ECE GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION (FALL 2019)
In Fall 2019, the ECE graduate student orientation showcased the achievements of its alumni, including notable figures like Hillery Hunter, Ashley Llorens, Martin Eberhard, and Nick Holonyak Jr. The event was a celebration of the success stories of former students who have gone on to make significant contributions in various fields. The orientation also featured introductions to key contacts within the ECE administrative office and other important ECE offices on campus.
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ECE GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION (FALL 2019) Michael L Oelze Associate Head for Graduate Affairs
OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS GO ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS!!! Hillery Hunter (BSEE '99, MS '02, PhD '04), advised by Wen-mei Hwu, is an IBM Fellow and part of the creation of IBM s new supercomputer, the fastest in the world Stefanie Chiras, VP of Cognitive Systems at IBM (left) and Hillery Hunter, IBM Fellow Director of Accelerated Cognitive Infrastructure. Source: IBM
OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS GO ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS!!! Ashley Llorens (BSCompE 01, MSEE 03), Chief of the Intelligent Systems Center at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and recording artist, SoulStice Check out his music
OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS GO ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS!!! Martin Eberhard (BSCompE 82, MSEE 84), co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors (retired) Currently Chief Scientist at SF motors in Santa Clara, CA
OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS GO ON TO DO AMAZING THINGS!!! Nick Holonyak Jr. BSEE 50, MS 51, PhD 54) Anybody know what Nick is known for around here?
INTRODUCTIONS & SOME USEFUL CONTACTS
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SUITE (2120 ECEB) Jennifer Carlson (Assistant Director of Academic Programs) (merry@illinois.edu) Stacy Walker (Academic Advisor) (slwalker@Illinois.edu) Pascal Youakim - Fellowships and scholarships, EPI (youakim2@illinois.edu) Michael L Oelze Associate Head for Graduate Affairs (oelze@illinois.edu) Other staff in 2120 ECEB: Business office, purchasing, ECE TA/RA appointments
SOME OTHER ECE OFFICES Editorial Services, 2064-2066 ECEB Jamie Hutchinson, Editor ECE Supply Center, 1031 ECEB (purchase class notes, parts and supplies), Facilities, 1031 ECEB Eileen Busboom, keys and keycard access
YOUR ADVISOR Research Assistants - Your research supervisor. Other MS/PHD- An academic advisor assigned to you MENG: Stacy Walker, Jennifer Carlson, Michael Oelze
ADVISING For questions related to research or course selection, contact your advisor For questions related to course enrollment, petitions, credit transfer, etc. MS and PHD students: Jennifer Carlson MENG students: Stacy Walker Other issues: Michael Oelze, Jennifer Carlson
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & POLICIES
INFORMATION SOURCES 2019 ECE Graduate Study Manual Online: Follow links on the page at https://www.ece.illinois.edu/academics/grad/ The Graduate College Handbook of Policy and Requirements for Students, Faculty and Staff: www.grad.illinois.edu/gradhandbook
Graduate College requirements apply to all graduate students. ECE imposes additional requirements for ECE graduate students. Read the 2019 ECE Graduate Study Manual & Addendum - General requirements - Degree requirements for MS, PHD, MENG Next few slides present selected information from above sources
MINIMUM GPA REQUIREMENT Minimum GPA requirement is 3.0. If GPA falls below 3.0, a student is placed on probation and will be dropped if GPA remains below 3.0 after the subsequent semester.
ECE 500 REQUIRED (ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS) ECE 500 Colloquium: Thursday, 4 pm Required course for all ECE MS/PhD graduate students Even if your TA duties conflict with ECE 500, you should register for the seminar, and contact our office for further instructions
RESTRICTIONS No Graduate Credit for 100-, 200-, 300-level courses and these 400-level courses: ECE 415, 445 Physics 404, 405, 435, 436 Stat 400/Math 463 Grad students may not use the Credit/No-Credit option for any 400-level or 500-level coursework. Other degree-specific restrictions/requirements (MENG, MS, PHD)
MS/PHD THESIS AGREEMENT MS/PHD Thesis Advisor Agreement must be submitted before the end of the second semester in residence. See ECE website for a faculty list and research areas. Affiliate faculty from other Departments may also advise ECE grad students. Thesis agreement form online : my.ece.illinois.edu/gradadv.
PHD QUALIFYING EXAM If your goal is to obtain a Ph.D.: If you are entering with a B.S. degree, take the Ph.D. qualifying exam by semester 4. If you enter with M.S., take it by semester 3. GPA must be at least 3.25 (cumulative and in 500-level ECE courses) to register for the qual. See course requirements for students entering with B.S. and for students entering with M.S.
PHD QUALIFYING EXAM Fundamental Knowledge Requirement Requirement also posted on Qual info page on My.ECE https://my.ece.illinois.edu/qual/student/fundamental_knowledge.asp To guide the assessment of the ECE PhD fundamental knowledge, when signing up for the PhD Qualifying, the student must specify a Primary area and a Secondary area, and three courses to define their fundamental knowledge. The rules for selecting the three courses are specified on the above web page.
PHD QUALIFYING EXAM FORMAT Student guidelines posted at Qual information page on My.ECE. https://my.ece.illinois.edu/qual/student/student_guidelines.asp
PHD ENGLISH PROFICIENCY & TA REQUIREMENT New requirements for students admitted to ECE graduate program in Fall 2018 or later Requirement for advancing to ECE Ph.D. Candidacy: Students must provide evidence of spoken English language proficiency, equivalent to that necessary for serving as a Teaching Assistant. Requirement for ECE Ph.D.: Completing a Teaching Assistantship for a semester-long course at minimum 25% within 5 years in the ECE graduate program. First time TAs are required to take ECE 590TL
PETITIONS Please follow the degree requirements closely Petitions should be used sparingly Petitions are NOT always approved
My.ECE My.ECE.illinois.edu Web-based submission of petitions, thesis advising agreements, Qualifying exam sign-up, etc.
PLANNING DOCUMENT MENG: Spring semester MS/PHD: Fall and Spring both. Can apply for Teaching Assistantship in the upcoming semester. TA eligibility for non-native speakers of English: score of 24 or better on the Speaking section of the internet based TOEFL (IBT) or pass the English Proficiency Interview (EPI). Contact Pascal Youakim 2120 ECEB to sign up for the EPI.
ANNUAL EVALUATION Student provides information & feedback Advisor s evaluation Graduate office evaluation
MS/PHD THESIS Ensure that you are making reasonable progress each semester Interact with your thesis advisor frequently enough Thesis advisor agreement may be terminated by the student or the advisor
RAs, TAs, FELLOWS RAs: see research supervisor for duties. TAs: see course instructor for duties. RAs, TAs and Fellows must be full time students at least 12 hours each semester. May use ECE 599 (thesis) hours to increase total registration to 12 hours.
Add/Drop deadlines: Fall 2019 Academic Calendar (Office of the Registrar) https://registrar.illinois.edu/academic-calendars/fall- 2019-academic-calendar/ If you have not done so already, provide final official transcripts to Jennifer Carlson as soon as possible.
PROBLEM SOLVING ECE Graduate Advising office Graduate College Ombudsperson: ombudsperson@illinois.edu or (217) 333-6715 Formal grievance process http://www.grad.illinois.edu/ombuds/problem-solving Counseling Center: (217) 333-3704
OTHER ACTIVITIES Many relevant seminar series in ECE, CSL, Beckman, MNTL, and other departments ECESAC social functions New Grad lounge with games and hang out space Training future faculty College of Engineering program - http://publish.illinois.edu/engr-mavis/ Opportunities for undergraduate mentoring Engineering Open House
NEW FACULTY Those of you looking for an advisor, try out our new faculty Richard Zhang Research interests in computation, optimization and machine learning and their applications in power and energy systems
NEW FACULTY Radhika Mittal Broadly interested in computer systems and networking.
NEW FACULTY Shaloo Rakheja Research interests are in modeling and simulating electron transport in nanoscale transistors. She is also interested in novel, beyond- CMOS devices using alternate state variables, energy harvesting for sensor networks and other mobile devices, and flexible and transparent electronics.
NEW FACULTY Zhen Peng Research interests include supercomputing-enabled design-through-analysis towards extreme-scale electromagnetic problems, physics-oriented statistical wave analysis integrating order and chaos, and data-driven computational electrodynamics with machine intelligence.
NEW FACULTY Saurabh Gupta Research interests include robotics, vision and artificial intelligence.
NEW FACULTY Andrew Stillwell Research interests isolated multi- level converters and hybrid switched-capacitor converters for high voltage generation Simeon Bognov Simeon Bognov
