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Conference Schedule

Friday, March 11

6:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am - 2:45 pm ABET Workshop

Facilitator:

  • Sarah A. Rajala, Professor and Dean, Bagley College
    of Engineering, Mississippi State University
  • Stephen M. Phillips, Professor and Director
    of the School, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy
    Engineering, Arizona State University
  • David Soldan, Professor, Electrical & Computer
    Engineering, Kansas State University

10:00 am - 12:00 pm ECEDHA Board Meeting
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm New Chairs Workshop

Facilitators:

  • Mark Smith, Birck Professor of ECE and Dean of
    the Graduate School, Purdue University
  • Langis Roy, Associate Professor and Chair, Department
    of Electronics, Carleton University
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm New Energy Technologies: An Overview of the Next-Generation

Moderator:

  • Michael Lightner, Professor and Chair, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Speakers:
  • Abbas Akhil, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Timothy Brown, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Paul De Martini, CTO & VP, Strategy, Smart Grid, Cisco Systems
  • Lee Krevat, Director, Smart Grid, San Diego Gas & Electric
  • Phil Smithers, Manager, Renewable Energy Technical Services, Arizona Public Service
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm First Time Attendees Reception - Hosted by ECEDHA Board
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Welcome Reception for all attendees and guests
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm ABET Dinner

Saturday, March 12

7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:45 am - 8:30 am Attendee Breakfast (with ECEDHA regional tables designated)
8:30 am - 8:45 am Conference Introduction
  • President's Welcome:
    T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger
    , David Edward Schramm Professor & Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; President, ECEDHA
  • Conference Overview:
    Bing Chen, Professor & Chair, Computer & Electronics Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Vice President, ECEDHA
8:45 am - 10:00 am Keynote Session: National Leadership on Engineering Education
  • Ted Kaufman, former U.S. Senator, Delaware; BSME, Duke University
10:00 am - 10:30 am Networking Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Keynote Session: The View of ECE from Silicon Valley
  • Brian Halla, former CEO National Semiconductor
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Attendee Luncheon
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Keynote Session: The View of ECE from IEEE
  • Moshe Kam, IEEE 2010 President-Elect; Robert Quinn Professor and Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Drexel University
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Keynote Session: The View of ECE from NSF
  • Kishan Baheti, Program Director, Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems, National Science Foundation
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Keynote Session: The View of ECE from CMU
  • T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger, David Edward Schramm Professor & Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; President, ECEDHA
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Roundtable: "Issues and Challenges Facing ECE in the Next 25"

Moderator:

  • Anthony Kuh, Professor and Department Chair, Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Speakers:

  • Brian Halla, former CEO National Semiconductor
  • Moshe Kam, IEEE 2010 President-Elect; Robert Quinn Professor and Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Drexel University
  • Ted Kaufman, former U.S. Senator, Delaware; BSME, Duke University
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Reception, Dinner and Entertainment

Sunday, March 13

7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:30 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 12:50 pm ECE Spotlight Presentations
12:50 pm - 1:30 pm Attendee Luncheon
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ECEDHA Workshops
  • Globalization
    Moderator:
    • S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering, Idaho State University
    • Frank Chang, Chairman and Wintek Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Timothy Grotjohn, Professor and Chairperson, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan State University
    • Kenneth Jenkins, Professor and Department Head, Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • Energy & Power I
    Moderator:
    • S. S. (Mani) Venkata, Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
    Speakers:
    • Peter Sauer, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (invited)
    • Noel Schulz, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
    • Mohammad Shahidehpour, Bodine Chair Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Kevin Tomsovic, CTI Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Networking Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm ECEDHA Workshops
  • Utilizing Social Media in Academics
    Moderator:
    • Tsuhan Chen, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering Director, Cornell University
    Speakers:
    • Duane Boning, Professor and Associate Head, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Khalil Najafi, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
    • Patrick O'Shea, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland
  • Energy & Power II
    Moderator:
    • S. S. (Mani) Venkata, Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
    Speakers:
    • Peter Sauer, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (invited)
    • Noel Schulz, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
    • Mohammad Shahidehpour, Bodine Chair Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Kevin Tomsovic, CTI Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ECExpo Preview and Reception
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Open Meeting: Diversity
  • Mohamed Chouikha, Professor & Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Howard University
  • Kenneth Connor, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Monday, March 14

7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am - 8:30 am ECEDHA Regional Breakfast Meetings
8:30 am - 9:15 am Keynote Session: "NAE's Perspective on the ECE Landscape: Diversification and the Grand Challenges"
  • Norman Fortenberry, Director, Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering
9:15 am - 10:00 am ECExpo Networking Break
10:00 am - 11:30 am Panel Session: Challenges and Opportunities for ECE in the Coming Decades
Moderator:
  • T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger, David Edward Schramm Professor & Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; President, ECEDHA
Speakers:
  • Duane Boning, Professor and Associate Head, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Babak Hassibi, Professor and Executive Officer, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • Mark Horowitz, Professor and Chairman, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • Costas Spanos, Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ahmed Tewfik, Professor and Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ECExpo Luncheon
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Keynote Session: Workforce Development
  • Wanda Reder, Vice President, S&C Electric Company
  • Steven Ashworth, HR Research && Analysis Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm ECExpo Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote Session: The View of ECE from Industry

Speakers:

  • Kevin Ilcisin, Chief Technology Officer, Tektronix
  • Greg Peters, Vice President & General Manager, Component Test Division, Agilent Technologies
  • John McLellan, North America Coordinator & Global Technical Lead University Programs, Freescale Semiconductor
  • Sam Naffziger, Corporate Fellow, AMD
  • Shekhar Sharad, Group Manager, Worldwide Academic Marketing, National Instruments
  • Mike Wynblatt, Vice President, Technology, Eaton Corporation
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ECExpo Reception
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm HKN Awards Reception
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ECEDHA/HKN Awards Banquet
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Open Meeting: Innovations in Online Communications
  • David Brin, Futurist

Tuesday, March 15

7:00 am - 9:30 am Registration
7:00 am - 8:30 am Attendee Breakfast
7:00 am - 8:30 am 2012 ECEDHA Annual Conference Planning Breakfast Meeting
  • Gary May, Professor & Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA
  • ECEDHA Regional Chairs
8:30 am - 10:00 am ECEDHA Business Meeting & Open Forum

Facilitators:

  • T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger, David Edward Schramm Professor & Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; President, ECEDHA
  • Bing Chen, Professor & Chair, Computer & Electronics Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Vice President, ECEDHA
  • Gary May, Professor & Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA
10:00 am - 10:45 am Panel Session: Things to know about ABET: Update on the ECEDHA-ABET Dialog
  • Lewis Brown, Professor and Dean of Engineering, South Dakota State University
  • Mark Smith, Birck Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University
10:45 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Keynote Session: "ECE Futures," Presentation and Q&A
  • David Brin, Futurist
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Closing Remarks and Adjourn
  • T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger, David Edward Schramm Professor & Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; President, ECEDHA
  • Bing Chen, Professor & Chair, Computer & Electronics Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Vice President, ECEDHA
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23-27, 2012:
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Austin, Texas
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