Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association

Program Information Updated 1 March 2006

Information

General information about the meeting and about local arrangements.

Dress is casual at this meeting. Please also bring a shirt and/or hat from your university.

Registration

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

Early Registration List

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

Program

Friday, March 10, 2006

There will be two workshops offered that address ABET. The first is the usual ECEDHA ABET workshop for programs that will be visited Fall 2007. The second, handled by the IEEE, offers training for program evaluators. Since serving as an evaluator is outstanding preparation for a visit, both workshops should be of interest to a wide spectrum of attendees and many people will want to attend both. To facilitate such participation, the organizers of the two workshops have arranged to meet jointly from 3:00 - 4:00 pm to share concerns and thoughts about visits. The IEEE workshop will continue after the ECEDHA workshop adjourns a 4:00 pm. Thus, there is no conflict between the two schedules. Participants from the ECEDHA workshop are also invited to attend the last hour of the IEEE workshop from 9:00 - 10:00 pm on Sunday for additional discussion.

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
ECEDHA Registration

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
ECEDHA Board of Directors Meeting

The following session does not require separate registration. All chairs - old and new - might be interested in, and are welcome to attend, the panel discussion that begins at 5:15 pm..

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
New Chairs Workshop
      4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
         Dave Irwin (Auburn University): Irwin's Rules for Thriving and Surviving
      5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
         Dealing with Difficult Faculty Members
         Moderator:
               Dave Irwin (Auburn University)
         Panelists:
               Bill Brown (University of Arkansas)
               Rod Soukup (University of Nebraska)
               Roger Webb (Georgia Tech)

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Poolside

Saturday, March 11, 2006

7:45 am - 4:00 pm
Registration

7:45 am - 8:30 am
Attendee Continental Breakfast

8:30 am
President's Welcome
      Ken Connor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

8:45 am - 10:30 am
Panel Session I - Globalization
Moderator:
      Ken Jenkins (Pennsylvania State University)
Panelists:
      Ken Connor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
      Steve Goodnick (Arizona State University)
      David Lowther (McGill University)
      Ed Schlesinger, (Carnegie Mellon University)
      Steve Phillips (Arizona State University)

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Networking Break

11:00 am - Noon
Keynote Address
    James Plummer (Stanford University)
    Globalization, Outsourcing – Problems or Opportunities?

Noon - 1:30 pm
Luncheon

Board Luncheon with Representatives from Each Region

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Session II - Nano Technology Education
Moderator:
      Steve Goodnick (Arizona State University)
Panelists:
      Steve Campbell (University of Minnesota)
      Ralph Cavin (Semiconductor Research Corporation)
      Krishna Madahavan (Purdue University)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Breakout I - Public Policy
Moderator:
      Wayne Bennett (Clemson University)
Panelists:
      Peter Harsha (CRA)
      Dave Conner (University of Alabama - Birmingham)

Breakout II - ABET Update: Recent Visitation Experiences
Moderator:
      Pamela Leigh Mack (Morgan State University)
Panelists:
      Jon Bredeson (Texas Tech)
      Samir El-Ghazaly (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
      James Harden (Mississippi State University)
      Paul Neudorfer (Seattle University)
      Dave Soldan (Kansas State University) Competency Model

5:00 pm
Adjourn

6:30 pm
Reception/Dinner/Entertainment

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Activities on your own.

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
IEEE PEV Workshop Continues
From 9:00 - 10:00 pm, there will be a joint session with the ECEDHA ABET Workshop attendees.

Monday, March 13, 2006

7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Attendee Continental Breakfast

7:00 am - 9:00 am
Regional Meetings
      Canada
      Central
      Great Lakes
      Mid-Atlantic
      Northeast
      Southeast
      Southwest
      Western

9:15 am - 10:15 am
Plenary Address
      Leah Jamieson (Purdue University)
      IEEE and Globalization

10:15 am - 10:45 am
Networking Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Breakout III - Educational Research
Moderator:
      David Conner (University of Alabama - Birmingham)
Panelists:
      Jack Lohmann (Georgia Tech)
      Karl Smith (University of Minnesota)
      Ted Batchman (University of Nevada , Reno)
      Discussion

Breakout IV - Using GradNet to Support and Document ABET Outcomes
Moderator:
      Wayne Bennett (Clemson University)
Panelists:
      John Orr (Worchester Polytechnic Institute)
      Dave Soldan (Kansas State University)

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Luncheon

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
ECEDHA Business Meeting
Moderator:
      Ken Connor, 2005-06 ECEDHA President (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Agenda Items
      Annual Survey Presentation
            Mark Smith (Purdue University)
      Introduction of Candidates for Secretary/Treasurer
            Ken Jenkins (Pennsylvania State University)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
ECEDHA Open Forum
Moderator:
      Ken Connor, 2005-06 ECEDHA President (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

5:00 pm
Adjourn

6:30 pm
Reception and Awards Banquet
      ECEDHA Awards Presented:
         The Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award
         Dave Soldan (Kansas State University)

         The Innovative Program Award
         Edward J. Coyle and Leah H. Jamieson (Purdue University)

      HKN Awards Presented:
         Outstanding Chapter
         Outstanding Student
         Outstanding Teacher

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

7:15 am - 8:00 am
Attendee Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:15 am
Panel Session IV - EE, CompE and CS Programs: Merger or Peaceful Co-Existence?
Moderator:
      Issa Batarseh (University of Central Florida)
Panelists:
      Gonzalo Arce (University of Delaware)
      Roland Priemer (University of Illinois Chicago)
      Terri Fiez (Oregon State University) Wedding Ceremony
      Jitendra Malik (University of California at Berkeley)

9:15 am - 9:45 am
Networking Break

9:45 am - 11:00
Panel Session V - Best Practices for Bio in ECE
Moderator:
    Yih Fang Huang (University of Notre Dame)
Panelists:
      Bill Stanchina (University of Pittsburgh)
      P.P. Vaidyanathan (Caltech)
      Wolfgang Porod (University of Notre Dame)
      Ken Jenkins (Penn State University)
      Dennis Freeman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      Dave Munson (University of Michigan)

11:00 am
Adjourn and box lunch