Electrical and Computer Engineering
Departmental Overview
Prof. Mark E. Law
Department of Electrical and Computer Eng.
Logistics
• Wireless - eceufw
• Bathrooms are across the breezeway
• Introductions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outline
• Agenda
• State of the Department
– Faculty
– Graduate
– Undergraduate
• Conclusions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Agenda
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8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00 State of the Department, Law
10:00-10:30 Budget Cut Discussion, Law
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 New Undergrad Curriculum Discussion, Law
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Senior Design Competition, NEB Rotunda
2:00-3:00 Research Highlights - Moore, Lin
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 100th Anniversary / Capital Campaign, Hendryx
4:30-5:30 Wrap Up, All
6:15 Dinner - Mildred’s Big City Cafe
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Leadership
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Dean Search is in full gear
Application Deadline was April 10
On-Campus Interviews week of May 11
Start date of August is hoped for
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
US News Rankings
• Beauty Contest at the department level
• 29st Best Graduate Program in US News (2008)
Up 2 from 2007
• Unranked Undergrad, same as 2005-8
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outline
• Agenda
• State of the Department
– Faculty
– Graduate
– Undergraduate
• Conclusions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE Faculty
 Faculty
 44 Tenure Track Faculty and 4 Lecturers
 15 IEEE Fellows
 9 Assistant Professors
 No searches run in 07/08 or 08/09
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Honors
• Dr. Liuqing Yang has been selected as a winner of the 2009
NSF CAREER Program competition.
• Dr. Eisenstadt and Dr. Fox were recognized with the SRC
FCRP Inventor Recognition Awards for Inventions filed for
patents.
• Dr. Dapeng Wu named UFRF professor.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Honors
• The Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Sao Luis do
Maranhao, Brazil, bestowed the degree of "Doutor Honoris
Causa", to Dr. Jose C. Principe, for his contributions to
academic excellence, neuroengineering research and its
clinical impact.
• Dr. Dapeng Wu received an AFOSR Young Investigator
Award.
• Dr. Mike Fang, Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Wireless
Communications
• UF Jack Wessel Excellence Award for Assistant Professors to
Liquing Yang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hiring Plans and Recruitment
• Target 50 faculty before budget cuts
• No 07/08 or 08/09 Search
• Waiting on 09/10 dependent on budget
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outline
• Agenda
• State of the Department
– Faculty
– Graduate
– Undergraduate
• Conclusions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Strategic Goals - ECE
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24
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17
2002-3
2003-4
2004-5
2005-6
2006-7
2007-8
2008-9
16
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10
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Ph.D. Graduates
• Goal was to double Ph.D.’s
• Project Steady State in the mid 30’s
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Strategic Goal - ECE
• Place more faculty as academics
• FIDEP
– Developmental Program fro academics
– Year long course sequence
– Resume critique, interview shadowing, mock
interviews, proposal writing, class instruction
• Look to more domestic Ph.D. production
• More teaching opportunities
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE Research Metrics
600
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542
10.3
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10.1 10.2
517
9.8
492
500
9.2
Expenditures ($M)
8
449
7.75
6
400
323
5.75
300
4.5
242
4
204
200
171
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00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08
Academic Year
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Awards are up, but
expenditures are down
00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08
Publications
Sustainable ~500
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Strategic Goals - ECE
• Funding Metric on Ph.D.’s - Achieved 05/06
– Support approximately 200 to 240 Ph.D. students
– $10 - $13M / year in external research expenditures
• Publications Metric on Ph.D. - Achieved 05/06
– 120 to 150 journal pubs / year (0.6 / year / Ph.D. student)
– 200 to 240 conference pubs / year (1 / year / Ph.D. student)
• Consistent with recruitment of 40-50 Ph.D. students / year
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Publication Quality
• IEEE Xplore is a game changer
• Top Conferences are now as available as journals
• Changed Evaluation Metrics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Number of Students
Fall Student Enrollment
1000
900
Number of Students
800
700
600
Undergrad
500
Grad
400
300
200
100
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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Year
• Declines in Undergrad
• Bottomed out?
• More Later
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grad Applicants, Admission, Enrollment
Applied
Admit
Enroll
Aid
Fall ‘03
2011
800
140
70
Fall ‘04
1001
408
91
27
Fall ‘05
780
504
139
43
Fall ‘06
1300
500
137
40
Fall ‘07
1500
495
134
43
Fall ‘08
1630
550
261
40
• Incoming class was huge!
• Fall 2009 to date:
– Over 1700 Applicants
– Made 40 offers
– 500 Achievement Awards Offers
• Project need 140 students
• Difficulty Recruiting US
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grad Student Stipend
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Living Estimate for Gainesville ~$11,500
15% of student stipends are below living costs
Last year it was 20%
Average is now $13,700
Up about 3% from last year
• Recommended Minimum
– $15,000 stipend
– $18,000 budget
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distance Learning
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Online M.S. - EDGE
Negotiated new out-of-state pricing
Tuition is now reasonable
Please spread the word to alums
• Revenue Stream to college / department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outline
• Agenda
• State of the Department
– Faculty
– Graduate
– Undergraduate
• Conclusions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Undergrad News and Awards
• UF IEEE Student Chapter did very well at this year's Region
3 Southeast Conference. They competed against 39 other
universities placing first in the programming and second in
ethics presentation competitions/
• Subjagator finished second after a three year winning streak
at the robotic sub competition.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Undergrad Retention / Recruiting
• National Problem
– Enrollment is down in EE, CprE
– Shift to Mechanical
– Retention is poor in the discipline
• Locally
• Half has been in CprE
– Hardware down to 60 students
– Software (CISE) down from 800 to 300
• We have no control over admissions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Impacts
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SCH’s - summer budget, raise pool
Could hurt our budget outright
Leader in improving will help our rankings
Important to the state mission
Lose higher admission standards
• Exceptional High School Students
• UCF, USF get lower quality freshmen (on average)
and do fine
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Problems
• Science and Math Based Curriculum for Engineering
– Lose a lot of students in the first two years
– No engineering curriculum
• Diversity is bad
– White, male undergrad body (ok with hispanics)
– Female undergrad percentage is decreasing
• Perceived as difficult
– C+ requirement in math and physics
– Weed out in 3111 / 3135
• 12th Century Teaching Methods
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lots of National Research
• Entry Level Courses
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Project Based Approaches
Team Learning, Alternatives to Lecture
More hands-on, less theory
We can make use of these concepts
• I think we need to begin to seriously adapt
new strategies in entry level classes first
two years - more later!
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ABET
• Both CprE and EE got a clean bill of health
• Continue to run processes
• Next visit is in 2012
• New courses in curriculum
– Seminar
– Junior Design
– Freshmen Engineering
• Request to increase to 131 hours
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ABET 2000
• Methodology of Evaluation - rather than credit
counting
• Outcomes assessment
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Faculty Review of Performance
Survey Students
Survey Recruiters / Alums
Panels for targeted feedback
• Show coupling of assessment to curriculum
renewal and overhaul
• Verify that students meet nationally recognized
criteria
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ABET Definitions
• Objectives
– Broad Statements
– Goals for students 5 years after graduation
– Measured by surveys / focus groups
• Outcomes
– Specific skills
– Measured at graduation time
– Direct measurement (not grades or surveys)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Objective Survey Data
• 2008 Survey - Quickly
• Trends
• Compare three years of surveys
• Can start tracking classes longitudinally
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grad School
• Some
increase
• Economic?
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Applied to Grad
School
Attended Grad
School
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Received a Degree
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2006
2007
2008
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Continuing Education
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50
Authored Papers
40
Attended Technical
Conf.
Continuing Ed?
30
Member of Technical
Society
• Some
increase in
attendance at
continuing
education
events
20
10
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2006
2007
2008
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Technical Contributions
• Pretty positive
results
90
80
70
60
Significant Technical
Contributions
50
1 or more
promotion
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2 or more
promotion
Dealt with
constraints
successfully
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20
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2006
2007
2008
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Soft Skills
• Volunteering
is increasing?
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Volunteer Activity
Community
Outreach
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Mentored
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20
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2006
2007
2008
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outline
• Agenda
• State of the Department
– Faculty
– Graduate
– Undergraduate
• Conclusions
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Issues
• Math Skills
• Senior Design Overload
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3105 - Analytic Methods in EE
• 3 credits
• Application of calculus to develop the analytical
tools used in electrical engineering. Real and
complex functions and polynomials; linear spaces,
linear transformations, matrices, eigenvalue
problem; linear differential operators;
approximation, including least squares,
interpolation, and approximation by polynomials.
• Coreq - Differential Equations, 3135
• Offered first in Fall 2006
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3135 Intro to Signals and Systems
• 3 credits
• Continuous-time and discrete-time signal analysis
including Fourier series and transforms; sampling;
continuous-time and discrete-time linear system
analysis with emphasis on FIR and IIR systems:
impulse response, frequency response, and system
function.
• Coreq - Differential Equations, 3105
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3112 Circuits, Systems, and Signals
• 4 credits
• Continuous-time signals and linear systems:
Fourier series and transforms, frequency response,
Laplace transform and system function, analog
filters; emphasis on electrical circuits. Sampling.
Discrete-time signals and systems; time- and
frequency-domain analysis; sampled-data systems
and design of digital filters.
• Prereq - 3105, 3135
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
New Scores in Outcome a
4.5
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3.5
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2.5
311C
3135
3472
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• a - an ability to
apply
knowledge of
mathematics,
science, and
engineering
• Some
evidence of
improvement!
1.5
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Fall '05
Spring '06
Fall '06
Spring '07
Fall '07
Spring '08
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Junior Design
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New course for Fall 2006
Cover much of the background
Scheduling / Documentation / Patent
Sample Designs / Teamwork
• Working on evaluation metrics
• Initial unscientific results have been very
favorable
• Request in to increase hours to degree
• Otherwise it will come out of technical electives
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Senior Design
• Critical for ABET - monitor nearly all outcomes in
senior design
• Lot to cover and include
• Some evidence for improved results in SD from JD
• Outcome Data has suggested JD is a real plus
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Spring '07
Summer '07
4.33
4.48
4.63
4.48
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conclusions
• Hit initial research goals - maintain and grow
– Focus on Quality / Reputation
• Challenged with enrollment
– Recruit harder, more effectively
– Raise stipends to competitive levels
• Developing Quality Metrics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Action Items for Meeting
• Help with the Anniversary
• Feedback on Undergraduate Programs (More Later)
– Teaching Directions
– Retention
– Changes
• Feedback on Research / Graduate Programs
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering