Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association
E C E D H A N S F

Globalization Effects on ECE Education
for the
Engineering Profession

Focus - Implementation

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara , California February 4 – 5, 2008

 

Sunday, February 3, 2008

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration and Welcome Reception
Room: Bay Shore West

Monday, February 4, 2008

7:45 am Continental Breakfast

Room: Lafayette-San Tomas

8:15 am Welcome Remarks

8:30 am – 9:15 am Keynote Address

Jim Melsa, Dean Emeritus, Iowa State University;
ASEE 2007-08 President

9:15 am – 9:30 am Break

9:30 am – 11:00 am Industry Panel: Globalization and the Working Engineer (No Slides for This Panel)

Chair: Steve Goodnick, Associate Vice President, Research, Arizona State University

Panelists: Robert Aitken, Fellow, ARM

John Kent, VP Technology Development, AMI Semiconductor

Terry Morris, HP Fellow, Hewlett-Packard

Michael Resso, Business Development Manager, Agilent Technologies

Sergio Camerlo, Director, Engineering, Redback Networks

11:00 am – 11:45 am Keynote Address

Wayne Johnson, Vice President, University Relations Worldwide, HP

Noon – 1:30 pm Attend DesignCon Keynote Luncheon Room: Great America Ballroom

Joachim Kunkel, Vice President and General Manager, Synopsys

Room: Lafayette-St. Thomas

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Keynote Address

Om Nalamasu, Vice President, Advanced Technologies
CTO, New Business and New Products Group, Applied Materials

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm Keynote Address

John Kent, VP Technology Development, AMI Semiconductor

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break

 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Academic Panel

Chair: James Melsa, Dean Emeritus, Iowa State University; ASEE 2007-08 President

Panelists: Joe Hughes, IEEE Education Society President

Steven McLaughlin, Vice Provost for International Initiatives, Georgia Institute of Technology

Phillip Borrowman, Chair, ABET International Activities Council

Paul Penfield, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Wrap up

6:30 pm Reception, Dinner & Keynote Address
Room: Napa I and II

Genevieve Bell, Director, User Experience, Intel
Online Videos: How Technology Meets Cultural Anthropology, Using Digital Media in the Home, Lying on the Web

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

7:45 am Continental Breakfast

Room: Lafayette-San Tomas

8:15am – 8:45 am Keynote Address:
Models for Engineering Education

Paul Penfield, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

8:45 am – 9:00 am Breakout Session Instructions

9:00 am – 10:30 am Breakout Sessions

A. Room: Tasman ( Joe Hughes, IEEE Education Society) What specific programs or mechanisms are currently being used to better prepare ECE graduates for careers in a globalized profession?

B. Room: Lawrence (Steve Phillips, Arizona State University ) How can ABET and the ABET process be used to provide more emphasis on global awareness and preparation for working in a global economy?

C. Room: Camino Real (Thad Welch, Boise State University ) What are the expectations for ECE Academic Programs in year 2020?

10:30 am - 11:00 am Break

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Breakout reports
Room: Lafayette-San Tomas

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
Room: Lawrence

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Report preparation

3:00 pm – Adjourn

Note: Wayne Johnson distributed copies of "The Globalization of Higher Education," edited by Luc E. Weber and James J. Duderstadt.

 



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