sastry (
sastry@eecs.berkeley.edu), University of California at Berkeley
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Noon - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Session II -
Information Engineering Programs
Organizer:
Kent Fuchs (
fuchs@purdue.edu), Purdue University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Panelists:
Edward Robertson (
edrbtsn@indiana.edu), Indiana University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Breakout 1 - ABET: Advice from the Front Lines
Organizers:
John Orr (
orr@ece.wpi.edu), Worcester Polytechnic Institute
David Soldan (
soldan@ksu.edu), Kansas State University
Panelists:
Pradeep Khosla (
pkk@ece.cmu.edu), Carnegie Mellon University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Richard Plumb (
rplumb@binghamton.edu), SUNY Binghamton
Bruce Wooley (
wooley@ee.stanford.edu), Stanford University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Breakout 2 - ECE Departmental Support of Physical and Virtual
Labs: Current and Future Directions
Organizer:
Sally Wood (
swood@scu.edu), Santa Clara University
Panelists:
S. K. Ramesh (
rameshs@ecs.csus.edu), California State University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Raman Unnikrishnan (
rxuueee@rit.edu), Rochester Institute of Technology
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
John Gowdy (
john.gowdy@eng.clemson.edu), Clemson University
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:15 pm
Depart by bus for Reception and Dinner at La Jolla Hyatt
Activities on your own
[San Diego Aerospace Museum at night]
[Click here for San Diego Information]
7:15 am - 4:00 pm
Registration
7:15 am - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Regional Department Heads Association Meetings
Southwest Regional Meeting
Attendees
8:30 am - 10:00 am
NEEDHA Business Meeting
Organizer:
John Orr (
orr@ece.wpi.edu), President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Annual Survey Presentation
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - Noon
Panel Session III -
Diversity Issues in Faculty Hiring, Retention and Success
Organizers:
Roger Webb (
roger.webb@ece.gatech.edu), Georgia Institute of Technology
John Orr (
orr@ece.wpi.edu), Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Panelists:
Judy Jackson (
jjackson@babson.edu), Babson College
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Keith Stanek (
stanek@ece.umr.edu), University of Missouri, Rolla
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Karan Watson (
watson@ee.tamu.edu), Texas A&M
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Noon - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout 3 -
Entrepeneurship, Educational, and Faculty Issues
Organizer:
Wayne Bennett (
wayne@engr.msstate.edu), Mississippi State University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Panelists:
Tom Byers (
tbyers@stanford.edu), Stanford University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Tom Miller (
tkm@eos.ncsu.edu), North Carolina State University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Breakout 4 -
Distance Education
Organizer:
Roger Webb (
roger.webb@ece.gatech.edu), Georgia Institute of Technology
Panelists:
Joe Boland (
joe.boland@conted.gatech.edu), Georgia Institute of Technology
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Andy DiPaolo (
adp@leland.stanford.edu), Stanford University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Arthur Brodersen (
art.brodersen@vanderbilt.edu), Vanderbilt University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
NEEDHA Open Forum
Organizers:
John Orr (
orr@ece.wpi.edu), President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
James H. Aylor (
jha@virginia.edu), Vice President, University of Virginia
Open Forum Notes
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(Word)
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Reception and Awards Banquet
7:15 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Plenary II -
Wireless and Broadband Communications: Industry Perspective
Organizer:
Kent Fuchs (
fuchs@purdue.edu), Purdue University
Speakers:
Carl Panasik (
panasik@ti.com), Texas Instruments
Presentation(PDF)
Walt Davis (
walt.davis@motorola.com), Motorola
Presentation(PDF)
Ed Tiedemann (
etiedemann@qualcomm.com), Qualcomm
Presentation(PDF)
Pertti Karkkainen (
pertti.karkkainen@nokia.com), Nokia
Presentation(PDF)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Break
10:00 am - 11:00
Panel IV -
Wireless and Broadband Communications: Curriculum Issues
Organizer:
James H. Aylor (
jha@virginia.edu), University of Virginia
Panelists:
Michael Fitz (
fitz@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu), Ohio State University
Presentation(HTML)
PowerPoint
Larry Milstein (
milstein@ece.ucsd.edu), University of California, San Diego
11:00 am
Adjourn
General information about the meeting and about local arrangements.
Early registration and hotel reservations are advisable. You may use the NEEDHA on-line registration form.
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.