| 8:30 AM | Welcome and Introductions (Jeff Zingsheim, Chair)
- Update on program information, including overview of pandemic adaptations (Eric Durant)
- Approval of previous minutes (10/29/2020)
- Student statistics (graduation)
- In Teams Files area, please see student-stats-to-s21.pdf
- Current program enrollment is 133 students. Spring enrollment had been stable at 149-156 for the last several years.
- 10 CEs are pursuing double majors: 6 CS, 3 SE, 1 BE
- Enrollment reports that the fall looks strong. As of April 1, CE/MSOE had 30/391 enrollment deposits compared with 22/350 at that time last year. Enrollment with EECS support held several April events to increase yield. As of May 13, CE/EECS/MSOE had 60/297/812 enrollment deposits.
- Membership information update
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| 8:55 AM | Review of Events
- Recent
- MSOE/DoE Regional Science Bowl (1/16/2021)
- Virtual Career Fair (3/15/2021)
- Fall and Winter Commencement (3/20/2021). Graduates limited to 2 guests. Insufficient capacity for any program faculty to attend.
- Czech Technical University exchange (Prague): Intro meeting for CE students (3/22/2021); spring semester exchange option for sophomores (+juniors this cycle due to pandemic delay): February-May, 2022. Three second year and three third year students plan to participate.
- Upcoming
- Spring Commencement (5/22/2021, EECS at 11:30, limited capacity, roughly 20 faculty, details pending)
- Virtual Visits continue this summer. Targeting rising juniors. CE is hosting one on TBD at 1 PM.
- Open Houses (none scheduled; expect return in fall, 2021)
- (tentative) Fall CE Student Event (September, conditions permitting)
- MSOE Career Fairs
- Wednesday-Thursday, September 22-23, 2021, Kern Center
- January, expected, details pending
- Tenth EECS Industry Forum for Students (Friday, September TBD, 12 PM, followed by panel lunch if conditions permit)
- IEEEXtreme 16.0 (October 23 (estimate), 2021 UTC [Friday-Saturday], MSOE's 13th year, Dr. Livingston)
- Fall IAC Meeting (TBD, Fall, 2021): Milwaukee Tool: morning meeting followed by tour
- Ongoing
- Senior project collaboration
- Do you have an idea for a student tour, perhaps working with our IEEE student group?
- The CE program faculty appreciate the opportunity to visit each IAC company every few years.
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| 9:20 AM | Electives
- Popular electives this year:
- CE/EE-4100 Embedded System Fabrication (Dr. Rothe)
- CS-498 Topics: Memory and I/O Systems Architecture (Dr. Meier)
- EE-484 Neural Networks (Dr. Ross)
- EE-4930 Advanced Embedded Systems (Dr. Widder)
- EE-4981 Topics: Music Signal Processing (Dr. Wierer)
- EE-4981 Topics: Modern Electronic Systems (Dr. Johnson)
- A total of 16 technical electives were available for CEs throughout the year.
- Some elective options for next year:
- CE-4100/EE-4100 Embedded System Fabrication (Dr. Rothe)
- CE-4930 Computer Architecture II (Dr. Meier)
- CS-3400 Machine Learning (Dr. Nowling)
- CS-4981 Topics: Deep Learning in Signal Processing (Dr. Durant)
- CS-498x Topics: Competitive Programming (Prof. Lembke)
- EE-4601 System Simulation (Dr. Carl)
- EE-4930 Advanced Embedded Systems (Dr. Widder)
- EE-4981 Topics: Music Signal Processing (Dr. Wierer)
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| 9:30 AM | Break |
| 9:40 AM |
- Current quarter curriculum - CE 4.x Curriculum, was effective for F'15 freshmen
- New semester curriculum
- Overview
- Current draft: flowchart
- Current draft: track
- Fall, 2021: Final approval by EECS department
- Early 2022: Academic catalog published
- September, 2022–May, 2023: Individual student transition plans
- September, 2023: Semesters begin, quarters cease
- Discussion
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| 10:25 AM | General Discussion
- Student representative comments and input
- Industry representative comments and input
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| 10:50 AM | Meeting Wrap-up
- Agenda items for the next IAC meeting
- Action items
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11:00 AM | Adjourn
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