ECE Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes for February 11, 2014
Members AY 2013-14: Tangul Basar, Mohamed Ali Belabbas, Deming Chen, John Dallesasse, Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, Bruce Hajek (Chair), Pavan Kumar Hanumolu, Erhan Kudeki (Ex-Officio), Rakesh Kumar, Stephen Levinson, Daniel Liberzon, Yi Lu, Steven Lumetta, Jonathan Makela, Sayan Mitra, Michael Oelze, Maxim Raginsky, Elyse Rosenbaum, William Sanders (Ex-Officio), Paris Smaragdis, Venu Veeravalli, Daniel Wasserman, Hao Zhu
Attendees: Chen, Dallesasse, Dominguez-Garcia, Hajek, Kudeki, Hajek, Kumar, Levison, Lumetta, Makela, Mitra, Oelze, Raginsky, Sanders, Smaragdis, Zhou
1. The minutes of January 28 were approved.
2. The proposed revision of ECE 462 was approved.
3. The report from ad hoc committee (John Dallesasse, Joe Lyding, Daniel Wasserman) investigating creation of new course on electronic and photonic device fundamentals (see charge to the curriculum committee) was discussed. The conclusion is that every engineer should know how to apply basic theory of Physics 213 (thermodynamics) and 214 (quantum mechanics), but the learning outcomes of students taking these courses are not satisfactory. A probable cause is too much breadth and not enough depth. Another committee will be formed to follow up on this, consisting of instructors of follow-on courses in ECE and other departments, such as Angus Rockett in MatSci, and the instructors from Physics. Erhan will form an appropriate discussion group.
4. Information/discussion item was discussed: College subcommittee report and related comments on CE revision, 4 February 2014. Bill and and Erhan are attending to oversight of the submitted revisions on a daily basis.
5. Possible names for the requirement for EE students to learn scientific computing by the end of the sophomore year (also see here.) were discussed. One suggestion meeting with more approval than others was "computing proficiency."
6. The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
These minutes drafted by B. Hajek, February 11, 2014.