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PROGRAM 2007 ECEDHA MEETING

ECE 2020: Recapturing the Image

Turtle Bay Resort Twenty-Third Annual Meeting
Renaissance Resort
at World Golf Village
St. Augustine, Florida
March 16-20, 2007

Program Information Updated 20 March 2007

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.

Program (Preliminary)

Friday, March 16, 2007

7:00 am - 4:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom E
ECEDHA ABET Workshop for Programs to be visited in 2008 and 2009
Registration for this workshop is SEPARATE from registration for the 2007 Annual Meeting
Organizer:
  • Bill Hudson, Minnesota State University, Mankato
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration Desk
ECEDHA Registration
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royal Melbourne
ECEDHA Board of Directors Meeting

The following sessions do not require separate registration.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Wentworth
  • New Chairs Workshop, Part I
  • Speaker:
    • Dave Irwin, Auburn University
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Wentworth
  • New Chairs Workshop, Part II:
    • Conflict Resolution/Case Studies
  • Speakers:
    • Dave Irwin, Auburn University
    • Mark Law, University of Florida
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom C

Welcome Reception

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom G

IEEE Program Evaluators' Workshop (Separate registration is required through the IEEE)

Organizer:
  • Dave Soldan, Kansas State University
Saturday, March 17, 2007
7:45 am - 4:00 pm Registration Desk
ECEDHA Registration Desk
7:45 am - 8:30 am Legends 1 & 2

Attendee Continental Breakfast

8:30 am St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

President's Welcome - Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech University

8:45 am - 10:30 am St. Augustine Ballroom E & F Plenary Panel I - Image of ECE: Recruiting and Retention Strategies
  • Moderator:
    • Mark Smith, Purdue University  
  • Panelists:
    • Yaobin Chen, Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis
    • Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida
    • Bing Chen, University of Nebraska
    • Randolph Moorer, IBM
    • Judy Kersey, NASA, SWE
9:00 am Wentworth

Guest/Spouse Breakfast and Program

10:30 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - Noon St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

Plenary

Panel II - Experiences with Freshman Seminars and Undergraduate International Programs
  • Moderator:
    • Ken Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University
  • Panelists:
    • Fred Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    • Tamal Bose, Utah State University
    • Gerry Kane, University of Tulsa
Noon - 1:30 pm Luncheon

Board Luncheon with Representatives from Each Region

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom E & F
  • Plenary Panel III - Infusing Principles of Business & Entrepreneurship Into the Curriculum
    • Moderator: Fred Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  • Panelists:
    • McRae C. Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    • David F. Barbe, University of Maryland
    • John B. Ochs, Lehigh University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom E

Breakout Panel I - Running a Department: Mistakes to Avoid/Real Life Experiences

  • Moderator:
    • Mark Smith, Purdue University
  • Panelists:
    • Dave Irwin, Auburn University
    • Lin Huff-Corzine, University of Central Florida
    • Roger Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Mark Law, University of Florida
St. Augustine Ballroom F

Breakout Panel II - Assessment Support for ABET a-k Criterion III: GradNet

  • Moderator:
    • Gerry Kane, University of Tulsa
  • Panelists:
    • Tamal Bose, Utah State University
    • Dave Soldan, Kansas State University
    • Wayne Bennett, Clemson University
    • Roger Plummer, International Engineering Consortium
6:30 pm Legends Foyer, Legends Ballroom

Reception/Dinner/Entertainment

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Activities on your own.

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm St. Augustine Ballroom G

IEEE Program Evaluators' Workshop Continues

Organizer:
  • Dave Soldan, Kansas State University
Monday, March 19, 2007
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration Desk

Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Legends 1 & 2

Attendee Continental Breakfast

7:00 am - 9:00 am Regional Meetings
  • Canada, Royal Melbourne
  • Central Troon
  • Great Lakes Wentworth
  • Mid-Atlantic Ballroom E
  • Northeast Ballroom A
  • SoutheastBallroom F
  • SouthwestLegends 3
  • WesternBallroom G
9:15 am - 10:30 am St.Augustine Ballroom E & F

Plenary Panel IV - International Strategies - What are They Doing in Europe, Asia, and The Americas?

  • Moderator:
    • Ken Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University
  • Panelists:
    • Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Les Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Victor DeBrunner, FAMU-FSU
    • Magdy Bayoumi, University of Louisiana , Lafayette
10:30 am - 10:45 am Networking Break
10:45 am - 12:15 pm St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

Plenary Panel V - ABET: The Costs and Benefits of Assessment

  • Moderator:
    • Pamela Leigh-Mack, Morgan State University
  • Panelists:
    • Gloria Rogers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    • William Hudson, Minnesota State University , Mankato
    • Ashok Iyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
    • Ed Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Legends 1 & 2

Luncheon

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ECEDHA Business Meeting

St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

  • Jon Bredeson: State of ECEDHA
  • Mark Smith: Annual Survey Presentation
  • Ken Connor: Introduction of Candidates for Secretary/Treasurer
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ECEDHA Open Forum

St.Augustine Ballroom E & F

  • Moderator: Jon Bredeson
6:30 pm Legends Foyer, Legends Ballroom

Reception and Awards Banquet

ECEDHA Awards Presented:

  • The Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award

The Innovative Program Award

IEC Fellow Award:

HKN Awards Presented:

  • Outstanding Chapter
  • Outstanding Student
  • Outstanding Teacher
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
7:15 am - 8:00 am Legends 1 & 2

Attendee Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:15 am St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

Plenary Panel VI - Technology Enhanced Learning

  • Moderator:
    • Mark Smith, Purdue University
  • Panelists:
    • Sean Brophy, Purdue University
    • Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Brian Butz, Temple University
    • Andy Mastronardi, Freescale Semiconductor
    • Andrew Watchorn>, National Instruments
9:15 am - 9:45 am Networking Break
9:45 am - 11:00 St. Augustine Ballroom E & F

Plenary Panel VII - The Future Role of Energy and Power in the ECE Curriculum

  • Moderator:
    • Ken Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Panelists:
    • Horacio Marquez, University of Alberta
    • Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Terri Fiez, Oregon State University
    • Mesut Muslu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville
    • Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota
    • Steve Phillips, Arizona State University
11:00 am Adjourn
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