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2013 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo Orlando, Florida . March 22–26, 2013
ECE Spotlight Schedule
ECE Spotlight Schedule
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,
Agilent Technologies
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.
March 22–26, 2013
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