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PROGRAM 2008 ECEDHA MEETING

ECE 2020: Fresh Image, Fresh Ideas

Turtle Bay Resort Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
Coronado, California
March 14-18, 2008

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.

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
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
  • Sarah Rajala, ASEE President Elect
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
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
    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
    • Randal Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology
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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