2026 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo - Presentations

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Pre-Conference Workshops

New Chairs Workshop - Presentation Slides

• Fred Beyette, Founding Chair and Professor for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Veena Misra, Department Head, MC Dean Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University

Keynote Addresses

The ECE Era: "Owning the Room" in a Time of Chips, Qubits, and Intelligent Machines - Presentation Slides

Juan de Pablo, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology and Executive Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York University

Challenges & Imperatives for Academia and Industry in a future 6G + AI World - Presentation Slides

Akhilesh Daniel, University Research Collaborations Program Manager, Keysight

Developing Undergraduate Leaders Who Inspire the Engineers of Tomorrow - Presentation Slides

Lori Miraldi, Director, Engineering Ambassadors Network

Plenary Panels

TIMEE: AI/ML in the ECE Curriculum - Presentation Slides

• Moderator: Sid Deliwala, Alfred Moore Senior Fellow and Penn Engineering Director of Lab Programs, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

• Will Greenwood, Principal Engineer for Education and Research, MathWorks

• Omiya Hassan, Assistant Professor, Boise State University

• Shawn Hymel, Founder, Skal Risa, LLC

• Doug Melton, Program Director, Kern Family Foundation

Future-Ready Engineers: Aligning Academia with Industry - Presentation Slides

• Joseph Cavallaro, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University

• Adele Doser, Manager, Sandia National Laboratories

• Gilles Eggenspieler, Director of Academic Programs, Ansys

• Joanna Pritchard, Head of Global Academic Strategy and Engagement, Siemens

Innovating the ECE Degree: Departmental Strategies for Today's Learners - Presentation Slides

• Moderator: Jill Gostin, 2026 IEEE President-Elect, IEEE

• David Allee, Professor and Associate Director, Arizona State University

• Peter Romine, Associate Professor & Head of Electrical Engineering

• Miguel Velez-Reyes, Department Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso

General Session

Modernizing Accreditation - Presentation Slides

• Edwin Chong, Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University

• Chris Myers, Department Chair and Professor, Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering

Live Polling - Session Summary Report

• Mark McKinney, Department Head and Professor, The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina

Breakout Sessions

6G in the Age of AI - Presentation Slides

• Hai Li, Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Marie Foote Reel E'46 Distinguished Professor, Duke University

• Lee Swindlehurst, Nicolaos G. and Sue Curtis Alezopoulous Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine

• Michael Wu, Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thomas R. Brown Leadership Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona

• Gil Zussman, Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

K-12 to Community College and Beyond - Presentation Slides

• Moderator: Patrick Kane, Affiliate Professor, University of New Hampshire

• Kenneth Connor, Board Member, Innovative Engineering Consortium

• Lori Miraldi, Director, Engineering Ambassadors Network

• Y.C. Wang, Global Academic Program Director, DigiKey

• Carl Willis, Professor of Practice, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Senior Reactor Operator, University of New Mexico

Spotlight Presentations

• Quanser - Scaling Lab Delivery: Strategies for Efficient and Effective Hands-On Learning

• Digilent - Look Ma, No Wires! A Look at NI's Software-Defined Radios for Wireless Engineering

• Real Digital - Engineering in the Age of AI: What to Teach and How to Teach It

• Cadence - Collaborating to Foster Future AI Innovators

• Ansys - Bridging the Gap - A Unified Silicon-to-Systems Approach for Next-Gen ECE Innovation

• AMD University Program: Teaching and Research Engagement

• Pico Technology - Advanced Diagnostic Methodologies for Mixed Signal Systems

• Keysight Empowers Semiconductor Workforce Development

• Altium - Bridging the Gap: Industry - Ready PCB Design for Tomorrow's Engineers

• Rohde & Schwarz - Preparing Students for What's Next in RF & More 

• Fluke FutureReady: Exploring Fluke's Education Program

• Renesas - Creating Embedded System Learning Tools for the Changing University Experience

• Tektronix - The Power of Partnership in Advanced Research and Education