The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association |
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Letter from the Guest Editor |
Dear ECEDHA Members, Industry Partners, and Colleagues,
The (relatively) quiet days of summer will be over, and the Fall semester will be upon us before we feel fully prepared. We will be faced with a batch of students that is insufficiently prepared for the rigors of ECE courses. Interestingly, this is not a temporary phenomenon that we are expected, and we cannot wish it away. The entire educational pipeline from K-12 to the post-baccalaureate has been impacted by the pandemic, and the ripple effects will continue to be felt for many years into the future.
So, what can ECE Chairs do to cope with the downshift in student preparedness? How can we help them succeed in the Fall semester and beyond? In this issue of Source, we discuss some known strategies that should go a long way
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June 6, 2022
Sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics
June 8, 2022
March 17-20, 2023
2023 ECEDHA Annual Conference & ECExpo - Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
New Programs added daily!
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In this issue of Source we are delighted to feature an article from Dohn Bowden at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell on his experiences in re-energizing the department’s makerspace, inspired by what he learned from the makerspace workshop at the 2022 ECEDHA Conference and Expo. We are also delighted to feature the 2022 Excellence in Senior Design Showcase. The Senior Design Showcase is an exemplary annual event that was started as a regional event by Larry Overzet at the University of Texas at Dallas. This model is now being recreated in all of the regions served by ECEDHA. In the words of Dean Kamen “You Get What You Celebrate”. Celebrating Excellent Senior Design Projects will, hopefully, lead to a further increase in senior design excellence. That is definitely worth celebrating!
As always, we welcome your feedback and comments. Importantly, we welcome short articles from ECE department heads on topics of broad interest to our community.
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ECEDHA Makerspaces in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education Workshop Inspired Creation of UML Electrical and Computer Engineering Makerspace
By: Dohn Bowden, University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML)
Several years ago, the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) created an engineering makerspace for all engineering students to utilize. For a variety of reasons, the space was underutilized by electrical and computer engineering students. Upon return from the COVID shutdown, the university began to redirect their attention to the use of the makerspace. These discussions lead me to attend the ECEDHA Makerspaces in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education Workshop on March 25, 2022, in New Orleans just prior to the ECEDHA conference. While the purpose of attending the workshop was to collect potential ideas on how to jump start the ECE portion of the engineering makerspace, it instead inspired me to pursue the creation of a stand-alone ECE Makerspace.
The conference was phenomenal and positively changed my perspective on the usefulness of makerspaces for ECE students. Not only are there numerous benefits such as reducing the “fear of failure,” provides a space that aides students in designing, problem solving, and teamwork, but also makes ECE education exciting, fun, and interesting. My experiences at the workshop made me recognize that my university needs an ECE makerspace of our own, where ECE students can collaborate and mentor each other.
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ExCEllence in Senior Design 2022
Program Organizer: ECE Foundation
ECE students learn an amazing amount. They become proficient in cutting edge technology and can work on solving the broadest set of problems facing people today as well as the most interesting kinds of problems in the world today. Bottom line: ECEs make the world a better place!
Of course, everyone can agree that an opportunity to participate in a national competition and bring prestige to your university through your accomplishments is a great collegiate experience! The Excellence in Senior Design Showcase is the answer!
This year’s ExCEllence in Senior Design Showcase highlighted a wide range of design problems that ECE students tackled in the course of their senior projects, and the ECE Foundation was impressed by the caliber of designs presented. We feel confident in the future of ECE being led by these bright individuals.
If you were unable to join us this year, I encourage you to look at the many exciting moments captured by our photography team. Additionally, I invite our industry partners and academic institutions to be part of the future of ESD as this program develops and expands into a national showcase within the next few years. If interested, please contact Yeimidy Lagunas at ylagunas@ecefd.org and stay tuned for more exciting updates to come!
Best Regards,
John R. Janowiak
ECE Foundation President & CEO
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Call for Papers
IEEE Real Time Communications Conference 2022
The ECE community is invited to participate in the IEEE International Real-Time Communications Conference (RTC Conference). New this year is the Real-Time Communications Research Track consisting of presentation of accepted juried papers either in-person or virtually at the RTC Conference being held in Chicago Oct. 11th - Oct. 13th, 2022.
The RTC Research Track invites paper submissions in the area of interactive multimedia communications describing architectures, design, theoretical results, experiments, innovative systems, prototyping efforts and case studies. Papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore (IEEE’s Digital Library with over 5 million publications). The online version of this Call for Papers can be found at Call for Papers (https://www.rtc-conference.com/2022/research-track-cfp/).
The RTC Research Track is particularly interested in works at the intersection of multimedia interactive communications with technologies in the area of internet of things, vehicular networking, confidential computing, machine learning, network management, programmable network services, security, privacy, voice technologies, blockchain, gaming, and robotics.
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Association Announcements |
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Project RECET: Remote ECE Teaching
Materials and resources with a focus on remote hands-on activities
Project RECET provides remote ECE teaching and learning materials and resources to share best practices across the teaching community with a focus on undergraduate and continuing education for non full-time students. The Project also collects data pertaining to relevance, effectiveness, ease of adoption, and impact of its support materials.
We encourage ECE faculty to review this rapidly evolving project and to provide questions, suggestions, and feedback. This project is made possible through the support of the National Science Foundation (Award #EEC-2133653).
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Have an article you would like to share?
Articles of interest to ECEDHA members for the ECEDHA Source are always welcome. Email your article for consideration to information@ecedha.org.
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Previously recorded webinars are now available for your on-demand viewing!
Sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics
Sponsored by Red Pitaya
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A Little Engineering Humor |
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What is the definition of an engineer?
Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
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