Dear ECEDHA Members and Partners,

The 2010 Annual Conference and ECExpo is soon approaching. We look forward to catching up with many of you in Florida in March. This issue of The ECEDHA Source features many new and continuing opportunities available to ECEDHA members at the Annual Conference including the inaugural ECExpo, ECE Spotlights, Regional Meetings, exciting keynotes and more.

Thanks also to our feature article contributors who are discussing a key issue many ECE departments are facing—diversity and recruiting students in a changing world. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this as well as your feedback about the ECEDHA Source in March.

Best regards,

Anthony Kuh
Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Hawaii, Manoa
2009-2010 Editor, The ECEDHA Source

Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program: A Look at Increasing Student Diversity at the University of Hawaii
By Joshua Kaakua, University of Hawaii, Manoa

We are very pleased to have one of our feature articles by Joshua Kaakua who is coordinator of the Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program (NHSEMP) in the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii. NHSEMP was founded in 2001 to increase enrollment and retain Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students in Engineering and STEM disciplines.

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Engineering Education in a Changing World
By Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

The world is changing in many ways. We continually ask ourselves whether our graduates are going to have the attributes and skills they will need for careers over the next 40 years. Some of the drivers for change are new technologies that are emerging at an incredible pace. In particular, the continued importance of multidisciplinary technologies is increasing the need to be able to communicate across disciplines in order to have effective, system-level designs.

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Regional Meetings will take place Monday morning, March 15 in Clearwater, FL at the Annual Conference and ECExpo. Take part in the small group discussions about local topics affecting your area.

Recent Regional Meetings:

Southwest (SWECEDHA)      Southeast (SECEDHA)

Register your department on ECEDHA's new online system! Click here to complete the directory information for the engineering school and ECEDHA member department, and then register up to 3 users to access your ECEDHA membership benefits. Following registration, you will be prompted to renew your 2010 membership. ECEDHA membership is per department, per calendar year, so don't let your membership lapse! Menu items will continue to be added to your account over time so don't miss out on all that ECEDHA has to offer. View the ECEDHA membership benefits.

Save the date for the 2010 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo and the inaugural ECExpo, "Looking Forward to the Next 25 Years," March 12-16, 2010 in Clearwater, Florida. The ECEDHA Board of Directors has put together an outstanding program and allowed plenty of time for networking with your colleagues. ECEDHA continues to advance ECE education and this is where the discussions happen!

Keynote speakers include representatives from DARPA, IEEE, and IBM. Session topics cover ABET, Influencing Policy, Managing Budgets, Engineering Missions in Developing Countries, Multidisciplinary Programs, Departmental Reform and much more.

Register now!

ECEDHA is pleased to offer a new program, ECE Spotlights, on Sunday, March 14 during the Annual Conference. Spend the morning networking with Spotlight companies at a continental breakfast and then view short corporate presentations to learn more about what these companies can offer you. Follow up one-on-one with most of these Spotlight companies during the ECExpo on Monday, March 15. There is no additional registration fee to attend. You won't want to miss this!

Then spend your afternoon relaxing on the beach in sunny Florida!

The ABET Workshop for departments undergoing review now or in the near future will be Friday, March 12 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater, FL. The workshop is prior to the start of the Annual Conference and ECExpo and requires separate registration.

Feedback from participants is always positive and ECEDHA is pleased to continue to offer this benefit to its members and help prepare them for their reviews.

Bring a guest to sunny Florida in March and share in the ECEDHA conference activities. A full day of exciting activities are planned for Saturday, March 13 including breakfast in the hotel, a private tour of a rescue aquarium and boat tour to see the marine life in their natural habitats, and lunch. Return in plenty of time to relax on the beach before the Saturday evening banquet. Join us Monday evening too for the ECEDHA-HKN Awards Banquet. View the Guest Program details.

You will need the registration number of the conference attendee you are accompanying when you register online.

March 12, 2010
ABET Workshop,
Clearwater Beach, FL

March 12-16, 2010
2010 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo
Clearwater Beach, FL

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