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WELCOME

By

John Harris, professor and interim chair

Gijs Bosman, professor and graduate coordinatorNEB 565, bosman@ece.ufl.edu

AGENDAPresentation by the Graduate Student Union

Overview of the ECE Graduate Program, Degrees and Policies.

All meetings today in NEB 100

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AgendaPresentations by Graduate Research and Teaching Divisions

• 10-11 am Computer Engineering - professor Renato Figueiredo

• 11-noon Electromagnetics and Electric Energy Systems-

professor Henry Zmuda

• 1-2 pm Devices - professor David Arnold

• 2-3 pm Electronics - professors Rizwan Bashirullah/ William

Eisenstadt

• 3-4 pm Signal and Systems - professor Tan Wong

All meetings today in NEB 100

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Degree Programs

• Master of Engineering (Non-thesis or Thesis, 30 credit hours)

• Master of Science (Non-thesis or Thesis, 30 credit hours)

• Ph. D. (90 credit hours

beyond BS)• Joint MSEE/MSM• Joint MSEE/JD

John Harris, professor and interim chair

ECE Master Degrees

Non-Thesis (30 hrs)• Depth requirement; Complete 3 courses within one

division, with one course at least at the 6000 level.• Breadth requirement; Complete at least one ECE course

outside depth division. • 21 credit hours of ECE, UF classroom courses.• MS final written exam during

2nd part of a selected depth sequence.• ME no final exam

Rob Fox, associate professor and associate chair

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Master DegreesThesis Option (30 hrs)

• Course work plus Research.• Same depth and breadth requirements .• 18 hours of ECE, UF classroom courses• MS and ME require an oral defense of

thesis.• Three member supervisory

committee. Keith Rambo, director of finance and administration

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Course Spectrum ExampleDevices Division

Entering graduate student

MS non-thesis final

exam in this course

when offered

EEE 5405(EEE 4331)

Microelectronic Fabrication

Technologies

EEE 6465Design of

MEMs Transducer

s

EEL 5225Principles of MEMs

EEE 6325Computer Simulation of ICs & Devices

EEL 6935Semiconductor

Material & Device

Characterization

EEE 5426(EEE 4420)

Introduction to

Nanodevice

EEE 5400(EEE 4329)

Future of Microelectronic Technology

EEL 5441(EEL 4458)

Fundamentals of

Photonics

EEE 6402Nonclassical Silicon-Based

Nanoscale CMOS Devices

EEE 6382Semiconduct

or Physical Electronics

EEE 6431Carbon

Nanotubes

EEE 6397Semiconduct

or Device Theory

EEE 6390VLSI

Device Design

EEE 6428Computational Nanoelectronic

s

EEL 6447Laser

Electronics

EEE 6460Advanced Microsyste

m Technolog

y

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Ph.D. Degree

• Requires a total of 90 credit hours beyond the BS degree; Typically 60 hours for Master degree holders.

• 24 credit hours of ECE, UF coursework• Advisor input on plan of course

work and study

Janise McNair, associate professor and graduate recruiting

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Ph.D. DegreeMajor Milestones

• Written Qualifying Exam on a Saturday in the Spring 2011 semester on 3 of 8 ECE topic areas. Answer 4/6 questions, at least one in each area. Sign up in November!

• Oral Qualifying Exam (2nd-3rd year)• Admission to Candidacy (5 year clock).• Dissertation defense (oral)

Shannon Chillingworth, graduate academic coordinator

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Advising

• Academic issues: Division coordinator of respective area (which courses, course contents, when offered, prerequisites, etc.)

• General policy: Shannon in the Graduate Students Office and Gijs Bosman, Graduate Coordinator.

Renato Figueiredo, associate professor and division coordinator of Computer Engineering

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Pre-registration

• Please pre-register for courses realistically so that we can measure demand; low enrollment courses may be dropped.

Rizwan Bashirullah, associate professor and chair of the Electronics division

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Graduate Grading Policy• Passing grades A=4.0,A-=3.67, B+=3.33, B=3.0, B-=2.67, C+=2.33,

C=2.0• Failing grades; C-=1.67, D+=1.33, D=1.0, D-=0.67, E=0• Incomplete will be changed into an E after one semester.• Course with a final C grade or better can not be repeated for credit.• Course with a grade less than a C may be repeated and an average

of both grades will be calculated.• Must maintain a minimum average GPA of 3.00

for TA, RA, Fellowship, and TO GRADUATE,

ECE and Overall.

Tan Wong, professor and division chair of Signal and Systems

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Graduate Guidelines

• Definitive version is on the ECE website at http://www.ece.ufl.edu

David Arnold; Associate professor and division chair of Devices.

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Email• Provide a valid email address and update if necessary.• Open student account in computer lab in 288 NEB 2nd

floor (xxx@ecel.ufl.edu).• Used for ECE mass mailings concerning changes in

rules, fellowship applications, job opportunities, etc.• Shannon Chillingworth at schill@ufl.edu, • Gijs Bosman at bosman@ece.ufl.edu

Henry Zmuda, associate professor and division chair of Electromagnetics and Electric Energy Systems

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Financial Support

• Research Assistantship (RA). Stipend and tuition waiver if >0.25 FTE. Distributed by ECE faculty.

• Teaching Assistantship (TA). Stipend and tuition waiver if >0.25 FTE. Distributed by ECE department. International students must pass SPEAK test.

• Other Personal Services (OPS). Stipend but no tuition waiver.

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Joint Degree programs

• MSEE/MS in Management (theoretical part of MBA)

• MSEE/JD (Law)• Benefits: Requires fewer credits combined

than taken separately, ease of scheduling.

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Important web links

http://www.ece.ufl.eduECE guidelines and Calendar listing academic dates etc.

http://www.ufl.eduCourses, grades, graduate school info, etc.

Good luck with your studies.

We wish you a productive and pleasant time in Gainesville.

Any questions?