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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 Division meetings today in NEB 201
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AgendaPresentations by Graduate Research and Teaching Divisions
• 10-11 am Devices - professor David Arnold
• 11-noon Computer Engineering - professor Renato Figueiredo
• 1-2 pm Signal and Systems - professor Tan Wong
• 2-3 pm Electronics - professors Rizwan Bashirullah/ William
Eisenstadt
• 3-4 pm Electromagnetics and Electric Energy Systems-
professor Henry Zmuda
All meetings today in NEB 201
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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
F F F F F
FF F
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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 2012 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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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)• 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?