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WELCOME

by

John Harris, professor and chair

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

AGENDAPresentation by the Graduate Student Union

Overview of the ECE Graduate ProgramDegrees, Policies, Teaching and Research.

All meetings today in NEB 100

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AgendaPresentations by Graduate Research and Teaching Divisions

• 11-noon Electromagnetics -professor Henry Zmuda

• Noon-1 pm Signal and Systems - professor Tan Wong

• 1-2 pm Devices - professor Yong-Kyu Yoon

• 2-3 pm Computer Engineering - professor Andy Li

• 3-4 pm Electronics - professor William Eisenstadt

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 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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Master DegreeTypical Program of Study

• F13 - EE(E/L) 5xxx - EE(E/L) 5xxx - EE(E/L) 5xxx 9 crd

• S14 - EE(E/L) 6xxx - EE(E/L) 6xxx - EE(E/L) 6xxx 9 crd

• SS14 – Courses, internship, research or vacation 0-3-6 crd

• F14 – Courses or internship/Edge (off campus) – GRADUATE?x crd• S15 - Courses or internship/Edge (off campus) – GRADUATE? x crd• [SS 15 - Courses or internship/Edge (off campus) – GRADUATE? x

crd]

Note: crd = credit. Edge = web based course delivery for off campus students. CDA 5636 counts as an ECE course.

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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

F F F F

F F

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Ph.D. Degree/1• Requires a total of 90 credit hours beyond

the BS degree; Typically 60+ hours for Master degree holders.

• 24 credit hours of UF engineering/science coursework of which a minimum of 15 hrs has to be ECE

• Advisor input on plan of course work and study

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Ph.D. Degree/2• 2 semesters of supervised teaching

EEL6940/7940, 2 credits/section, F/S• 2 semesters of ECE Graduate Seminar, 1

credit/section, F/S

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Ph.D. DegreeMajor Milestones/1

• Year 1- Written Qualifying Exam on a Saturday in January on 3 of 8 ECE topic areas. Answer 4/6 questions, at least one in each area. Sign up in November 2013!

• Year 1 – Identify PhD advisor by midpoint of Summer semester. Submit preliminary program of study.

Shannon Chillingworth, graduate academic advisor

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Ph.D. DegreeMajor Milestones/2

• Year 2 – Appoint supervisory committee by midpoint of Fall semester

• Year 2 – Complete Oral Proposal in Spring semester.

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Ph.D. DegreeMajor Milestones/3

• Year x- One year before graduation- Complete the 24 hr. course requirement

• Year x- One year before graduation- Complete a status review presentation with your PhD committee.

• Final Year – Pass your final PhD defense and submit dissertation to the Graduate school.

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Advising• Academic issues: Division coordinator of respective area

(which courses, course contents, when offered, prerequisites, etc.)

• General policy and procedures: • Shannon Chillingworth in Larsen 230• Gijs Bosman, Graduate Coordinator, in NEB 565. Office

hours Fall M-W-F 11:00-noon.

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Pre-registration• Please pre-register for courses realistically

so that we can measure demand; low enrollment courses may be dropped.

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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.

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Graduate Guidelines• Definitive version is on the ECE website at

http://www.ece.ufl.edu

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Email• Check your UFL email inbox regularly.• Used for ECE mass mailings concerning changes in

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

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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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Academic Honesty

UF Honor Code All students admitted to the University of Floridahave signed a statement of academic honestycommitting themselves to be honest in allacademic work and understanding that failure tocomply with this commitment will result indisciplinary action. This statement is a reminderto uphold your obligation as a UF student and tobe honest in all work submitted and exams takenin this course and all others.

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Academic Honesty• Do not copy and paste for credit• If results from others are used, clearly state so

and give credit in the reference section. • Never cite verbatim. Reformulate in your own

words and give credit in the reference section.• If in doubt, ask your class professor what is

allowed.

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Joint Degree programs• MSEE/MS in Management (theoretical

part of MBA)• MSEE/JD (Law school)• Benefits: Requires fewer credits combined

than taken separately, ease of scheduling.

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Important web linkshttp://www.ece.ufl.edu

ECE 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?