Industrial Advisory Board Spring 2014
Welcome Jason Gentry, IAB President
Welcome IAB guests • New names and faces (action item from FA13)
– Shirish Bahirat, Micron
– Martin Glapa, Alcatel-Lucent
– Mike Hawes, Agilent
– David Lacey, Hewlett-Packard
– Eric Mather, Lockheed Martin
– Kerry McBee, Xcel Energy
– Ed Minnock, Ed Minnock & Associates
– Greg Nuccio, Jeppesen
– Richard Robinson, Nimsoft
Department Update Tony Maciejewski, ECE Department Head
Agenda • Experimenting with new format – tell us what you
think – Department Update
– Prepare for Engineering Days (E-Days)
– Review E-Days Projects at Moby
– Return to Durrell Center
– Working Lunch & Breakout Session: Review Results of E-Days Judging
– Discuss Results of Breakout Session
– Election
– Social Event at Fort Collins Brewery
10-years of service Thank you!
• Susan Hunter
• John Nichols
2005 - Student Advising Day
(now called Design Your Future Day)
SP07 IAB meeting (John has attended
almost all of the meetings since joining
in 2004)
Faculty News
• Professor Jade Morton to join ECE in FA14
• Professor Reising lands $4.5M grant to help NASA study clouds and climate
• ECE faculty garner new fellow awards – Biedron: SPIE & American Physical Society
– Menoni: SPIE
– Morton: IEEE
– Bartels: American Physical Society
• Chandra leads partnership to install tornado radar near Dallas/Fort Worth
• Menoni bolsters reputation as role model for women in science – Featured in International Innovation
– Chosen to deliver worldwide webinar for Women in Engineering
ERC Profs Propel Innovation
• Student-led Annual IEEE Open Design Competition a success! – Thank you industry judges and sponsors!
– Winners: Free EMG (ECE); Diggerbot (ME); Math Racerz (ECE)
• EE major Wirtz wins Goldwater Scholarship – 1 of 283 students nationwide selected
Student News
• 7th Annual Best Paper Contest begins May 6th – Thanks to IEEE Plains Section for donating the prize money
– Judges will review papers for all E-Days projects
– Contact Andrea if interested
• Commencement set for May 16th at Moby
ECE Faculty by the Numbers • 25 faculty
• $515K per faculty (FY2013)
• 0.4 PhD degrees per faculty (2012)
• High percentage of Fellows and professional awards
• Relatively small number of faculty
ECE ranks high in research
• ECE faculty rank 28th (out of 370 programs) in the country for research expenditures per faculty member – ECE is 36th overall for total research funding
• ECE outranks: – Purdue – Princeton – U. CA, Davis – Texas A&M – CU
*NSF data (2009)
COE Research Expenditures
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
CBE
ME
CEE
ECE
COE Research Expenditures
ATS 23%
CIRA 27%
ECE 20%
CEE 16%
ME 10%
CBE 4%
College of Engineering 46%
2012-2013
ATS CIRA ECE CEE ME CBE
ECE Research Expenditures
2,636,379
12,863,408
$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
National Enrollment Trends
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering Science
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Total Engineering
Taken from ASEE - 2013 numbers will be reported in May.
ECE Spring Enrollment
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
SP06 SP07 SP08 SP09 SP10 SP11 SP12 SP13 SP14
ME-Online
PhD
Masters
Undergraduate(incl BME)
Undergraduate Degrees Awarded
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nu
mb
er
Calendar Year
BSCpE
BSEE
70
8
70
27
4
68
10
46
37
8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Colorado State University ↓3%
University of Colorado at Denver ↑25%
University of Colorado at Boulder ↓34%
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ↑37%
University of Denver ↑100%
Enro
llme
nt
Nu
mb
ers
ECE Freshmen Enrollment: Colorado Institutions (2007 vs 2012)
2007
2012
Fall Freshmen Enrollment
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
FA08 FA09 FA10 FA11 FA12 FA13
Freshmen Biom/EE
Freshmen Biom/EELO
Freshmen CpE
Freshmen EE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
FA08 SP09 FA09 SP10 FA10 SP11 FA11 SP12 FA12 SP13 FA13 SP14
Biomed/EELO
Biomed/EE
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Fall -> Spring Freshmen Enrollment
Spring Enrollment Trends by Class
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
SP09 SP10 SP11 SP12 SP13 SP14
Freshmen Total
Sophomore Total
Junior Total
Senior Total
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
50.00%
55.00%
60.00%
65.00%
70.00%
75.00%
80.00%
85.00%
90.00%
95.00%
100.00%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
All College Chemical/Biological Civil/Environmental Electrical/Computer Mechanical
CSU College of Engineering Undergraduate Persistence Rates
Women in Engineering (FA13)
CBE 16%
CEE 31%
ECE 6%
ME 20%
Intra-College 27%
CBE 4%
AS 19%
CEE 43%
ECE 23%
ME 8%
Intra-College 3%
Undergraduate Graduate
Women in ECE
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
FA08 FA09 FA10 FA11 FA12 FA13
Number UG Women
Percent UG Women
Number GR Women
Percent GR Women
Graduate Degrees Awarded
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nu
mb
er
Calendar Year
MS Ph.D.
% of International Degrees Awarded
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Calendar Year
MS Ph.D. Total
The Value of a College Degree: Median First-Year Earnings by CO Institution
Source: CollegeMeasures.org
Median First-Year Earnings in EE by CO Institution
$58,896
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
$100,000
Colorado StateUniversity
University ofColorado Boulder
University ofColorado Colorado
Springs
University ofColorado Denver
University ofDenver
BSEE
MSEE
PhD EE
Source: CollegeMeasures.org
Median First-Year Earnings in BSCpE by CO Institution
Source: CollegeMeasures.org
$62,871
$52,000
$54,000
$56,000
$58,000
$60,000
$62,000
$64,000
Colorado State University
University of Colorado ColoradoSprings
University of Colorado Boulder
ABET Update
• Department reaccredited
• Design Your Future Day cited as program strength (action item from previous IAB meeting)
• New Program Educational Objectives developed and approved by ECE faculty and the IAB
• The ECE PEOs are designed and implemented around three principal attributes: – Mastery
– Innovation
– Leadership
Adjunct Teaching Opportunities
• Hands-on training with FPGA programming
• Hands-on training with Verilog and VHDL
• Hands-on training with optimizing embedded software
• VLSI System Design I w/lab – design of integrated circuits at the system level including cell design, digital systems, parallel architecture, systolic arrays
Update on Fall Action Items • Action item: Visit new Advanced Beam Lab as part of a future
IAB meeting.
– Status: Planned for FA14.
• Action item: Find out if it’s possible to allow students to slightly delay their decision to pursue a dual major, but still move in the desired direction of BME/EE.
– Status: Students need to make a decision after the completion of freshman year to stay on track.
• Action item: Report back on status of senior design video project.
– Status: Some students created new videos that we will share online; department developing videos to highlight senior design and ECE 202 projects.
• Action item: Find out if it’s possible to earn a master’s in systems engineering as part of the accelerated BS/MS program.
– Status: Possible with graduate school approval. • In addition, accelerated BS/Ph.D. is currently under review by CSU
Grad School.
• Action item: Share feedback from faculty retreat regarding ECE’s role in MOOCs.
– Status: Prof. Chandra is considering a MOOC; general consensus is to expand coursework through OnlinePlus rather than put effort into MOOCs.
– Coursera’s new CEO recently reiterated MOOCs should be thought of as “additive to what universities are doing, not disruptive.”
– Udacity will no longer offer free certificates.
– Harvard U. will offer exclusive MOOCs to alumni.
– Harvard and MIT recently released visualization tools for trove of data. • More than 1 million registered for 17 of the two institutions’
MOOCs.
Future of MOOCs
Current Enrollment in Online Degrees
Enrollment in Online Degrees
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ME) 5
Systems Engineering (ME) 34
Systems Engineering (MS) 18
Systems Engineering (PhD) 31
Total 88
Action items related to biomedical/EE recruitment:
• Utilize presentations like Todd Hansell’s Covidien overview to recruit students. – Status: Todd Hansell is working with ECE & BME to participate in
outreach events; he tweaked his IAB talk for an H.S. audience.
• Share salary benefits of biomedical industry, if available. – Status: Results of 2014 Salary Survey*
Discipline Average Salary
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering $47,300
Computer Engineering $70,900
Electrical/Electronics Engineering $63,000
*National Association of Colleges and Employers
January 2014 Salary Survey
• Leverage NSF Research Experience for Teachers site grant to maximize recruitment. – Status: Teachers in NSF RET program
promote STEM careers to their students and arrange campus tours
– On average, one high school teacher reaches 150 students per year
– Special focus on women and minorities
• Leverage biomedical recruitment efforts to attract more women to ECE; make recruitment materials more tangible. – Status: Messaging revamped to show real-world applications of ECE/BME
work; new materials include banners for recruitment events, web content, and promotional video.
Prepare for E-Days Tony Maciejewski
Your input matters! Program changes based on your ideas (FA06)
• Design – Action item: Incorporate design throughout the curriculum.
– Status: Projects now required in ECE 202.
– Action item: Generate more interdisciplinary projects.
– Status: Now have multiple projects each year that span disciplines.
• Communication – Action item: Create Best Paper Contest to reinforce
importance of written communications.
– Status: Contest in its 7th year.
• Communication (continued) – Action item: Ask IAB members to serve on panel to review
project presentations.
– Status: Several board members are heavily involved in senior design and judge oral presentations each fall.
• Project Management – Action item: Teach project management skills through the
senior design lecture series.
– Status: • Weekly lectures touch on a range of topics to enhance professional
development, including project management.
• Test plan now required for each project; dedicated industry partner reads and evaluates each plan.
• Teamwork
– Action item: Offer professional development courses to address team dynamics.
– Status: COE Professional Learning Institute established, led by former IAB member Alma Rosales.
• Multi-year Projects
– Action item: Consider creating more multi-year, multi-phase projects.
– Status: A number of projects span multiple years, with new teams building on the work of previous students.
Judging Considerations
• How are we doing overall? – Can you see the impact of your previous suggestions?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the senior design program?
• What changes/improvements would you recommend?
• What are the top three projects? What makes them great?
Leave for Moby Arena
Facilitators: Jason Gentry and Scott Evans
Lunch & Breakout Session: Discuss Senior Design Program
Results of Breakout Session Facilitators: Jason Gentry and Scott Evans
Election Facilitator: Jason Gentry
Closing Remarks, Depart for Social Event
Tony Maciejewski
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