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Orlando, Florida . March 22–26, 2013 

Welcome Letter 

Welcome to Orlando! We look forward to bringing you the 2013 ECEDHA 

Annual Conference and ECExpo, surely one of our strongest programs to date. 

We would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Zhihua Qu and the University of Central Florida 

for hosting the 2013 Annual Conference. 

We would also like to thank the 2013 ECEDHA Program Committee for their hard work in designing 

this year’s program and assembling a fantastic lineup of industry and university leaders. 

Friday’s programming will feature a special Online Education Workshop, the New Chairs Workshop, 

and the ABET Workshop for those preparing for the ABET review process. 

Saturday will serve as the official start of the conference. We are confident you will enjoy our keynotes and panels, 

industry roundtable, and special sessions focusing on massive online open courses, export control, large school/small 

school interaction, topics for teaching institutions, entrepreneurship, diversity, and energy systems. 

We would also like to welcome our Corporate Sponsors and thank them for their support of ECEDHA. We look forward 

to a morning of Spotlight Sessions on Sunday, followed by Corporate Focus Groups and the evening ECExpo reception. 

The ECExpo will continue into Monday to allow for ample time to visit with these corporations and to enjoy product 

demonstrations. 

We hope you enjoy the next several days and find the program to be a rewarding and enjoyable experience. 

Warm regards, 

Stephen Phillips, ECEDHA President 

John Janowiak, Executive Director 

Table of Contents 

ECEDHA Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Hotel Floor Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Schedule at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 

Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 

2013 ECEDHA Program Committee . . . . . . 14-15 

Conference Schedule – Friday . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Conference Schedule – Saturday . . . . . . . 16-19 

Conference Schedule – Sunday . . . . . . . . . 19 

Conference Schedule – Monday. . . . . . . . . 19-23 

Conference Schedule – Tuesday. . . . . . . . . 23 

ABET Workshop Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

Online Education Workshop Schedule . . . . 26-27 

ECE Spotlight Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-33 

Regional Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 

ECEDHA Regional Guest Program. . . . . . . . 36 

ECEDHA Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-44 

IEEE-HKN Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

ECExpo Participants and Floor Plan . . . . . . 50-53 

Exhibitor Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-74 

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PRESIDENT 

Stephen Phillips 

MEMBER-AT-LARGE 

Pritpal Singh 

LOBBY LEVEL: 

Arizona State University 

Villanova University 

PAST PRESIDENT 

Bing Chen 

MEMBER-AT-LARGE 

Stephen Goodnick 

University of Nebraska, 

Lincoln (Omaha Campus) 


SENIOR PAST PRESIDENT 

Ed Schlesinger 

IEC REPRESENTATIVE 

Mark J.T. Smith 

Carnegie Mellon University 

Purdue University 

VICE PRESIDENT 

Tsuhan Chen 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

John R. Janowiak 

GROUND LEVEL: 

Cornell University 

International Engineering 

Consortium 

SECRETARY-TREASURER 

John Peeples 

CHECE REPRESENTATIVE 

Dennis Peters 

The Citadel 

Memorial University of 

Newfoundland 

March 22–26, 2013 

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Conference Overview 

FRIDAY 

MARCH 22 | PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Reg Desk 

8:00 am – 9:00 am Workshop Continental Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

8:30 am – 5:00 pm ABET Workshop SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall West 

9:00 am – 5:00 pm Online Education Workshop SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East 

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm New Chairs Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxford 

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm First Time Attendees Reception HOSTED BY THE ECEDHA BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penthouse 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Welcome Reception for All Attendees and Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penthouse 

SATURDAY 

MARCH 23 | OPENING DAY 


7:45 am – 8:30 am Attendee Continental Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

8:30 am – 9:00 am Conference Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

9:00 am – 10:00 am Opening Keynote Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager, Agilent Technologies 

Arturo Pizano, Head of University Collaboration Program, Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology 

10:00 am – 10:30 am Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

10:30 am – 12 noon Keynote Panel – Online Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

MODERATOR: Tsuhan Chen, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, Director of Electrical 

and Computer Engineering, Cornell University; Vice President, ECEDHA 

Anant Agarwal, President, edX 

Bernd Girod, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University 

Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy 

Andrew Ng, Co-Founder, Coursera 

12 noon – 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Center 

Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for CISE, National Science Foundation 

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Keynote Panel – Moving Up the Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

MODERATOR: Ed Schlesinger, David E. Schramm Professor and Department Head, Electrical 

and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon; Senior Past President, ECEDHA 

Kent Fuchs, Provost, Cornell University 

Bernd Girod, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University 

Gary May, Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 

Sarah Rajala, Dean, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University 

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Industry Roundtable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

MODERATOR : John Peeples, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 

The Citadel; Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA 

Samuel Fuller, Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Technology Officer, Analog Devices 

Jessica Hodgins, Director, Disney Research 

Martin Izzard, Vice President and Director, TI R&D Labs, Texas Instruments 

Teresa Pace, Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin MST 

Hayne Shumate, Vice President of Internet Business, Mouser Electronics, Inc. 

Dave Wilson, Director of Academic Programs, National Instruments 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poolside 

Conference Overview 

SUNDAY MARCH 24 


7:00 am – 8:30 am 2014 ECEDHA Annual Conference Planning Breakfast Meeting 

FOR PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windsor 

8:00 am – 8:30 am ECE Spotlight Continental Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

8:30 am – 11:45 am ECE Spotlight Presentations SPONSORED BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunchtime Focus Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See registration for location information 

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Happy Hour Focus Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See registration for location information 

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ECExpo Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

MONDAY MARCH 25 


7:00 am – 8:30 am ECEDHA Regional Breakfast Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See pages 34-35 

8:30 am – 5:00 pm ISTEC Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxford 

8:45 am – 9:30 am Monday Opening Keynote SPONSORED BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow, Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer, Intel, Director, Intel Labs 

9:30 am – 10:30 am ECExpo Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

10:30 am – 12 noon Breakout Sessions 

Enhancing Student and Faculty Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister South 

Understanding Export Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister North 

STEM Outreach: Inspiring Students to Study Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Yeoman 

12 noon – 1:30 pm ECExpo Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions 

Electric Power, Energy Research and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister South 

Sponsoring Electrical and Computer Engineering Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister North 

Large School/Small School Interactions, Topics for Teaching Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Yeoman 

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm ECExpo Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Department Heads Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm ECExpo Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm IEEE-HKN Awards Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister 

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Awards Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall North 

TUESDAY MARCH 26 

7:00 am – 9:30 am Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Reg Desk 

7:45 am – 9:00 am Attendee Continental Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

9:00 am – 10:30 am ECEDHA Business Meeting & Open Forum FOR ECEDHA MEMBERS ONLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall West 

9:00 am – 12:30 pm ISTEC Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxford 

10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall Assembly East/West 

11:00 am – 11:45 am ABET Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall West 

11:45 am – 12 noon Closing Remarks and Adjourn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall West 


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Celebrating 

our 30 th ECEDHA 

Annual Conference 

HOSTED BY: 

PHOTO CREDIT BY: JILL DOHERTY PHOTOGRAPHY 

THE MERITAGE RESORT AND SPA


2013 Conference Sponsors 2013 Conference Sponsors 

ECEDHA would like to thank the following organizations for their support of 

the ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo. 

SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM SPONSOR: 

CONFERENCE PARTNER: 

SILVER SPONSORS: 

DIAMOND SPONSORS: 

KEYNOTE SPONSOR: CONFERENCE BAG AND PORTFOLIO SPONSOR: LANYARD SPONSOR: 

NAME BADGE INSERT SPONSOR: 

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT SPONSOR: 


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Association Sponsors 

T 

2013 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo 

he Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads 

Association would like to thank its Association Sponsors for their 

dedicated support of ECEDHA. 

Association Sponsors have made a commitment to the continued success 

of ECEDHA, its members, and the ECE industry as we share a joint mission 

to help advance the field. Through our collective efforts we are able to 

develop collaborative programs that further ECE education. 

ECEDHA is pleased to share special relationships with these 

leading associations, forums, and special-interest groups: 

Engage 

with ECEDHA members 

throughout the year 

ECEDHA is pleased to announce a new Corporate Membership Program designed to 

strengthen the bonds between ECEDHA member institutions and leading industry 

organizations year round, and to advance their areas of mutual interest. 

A SAMPLING OF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE: 

• Positioning as a leader within ECE education 

through interaction with leading ECEDHA 

member universities 

• Senior management representation on the ECEDHA 

Corporate Advisory Council, which meets with and 

provides important input to the ECEDHA Board of 

Directors 

• Influence the future of ECE education and 

curriculum through participation in ECEDHA 

featured workshops focused on key issues, 

opportunities or challenges facing academia 

• Insights into trends in ECE programs and curricula 

that affect industry with data input and access to 

ECEDHA university research study reports 

• Access to ECEDHA’s Annual Survey results, an 

interactive platform that benchmarks programs, 

curriculums, and research 

• Direct access to individual ECEDHA member 

universities and departmental leadership 

• Prominent recognition as a major supporter of ECE 

education to the ECEDHA community through 

online, print, and program recognition 

• And much more 

ECEDHA CORPORATE MEMBER: 


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For more information, contact Kim Simpao 

at 773-315-7779 or ksimpao@ecedha.org


Annual Conference Program Committee 

Annual Conference Program Committee 

T 

he ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo has a dedicated Planning 

Committee devoted to creating a world-class program for the membership. 

Committee Members meet on an ongoing basis to determine session topics, 

recommend speakers, and organize panels. 

ECEDHA would like to thank the following committee members for their hard work 

and dedication. 

COMMITTEE CHAIR: 

Tsuhan Chen 

David E. Burr Professor of Engineering 

Director of Electrical and 

Computer Engineering 


Vice President, ECEDHA 

Lawrence Holloway 

Professor and Chair 

Department of Electrical and 


University of Kentucky 

Khalil Najafi 


Electrical Engineering and Computer 

Science 

University of Michigan 

John Peeples 


Electrical and Computer Engineering 

The Citadel 

Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA 


David E. Schramm Professor and 

Department Head 

Electrical and Computer 

Engineering 

Carnegie Mellon University 

Senior Past President, ECEDHA 

Pritpal Singh 

Chair 




Member-at-Large, ECEDHA 

Khalid Al-Olimat 


Electrical & Computer Engineering 

and Computer Science 

Ohio Northern University 

Fred Looft 

Professor 


Engineering 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

Athina Petropulu 




Rutgers University 

Mark J.T. Smith 

Birck Professor of ECE 

Dean of the Graduate School 

Purdue University 

Mohamed Chouikha 



Howard University 

Agnieszka Miguel 

Associate Professor and Chair 


Engineering 

Seattle University 

Stephen M. Phillips 

Professor and Director 

Electrical, Computer and Energy 

Engineering 


President, ECEDHA 

Dan Stancil 

Alcoa Distinguished Professor 

and Department Head 


Engineering 

North Carolina State University 

Kelvin Erickson 

Chair 


Missouri University of Science and 

Technology 

S. Hossein Mousavinezhad 


Electrical Engineering 

Idaho State University 

Zhihua Qu 



University of Central Florida 


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Conference Schedule 

FRIDAY | MARCH 22 


TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION 

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Great Hall Reg Desk 

8:00 am – 8:30 am Workshop Continental Breakfast Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

8:30 am – 5:00 pm ABET Workshop 

**SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED** 

9:00 am – 5:00 pm Online Education Workshop 

**SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED** 

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm New Chairs Workshop 

FACILITATOR: Kelvin Erickson, Missouri University of 

Science and Technology 

Great Hall West 

(See page 24) 

Great Hall East 

(See pages 26-27) 

Oxford 

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm First Time Attendees Reception HOSTED BY THE ECEDHA BOARD Penthouse 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Welcome Reception FOR ALL ATTENDEES AND GUESTS Penthouse 

SATURDAY | MARCH 23 



7:45 am – 8:30 am Attendee Continental Breakfast Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

8:30 am – 9:00 am Conference Introduction 

INTRODUCTIONS: John Janowiak, Executive Director, ECEDHA 

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME: Stephen M. Phillips, Professor and Director, Electrical, 

Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University; President, ECEDHA 

UCF WELCOME: Zhihua Qu, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering Division, University of Central Florida 

Tony Waldrop, Provost, University of Central Florida 

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: Tsuhan Chen, David E. Burr Professor of 

Engineering, Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 

Cornell University; Vice President, ECEDHA 

Great Hall 

East/West 

9:00 am – 10:00 am Opening Keynote Session 

Mark Pierpoint 

Vice President and 

General Manager 

Agilent Technologies 

Arturo Pizano 

Head of University Collaboration 

Program, Siemens Corporation, 

Corporate Technology 

Great Hall East/West 


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10:00 am – 10:30 am Networking Break Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

10:30 am – 12 noon Keynote Panel – Online Education 

MODERATOR: 

Tsuhan Chen 

David E. Burr Professor of 

Engineering, Director of 


Engineering, Cornell University; 


Bernd Girod 

Professor and Senior 

Associate Dean 

School of Engineering 

Stanford University 

Salman Khan 

Founder & Executive 

Director 

Khan Academy 

Great Hall 

East/West 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Industry Roundtable 

MODERATOR: 

John Peeples 



The Citadel 

Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA 

Samuel Fuller 

Vice President, Research 

and Development, and 

Chief Technology Officer 

Analog Devices 

Martin Izzard 

Vice President and 

Director, TI R&D Labs, 

Texas Instruments 

Teresa Pace 

Chief Engineer 

Lockheed Martin MST 

Hayne Shumante 

Vice President of 

Internet Business 

Mouser Electronics, Inc. 

Great Hall 

East/West 

Anant Agarwal 

President 

edX 

Andrew Ng 

Co-Founder 

Coursera 

Jessica Hodgins 

Director 

Disney Research 

Dave Wilson 

Director of Academic 

Programs 

National Instruments 

12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Reception Poolside 

Farnam Jahanian 

Assistant Director for CISE 

National Science Foundation 

Great Hall Center 

SUNDAY | MARCH 24 



1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Keynote Panel – Moving Up the Ladder 

MODERATOR: 


David E. Schramm Professor 

and Department Head 


Engineering 

Carnegie Mellon 

Senior Past President, 

ECEDHA 

Kent Fuchs 

Provost 


Bernd Girod 

Professor and Senior 

Associate Dean 



Gary May 

Dean, College of 

Engineering 

Georgia Institute of 

Technology 

Sarah Rajala 

Dean, College of 

Engineering 

Mississippi State 

University 

Great Hall 

East/West 

7:00 am – 8:30 am 2014 ECEDHA Annual Conference Planning Breakfast Meeting 

FOR PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY 

Windsor 

8:00 am – 8:30 am ECE Spotlight Continental Breakfast Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

8:30 am – 11:45 am ECE Spotlight Presentations SPONSORED BY: Great Hall East/West 

(See pages 28-32) 

12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunchtime Focus Groups 

See registration for 

location information 

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Happy Hour Focus Groups 

See registration for 

location information 

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ECExpo Reception Event Center 

MONDAY | MARCH 25 


3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Break Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 


7:00 am – 8:30 am ECEDHA Regional Breakfast Meetings See pages 34-35 


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8:30 am – 5:00 pm ISTEC Program Oxford 

8:45 am – 9:30 am Monday Opening Keynote SPONSORED BY: 

Justin Rattner 

Senior Fellow, Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer 

Intel 

Director, Intel Labs 

Great Hall 

East/West 

9:30 am – 10:30 am ECExpo Networking Break Event Center 

10:30 am – 12 noon Breakout Sessions 

ENHANCING STUDENT AND FACULTY DIVERSITY 

ORGANIZERS: Mohamed Chouikha, Professor and Chair, Electrical and 

Computer Engineering, Howard University 

Agnieszka Miguel, Associate Professor and Chair, Electrical and 

Computer Engineering, Seattle University 

SPEAKERS: Karen Butler-Purry, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, 

Texas A&M University 

Ann Gordon-Ross, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and 

Computer Engineering, University of Florida 

Diane Matt, CAE, Executive Director and CEO, WEPAN 

Sarah A. Rajala, Dean, College of Engineering, Mississippi State 

University 

Parveen Wahid, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and 

Computer Science, University of Central Florida 

UNDERSTANDING EXPORT CONTROL 

ORGANIZER: Ed Schlesinger, David Edward Schramm Professor and 

Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie 

Mellon University; Senior Past President, ECEDHA 

MODERATOR: Scott Maberry, Partner, SheppardMullin 

SPEAKERS: Robert F. Roach, Chief Compliance Officer, New York University 

Kristen L. Worman, Assistant General Counsel, The Texas A&M 

University System 

STEM OUTREACH – INSPIRING STUDENTS TO STUDY ENGINEERING 

Special session for ECEDHA department heads, community college faculty and high school 

counselors and teachers 

ORGANIZER & Zhihua Qu, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer 

MODERATOR: Engineering, University of Central Florida 

SPEAKERS: Bruce Furino, Director of CECS Outreach, University of Central Florida 

John Harris, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, University of Florida 

Glenda La Rue, Director of STEM Center of Excellence, The Citadel 

Khalil Najafi, Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering and 

Computer Science, University of Michigan 

George Pappas, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Systems 

Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 

Cloister South 

Cloister North 

Captain/Yeoman 


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12 noon – 1:30 pm ECExpo Luncheon Event Center 

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions 

ELECTRIC POWER, ENERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 

ORGANIZER: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Professor and Chair, Electrical 

Engineering, Idaho State University 

MODERATORS: Kishan Baheti, Program Director, Electrical Communications and 

Cyber Systems, National Science Foundation 

Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director, Directorate for 

Engineering, National Science Foundation 

SPEAKERS: Mesut Baran, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, North 

Carolina State University 

George Maracas, Program Director, Electrical, Communications and 

Cyber Systems, National Science Foundation 

Ned Mohan, Oscar A. Schott Professor, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, University of Minnesota 

Dagmar Niebur, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, Drexel University 

Rick Paris, Manager, Plant Electrical Systems, Energy Solutions, 

Siemens Energy, Inc. 

Dave Wilson, Director of Academic Programs, National Instruments 

SPONSORING ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

ORGANIZER & John Peeples, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 

MODERATOR: The Citadel; Secretary-Treasurer, ECEDHA 

SPEAKERS: Magdy Attia, President and Chief Engineer – AbM Engineering, LLC; 

Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Director-Gas Turbine Lab, 

Embry-Riddle University 

Gordon Hogan, Director, UCF Business Incubation Program 

Josh Marti, Chief Executive Officer, Pointinside.com 

LARGE SCHOOL/SMALL SCHOOL INTERACTION, TOPICS FOR TEACHING INSTITUTIONS 

ORGANIZERS: Khalid Al-Olimat, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio Northern University 

Khalil Najafi, Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering and 

Computer Science, University of Michigan 

SPEAKERS: Alan Cheville, Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bucknell 

University 

Robert Throne, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 

Nazmul Ula, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 

Loyola Marymount University 

Cloister South 

Cloister North 

Captain/Yeoman 

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm ECExpo Networking Break Event Center 


3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Department Heads Panel 

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Awards Banquet Great Hall North 

TUESDAY | MARCH 26 


7:00 am – 9:30 am Registration Great Hall Reg Desk 

7:45 am – 9:00 am Attendee Continental Breakfast Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

9:00 am – 10:30 am ECEDHA Business Meeting and Open Forum FOR ECEDHA MEMBERS ONLY Great Hall West 

9:00 am – 12:30 pm ISTEC Program Oxford 

10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Break 

MODERATOR: 

Tsuhan Chen 

David E. Burr Professor of 

Engineering, Director of Electrical 

and Computer Engineering 



Andreas Cangellaris 

Head, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering Department 

University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign 

Munther Dahleh 

Professor and Associate 

Department Head 

Electrical Engineering and 

Computer Science 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

11:00 am – 11:45 am ABET Update 

Pat Daniels, ABET Adjunct Accreditation Director, Engineering 

Abbas El Gamal 

Professor and Chair, 

Department of Electrical 

Engineering 


Athina Petropulu 

Professor and Chair, 


Engineering 

Rutgers University 

Stephen M. Phillips 

Professor and Director, 

Electrical, Computer 

and Energy Engineering 



Great Hall 

East/West 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm ECExpo Reception Event Center 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm IEEE-HKN Awards Presentation Cloister 

Great Hall Assembly 

East/West 

Great Hall West 

11:45 am – 12 noon Closing Remarks and Adjourn Great Hall West 


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ABET Workshop Schedule 



8:30 AM – 5:00 PM | LOCATION: GREAT HALL WEST 

ABET Workshop for Programs with Upcoming Reviews in 2014-2015 

ECEDHA hosts a separate workshop prior to the Annual Conference and ECExpo to assist universities 

in preparing for their upcoming ABET reviews. 

Registration is separate and must be completed in advance of the conference. Participants 

are expected to bring the materials they have prepared thus far for discussion and evaluation. 

PLANNING COMMITTEE LIAISON: Fred Looft, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

SPEAKERS: John Orr, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

Stephen M. Phillips, Professor and Director, Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University; 


David Soldan, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University 

8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 am – 8:45 am Convene, Introductions 

8:45 am – 9:15 am Opening Remarks and ABET Update 

9:15 am – 9:45 am General Session – Criterion 1: Students; Criterion 2: Program Educational Objectives; 

Criterion 3: Student Outcomes 

9:45 am – 10:15 am Breakout Groups – Criteria 1, 2, and 3 

10:15 am – 10:30 am Break 

10:30 am – 11:00 am General Session – Group Presentations on Criteria 1, 2 and 3 

11:00 am – 11:15 am General Session – Criterion 4: Continuous Improvement 

11:15 am – 12 noon Breakout Groups – Criterion 4: Continuous Improvement 

12 noon – 12:45 pm Working Lunch: – Continue Breakout Group discussions as needed 

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm General Session – Group Presentations on Criterion 4: Continuous Improvement 

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm General Session – Criterion 5: Curriculum 

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Breakout Groups – Criterion 5: Curriculum 

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm General Session – Group Presentations on Criterion 5: Curriculum 

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break 

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm General Session – Criterion 6: Faculty, Criterion 7: Facilities, Criterion 8: Institutional Support 

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm General Session – ABET Policy and Procedures Manual (APPM) 

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm General Session – Program Criteria and Criteria for Masters Level Programs 

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm General Session – Issues and Wrap-Up 

6:30 pm ECEDHA Welcome Reception 

7:30 pm Informal ABET Dinner Please leave the reception a little early to meet for dinner at 7:30 pm 


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Online Education Workshop Schedule 


This workshop will bring together ECE faculty with experts in social media and online education 

from academia, industry, and government agencies to accelerate the integration of these 

technologies into ECE education and enable effective online delivery of ECE courses. 

Separate registration is required. 

8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 

9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome Remarks 

INTRODUCTION: 

John R. Janowiak, Executive Director, ECEDHA 

WORKSHOP CHAIR: 

Daniel Stancil, Alcoa Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, North Carolina State University 

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS: 

Tsuhan Chen, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, Director of Electrical and 

Computer Engineering, Cornell University; Vice President, ECEDHA 

Mohamed Chouikha, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, Howard University 

Pritpal Singh, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 


9:15 am – 10:00 am Opening Keynote 

Tom Cavanagh, 

Associate Vice President, Distributed Learning 


10:00 am – 10:15 am Break 

10:15 am – 11:45 am Panel Discussion – Enabling Technologies 

MODERATOR: 

Daniel Stancil, Alcoa Professor and Head, 

Department of Electrical and Computer 

Engineering, North Carolina State University 

Tom Cavanagh, 

Associate Vice President, 

Distributed Learning 


Erin Gabrysh, 

Associate Director of 

Instructional Design, 

EmbanetCompass 

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | LOCATION: GREAT HALL EAST 

Tom Gaudette, 

Principal Academic 

Evangelist 

MathWorks 

John Risley, 

Chief Executive 

Officer 

WebAssign 

John Schneider, 

Director of 

Educational 

Initiatives 

Digilent 

12 noon – 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon 

Online Education Workshop Schedule 

Bernd Girod, Professor and Senior Associate Dean 



1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Discussion – Course Delivery Experiences 

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break 

MODERATOR: 

Mohammed Chouikha, 

Professor and Chair, Department of 


Howard University 

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm Panel Discussion – Accreditation and Other Challenges 

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Workshop Wrap-Up 

John Booske, 

Chair, Electrical and Computer 

Engineering Department 

Director, Wisconsin Collaboratory 

for Enhanced Learning 

University of Wisconsin 

MODERATOR: 

Pritpal Singh, Professor and Chair, Department of 



James DuPont, 

Managing Director 


Linda Krute, 

Director of Distance Education Programs, 

College of Engineering – Engineering Online 

North Carolina State University 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm ECEDHA Welcome Reception for all attendees and guests 

Kathleen Meehan, 

Associate Professor, 



Virginia Tech 

Don Millard, 

Program Director 


Xiaofang “Maggie” Wang, 

Assistant Professor, Electrical 



John Schuring, 

Professor, Civil and 

Environmental Engineering 

New Jersey Institute of Technology 

Craig Scott, 

Associate Professor, Electrical 


Morgan State University 


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ECE Spotlight Schedule 


SUNDAY | MARCH 24 

LOCATION: GREAT HALL EAST/WEST 

SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM SPONSOR: 

Join us Sunday morning for an opportunity to learn about the 

ECE Spotlight companies whose products and services are key 

to enhancing the experience of your students and graduates. 

Spotlight sessions present an ideal environment for meeting 

these industry leaders, and are particularly ideal for further 

one-on-one interaction during the Sunday evening ECExpo and 

Monday ECExpo program. 

8:00 am – 8:30 am ECE Spotlight Continental Breakfast 

8:30 am – 9:45 am Quanser: Can Engineering Theory Ever be Fun? 

Tom Lee, Ph.D, Chief Education Officer, Quanser 

Digilent: Makers are Learners 

Clint Cole, President, Digilent Inc.; Instructor, Washington State University 

Agilent: Producing Industry-Ready Engineers 

John Kikuchi, Agilent EEsof EDA University Program Manager, Agilent Technologies 

MathWorks: 10 Ways to Accelerate Education with MATLAB and Simulink 

Todd Atkins, Education Technical Marketing, MathWorks 

10:00 am – 10:45 am National Instruments: Answering the Grand Engineering Challenges: 

Inspire Students in Engineering 

Mark Walters, Academic Marketing Manager, National Instruments 

Freescale: Make It Awesome: Easy, Embedded, Education 

John McLellan, Freescale University Programs – North America, Freescale 

Analog Devices: Tinkering 101: Inspiring Students With Hands-on 

Learning Tools and Techniques 

Kathleen Meehan, Associate Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and 

Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech 

Sam Fuller, Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer, 


11:00 am – 11:45 am Mentor Graphics: Teaching Using State of the Art Design Tools 

Ian Burgess, Higher Education Program Development Manager, Mentor Graphics Corporation 

Mouser: Sourcing Solutions for Today’s Electronic Engineering Programs 

Coby Kleinjan, Director of Special Accounts, Mouser Electronics 

Texas Instruments: Bring Project Based Learning—Anywhere: TI Educational Hardware 

Larissa Swanland, University Manager Texas Instruments 


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8:30 am – 9:45 am 

Can Engineering Theory Ever be Fun? 

8:30 am – 9:45 am 

Makers are Learners 

Tom Lee, Ph.D, Chief Education Officer, Quanser 

Quanser has been collaborating with leading institutions to 

develop hands-on labs that offer a more industrially-relevant 

and motivating experience. A key objective is the balancing of 

the motivation – the fun – with the rigorous traditions of 

engineering. The core of the solution is a rich mapping of 

realistic engineering workflows that connects the theory to simulation, to real data and hardware, 

to design objectives. To make things more interesting, the system introduces the students to the 

Clint Cole, President, Digilent Inc.; Instructor, 

Washington State University 

Digilent's circuit design kits let students build real analog, digital, and microprocessor circuits anytime, 

anywhere. Whether in the lab, dorm rooms, or study groups, students build lasting knowledge and skill 

when they work with real circuits. Digilent works with the world’s best companies to produce USB-powered 

design kits that start at less than $27. Supported by free software, free text materials, and dozens of free 

reference and design projects, Digilent kits are defining a new standard in educational excellence. Come 

and join Clint Cole, president and founder of Digilent, to learn more about the latest developments in 

student-focused engineering education. 

engineering concepts through a highly visual, immersive, video game-like environment while 

maintaining the conceptual connection to engineering methodology and applications. This 

presentation will illustrate the techniques and present case studies, including control systems 

Producing Industry-Ready Engineers 

and freshman computing courses. 

John Kikuchi, Agilent EEsof EDA University 

Program Manager, 


Attend the Spotlight Program for your chance to 

win a Kindle Fire! 

ECEDHA members will have the opportunity 

to enter into a drawing for this fabulous prize, 

provided by Quanser, simply by attending 

the Sunday morning Spotlight Program. 

The trend is clear, technology innovations will increase at even faster rates in the future. For industry, 

these innovations will continue to drive time-to-market pressures and the need for productivity 

gains. Universities can assist by producing engineers ready to step in and be productive from day 

one. Universities must produce industry-ready engineers who are knowledgeable of the tools and 

processes used in the industry today, allowing industry to confidently hire without the typical newhire 

productivity dip. This presentation will provide insights into the types of partnerships that will 

be required between Academia and Industry to produce these engineers. 

10 Ways to Accelerate Education with MATLAB and Simulink 

Todd Atkins, Education Technical 

Marketing, MathWorks 

We’ll focus on ten features of MATLAB and Simulink that facilitate presentation of engineering 

concepts in the classroom such as: feature discovery, interactive programming and data insight, 

publishing handouts, apps for visualization and theoretical insight, clearer models, state machine 

design, implementation on embedded systems, multi-domain modeling, simulators for real-world 

exploration, and computational Modeling. 


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10:00 am – 10:45 am 

Answering the Grand Engineering Challenges: 

Inspire Students in Engineering 

11:00 am – 11:45 am 

Teaching Using State of the Art Design Tools 

Mark Walters, Academic Marketing Manager, 


Ian Burgess, Higher Education Program Development 

Manager, Mentor Graphics Corporation 

It has been five years since the National Academy of Engineering identified 14 Grand Challenges for 

Engineering that outline the key issues society faces in the 21st century. We must continue to address 

the challenges of recruitment and retention to prepare students for the grand challenges of tomorrow. 

Learn about partnerships with universities that support programs designed to inspire students to 

pursue engineering degrees, incorporate practical experiences throughout the curriculum, and 

provide the skills and knowledge to be successful in industry and research. 

In this session, get an overview of the programs and innovative technologies that are emerging to 

meet today's engineering education challenges. 

It is vitally important to electronics companies that they have access to talented graduates proficient 

in state-of-the-art methodologies before starting their industrial careers. Mentor Graphics Higher 

Education Program provides colleges and universities with leading edge design tools for classroom 

instruction and academic research, and also collaborates to provide course material to enable universities 

and colleges to adopt these methodologies as part of their teaching and project work. 

Sourcing Solutions for Today’s Electronic Engineering Programs 

Make It Awesome: Easy, Embedded, Education 

Coby Kleinjan, Director of Special Accounts, 

Mouser Electronics 

John McLellan, Freescale University Programs – 

North America, Freescale 

Freescale is continually working to make embedded education easier and more relevant to current 

industry trends. During this spotlight session Freescale will showcase two new hardware platforms, 

the Freedom and Tower System as well as some new software developments that make it easier than 

ever for educators to educate. 

Tinkering 101: Inspiring Students With 

Hands-on Learning Tools and Techniques 

Kathleen Meehan, Associate Professor, Bradley 


Computer Engineering, 

Virginia Tech 

Sam Fuller, Vice President, Research and Development 

and Chief Technology Officer, 


This presentation will use real-world examples to show how hands-on learning for students makes 

engineering more fun to learn, instills confidence and better prepares students for future employment. 

Sam Fuller, Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer, Analog Devices will 

provide a brief overview of the Analog Devices University Program – hardware, software and course 

materials. Professor Kathleen Meehan will show examples of how she is using the program at Virginia Tech. 

In just 15 minutes, learn how Mouser can help you source your educational requirements. Did you know 

that Mouser stocks the widest selection of the newest semiconductors and electronic components from 

over 450 suppliers? Plus, Mouser’s user-friendly website and tools, such as the Bill of Materials (BOM) 

tool and Online Multi Line Quote Function will save you time. We identify new products, along with 

identification of obsolete and NRND Components. Receive same-day shipping on most in-stock items and 

visit www.mouser.com/applications to learn about the latest industry applications, newest products and 

more. Receive the tools to make projects easy to research, design, fulfill, and share. Mouser.com…go 

from inspiration to innovation fast… 

Bring Project Based Learning—Anywhere: 

TI Educational Hardware 

Larissa Swanland, University Manager 


Today’s ECE departments are facing formidable challenges in Education. With the rapidly changing 

landscape of education and the growing resource constraints; programs must now learn how to adapt. 

TI can help you to do more with less while delivering high quality education. Join TI as we introduce an 

ecosystem of tools and hardware designed to address the challenges facing Engineering Curriculums. 

These challenges--such as recreating lab experiences for distance education, developing curriculum 

that provides hands on experience, engaging and inspiring students through engineering can be solved 

with tools that are scalable, gives students Industry-Ready employable skills… and at accessible prices 

starting at $6.25. Sounds too good to be true? Come, see for yourself. 


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Regional Meetings 


7:00 am – 8:30 am 

Each ECEDHA university is grouped into a region based on their geographic location. The following 

ECEDHA regional directory encompasses a state listing, as well as the name and contact information 

for the Regional Leader. Each region will hold their own Regional Meeting on Monday, March 25 to 

discuss items relevant to your area. 

Canada: CHECE/DGEGI 

Central States Region: CSECEDHA 

Great Lakes Region: GLECEDHA 

Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin 

REGIONAL LEADER: Khalil Najafi 


Email: najafi@umich.edu 

Phone: 734-764-3317 

Mid-Atlantic Region: MAECEDHA 

DC, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 

REGIONAL LEADER: Pritpal Singh 


Email: singh@ece.vill.edu 

Phone: 610-519-7378 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain 

Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and South Dakota 

REGIONAL LEADER: Keith Teague 

Oklahoma State University 

Email: keith.teague@okstate.edu 

Phone: 405-744-5151 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senate 

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, 

Quebec, and Saskatchewan 

REGIONAL LEADER: Dennis Peters 

Memorial University of Newfoundland 

Email: dpeters@mun.ca 

Phone: 709-864-8929 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gallery 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scribe 

Northeast Region: NECEDHA 

Regional Meetings 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knave 

New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut 

REGIONAL LEADER: David Castanon 

Boston University 

Email: dac@bu.edu 

Phone: 617-353-7175 

Southeast Region: SECEDHA 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yeoman 

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, and Virginia 

REGIONAL LEADER: Lawrence Holloway 

University of Kentucky 

Email: holloway@engr.uky.edu 

Phone: 859-323-8523 

Southwest Region: SWECEDHA 

Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas 

REGIONAL LEADER: Stephen Phillips 


Email: stephen.phillips@asu.edu 

Phone: 480-965-6410 

Western Region: WECEDHA 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Council 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloister North 

Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming 

REGIONAL LEADER: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad 

Idaho State University 

Email: mousseye@isu.edu 

Phone: 202-282-3292 

REGIONAL LEADER: Kimon Valavanis 

University of Denver 

Email: kimon.valavanis@du.edu 

Phone: 303-871-2586 


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ECEDHA Regional Guest Program 


ECEDHA Regional Guest Program: STEM Outreach - Inspiring 

ECEDHA is pleased to welcome professors, faculty, and staff from local community 

colleges and high schools to the 2013 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo. 

ECEDHA Regional Guests have been invited to a special program entitled STEM 

Outreach – Inspiring Students to Study Engineering. This program has been 

designed to highlight STEM educational and to provide this special group with 

more information surrounding ECE majors, career options, and trends in this 

exciting field of study. 


ECEDHA REGIONAL GUEST PROGRAM SCHEDULE: 

8:45 am – 9:30 am Opening Keynote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Hall East/West 

Justin Rattner 

Senior Fellow, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer 

Intel 

Director, Intel Labs 

9:30 am – 10:30 am ECExpo Networking Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 

10:30 am – 12:00 noon STEM Outreach – Inspiring Students to Study Engineering . . . . . . . . Captain/Yeoman 

MODERATOR: Zhihua Qu, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 


Bruce Furino, Director of CECS Outreach, University of Central Florida 

John Harris, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida 

Glenda La Rue, Director of STEM Center of Excellence, The Citadel 

George Pappas, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Systems Engineering, 

University of Pennsylvania 

Khalil Najafi, Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 


12:00 noon – 1:30 pm ECExpo Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Center 


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2012 ECEDHA Awards Committee 2012 Innovative Program Award 

T 

he ECEDHA Awards Committee is responsible for administering 

the Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award, the 

Innovative Program Award, and the new Diversity Award. The committee’s 

tasks include soliciting nominees, reviewing applications, and selecting award 

winners. 

We would like to thank the ECEDHA Awards Committee for their efforts in the 2012 

ECEDHA Awards Program. 

T 

he Innovative Program Award is given to individual(s) or department(s) 

that has (have) created, implemented, and sustained the implementation 

of a successful innovative program and possibly assisted in the 

implementation of that program at other institutions. 

A successful program is one that has stood the test of time (i.e., formal integration 

into a program of study) and has produced measurable improvements in the quality 

of the electrical and computer education received by a significant number of 

students at one or more institutions. Please join us in recognizing our 2012 

Innovative Program Award recipient. 

AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR: 

Steve Goodnick 

Agnieszka Miguel 

Reinvigorating Electric Energy Education Nationwide 

Professor of Electrical Engineering 


Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb 


Electrical Engineering Department 

Northern Illinois University 

Kwang Lee 


School of Engineering and 


Baylor University 

Associate Professor and Chair 



Seattle University 

Manoj Sachdev 

Professor and Department Chair 


Engineering 

University of Waterloo 

Mona Zaghloul 

Department Chair and Professor 


Engineering 

George Washington University 

Ned Mohan 

Professor 


Engineering 

University of Minnesota 

In 1990, Professor Mohan noticed that undergraduate 

courses in EES had changed very little since the 1950’s. 

His subsequent in-depth examination of how and what 

should be taught in EES courses resulted in new lecture 

materials, textbooks, laboratories, and pedagogical 

strategies for three EES core courses – Power Electronics, 

Power Systems, and Electric Machines and Drives. 

He developed the course content so that the instructor 

could use a flipped-classroom pedagogy, in which 

students watch lectures and demonstrations in a video 

clip prior to class, then are actively engaged with the 

instructor and their peers in discussion and problemsolving 

during class. In Professor Mohan’s experience – 

and as research has confirmed – students’ learning and 

retention of concepts is much greater in a flipped- 

classroom approach in comparison to face-to-face and 

purely online pedagogies. 

Recognizing that new courses had to be accompanied by 

rigorous faculty professional development, he developed 

lists of Course Learning Objectives; video clips for each 

lecture; concept quizzes that reinforced the fundamentals 

in videos, in-class discussion problems and activities; 

online homework problems; suggested laboratory 

experiments; a forum for discussion between instructors; 

and hardware- and software-based lab assignments. 

He has also organized 20 NSF-sponsored EES faculty 

workshops that have been attended by a large number of 

instructors and researchers since 1991. 

Professor Mohan’s efforts have had a nationwide impact. 

His EES curriculum has revitalized the power program at 

UMN – where student enrollments in these courses have 

tripled over a decade – and significantly increased EES 

offerings and enrollments in other universities that have 

adopted it. He convinced 80 universities nationwide to 

form a consortium to utilize state-of-the-art laboratories 

in this curriculum. As a consequence of this program, 

the state-of-the-art laboratory experiments that he 

developed are being used in over 100 universities. 


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2012 Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award 

T 

he Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award is 

given to an individual with a sustained record of leadership and service to 

ECEDHA (primary) and to electrical and computer engineering (secondary). 

ECEDHA is pleased to recognize our 2012 Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding 

Leadership and Service Award recipients. 

W. Kenneth Jenkins 

Professor of Electrical 

Engineering 

The Pennsylvania 

State University 

fault tolerant DSP for highly scaled VLSI systems, adaptive 

signal processing, multidimensional array processing, 

computer imaging, and bio-inspired optimization 

algorithms for intelligent signal processing. 

Kishan Baheti 

Program Director 

Electrical Communications 

and Cyber Systems 


In 1989, Dr.Baheti joined the National Science Foundation 

(NSF) as a Program Director in the Division of Electrical 

and Communications Systems. His contributions include 

the development of NSF initiatives on “Combined 

Research and Curriculum Development”, “Semiconductor 

Manufacturing”, and NSF/EPRI Initiative on “Intelligent 

Control". He was instrumental in the development of NSF 

Initiative on "Research Experience for Teachers” to involve 

middle and high school teachers in engineering research 

that can be transferred to pre-college classrooms. 

Recently he is involved in networked control systems, 

sensor and actuator networks, imaging and 

computational video, micro and nano systems, medical 

robotics, science of learning, and dynamics and control of 

biological and medical systems. 

Dr. Baheti has supported and guided ECEDHA in several 

NSF Educational Grant Programs and activities. Under his 

stewardship, ECEDHA has produced several important 

academic research and conference programs in 

Nanotechnology, Engineering Globalization, and Energy 

and Power Engineering Curriculum Development. Dr. 

Baheti’s hands on leadership style catalyzed and 

challenged the planning committees in each of these 

important Grants to insure the ECEDHA Member 

Universities gained maximum value. Dr. Baheti has 

actively participated in several of ECEDHA’s Annual 

Conference and ECExpo’s as a distinguished representative 

of our engineering community. His endless desire for 

learning and helping others learn has served NSF, our 

Nation’s engineering community, academia, and ECEDHA 

very well. 

Dr. Jenkins joined Penn State as professor and head of 

electrical engineering in 1999. After receiving his Ph.D., 

Jenkins was a research scientist associate in the 

Communication Sciences Laboratory at the Lockheed 

Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA. In 1977 he joined the 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was 

a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

from until 1999. Jenkins’ current research interests include 

Dr. Jenkins has served in vertically every senior 

management role of the ECEDHA organization over his 12 

years of services. His contributions, too lengthy to list, are 

cornerstone to the organization’s service mission and 

foundation. His positive outlook on the Engineering 

profession, academia, and ECEDHA is still felt in activities 

like ECEDHA’s ABET Program, NSF Grants, specialized 

workshops, and corporate linkages. 

Please join us as we 

celebrate our award winners! 

Awards Banquet 

Monday, March 25 

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm 

Great Hall North 


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2012 Diversity Award 


ECEDHA is pleased to announce a new award for 2012, the Diversity Award. 

This award is given to department(s) or individual(s) in recognition of proactive efforts 

to increase cultural, ethic, and gender diversity within the ECE student body and 

among ECE faculty, that go well beyond and above the normal institutional recruiting 

practices. The selection is based primarily on a qualitative evaluation of the diversity 

initiative as described on the nomination form to recognize and encourage effective 

outstanding initiatives that lead to greater diversity within ECE programs. 

WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2012 DIVERSITY AWARD RECIPIENT 

Craig Scott 

Department Chair 


Engineering 

Morgan State University 

Dr. Craig Scott has spent six of his past 21 years as a 

department head, providing unsurpassed service in terms 

of leadership, management and mentoring support to the 

students, faculty and staff of the Department of Electrical 

and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. He 

consistently demonstrates that he is a pioneer and leader 

in engineering education pedagogies that are profoundly 

impacting the quantity and quality of numerous minority 

professionals entering the workforce. 

Morgan State University is among 14 institutions classified 

as a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) that 

conveys an accredited engineering degree. At Morgan State 

University, Dr. Scott has accomplished the following: 

• Having the ECE department ranked repeatedly for the 

past 10 years, among the top 5 engineering schools in 

the nation that produce African American engineers with 

a Bachelor’s degree. 

• Oversight into the Associate of Science in Engineering 

effort within the State of Maryland which is responsible 

for creating and governing the first state led outcomesbased 

articulation process, for students to move directly 

into four-year degree programs. 

• Serving as the conceiver and director of the 

“Fundamentals of Engineering” freshman pre-calculus 

two course sequence designed to leverage individualized 

instruction and active learning teaching strategies to 

improve retention/graduation rates. 

• Architect of the “Two Plus Two” online Electrical 

Engineering program that leverages cost effective mobile 

laboratory technology to become the first Electrical 

Engineering program in the country to offer a fully 

online option. 

• Positioning the department to be one of a few electrical 

programs developing a massively open online course 

(MOOC) as encouraged by our institutional presence and 

contributions to the White House Initiative on Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities. The aforementioned 

initiatives are in part responsible for the national 

preeminence earned by this department. The selfless 

contributions of the chair, faculty and staff have resulted 

in the conferring of hundreds of degrees to recipients that, 

in some cases would not have been able to achieve a 

graduate status elsewhere. 


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IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu Awards 


IEEE–ETA KAPPA NU AWARDS 

Congratulations to the following Chapters honored with 

the Eta Kappa Nu Association OUTSTANDING CHAPTER 

AWARD presented in recognition of its excellent program 

for the school year 2011 – 2012 

2011-2012 OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARDS 

Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purdue University 

Beta Theta . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology 

Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign 

Beta Mu . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Institute of Technology 

Delta Omega . . . . . . . . University of Hawaii, Manoa 

Epsilon Beta . . . . . . . . . Arizona State University 

Beta Tau . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern University 

Beta Kappa. . . . . . . . . . Kansas State University 

Gamma Chi . . . . . . . . . . New Mexico State University 

Gamma Rho . . . . . . . . . South Dakota State University 

Gamma Theta . . . . . . . Missouri University of 

Science and Technology 

Gamma Xi . . . . . . . . . . . University of Maryland, 

College Park 

Iota Gamma . . . . . . . . . University of California–Los Angeles 

Lambda Eta . . . . . . . . . Bharati Vidyaeeth’s College 

of Engineering 

Mu Chapter. . . . . . . . . . University of California – Berkeley 

Nu Chapter . . . . . . . . . . Iowa State University 

Epsilon Kappa . . . . . . . University of Miami 

Psi Chapter . . . . . . . . . . University of Texas at Austin 

Sigma Chapter . . . . . . . Carnegie Mellon University 

Theta Mu Chapter . . . . Stony Brook University 

Epsilon Sigma . . . . . . . University of Florida 

Gamma Mu . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M University 

Theta Tau . . . . . . . . . . . University of Michigan–Dearborn 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD: 

Larry K. Martin 

Delta Omega Chapter 

University of Hawaii, Manoa 

HONORABLE MENTION: 

Akshay Gupta 

Lambda Eta Chapter 

Bharati Vidyaeeth’s 

College of Engineering 


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2012-2013 ECEDHA Source Editorial Committee 

ECEDHA’s primary publication is the quarterly e-newsletter, The ECEDHA 

Source, which includes featured articles, association news, general interest news, 

regional reports, announcements, and job postings. The Editorial Committee is 

responsible for soliciting articles and reviewing submissions from outside sources. 

Articles of interest to ECEDHA members for The ECEDHA Source are welcome. 

To have your article considered by the Editorial Committee, please submit it 

to mklein@ecedha.org. For a full listing of the editorial guidelines, visit 

ecedha.org/news/editorial-guidelines. 

Engineering a Brighter Future 

ECEDHA’s quarterly e-newsletter resource 

for ECE departments and faculty 

The new and improved ECEDHA Source e-newsletter provides ECEDHA members 

and their faculty with the latest news surrounding ECE education. 

Editorial departments include: 

COMMITTEE CHAIR: 

Pritpal Singh 

Alan Sahakian 

Featured Articles on emerging technologies and engineering education from leaders in 

academia, industry, and government 

Chair 





Electrical Engineering and 


Northwestern University 

ECE News providing you with a glimpse at the most relevant quarterly news surrounding 

ECE education 

ECEDHA News updates announcing the latest member initiatives and activities 

Kim Boyer 

Professor and Department 

Head 

Electrical, Computer, and 

Systems Engineering 

Renssalaer Polytechnic 

University 

Zhihua Qu 



Engineering 


Keith Teague 

Department Head and 

Associate Professor 


Engineering 

Oklahoma State University 

R. Lal Tummala 

Professor and Chairman 


Engineering 

San Diego State University 

Corporate Features including interviews, 

product demonstrations and presentations, 

and sponsored white papers from ECEDHA’s 

corporate partners 

ECEDHA Regional Updates from your 

Regional Leaders to keep you up to speed on 

the latest activities surrounding your 

regional group 

Member Resources announcing relevant 

events, grant/scholarship announcements, 

award opportunities, job postings, and other 

items of interest 


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Not receiving the ECEDHA Source? 

Contact Michelle Klein at mklein@ecedha.org or 312-559-3724

Explore leading ECE products and technologies 

The ECExpo offers a unique opportunity for ECEDHA members to network 

with leading companies who are heavily vested in university outreach and 

development. 


ECExpo Technology Demonstration 

and Corporate Networking at ECEDHA 

Representatives from each of these organizations will be present on the ECExpo show 

floor Sunday, March 24 – Monday, March 25 showcasing leading products and technologies 

on the market today. 

Additional interaction is available with Agilent and the Diamond Sponsors during Sunday morning’s ECE Spotlight Sessions 

and through Sunday afternoon’s Corporate Focus Groups. 

HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMMING INCLUDES: 

ECE Spotlight Presentations 

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 

8:30 am – 12 noon • Great Hall East/West 

An opportunity to learn about key products and services 

designed to enhance the experience of your students and 

graduates. See pages 28-32 for more details. 

Industry Focus Groups 


12 noon – 1:30 pm • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

These intimate focus groups allow ECEDHA members 

and corporate partners to discuss the impact of 

products, services, and technology and ways to 

further support ECE education. 

ECExpo Welcoming Reception 


5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 

Join us for a special ECExpo Preview Reception – your first 

opportunity to network with leading industry corporations 

on the show floor. 

ECExpo Networking Breaks 

MONDAY, MARCH 25 

9:30 am – 10:30 am • 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 

Take a break from the ECEDHA programming to enjoy 

networking and hospitality on the show floor. 

ECExpo Luncheon 


12 noon – 1:30 pm 

Enjoy a special ECEDHA luncheon hosted on the ECExpo 

show floor. ECEDHA members will benefit from dedicated 

time to visit with each corporation. 

ECExpo Evening Reception 


5:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

Be sure to take advantage of your final opportunity to 

network with ECExpo corporations while celebrating the 

announcement of the 2014 ECEDHA Annual Conference and 

ECExpo taking place March 21-25, 2014 at the Meritage 

Resort in Spa in Napa, California! 


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ECExpo Participants 

ECExpo Floor Plan & Exhibition Hours 

LOCATION: EVENT CENTER 


ECExpo Welcoming Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 


ECExpo Networking Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 am – 10:30 am 

ECExpo Luncheon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 noon – 1:30 pm 

ECExpo Networking Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 

ECExpo Evening Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

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Lockheed Martin 

103 

ISTEC 

102 

CRC Press 

Analog 

Devices, Inc. 

101 

Tektronix 

100 

Entrance 

300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 

Mentor 

Embanet 

Georgia 

Graphics Rave Atmel ARM Altera Compass Boeing WEPAN Tech 

210 211 410 411 

Emona 

TIMS 

T-Tech 

Rohde & 

Cadence Schwartz 

208 209 408 409 

Mouser 

BNS Time 

Maplesoft Electronics 

Solutions Domain 

Hospitality 

206 207 406 407 

Texas 

Instruments Freescale 

dSPACE IET 

204 205 404 405 

MathWorks Digi-Key 

Digilent ABET 

504 

University of 

Central Florida 

503 

IEEE-HKN 

502 

202 203 402 403 

501 

National 

National 

Instruments Quanser 

Microchip Science Foundation ECEDHA 

200 201 400 401 

500 

CST of 

America Cypress Semiconductor 

Agilent Agilent 


ABB 

505 

IEEE 


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Exhibitor Profiles 

ABB 

www.abb.com 

BOOTH #505 

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry 

customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB 

Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 145,000 

people. “Individuals matter to us at ABB. We believe that the best work comes from 

having a sense of pride and belonging. Individuals matter to us at ABB. Our job is to bring out the best in you, and make sure 

that you know how important you are to our goals.” – Enrique Santacan, President and Chief Executive Officer, ABB Inc. 

ABET 

www.abet.org 

BOOTH #405 

ABET is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that accredits college and 

university programs in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering, 

and engineering technology. ABET accredits over 3,100 programs at more than 660 

institutions in 24 countries. ABET accreditation, which is voluntary and achieved 

through a peer review process, provides self-assessment tools which encourage continuous improvement among participating 

programs. ABET recognition also informs external constituents that a college or university program meets the quality standards 

established by the profession for which the program prepares its students. Over 2,000 volunteers from academia, industry, 

government and the profession support the ABET process through service as program evaluators and on governance and policy 

committees. 


www.agilent.com 

BOOTHS #400 and #401 

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) – Teach with the Best…Learn with the 

Best. As the world’s premier measurement company, Agilent offers the 

broadest range of innovative measurement solutions in the industry. Agilent’s 

measurement products have a long history of use in University labs. The 

company provides a wide range of test equipment, from general-purpose basic instruments to high-performance RF and 

microwave products. Agilent has the measurement expertise, materials, and instrumentation to enable educators to create 

world class electronics labs for teaching and research….your school deserves the best, you need Agilent. 


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Altera 

www.altera.com 

BOOTH #304 

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the leader in 

innovative custom logic solutions. Over 2,600 employees in 19 countries are providing 

solutions that address a range of concerns, from power consumption to performance 

to cost, for customers in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, broadcast, 

computer and storage, consumer, industrial, medical, military, test and measurement, wireless, and wireline. In addition to 

devices, Altera’s comprehensive solutions portfolio contains fully integrated software development tools, versatile embedded 

processors, optimized intellectual property (IP) cores, reference designs examples, and a variety of development kits and 

educational boards. 

Analog Devices, Inc. 

www.analog.com 

BOOTH #101 

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog 

Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the 

technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data 

conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 

customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer 

of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is 

headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' is 

included in the S&P 500 Index. 

ARM 

www.arm.com 

BOOTH #303 

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from 

wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, 

security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes CPU 

and GPU IP, software, standard cell libraries and memories, connectivity products, 

tools and training services, supported by the industry’s broadest partner community. More information on ARM is available at 

http://www.arm.com. 


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Atmel Corporation 

www.atmel.com 

BOOTH #302 

Atmel® Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of 

microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, 

nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the 

industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel® is able 

to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on industrial, consumer, security, communications, 

computing and automotive markets. Offering two decades of microcontroller innovation and leadership with two of the world’s 

most popular microcontroller architectures. 

BNS Solutions 

www.bnssolutions.com 

BOOTH #408 

BNS Solutions is an engineering and technical marketing consulting firm specializing 

in embedded systems, battery system design, portable product design, and PC 

connectivity. Our forte is creating simple and accurate interfaces between products 

and the real world. Experience in the manufacturing, instrumentation, and battery 

worlds results in successful and cost effective designs. BNS’ customers range from small to large and span multiple industries.BNS 

Solutions’ customers have won industry and best of show awards and have been awarded over 40 patents based on the work 

done at BNS. 

Boeing 

www.boeing.com 

BOOTH #306 

Corporate profile Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading 

manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. The 

top U.S. exporter, Boeing supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers 

in more than 150 countries. Our products and tailored services include commercial 

and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and 

communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more 

than 171,700 people across the United States and in 70 countries. In addition, our enterprise leverages the talents of hundreds 

of thousands of skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide. 


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Cadence 

www.cadence.com 

BOOTH #410 

Cypress Semiconductor 

www.cypress.com 

BOOTH #201 

Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in 

the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence 

software, hardware, IP, and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, 

consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and 

computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and research facilities 

around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about the company, its products, and services is 

available at www.cadence.com. 

Cypress delivers, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time to 

market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC® 

Programmable System-on-Chip (Progammable Analog and Digital combined with 

an MCU), as well as memories, USB controllers and connectivity solutions. Cypress 

serves numerous markets including education, consumer, computation, data, communications, automotive, and industrial. Visit 

Cypress at www.cypress.com and Cypress University Alliance online at www.cypress.com/cua 

CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group 

www.taylorandfrancis.com 

BOOTH #102 

Digi-Key Corporation 

www.digikey.com 

BOOTH #205 

CRC Press - Taylor & Francis is a premier publisher in textbooks across all engineering 

disciplines for upper undergraduate level and beyond. Please visit our booth to peruse 

our new and best course adoption titles in Computer and Electrical Engineering. Meet 

Nora Konopka, Publisher of Engineering & Environmental Sciences, to consult in 

selecting the best textbook for your course! 

Digi-Key Corporation, a global electronic components distributor, is recognized as 

the industry leader for product selection, service and delivery. With access to over 3 

million products online and more than 820,000 in stock, Digi-Key's reputation for 

providing the world's largest selection of electronic components available for 

immediate shipment is well founded. The Digi-Key website - digikey.com -- is your one-stop solution for electronic component 

orders, from prototype to production®. For its academic partners, Digi-Key is committed to providing sophisticated online 

multimedia content including videos, social media and interactive communities along with other customized resources, 

exceptional customer support and competitive pricing. Additional information and access to Digi-Key’s broad product offering 

is available at www.digikey.com. 

CST of America, Inc. 

www.cst.com 

BOOTH #200 

Digilent Inc. 

www.digilentinc.com 

BOOTH #404 

CST of America, Inc. is the leading supplier of 3D electromagnetic simulation tools 

worldwide. Its products are very effective tools for the teaching and hands-on 

learning of complex electromagnetic theory. Microwave, RF and high speed data 

devices and systems such as wireless communication devices, aircraft, chip packages 

and interconnects can be modeled and simulated. The software has an excellent and easy to learn 3D interface with robust 

imports from all the major CAD and layout vendors. Highly visual post processing gives students a very good insight into the 

fundamentals as well as explaining more in-depth behavior of a device. 

Digilent is a world leader in academic and research technology solutions. Digilent 

offers FPGA, microcontroller, robotics, and analog education tools. Over 1,200 

universities, training centers and research laboratories in more than 70 countries use 

Digilent products and services. All Digilent products are competitively priced for 

direct student purchase. Please visit the website at www.digilentinc.com for more information. 


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dSPACE, Inc. 

www.dspaceinc.com 

BOOTH #406 

dSPACE will display a real-time system for performing fast function prototyping in 

full-pass and bypass scenarios. This demo features dSPACE’s new MicroAutoBox II, 

which is used in a wide variety of applications, not only in industrial research and 

development, but also in university laboratories worldwide. MicroAutoBox II can be 

used for many different rapid control prototyping applications including vehicle control (chassis, powertrain, body, x-by-wire, 

advanced driver assistance, etc.), new experimental vehicle developments such as electric drives control, aerospace, and many 

more. 


www.ecedha.org 

BOOTH # 500 and 501 

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) 

is the leading academic association comprised of nearly 300 ABET accredited ECE 

university department heads or chairs from across the United States and Canada. 

Each year, ECEDHA brings together the largest gathering of ECE department heads 

for its Annual Conference and ECExpo to discuss the latest trends and issues in educational tools, curriculum, and industry 

requirements for future engineering professionals. 


www.embanetcompass.com 

BOOTH #305 

At EmbanetCompass, we partner with traditional not-for-profit universities to help 

them finance, launch, and operate online academic programs. We provide support 

services including research, marketing, student recruitment, instructional design and 

technology, student retention support, faculty training and support and 24/7/365 

technical help desk. EmbanetCompass partners with over 35 colleges and universities serving more than 135 programs. 


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Emona TIMS 

www.qpsk.com 

BOOTH #210 

Help your students understand the communications and signals theory they need to 

design tomorrow’s wireless, fiber optics and telecommunications networks. Visit the 

Emona TIMS booth to see why so many universities are using the TIMS equipment in 

their laboratories. Emona TIMS, Telecommunications Instructional Modeling System: 

hardware and software for your student labs and hardware experiments delivered over the Internet for on-line learning and 

MOOCs. Emona TIMS lab equipment covers topics including: digital and analog communications theory; wireless communications 

theory; signals and systems experiments; DSP and signal processing; Introduction to fiber optics principles; and student projects 

in communications theory. 

Freescale 

www.freescale.com 

BOOTH #207 

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) is a global leader in embedded processing 

solutions, providing industry leading products that are advancing the automotive, 

consumer, industrial and networking markets. From microprocessors and 

microcontrollers to sensors, analog integrated circuits and connectivity – our 

technologies are the foundation for the innovations that make our world greener, safer, healthier and more connected. Some 

of our key applications and end-markets include automotive safety, hybrid and all-electric vehicles, next generation wireless 

infrastructure, smart energy management, portable medical devices, consumer appliances and smart mobile devices. The 

company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing and sales operations around the 

world. 

Georgia Tech: Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES) 

www.faces.gatech.edu BOOTH #308 

Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES) is a National Science 

Foundation-sponsored effort between Georgia Tech, Morehouse, Emory University 

and Spelman. Its aim is to increase the number of African Americans attaining 

doctorates in engineering and science. The ultimate goal of the FACES program is to 

alter the “face” of the engineering and science professoriate, such that it includes a 

greater number of underrepresented groups. 


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IEEE 

www.ieee.org 

BOOTH #502 

The IET 

www.theiet.org 

BOOTH #407 

IEEE is the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to advancing 

technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its 

members inspire a global community through IEEE’s highly cited publications, 

conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. 

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a world leading professional 

organization for engineering and technology and producer of science and technology 

resources including eBooks, books and journals, conference proceedings and 

electronic databases. Please visit www.theiet.org for ordering and pricing 

information on our full publishing product line. 

IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) 

www.hkn.org 

BOOTH #503 

ISTEC, Ibero-american Science & Technology Education Consortium 

www.istec.org 

BOOTH #103 

IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu is the IEEE honor society for students and professionals in 

engineering, science and computing, as well as the IEEE-designated fields of 

interest. With more than 200,000 members and over 200 chapters at distinguished 

Universities around the globe, IEEE-HKN recognizes academic excellence, leadership, 

outstanding character, and service. All alumni are invited to reconnect with IEEE- 

HKN, and participate in our 2013 Founders Day (October 28) activities. For more information, please visit www.hkn.org. US Toll 

Free 800.406.2590 

ISTEC is non-profit consortium of approx. 70 Iberoamerican and US-based universities 

and industrial members, dedicated for the past 22 years to promoting engineering 

education. We offer various programs directed toward improving the quality of 

education and promoting a culture of continuous improvement in engineering higher 

education. We assist Iberoamerican universities in: (1) assessing and developing their accreditation-readiness; (2) the professional 

development and continuing education of engineering professors; (3) promoting a culture of innovation and empowerment 

among students through our annual, peer-reviewed student contest; and (4) fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and 

curriculum reform through collaborative, hands-on projects that stress the importance of academic-industry partnerships. 

Intel 

www.intel.com 

SPONSOR 

Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the 

essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. 

Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and 

blogs.intel.com. 

Early registrants for the ECEDHA Annual 

Conference can enter a drawing to receive… 

32GB Wi-Fi iPad with Retina Display 

COURTESY OF: Visit booth # 400 

ECEDHA members registered by February 15 can obtain an entry card at registration. Entry cards 

must be submitted at the Agilent booth, #400, by Monday at 5:30 pm in order to be entered to win. 


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Lockheed Martin 

www.lockheedmartin.com 

BOOTH #104 

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace 

company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged 

in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of 

advanced technology systems, products and services. As a global security, aerospace, 

and information technology company, the majority of Lockheed Martin's business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and 

the U.S. federal government agencies. In fact, Lockheed Martin is the largest provider of IT services, systems integration, and 

training to the U.S. Government. The remaining portion of Lockheed Martin's business is comprised of international government 

and some commercial sales of our products, services and platforms. 

Maplesoft 

www.maplesoft.com 

BOOTH #208 

Maplesoft, a subsidiary of Cybernet Systems Co. Ltd. in Japan, is the leading provider 

of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics. Its 

product suite reflects the philosophy that given great tools, people can do great 

things. Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians use Maplesoft products to enable 

them to work better, faster, and smarter. The Maplesoft product suite includes Maple, a technical computing and documentation 

environment with the world’s most advanced symbolic computation engine, and MapleSim, a high-performance, multidomain 

modeling and simulation tool for physical systems. Combined together, these technologies enable the creation of 

cutting-edge tools for design, modeling, and high-performance simulation. 

Visit ECEDHA Rebook 

on the ECExpo Show Floor 

Corporations are welcome to visit ECEDHA booth # 500 

on the ECExpo floor to plan your 2014 participation! 


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MathWorks 

www.mathworks.com/academia 

BOOTH #204 

Mouser Electronics 

www.mouser.com 

BOOTH #209 

The MATLAB and Simulink product families are fundamental computational tools at 

the world's educational institutions. Adopted by more than 5000 universities and 

colleges, MathWorks products accelerate the pace of learning, teaching, and research 

in engineering and science. MathWorks products also help prepare students for 

careers in industry worldwide, where the tools are widely used for collaborative new 

product development. 

Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component 

distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to 

electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 3 million 

products online from more than 450 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple 

catalogs per year providing students and engineers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next 

generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 375,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. stateof-the-art 

facility in Texas. Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. 

Visit http://www.mouser.com. 

Mentor Graphics 

www.mentor.com 

BOOTH #300 


www.ni.com/academic 

BOOTH #202 

Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and software 

design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support 

for the world’s most successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. 

For more information, visit http://www.mentor.com. 

National Instruments equips engineers and scientists with tools to accelerate 

productivity, innovation, and discovery. NI provides comprehensive academic 

solutions that deliver engaging, interactive, real-world learning experiences that 

prepare students to do engineering in the classroom and in professional practice. 

These cost-effective solutions offer academic institutions flexible integration across all science and engineering disciplines. For 

more information about NI academic solutions and discounts, visit www.ni.com/academic. 

Microchip Technology Inc. 

www.microchip.com 

BOOTH #402 


www.nsf.gov 

BOOTH #403 

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, 

analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total 

system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications 

worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding 

technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at 

http://www.microchip.com. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by 

Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, 

prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget 

of about $7.0 billion (FY 2012), we are the funding source for approximately 20 

percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as 

mathematics, computer science and the social sciences 


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Quanser 

www.quanser.com 

BOOTH #203 


www.ti.com/university 

BOOTH #206 

Quanser is a leading developer of experiments and courseware for teaching control 

systems design, hands-on. Their open-architecture control solutions are used 

worldwide by thousands of universities, colleges, research laboratories and 

commercial organizations. Quanser’s distinctively modular control systems allow 

educators to cost-effectively employ the same power plant to perform experiments of varying complexity. The industry-relevant 

courseware and cutting-edge workstations help teach Introductory, Intermediate or Advanced controls to students in Electrical 

and Mechanical Engineering. Quanser’s control laboratory equipment helps universities captivate the brightest minds, motivates 

them to succeed and produces graduates with industry-relevant skills. To request curriculum samples or lab equipment 

demonstrations, please email: info@quanser.com 

Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 90,000 customers unlock the 

possibilities of the world as it could be – smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more 

fun. The TI University Program offers educators discounted tools, free ICs, and lab 

donations to support the integration of TI technology into teaching labs. Our 

advanced analog and embedded processing technologies fuel the passions of students and educators in more than 4,000 

universities worldwide. Discover how the TI University Program can help you push the boundaries and explore new horizons. 

www.ti.com/university 

Rave Computer 

www.rave.com 

BOOTH #301 

Tektronix, Inc. 

www.tektronix.com 

BOOTH #100 

Rave Computer is committed to building optimized computer hardware solutions 

that address the unique requirements of higher education institutions. Each Rave 

computer system has been developed to maximize the power and performance of 

software applications, enabling students to be more precise, productive and 

innovative as they navigate complex designs and repeat renders. Experience the difference a Rave system delivers. 

Tektronix is a leading supplier of test equipment for engineers focused on electronic 

design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in 

Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning 

service and support. 

Rohde & Schwartz 

www.rsa.rohde-schwarz.com 

BOOTH #411 

Time Domain 

www.timedomain.com 

BOOTH #409 

Rohde & Schwarz is an independent group of companies specializing in electronics. 

It is a leading supplier of solutions in the fields of test and measurement, 

broadcasting, radiomonitoring and radiolocation, as well as secure communications. 

Established over 80 years ago, Rohde & Schwarz has a global presence and 

international service network with ISO registrations and accreditations. Company headquarters are in Munich, Germany. 

Time Domain is a provider of high performance UltraWideband (UWB) radios, radars 

and range measurement platforms for use in government and industrial applications 

as well as for research and education. The equipment is currently being used by 

approximately 30 universities for post graduate and post doctorate research. Research 

topics include: radar, sensor networks, localization networks and channel modeling. UWB platforms are also proving to be a 

valuable undergraduate teaching tool. They can be used to teach ElectroMagnetics, RF propagation, radar (mono-, bi- and 

multi-static), signal processing, range measurement, robotic navigation, and localization without GPS. The devices are safe, 

affordable and easy to use. Multiple units can operate simultaneously in typical labs. Response from students has been positive. 


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T-Tech 

www.t-tech.com 

BOOTH #211 

T-Tech, Inc., manufacturer of the Quick Circuit, is the leader in precision prototyping 

solutions. With clients in 46 countries and over 5000 Quick Circuits in the field, our 

customers include, research and development laboratories, federal institutions, 

universities and commercial businesses. Quick Circuit allows engineers to move from 

design to test in hours! 


www.eecs.ucf.edu 

BOOTH #504 

The mission of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is to 

educate undergraduate and graduate students to become highly skilled in the 

principles and practices of computer science (CS), computer engineering (CpE), 

electrical engineering (EE) and information technology (IT) and to develop electrical 

and computer engineers, computer scientists and information technology graduates that meet today's market needs and to 

educate and provide the opportunity for Masters and Ph.D. graduates to conduct scientific research in high tech and state-ofthe-art 

research topics. 

WEPAN 

www.wepan.org 

BOOTH #307 

Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) is a national not-for-profit 

organization with over 700 members from engineering schools, small businesses, 

Fortune 500 corporations, and non-profit organizations. WEPAN works to transform 

culture in engineering education to attract, retain, and graduate women. With a clear 

focus on research-based issues and solutions, WEPAN helps its members develop a highly prepared, diverse engineering workforce 

for tomorrow. WEPAN’s network of members on 150 college and university campuses reaches 42,890 female engineering students 

or 60% of the female engineering students through campus-based programs and initiatives (WEPAN membership data and 

American Society of Engineering Educators [ASEE] Data Management System data). WEPAN’s Institutional Members have an 

average 15% higher enrollment of women in engineering, than non-member campuses. 


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