Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ABET 2000 Methodology of Evaluation - rather than credit counting Outcomes assessment –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 B.S.E.E Program General Education and Pre-professional 48 credits College Core and Accreditation 22 credits Electrical Engineering Core 27 credits EE Specializations 11 or 12 credits EE Electives 17 or 18 credits Total is 126 credits - fixed by state rule

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering General Education and Pre-professional Humanities and Social Sciences - 15 credits –Must include international studies and diversity –Usually satisfy Gordon Rule (Writing requirement) Calculus and Differential Equations - 15 credits Science - 15 credits –Chemistry I and lab –Physics I and II and labs –Chemistry or Biology General Elective - 3 Raised Admissions Standards to Upper Division

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College Core and Accreditation Technical Writing - 3 credits Advanced Math and Statistics - 7 credits Ethics - 1 credit College Breadth - 9 credits –Mechanical Engineering - Thermo, Mechanical Design –Engineering Science - Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials –Engineering Economics –Advanced Math - Now teaching within ECE Computing Elective - 2 credits

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Core Circuits I and II and lab - 7 credits Signals and Systems - 3 credits Electronics and lab - 4 credits Solid State Devices - 3 credits Electromagnetic Fields - 3 credits Digital Logic and lab - 4 credits Senior Design - 3 credits

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Additional EE Specializations - Choose 3 of these 5 Areas: –Power and Energy + lab –Analog or Digital Electronics + lab –Communications + lab –Linear Controls + lab –Microprocessors + lab Electives credits Represents much of the senior year

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Goals Broad Education –General Ed, College Breadth –Gordon Rule Knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering –General Ed, Math, Science, College Core Engineering Problem Solving –College Core –EE Core, EE Electives –Senior Design / IPPD Design and Conduct Experiments –Physics, Chemistry, ECE - minimum 9 credits of labs –Statistics –Senior Design / IPPD

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering B.S./M.S. Program Increasingly Popular Graduate Electives can be doubled counted –6 or 12 credits (depending on GPA) Streamlined –30 credit hour, non-thesis option –Course work only option - no final exit exam required –Completion possible in 1 additional calendar year (9, 9, 6) Encouraging all qualified students to pursue

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ABET Processes - Objectives ABET Board has a lot of input ABET Board is to review surveys - more later

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ABET Processes - Objectives Course Committees are key Faculty Review Data, Set Standards, Control Content

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall 2006 Visit Clean bill of health - full six year accreditation with no issues Items that came up in review - considered minor Faculty / Staff / Students / Board Members did great Worked long hours during the review to respond

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Issues Objectives Outcomes Design and Conduct Experiments Professional Statistics Standards

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 BSEE Objectives The objectives of the EE program at UF are to prepare students for: 1.Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving; 2.Admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate programs in the world; 3.Good citizenship by engaging in ethical engineering for the betterment of society and the world. Can’t do #2 for all students - not clear that it isn’t a goal for all students

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering BSEE Objectives - Change The objectives of the EE program at UF are to prepare students for: 1.Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving; and/or admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate programs in the world; 2.Good citizenship by engaging in ethical engineering for the betterment of society and the world. Evaluator seemed happy with this change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Action Items Is this wording ok? Should we come up with an alternate? Change has been approved, but should we redo in a more major way?

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering BSEE Outcomes Design and Conduct Experiments Fortunate Design a testing plan for a circuit Design a procedure for parameter extraction Design a circuit and test vectors to verify operation Design controllers and testing protocols Design in test plan with design

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professional - Statistics and Probability Appropriate to discipline Not enough to require a course Included –3304 Device parameter extraction and variations –3396 Boltzmann Statistics, Linear reduction –4331 Probability functions in describing doping –4514 Noise in communications systems and impact on signals –4914 Least Squares, Data Reduction

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professional - Standards Appropriate use of standards in design Throughout curriculum –CprE classes - 5V design of logic, bus standards –Power - power standards –Communications - many standards –Microprocessor families and designs Examples in Senior Design –USB / Ethernet Communication –GPS –Power Control

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lessons Learned Very detailed about data and history –ChemE was asked to provide all faculty minutes…. –Post relevant data on the web site to maintain records Outcomes and Links to classes –Lucky - some classes changed labs and dropped ABET items –Explicit list what the outcome is in a course –Include this in the standard syllabus approved by course committee Survey refinement (More Later) Work on opportunities for multi / inter disciplinary –Clarify definitions Extend Senior Design (More Later)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Counseling Assistants - Intro Poor Retention Freshmen to Junior –Lose about 50% of incoming freshmen –Retention is excellent when they hit our classes Math instruction is poor –Students are under prepared –Data on ABET Outcome a - an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Counseling Assistants Hire rising seniors to be counseling assistants CA’s will: –Help students –Show interest, monitor grades, direct to resources –Provide additional help in calculus - help sessions –Provide relevance of courses to degree –Guide students to professional opportunities –Show the department cares and wants freshmen to succeed Major benefits –Connect students to the department –Find peers in major / social structure