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2008 Annual Meeting

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Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
Coronado, California

March 14-18, 2008

Turtle Bay Resort



Program Information Updated 24 March 2008


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 14, 2008

7:00 am - 3:30 pm   
ECEDHA ABET Workshop for Programs to be visited in 2009 and 2010
Registration for this workshop is SEPARATE from registration for the 2008 Annual Meeting
Facilitators:  Dave Soldan and Sarah Rajala

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm           Registration Desk
ECEDHA Registration

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
ECEDHA Board of Directors Meeting

The following sessions do not require separate registration.

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
New Chairs Workshop
Facilitators:     Dave Irwin and Mark Law (with Bill Brown and Rod Soukup)

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
First Time Attendees Reception Hosted by ECEDHA Board

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm  
Welcome Reception for All Attendees and Guests

 


Saturday, March 15, 2008

7:45 am  ECEDHA Registration

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Attendee Breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am
President's Welcome - Mark Smith, Purdue University
Conference Overview - Gerry Kane, University of Tulsa

8:45 am - 10:00 am
Keynote I - Professional Society Efforts on Recruitment and Retention of ECE Students
Introductions: Mark Smith, Purdue University
                    Leah Jamieson , IEEE Past President (pdf)
                    Sarah Rajala , ASEE President Elect (pdf)

9:00 am  
Guest/Spouse Breakfast

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break

10:30 am - Noon     
Plenary Panel I - Industrial Partnerships in Recruitment and Retention
Moderator:  Ken Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Panelists:    Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
                   Cynthia Furse, University of Utah
                   Armando Valim, National Instruments (pdf)

Noon - 1:30 pm
Luncheon

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Plenary Panel II– International Perspectives on ECE Education and Academic Research
Moderator : Gerry Kane, University of Tulsa
Panelists:
    Viktor V Barinov, Moscow Institute for Electronic Technology ( Technical University) Zelenograd , Russia
                    Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
                    Robert Ayan, Chief Strategist, El Hassan Science City , Jordan and Managing Partner, Cambridge Advisors

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking Break

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
ECEDHA Board of Directors' Meeting with Corporate Partners

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Breakout Sessions - Best Practices for ABET
Coordinator:  Kelvin Erickson, Missouri University of Science and Technology    
                     Red Group: Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California, Irvine
                     White Group: Bill Hudson, Minnesota State University, Mankato
                     Blue Group: Bing Chen, University of Nebraska, Omaha  
Best Practices :  Samuel Craig and Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University
                     Steve Zahorian , Binghamton University
                     Jerry Trahan and Clive Woods, Louisiana State University
                     John Estell, Ohio Northern University
                     Chris Coulston, Penn State University - Behrend
                     John Hansen and Matthew Goeckner, Univerity of Texas at Dallas
                     Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

6:30 pm
Reception/Dinner/Entertainment


Sunday, March 16, 2008

Activities on your own.


Monday, March 17, 2008

7:00 am ECEDHA Registration

7:00 am - 7:30 am
Working Breakfast

7:15 am - 8:45 am
Facilitator: Gerry Kane, University of Tulsa
Regional Meetings and Working Breakfast
      Canada               
      Central               
      Great Lakes       
      Mid-Atlantic      
      Northeast           
      Southeast           
      Southwest          
      Western              

8:45 am - 9:00 am
Break

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Keynote II - Funding Innovation
Introduction:  Jon Bredeson, University of Oklahoma
                    Alex Osadzinski, Venture Partner, Trinity Ventures

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break

10:30 am - noon        
Plenary Panel III - Industrial Support for Innovative Learning Methodology
Moderator:   Terri Fiez, Oregon State University
Panelists:      Todd Walker, Innovation Advocate, Hewlett-Packard (pdf)
                      Cormac Controy, Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm

10:30 am - noon        
NSF/ECEDHA Globalization Workshop Revisited
Facilitator:  
Ken Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University
Panelists:
      Industrial Panel, Ken Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                      Academic Panel, Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University
                      Breakout Session A, Keith Teague, Oklahoma State University
                      Breakout Session B, Steve Phillips, Arizona State University
                      Breakout Session C, Thad Welch, Boise State University
                      Invited Participant from Hong Kong, Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
                      Invited Participant from Jordan, Robert Ayan, Cambridge Advisors

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Luncheon

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
ECEDHA Business Meeting
      Mark Smith: State of ECEDHA               
      Mark Smith: Annual Survey Presentation (This information is contained in the State of ECEHA presentation)               
      Jon Bredeson: Introduction of Candidates for Secretary/Treasurer

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Best Practices for ABET Reprise
Facilitator: Kelvin Erickson, Missouri University of Science and Technology

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
ECEDHA Open Forum  
Facilitator: Mark Smith

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
HKN Awards Reception

6:30 pm 
Reception and Awards Banquet
      ECEDHA Awards Presented:
        
The Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award      
         The Innovative Program Award

      HKN Awards Presented:
         Outstanding Chapter
         Outstanding Student
         Outstanding Teacher


Tuesday, March 18, 2008

7:00 am ECEDHA Registration

7:00 am - 7:30 am
Attendee Breakfast

7:30 am - 9:00 am
Breakout Sessions: Large School/Small School

Breakout: Use of Educational Technology in the Large School Environment
Moderator:   Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology
Panelists:      Cordelia Brown , Purdue University
                      Don Johnson, Rice University (no slides, but please see http://cnx.org/)
                      Randal Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology (pdf)

Breakout: Innovative Programs for Small Schools
Moderator:   John Estell, Ohio Northern University
Panelists:      Steve Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering
                      Richarld Schultz, University of North Dakota         

9:00 am - 9:15 am
Networking Break

9:15 am - 10:45 am
Plenary Panel IV - Curricula to Encourage Innovation
Moderator:   Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida
Panelists:      Paul Penfield, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                      Joe Tront, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
                      Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota

10:45 am - 11:15 am
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Facilitator:    Mark Smith



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