1

Computer Engineering UG Program

d

College of Engineering

Herman Lam, Director

2

Outline History of CEN undergraduate (UG) program

1999 2006

Current state of CEN-UG program CEN-UG program goals

Charge from Dean’s office Immediate goals Beyond ABET

Plans and action items Conclusions

3

CEN-UG Program: History Joint-CEN program created (1999)

http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/abet/rand04ab2/Direct-Assessments/Establishment-OEs-POs/Steering-Committee/old-policies.pdf

Software track – housed in CISE Department Hardware track – housed in ECE Department Governance:

CISE faculty/curriculum committeeECE faculty/curriculum committee

Updated CEN Program Governing Procedures (2006)http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/abet/rand04ab2/CEN_Governance_2006.pdf

CEN Faculty CEN Curriculum Committee CEN Representative on COE Curriculum Committee IAB – Industrial Advisory Board

Good ideas, but not fully implemented

4

Charge from Dean’s office: Achieve our potential as a vibrant world-class CEN program

With active participation from all stakeholders: faculties from both CISE and ECE departments, employers, alumni, and students.

Immediate goal: address ABET-related issues “Sufficient authority for program guidance, evaluation,

assessment, and improvement” Formation of CEN Industrial Advisory Board Capstone senior-design course Common 1st and 2nd years for both tracks

Vision for CEN-UG program Beyond ABET What are our program goals?

Program Goals

Plans and Action Items

5

Just kidding

No major restructuring required Just do what we set out to do 6 years ago

CEN-UG curriculum committee (Chair: H. Lam) CISE: M. Bermudez, D. Dankel, P. Fishwick ECE: R. Fox, J. McNair, A. Gordon-Ross Immediate task: address ABET issues

CEN Industrial Advisory Board A subset of CISE/ECE IABs

CEN-UG steering committeeConsists of faculty members from both departments Determine long-term vision for CEN-UG program Define objectives to realize vision Charge CEN-UG curriculum committee to

implement objectives

6

Conclusions Short-term priority

Address ABET-related issues Long-term vision

CEN education must not be staticCEN and world around us changed dramatically in last 12

yrs and will continue to changeAre we educating our computer engineers accordingly?

CEN program has potential to be world-class Plans to revitalize CEN program

Enable and facilitate active participation from all stakeholders

Best use of CEN program governing structure to support continuous improvement to CEN program

7

Discussion