EE 201A: SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
AUTUMN QUARTER 2006

MONDAYS, 4:15 P.M. - 5:05 P.M.
Terman Auditorium

 

Instructor: Prof. Richard M. Reis
Executive Director, Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association,
E-mail: reis@stanford.edu.

TA: TBD

This seminar will look at "Life after Stanford" through a series of presentations primarily directed at MS/EE students. In particular, it will examine the activities of graduates in industry (large, medium and small), start-up companies, government laboratories and community colleges.

September 25	GRAPHICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN: BRINGING EMBEDDED DESIGN TO THE MASSES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Hugo Andrade. Principal Architect, Architecture and Technology Group, National Instruments Corporation
October 2	USING TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP OTHER COMPANIES HONEST John Treichler , Chief Technical Officer, Applied Signal Technology
October 9	POWERING FUTURE GROWTH: INNOVATING AND COMMERCIALIZING BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES Darlene J.S. Solomon, Agilent Technology Officer and vice president, Agilent Laboratories
October 16	TBD TBD
October 23	MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Eugina Corales, vice president, Manufacturing Technology Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
October 30	TBD TBD
November 6	UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONS AT STANFORD Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center and  Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems - Stanford
November 13	TBD Grant McFarland, Intel Corporation
November 20	Thanksgiving week-No Class
November 27	TBD TBD
December 4	PREPARING FOR AN ACADEMIC CAREER IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Richard Reis, EE Department

1. The EE 201A Seminar is held weekly during the Autumn quarter on Monday afternoons from 4:15 to 5:05 PM in Terman Auditorium. It serves to introduce you to the work of Electrical Engineering Master's and Ph.D. graduates in government and industry through presentations by speakers from various employment sectors.
2. There are no homework assignments and no examinations. The grade is Pass/No Credit. One unit of credit is given for EE201A. To receive credit for the course, STUDENTS MUST “ATTEND” ALL 10 SCHEDULED SESSIONS.
3. (See Also #5 Below) Attendance for the seminar will be recorded by signature on the attendance sheets which will be distributed in the auditorium. These records will be kept by TA, and students should address any questions about their attendance records to TA.
4. The official class list comes from the Registrar's Office which will appear later after study lists have been processed. Students are responsible for assuring that they are officially registered.
5. The EE 201 Seminar is broadcast over the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD) to graduate students in the Honors Cooperative Program. Students viewing the broadcast of the seminar at their worksite should complete a standard SCPD attendance form for each session and return this form to SCPD. They should contact SCPD at (650) 725-3015 immediately for any questions about the attendance form.
6. Students who miss a particular seminar can view the session on line. Following that, they should send a memo to TA certifying the date of the viewing and the basic details of the seminar as to the speaker and presentation topic, also include general feedback about the seminar. This memo can be sent by ID mail to TA at TBD, or email to ee201monitor@cis.stanford.edu.