2017 Fall Internship, COOP, Research and Independent Study Paperwork Deadline Dates

Hi EE majors,

For Fall 2017 paperwork due date is August 15 for internship, coop, research (EGN4912) and special project (EEL4905).  The latest I am able to accept paperwork is August 25th  by 5:00 pm . Forms for internship and coop are located on this page; https://www.ece.ufl.edu/content/internships-and-co-op-experiences.  Forms for EGN4912 and EEL4905 are located on  https://www.ece.ufl.edu/content/forms. The directions for each form are located  below.  Please submit the forms by dropping off the paperwork at the front desk in the SSO Office (230 Larsen Hall) or submit a scanned copy to me via email (nicolet@ece.ufl.edu). 


EEL4948-Internship (If want to earn credit for your internship.  If you do not want to receive credit do not do the paperwork)
-Complete Internship Request Form
-Attached Letter of Offer
-Submit the above the  packet to Nicole by the deadline date for registration. Exceptions will be made if you receive an offer after the deadline date. I must have the information by the end of drop/add of  Fall semester (August 25th)

EEL4949-COOP
-Complete COOP form
-Submit COOP Packet to the CRC and Nicole's Office
-Submit the above the  packet to Nicole by the deadline date for registration. Exceptions will be made if you receive an offer after the deadline date. I must have the information by the end of drop/add of Fall semester (August 25th)


EGN4912- Research
-Complete the UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH APPLICATION form
-Submit the above the  packet to Nicole by the deadline date for registration. (August 25th)


EEL4905-Special Project
-Complete the EEL4905 COURSE REGISTRATION PERMISSION APPLICATION
- You must be working in ECE faculty member
-Submit the above the  packet to Nicole by the deadline date for registration. (August 25th)

What should I ask about Graduate School?

Are thinking about applying to Graduate School and not sure what to ask.  Read the information below to learn what to ask.

https://www.slu.edu/Documents/student_development/career_services/Questions.To.Ask.pdf

https://me.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/advice_paper_web.pdf

https://www.iecaonline.com/PDF/IECA_Library_Questions-for-Graduate-School-Advisors.pdf

https://chem.utah.edu/_documents/scerp/downloads/GradSchoolInterviewQuestions.pdf



Nicole

Summer Research Opportunity for Undergraduate in Machine Learning

Summer Research Opportunity for Undergraduate in Machine Learning


Professor Alina Zare in Electrical and Computer Engineering is looking for Summer Undergraduate Research Assistants to join her research team in investigating Statistical Machine Learning and
Pattern Recognition methods for learning from imprecise and uncertain labels. We will be developing a crowd sourcing platform for satellite imagery, collecting data using our platform, and
then developing algorithms to process the data.

Ideal candidates will be junior or senior level students with background or interest in :
• Python, Django, Postgresql
• Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and/or Signal/Image Processing

Interested? Contact Alina Zare
azare@ece.ufl.edu
https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/alina-zare/

UF IEEE - Digital Logic Crash Course 4/19 6PM LAR234

We are hosting a technical workshop on Digital Logic this Wednesday, 4/19 at 6 PM in Larsen 234. We are mainly targeting students who will take Digital Logic this summer or in the fall.


"Ever wonder what Digital Logic is? Afraid to take this notoriously difficult ECE course? Want to be ahead of the game? Have no fear, because IEEE will be hosting its semesterly Digital Logic Crash Course! Come learn the basics of digital arithmetic, logic gates, and synchronous elements."


Here is the link to our Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1904506436496035/



Thanks,


Ammar Nek

Nicole's Walk-in Hours for the week of 4/17 and other updates

Good Morning EE majors!!!!

Walk-in Advising Hours:
Monday 10-12 and 1-3
Tuesday 10-11 and 2-4
Wednesday 10-12 and 1-4
Thursday 10-12 and 1-4
Friday no hours-scheduled meetings

Critical Dates:
Classes End: April 19
Reading Days: April 20-21
Final Exams: April 22-28

Updates:
EEL4930-Statistics for ECE section 22EE- can be counted as the statistics requirement STA3032 ONLY.   If you have not taken STA3032 then you are eligible to register for the course.  This course cannot count for EE technical elective per the EE curriculum committee. 

MicroProcessor 2
The ECE department will be teaching a new course, EEL 4930- Microprocessor Applications II, during the Fall 2017.  The course description and objectives are listed below (the course syllabus is also attached here for your reference):


CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Implementation of a Real-Time Operating System on an ARM Cortex-M processor to create more robust, secure and complex microprocessor applications. Introduction to IoT applications with special topics covering security and trust. 
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To understand the benefits of using an RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) on a microcontroller. Students will also learn about the architecture of ARM Cortex-M based microprocessors. Students will learn the basic components of an RTOS including both background and event threads, thread scheduling algorithms, inter-process communication, thread priority, and synchronization/mutual exclusion via semaphores. Students will also learn how to design embedded C software driver libraries for peripherals such as I2C RGB LEDs drivers and a resistive, pixel-based touchscreen. Students will conclude the course by interfacing with a CC3100 Wi-Fi chip to create an IoT application, with an emphasis on security.


This course has limited enrollment, so students will need to be approved by me, the course instructor, in order to enroll.  Those interested in enrolling will need to send an email directly to me (yier.jin@ece.ufl.edu) no later than 5pm on April 19 with the following information:     


Name:
UFID:
Grade Received in EEL 3744C:
Major GPA: 
In a couple of sentences, explain why you want to take this course:

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions.

Electric-E Award Spring 2017 recipients

EEL3701C & EEL3744C and other courses for summer and fall updates

Students,

The department has evaluated the resources available to provide additional seats in EEL3701C for both Summer and Fall 2017. Based on this evaluation, the department has determined that we have the capability to accommodate additional students in both semesters. Please check ONE.UF sometime this afternoon (after 1:30PM) to check for open seating in either term. We will continue to evaluate our enrollment demands and will notify you via email if we are able to make any additional changes.

We have also been able to evaluate the departmental capability to offer more space in other ECE courses – these too will be available for student viewing sometime after 1:30PM. **This will include EEL3744C as well as other courses.**

Please do NOT contact your academic advisor for assistance in registering for this course. Once a section has filled, it cannot be over-enrolled. You will simply need to check ONE.UF on a regular basis to see if other students have adjusted their schedules. There WILL NOT be a waitlist for EEL3701C or EEL3744C for either term.

Your patience and cooperation is appreciated.

Sincerely,

-The ECE Student Services Office

Undergraduate Research Opportunity at the McKnight Brain Institute

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY at the McKnight Brain Institute

I am a Research Engineer from Dr. Andrew Maurer's Lab here at the McKnight Brain Institute. We are seeking a few talented undergraduate EE students to help us with a project looking at dynamic decision-making and its neural correlates in rodents .

The research seeks to understand how the brain, a densely interconnected set of individual neurons, rapidly translates environmental information into complex representations in support of cognitive function. We address these questions by taking an integrative and multidisciplinary approach to neuroscience research.

Responsibilities will include hardware design and implementation, coding, data collection, organization, and analysis. This position would begin in the Summer and require at least 10 hours a week. Applicants would need some availability beforehand to get started with training. Applicants from all academic backgrounds are welcome to apply. We are looking for students with a strong familiarity with C/C++. Soldering skills and other languages are a plus.

Applicants should send an email to kennedy.p.jack@gmail.com and dylanguen@gmail.com with a short description of why they are interested in the position, their academic goals, and any relevant experience they may bring to the position.

Advising hours for the week 4/10/2017

Good Morning EE Students:

Walk-in advising hours:
Monday and Tuesday appointments only
Wednesday 10-12 and 1-4
Thursday 10-12 and 1-4
Friday 10-12 and 1-2

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The department has evaluated the resources available to provide additional seats in EEL3701C for both Summer and Fall 2017. Based on this evaluation, the department has determined that we have the capability to accommodate additional students in both semesters. Please check ONE.UF sometime this afternoon (after 12:30PM) to check for open seating in either term. We will continue to evaluate our enrollment demands and will notify you via email if we are able to make any additional changes.

Please do NOT contact your academic advisor for assistance in registering for this course. Once a section has filled, it cannot be over-enrolled. You will simply need to check ONE.UF on a regular basis to see if other students have adjusted their schedules. There WILL NOT be a waitlist for EEL3701C for either term.

Your patience and cooperation is appreciated.

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The ECE department will be teaching a new course, EEL 4930- Microprocessor Applications II, during the Fall 2017.  The course description and objectives are listed below (the course syllabus is also attached here for your reference):

CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Implementation of a Real-Time Operating System on an ARM Cortex-M processor to create more robust, secure and complex microprocessor applications. Introduction to IoT applications with special topics covering security and trust. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES
To understand the benefits of using an RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) on a microcontroller. Students will also learn about the architecture of ARM Cortex-M based microprocessors. Students will learn the basic components of an RTOS including both background and event threads, thread scheduling algorithms, inter-process communication, thread priority, and synchronization/mutual exclusion via semaphores. Students will also learn how to design embedded C software driver libraries for peripherals such as I2C RGB LEDs drivers and a resistive, pixel-based touchscreen. Students will conclude the course by interfacing with a CC3100 Wi-Fi chip to create an IoT application, with an emphasis on security.

This course has limited enrollment, so students will need to be approved by me, the course instructor, in order to enroll.  Those interested in enrolling will need to send an email directly to me (yier.jin@ece.ufl.edu) no later than 5pm on April 19 with the following information:     

Name:
UFID:
Grade Received in EEL 3744C:
Major GPA: 
In a couple of sentences, explain why you want to take this course:

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions.

 

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                    ECE courses that have pre-requisites that were recently updated but not in the system

·         EEL3000- Intro to ECE

·         EEL3135-Signals and Systems for summer

                                    EEL3112 Circuits 2 

           EEL4458- Photonic

           EEL4598- Data Computer Communications 

                                                                      EEL4736- Principles of Computer System Design

 If you are interested in enrolling in one of the courses above. Please email me with your UFID and course number and section