Meeting Notes

Winter 2021

Analog and Power CoP Meeting 3 - Monday, March 1, 4:00-5:00 pm, Zoom Agenda:

• Overview of and opinion on CoP this term

  • The looser CoP requirements are appreciated, but would also like less restrictions on the mentor portion of the assignment

  • The events held this term were sparsely populated so less may be necessary next term. Can the CoPs and recitations be combined?

• What interested in for next term

  • Lots of interest in CS CoP and/or events

Analog and Power CoP Meeting 2 - Monday, February 8, 4:00-5:00 pm, Zoom Agenda:

• Overview of upcoming events and panels

• Potential interview questions for semiconductor professions

Meeting 1, January 22:

• ELI internship opportunity from Nancy Morales

  • Information

• Overview of new CoP requirements

  • Students no longer need to generate online content

  • Students no longer need to provide feedback to an administrator or coordinator

  • Instead of attending two organizational meetings and one event, students now only need to attend 2 events and meetings are now counted as events

• Overview of New mentorship option

  • Information

  • Interest poll

• Poll interests and brainstorm events

  • Members expressed most interest in power systems and high frequency front-end systems

  • Members expressed interest in panel style events where people talk about their professional experience

• Antennas discussion

Fall 2020

Meeting 1, October 12:

• Introduced members and got an idea of what everyone wanted from the CoP

• Covered CoP requirements and brainstormed ideas for events to host

Meeting 2, November 5th:

• Covered upcoming events:

  • Panels on Batteries and Power systems on the 6th

  • Two opportunities for high school outreach, a pen pal option and a seminar on November 17th.

  • A Seminar with OSU graduates on their experience in industry

• Covered extra credit rules for CoP as detailed in updated professional development assignment description

• Split into breakout rooms to brainstorm ideas on generating content. Some students volunteered to create pages on specific subjects for the websites content page.

• Added all attendees to edit privileges on the website, and gave overview of the website

• Moved next meeting to the 19th from the 26th

Meeting 3, November 19th:

• Reviewed final requirements

• Discussed final survey, which will be posted here as well as emailed out after being updated for Fall 2020

• Discussed ideas for next term

  • Additional panel sessions, especially related to careers

  • Use a program such as Piazza to coordinate discussion and content.

    • There is slack channel linked to this CoP, which can be found here (#cop-analogandpower) or on the front page.

  • A panel or overview of RF topics. Specific interest in passive blocks and filters.

  • An optional side project for CoP members to work on and gain experience. I will present some ideas in the first meeting of next term. Specific interest in a project spanning CS and ECE topics.

  • Introduce a more CS focused community of practice. I will need to discuss this with Don and Rachel, but will share the results of that in the first meeting of next term.

Remember you can email me or come to my office hours during the weekend if you have additional questions or ideas for next term. - Josh

Spring 2020