National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association

N E E D H A

1998 Annual Meeting -- Program

Fourteenth Annual Meeting
Turtle Bay Hilton
Oahu, Hawaii
March 13 - 17, 1998


Friday, March 13, 1998

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
ABET EC 2000 Workshop

3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Registration

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
New Chairs Workshop
 Mos Kaveh, University of Minnesota

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception


Saturday, March 14, 1998

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Regional Meetings

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
President's Welcome
 Bill Brown, University of Arkansas

8:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Plenary Session
 ABET EC 2000
  Daniel Hodge, Accreditation Director - ABET
 ABET EC 2000 Workshop Summary
  C. Denny Avers, Consultant; Member, Engineering Accreditation Committee
Panel Discussion: Preparation for Visits
 Panel Leader:
  Roger Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology
 Panelists:
  Theodore Bickart, Michigan State University
  Michael Rudko, Union College
  William Sayle, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Discussions: Implementation of ABET EC 2000
 Panel Leader:
  Edward W. Ernst, University of South Carolina
 Getting Faculty Involved
  John Orr, Worcester Polytechnic  Slides
 Setting Goals & Objectives
  Jerry Yeargan, University of Arkansas
 Assessment Tools & Measurement
  Theodore Bickart, Michigan State University  Slides
 Facilitating Outcome-Driven Assessment
  Jack McGourty, NSF/Gateway Coalition
Panel Discussion: Feedback & Improvement

6:30 p.m.
Reception and Luau


Sunday, March 15, 1998

Activities on your own


Monday, March 16, 1998

Critical Issues in Engineering Education

7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
 Joseph Bordogna, Acting Deputy Director, National Science Foundation

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Internationalization of Engineering Education
 Panel Leader:
  William D. Brown, University of Arkansas
 Panelists:
  Réjean Plamondon, École Polytechnique de Montréal
  Ing Rolf H. Jansen, University of Technology, Germany
  Hidenori Akiyama, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Alan Bradley, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions:
 Life After Department Head
 Chair:
  Dave Conner, University of Alabama, Birmingham  Slides
 Panelists:
  Lyle Feisel, State University of New York - Binghamton
  Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech University
 Teaching Innovations
 Chair:
  William Jennings, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  Slides
 Panelists:
  Steve Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University
 Industrial Needs Over Next Five Years
 Chair:
  Bob Mattauch, Virginia Commonwealth University
 Panelists:
  M. Rucj Uffelman, Constellation Communication Inc.
  Wayne K. Nesbit, White Oak Semiconductor
  Robert W. Guernsey, Jr., IBM Academy of Technology  Slides

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
 Post Tenure Review
 Chair:
  Leonard Ferrari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 Panelists:
  Steve Goodnick, Arizona State University  Slides
  Gerald Crain, University of Oklahoma  Slides
  Chanan Singh, Texas A & M University
 Department Management
 Chair:
  Anjan Bose, Washington State University
 Panelists:
  Daniel Bukofzer, California State University - Fresno
  Wai-Kai Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Roger Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology
 Department Resources
 Chair:
  Barry Spielman, Washington University in St. Louis
 Panelists:
  Robert Kolbas, North Carolina State University
  Sohrab Rabii, University of Pennsylvania

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Trends in Student Interest: EE, CE and CS
 Chair: James Roberts, University of Kansas
 Are These Trends Permanent?
  Paul Penfield, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Slides
 View from a School of Engineering
  George Cybenko, Dartmouth College
 View from an EECS Department
  Andrew R. Neureuther, University of California - Berkeley
 View from an ECE Department
  Robert M. White, Carnegie Mellon University
 View from an EE Department
  James D. Plummer, Stanford University

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Your Opinion Counts
 Moderator: Dave Conner, University of Alabama Birmingham

6:30 p.m.
Reception / Awards Banquet
Recipients:
 Outstanding Service Award
  Rodney J. Soukup, University of Nebraska
 Innovative Program Award
  Carnegie Mellon University for Innovative Curriculum Development


Tuesday, March 17, 1998

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
NEEDHA Business Meeting
 William D. Brown, University of Arkansas

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Open Forum
 William D. Brown, University of Arkansas
 Barry E. Spielman, Washington University in St. Louis

12:00 noon
Luncheon and Adjournment


Information

General information about the meeting and about local arrangements.

Registration

Early registration and hotel reservations are advisable. You may use the NEEDHA on-line registration form.

Early Registration List

You can see which of your fellow NEEDHA members have registered already; their names are on the on-line pre-registration list. Plan to join them and your other NEEDHA friends at this meeting.


Related pages: 1997-98 Archives  | Meeting information, registration form, pre-registration list
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