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Student Induction

Student Induction. Department of Electronic Engineering City University of Hong Kong August 2001. University Education. Ambience : 環境 Resources : 資源 Student-center education : 學生為主 Whole-person education : 全人教育. Ambience. Multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-disciplinary milieu

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Student Induction

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  1. Student Induction Department of Electronic Engineering City University of Hong Kong August 2001

  2. University Education • Ambience :環境 • Resources :資源 • Student-center education :學生為主 • Whole-person education : 全人教育

  3. Ambience • Multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-disciplinary milieu • Professor-student partnership • Relaxed atmosphere, apparently • Inspiring environment • Room for development in areas of personal interest

  4. Resources • Generous government capital investment • Excellent human resources • Affluent recurrent expenditure • Spacious campus • Modern facilities • State-of-the-arts laboratories • Ample financial supports for students

  5. Responsibility Dedication Time-constraints Competition Tenacious onbasic principles Freedom Flexibility Self-pacing Cooperation Open-minded and ready to accept new ideas Student-Center Education

  6. Whole Person Education • 德:Integrity • 智:Intellect • 體:Physique • 群:Sociability • 美:Aesthetic

  7. Strength of CityU • Conveniently located at the heart of the Special Administrative Region • Excellent student amenity • Relatively young institution: highly focused development and less dead-wood • Relatively weak tenure system: substantiated staffs and those on contract terms work equally hard

  8. Strength of the Department • Strong leadership • Cohesive team that shares a well-focused common goal • World class professors • Superb technical and clerical supports • Research culture • Can-do atmosphere

  9. Infrastructure New applications of mature technologies Use of conventional & hi-tech machinery Jobs everywhere Service industry Non-infrastructure Involve many fast changing technologies Design & development of hi-tech products Opportunity in China Manufacturing sector Myth of the Industry

  10. Professional Degrees • Bachelor of Engineering with Honors in Electronic and Communication Engineering • Bachelor of Engineering with Honors in Information Technology • Master of Engineering in Electronic Engineering with Business Management

  11. Balanced Curriculum • Breadth and depth • Fundamentals and current engineering practices • Technical subjects and engineering related topics • Endless drilling and demand on initiative as well as creativity

  12. Characteristics • Relevant to the projected need of the industry • Each one is tailor-made for a targeted sector • Frequent curriculum review • Many timely electives • Ample hands-on experience — laboratory, design, project, and industrial attachment • Accredited by the HKIE

  13. Emphasis on Teaching • Lecture — taught by full time academic staff • Tutorial — taught by the lecturer-in-charge • Laboratory — at least one session is taught by the lecturer-in-charge • Dedicated teaching laboratories for junior level experiments • Earmarked equipment budget for teaching purposes

  14. Luxury • Fundamental courses in both semesters, some in the summer term • Senior professors to teach basic courses • Distribution of lecturing load evenly among professors of all grades • Industrial attachment in the Mainland or in-house training on engineering applications • Individual graduation project

  15. Smart Engineer Education • Communication skills • Computer-aided presentation skills • Professionalism • Chinese civilization awareness • Out-of-discipline courses

  16. Postgraduate Programs • Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering • Master of Philosophy in Electronic Engineering • Doctor of Philosophy in Electronic Engineering

  17. Critical Mass Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Total BEngECE 82 78 88 248 BEngECE (PT) 52 53 46 62 211 BEngIT 82 91 108 281 MEngEE 10 12 22 MScEIE 43 36 23 102 MPhil 50 (FT) 22 (PT) 72 PhD 33 (FT) 16 (PT) 49 Total 340 258 313 74 985

  18. Human Resource • Academic staff — 50 • Technical staff — 32 • Clerical staff — 12 • Research staff — 67 • Total — 161

  19. Physical Resources • Laboratory spaces — ~ 4600 m2 • State-of-the-art equipment — ~ $120 million in hardware ~ $180 million in software • Recurrent expenditure — $120 million • Basic research grants — $192 million • Applied research, consultancy — $42 million

  20. Academic Staff • Chair Professor 13 • Professor 4 • Visiting Professor 1 • Associate Professor (A) 6 • Associate Professor (B) 17 • Assistant Professor 8 • Senior Lecturer 1 Total50

  21. World-Class Professor • 1 Academician, 4 FIEEE, 1 FEng, 3 FCIE, and 5 FIEE • 1 Young Presidential Investigator Award 2 Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellows • 3 Authors of Outstanding Papers —1 in IEEE Transactions 2 in IEE Proceedings

  22. Honors Received in 2000 • National Science Foundation Award, 3rd Class, Chinese Academy of Science • CMA Design Award, HKSAR Government • Emerson Technology Award • Ericsson Super Wireless Application Award • Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship • IEEE Millennium Medal

  23. Research Areas • Antenna Design and Analysis • Applied Electromagnetics • Control Systems • Digital/Mobile Communications • Electronic Packaging and Reliability • Optoelectronics • Power Electronics • Radio Frequency / Microwave Devices • Signal Processing • Teletraffics and Networking

  24. Research Grants • 98External Research Grants $78 million • 110 Internal Research Grants $114 million • 8 Applied Research Grants $38 million • 40 Consultancy $4 million Total $234 million

  25. Productivity • 327Journal Papers 111 IEEE Transactions 4 Radio Science 2 IEE Proceedings 14 IEE Electronics Letters • 251 Conference Presentations • 20 Book Chapters • 17 Patent Approval/Applications

  26. Research Center • University Research Center Media Technology Optoelectronics Wireless Communications • University Applied Research Center Electronic Packaging and Assemblies, Failure Analysis & Reliability Engineering • Faculty Research Center Chaos Control and Synchronization

  27. Relative Standing • First in the number of active researchers, 71.34, in the Research Assessment Exercise • Second in percentage of active researcher, 89.2%, in the Research Assessment Exercise • First in bidding for Competitive Earmarked Research Grants

  28. Value-Added • Self confidence • Team spirit, cooperative competition • Sense of belonging, university spirit • Prevail in open competitions, locally and internationally • Edge in securing a relevant job • Competence to lead a professional career

  29. International Competition • First Prize, IEEE Region 10 Postgraduate Student Paper Contest, 1999, 1996 • Silver Prize, Young Inventors Awards 2000, Asia-Pacific, Far East Economic Review and Hewlett Packard, 2001 • Third Prize, IEEE Region 10 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest, 1998

  30. Open Competition • First Prize, IEE Young Member Project Competition, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1997 • First Prize, IEE Young Member Paper Competition, 2000, 1998 • First Prize, IEEE (Hong Kong) Postgraduate Paper Contest, 1999, 1998 • First Prize, IEEE (Hong Kong) Undergraduate Paper Contest, 1998, 1997, 1996, and 1995 • Gold Prize, HKBC Young IT Entrepreneur Award, IT Festival, 2001

  31. Competence • Components to Systems • Analogue to Digital Circuits • Base-band to Radio Frequency Circuits • Hardware to Software Designs • Design/Development to Day-to-Day Operation • Professional Practices to Research

  32. Employment Statistics • Employment in 2000: 69.0 % secured employment by July 96.4 % secured employment by December • Median starting salary: $12,000 (ECE), $13,000 (IT) • Relevance: 76.4 % • Job Satisfaction: 85.6 %

  33. Recognition • Firstin Electronic Engineering • Firstin Information Technology Source:Education18.com in2000 & 2001

  34. Mission We aim to educate a large number of all-around professional engineers for a knowledge-based community in an information era who are prepared to assume leadership roles

  35. We are confident that we will achieve this goal because we have fully mastered the art of: “博學之,審問之,慎思之, 明辨之,篤行之。” 《中庸》

  36. Thank You Enjoy your study at the CityU Wish you a successful career

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