ECE Student Mentoring Program at Texas Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

ECE PARTNER PROGRAM ECE PARTNER PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE FOR GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING STUDENT MENTORING February 7, 2022 February 7, 2022 VERONICA V. VASQUEZ, Ed.D. VERONICA V. VASQUEZ, Ed.D. Director of Academic Affairs & Administrative Services Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering BRIAN L. EVANS, PhD BRIAN L. EVANS, PhD Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: Goals ECE Partner Program: Goals Help newly enrolling graduate ECE students Feel welcome and connected to ECE community Build social and professional connections with other grad students, staff, and faculty in ECE Receive guidance on career paths, networking, Cover art from Aug. 2017 issue of Edu Trends professional development, and work/life balance Promote a culture of mentoring in the department Complement academic advising and research supervision

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: Fall 2021 Launch ECE Partner Program: Fall 2021 Launch Built on Fall 2020 pilot in Chemical Engineering and part of college-wide launch Invited all newly enrolling graduate ECE students to opt in by completing a survey Based on the surveys, formed small groups (pods) Three newly enrolling graduate ECE students Peer mentor (meets monthly with pod & members) Faculty member (meets w/ pod once/semester) Matched pod members to have diversity in gender, ethnicity, and curriculum track

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G EPP Fall 2021 Participants EPP Fall 2021 Participants Numbers of Mentees + Peer Mentors Ethnicity Distribution 19 Faculty : 23 Mr Omar Barrera Prof Brian Evans Dr Veronica Vasquez Peer Mentors : 23 Mentees : 67 Total Pods : 23 Coordinators 10 2 59 Curriculum Track Faculty Peer Mentors Mentees Architecture, Comp. Sys. & Embedded Sys. 4 3 16 Asian Caucasian Latinx Other bioECE 2 3 2 Gender Distribution 73 80 Decision, Info. & Communications Eng. 6 6 11 70 60 Electromagnetics & Acoustics 1 2 4 50 40 Electronics, Photonics & Quantum Sys 4 3 8 30 17 Integrated Circuits & Systems 1 3 16 20 10 Power Electronics and Power Systems 2 2 5 0 Male Female Software Engineering and Systems 3 1 5 Male Female

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: F21 Faculty Mentors 1/2 ECE Partner Program: F21 Faculty Mentors 1/2 Name Primary Curriculum Track Affiliation Seth Bank Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Suzanne Barber Software Engineering and Systems (SES) Ananth Dodabalapur Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Brian Evans Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Andreas Gerstlauer ACSES & Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Alex Hanson Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) Christine Julien Software Engineering and Systems (SES) Hyeji Kim Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Nanshu Lu bioECE Diana Marculescu Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES) Radu Marculescu Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES) Mark McDermott Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES)

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: F21 Faculty Mentors 2/2 ECE Partner Program: F21 Faculty Mentors 2/2 Name Primary Curriculum Track Affiliation Emily Porter Electromagnetics & Acoustics (EA) Pedro Santacruz DICE & SES Surya Santoso Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) August Shi Software Engineering and Systems (SES) Jon Tamir bioECE Nina Telang Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Edison Thomaz Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Jonathan Valvano Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES) Atlas Wang Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Edward Yu Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Hao Zhu DICE & Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) Faculty meet with the pod together and each pod member once a semester

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program Events for All Participants ECE Partner Program Events for All Participants Oct. 7th ECE Panel on time management on Zoom Oct. 12th College panel on time management on Zoom Sept. 2nd ECE Kickoff with pod breakouts on Zoom Nov. 4th ECE Panel discussion on Next Steps: MS or PhD? on Zoom Dec. 9th ECE Meet-and-Mingle Hot Lunch in person in EER All ECE Zoom sessions recorded for those who couldn t make it

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program Fall 2021 Reflections ECE Partner Program Fall 2021 Reflections 19 of 23 pods active with group and one-on-one outings on/near campus Each peer mentor received $150 dining card to take mentees for lunch/coffee Pods used Slack, text, e-mail and other platforms to communicate Canvas site good for roster, announcements, and program-wide Zoom events Outdoor off-campus activities are very hard to organize for a pod Start of semester best time for activities when course workload is low Students asked to join after pods formed, so we re running a Spring version .

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G EPP Spring 2022 Participants EPP Spring 2022 Participants Numbers of Mentees + Peer Mentors Distribution by ethnicity Faculty : 8 11 Mr Omar Barrera Prof Brian Evans Dr Veronica Vasquez Peer Mentors : 17 Mentees : 46 Total Pods : 12 Coordinators 4 1 47 Curriculum Track Faculty Peer Mentors Mentees Asian Caucasian Latinx Other Architecture, Comp. Sys. & Embedded Sys. 1 1 8 Gender Distribution 60 bioECE 1 2 3 53 50 Decision, Info. & Communications Eng. 1 3 10 40 Electromagnetics & Acoustics 0 1 3 30 Electronics, Photonics & Quantum Sys 1 0 3 20 10 Integrated Circuits & Systems 1 7 8 10 Power Electronics and Power Systems 2 2 5 0 Male Female Software Engineering and Systems 1 1 6 Male Female

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: Sp22 Pod Mentors ECE Partner Program: Sp22 Pod Mentors Name Primary Curriculum Track Affiliation Derek Chiou Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES) Andreas Gerstlauer ACSES & Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Alex Hanson Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) Pedro Santacruz DICE & Software Engineering & Systems (SES) Jon Tamir bioECE & DICE Nina Telang Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Edison Thomaz Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Hao Zhu DICE & Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) Faculty meet with the pod together and each pod member once a semester Four faculty are mentoring two pods each (Chiou, Hanson, Tamir & Telang)

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G ECE Partner Program: Sp22 Track Mentors ECE Partner Program: Sp22 Track Mentors Name Primary Curriculum Track Affiliation Vijay Garg Software Engineering & Systems (SES) Jean Anne Incorvia Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Systems (EPQS) Michael Orshansky Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Surya Santoso Power Electronics and Power Systems (PEPS) David Soloveichik bioECE Jon Valvano Architecture, Computer Systems and Embedded Systems (ACSES) Haris Vikalo Decision, Information, and Communications Engineering (DICE) Ali Yilmaz Electromagnetics & Acoustics (EA) Meet with mentees by curriculum track per request from Fall 2021 mentees

ECE Student Mentoring Committee T E X A S T E X A S E L E C T R I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G COLLABORATING WITH COLLABORATING WITH ECE Department Chair Diana Marculescu (thanks for providing resources) ECE Student Services Office ECE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee ECE Community Well-Being and Support Committee Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Student Mentoring Initiative coordinated by Prof. Christine Julien, Assoc. Dean for DEI, and Prof. Lydia Contreras (Chemical Eng.) The Graduate School Graduate Student Mentoring Program led by Prof. James Cox (Assoc. Dean) and Ms. Annie Maxfield (Texas Career Engagement) Provost Office

Brian L. Evans, PhD Engineering Foundation Professor bevans@ece.utexas.edu THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Veronica V. Vasquez, Ed.D. Director Academic Affairs & Administrative Services vvasquez@austin.utexas.edu