1. Agenda 12:00-1:30 Lunch / Summary of 2006 Visit
1:30-2:30 Survey Results and Questions Discussion
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Curriculum Initiatives
4:00-5:00 Open discussion with Student Leaders

2. ECE Vital Statistics Faculty 43 Tenure Track Faculty and 5 Lecturers
13 IEEE Fellows
4 Major IEEE Field Awards for Outstanding Research
14 Untenured Faculty (less than five years)
580 Undergraduates
460 Graduate students

3. Metrics Doubled research expenditures, Flattened out recently
Expenditures ($M)
Doubled research expenditures,
Flattened out recently
More than tripled publications over six years

4. Degree Programs Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Master of Engineering
Master of Science
Joint Degree: Master of Science in ECE and Juris Doctor from College of Law
Joint Degree: Master of Science in ECE and MS in Management from the Warrington College of Business
The Engineer Degree
Ph.D.

5. Number of Students
Undergrad enrollment in decline (more later)

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. ABET Processes - Objectives
External Board has a lot of input - we’ll do more in a minute
External Board is to review surveys - more later

15. ABET Processes - Objectives
Course Committees are key
Faculty Review Data, Set Standards, Control Content

16. 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

17. Issues Objectives Outcomes Professional Design and Conduct Experiments
Statistics
Standards

18. ABET Definitions Objectives Outcomes 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)

19. BSEE Objectives
The objectives of the EE program at UF are to prepare students for:
Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving;
Admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate programs in the world;
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

20. 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

21. Action Items
Is this wording ok?
Should we come up with an alternate?

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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)