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Last Name
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Email Address
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1. How do you describe yourself?
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Department Head / Dean
Professor
Lab Tech / Graduate Student
Student
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2. Rate your experience with electronic component manufacturers for ECE curriculum needs.
Excellent
Good
Average
Needs Improvement
3. How can component distributors better serve your product/resource needs?
Provide more online technical resources
Provide more EDU sales and technical support
Provide an account relationship manager to assist with product selection/purchasing
Provide an EDU-focused catalog for purchasing (online and/or print)
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4. On average, how many projects does a student need to complete in one year?
1-4
5-7
8-10
More than 10
5. How much does the college spend on electronic components and test equipment annually?
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Less than $10,000
Between $11,000-$25,000
Between $26,000-$50,000
Between $50,000-$100,000
More than $100,000
6. What is the key factor in determining where you purchase electronic components?
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Don’t really think about it
Availability of product/speed of delivery
Lowest price/discount
Quality/genuine product/new technologies
Product typically comes bundled with the ECE curriculum
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7. How does the ECE dept. manage purchasing of electronic components at your university?
All purchases funnel through procurement team
Individual professors purchase components for their classes
Lab techs handle the purchases
Most purchases are made by individual students as specified in their syllabus
check all that apply
8. Where does your university source its electronic components?
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We purchase components directly from the manufacturer
Products & kits often come packaged with the curriculum
We buy products from authorized distributors (Mouser Electronics, Element 14, Digi-Key, etc.)
We purchase from less traditional sources (Amazon, SparkFun, AdaFruit, etc.)
We buy from large, supply chain distributors (Avnet, Arrow, etc.)
check all that apply
9. As a rule, the current ECE curriculum around board-level components could be described as?
Up-to-date with latest technologies
Adequate curriculum covers the basics – not much emphasis on new technologies
Curriculum needs some updates to align with advancements in technology
Very out of date. Our university needs assistance
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