1. ECEDHA Mid-Atlantic Meeting July 16-17, 2010 Lamberton Hall, Lehigh University Fil Bartoli ECE Dept. Chair and Chandler Weaver Chair P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science ECE

2. ECEDHA Mid-Atlantic Meeting Attendees

3. About Lehigh Private institution founded in 1865; 35 th among National Research Universities in U.S. News & World Report ~4700 undergraduate students (59% m, 41% f) ~2100 graduate students (56% m, 44% f) 432 full-time tenure track faculty 1,600 acres on 3 contiguous campuses; half preserved as open space ~150 buildings with >3.6 million square feet of classroom, lab, office and living space; 180 acres of playing fields

4. Robert Alexander Lamberton (Third Lehigh President: 1880-1893) Previous graduated of Dickinson College, Prominent lawyer in Harrisburg, Pa., and Lehigh trustee. Beginning of Electrical Engineering Program at Lehigh

5. Golden Gate Bridge Howard H. McClintic & Charles D. Marshall, 1888 Lehigh Engineering: A tradition of unconventional thinking Panama Canal Howard H. McClintic & Charles D. Marshall, 1888 Francis R. Dravo, 1887 Packard Automobile James Ward Packard, 1884 Ford Mustang: Lee Iacocca, 1945 Escalator Jesse Reno, 1883

6. Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lehigh Today Degree programs: BS, MS, PhD in EE and CompE (joint with CSE) Faculty 20 full-time faculty (30% hired in last 7 years) 2 Professors of Practice Bachelors’ Programs 130 undergraduate students 50 B.S. degrees granted each year Masters’ & Doctoral Programs 110 FT graduate students 25 M.S. & 10 Ph.D. degrees granted each year (>20% of RCEAS graduate degrees) Educational Opportunities: Co-op program & industrial internships Research experiences for undergraduates, & others

7. Lehigh Engineering - Today 7 Academic departments 130 full-time faculty 30% hired in last 7 years 17 Bachelors’ Programs 1670 undergraduate students; some 33% of Lehigh undergrads 400+ B.S. degrees conferred each year 21 Masters’, 13 Doctoral Programs 650 graduate students 135 M.S. & 50 Ph.D. degrees granted each year More than 50% of Lehigh’s Ph.D. degrees; 65% of research expenditure

8. ECE Enrollment Trend

9. 15-Year Enrollment Trend 19%

10. Optical Technologies Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Bioelectronics Engineering Wireless Communication, Networking & Sensing Energy and the Environment Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Opportunities in ECE

11. Environmental/Energy Engineering

12. Life Science/ Biotechnology

13. Information/ Communications Technologies

14. Central Themes Improving undergraduate enrollments Improving undergraduate enrollments First-year experience First-year experience Innovation and leadership development Innovation and leadership development Redefining ECE in interdisciplinary world Redefining ECE in interdisciplinary world Interdepartmental programs Interdepartmental programs ECE meeting societal challenges in 21st century ECE meeting societal challenges in 21st century Increasing the number of US doctoral students Increasing the number of US doctoral students ABET Issues and best practices ABET Issues and best practices ECEDHA Mid-Atlantic Meeting

15. Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed our Lives Electrification Automobile Airplane Water Supply and Distribution Electronics Radio and Television Agricultural Mechanization Computers Telephony Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Highways Spacecraft Internet Imaging Household Appliances Health Technologies Petroleum/Petrochemical Technologies Lasers and Fiber Optics Nuclear Technologies High Performance Materials Broad Impact of Electrical and Computer Engineering

16. Sustainability, Health, Security, Joy of Living 1.Make solar energy economical 2.Provide energy from fusion 3.Provide access to clean water 4.Reverse-engineer the brain 5.Advance personalized learning 6.Develop carbon sequestration methods 7.Restore/improve urban infrastructure 8.Engineer tools of scientific discovery 9.Advance health informatics 10.Prevent nuclear terror 11.Engineer better medicines 12.Manage the nitrogen cycle 13.Enhance virtual reality 14.Secure cyberspace NAE Engineering’s Grand Challenges Source: National Academy of Engineering

17. Engineering Innovators – Cross-functional technical leaders and innovators – Undergraduate research – Integrate undergraduate and master’s engineering education The Dual Mission of Lehigh Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Professionals – Liberal education for the 21st Century – Career preparation in – Health/medicine – Business/Finance – Entrepreneurship – Design/Architecture – Legal Studies – International Relations – Technical Journalism

18. Where Have All The Jobs Gone? Most jobs created in the U.S. over the past two decades are in Housing, Finance, and Service Most of the jobs lost are not coming back to the level they were; not any time soon How are new jobs created in the future?

19. We will have much to discuss following the presentations to come…. Thank You! Questions?