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Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
Neil E. CotterElectrical and Computer Engineering
University of Utah
Major in Electrical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
OVERVIEW
What is EE?
What do EEs do?
Who do EEs collaborate with?
What do EEs learn?
What careers await EE graduates?
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING?
Electrical Engineers are inventors and innovators who apply knowledge of signals, circuits, physics, and systems to develop technologies to improve people's lives
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING?
Electrical Engineering: Bridging the Gap Among Disciplines in the 21st Century
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO?
Develop the technologies which allow people to communicate with each other and access information from wherever and whenever.
Collaborations with: CS, Math
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO?
Develop the technologies which will enable us to generate and distribute power from renewable resources and become energy independent.
Collaborations with: MechE
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO?
Develop the technologies for affordable, clean, efficient solar power generation
Collaborations with: Material Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO?
Develop new technologies that make sensors smaller, better, and make systems more reliable and energy efficient
Collaborations with: Many
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO?
Develop the technologies to improve medical care: Advances in biosensors, prosthetics, and imaging
Collaborations with: Bioengineering, Medicine
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
EXAMPLE OF EE SYSTEM DESIGN
Artificial Retina: Restore sight to the blind
Image data from an external camera is wirelessly transmitted to the implant which stimulates electrodes in an array on the retina to produce formed vision.
Credit: Prof. Gianluca Lazzi
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EXAMPLE OF EE SYSTEM DESIGN
Changes in signal propagation between antennas in a wireless mesh network are used to estimate an image map and track people, even through walls.
Credit: Prof. Neal Patwari and Dr. Joey Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQkbMJ_sXM
Wireless networks that “see” through walls
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WHAT DO EE STUDENTS LEARN?
Tools from Mathematics and Sciences
programming, calculus, linear alg.,physics, chemistry or biology
Tools from EE
circuits & electronics, electro-magnetics, signals & systems, semicond. physics, digital design
Engineering Design
Technical Communication
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
Fall SemesterFirst Year
ECE 1900 Freshman seminarCS 1410 Object-oriented
programmingMath 1210 Calculus IWrtg 2010 Acad. Writing & ResearchLEAP 1501 Ethical Implications of
Engineering
Second Year ECE 2240 Intro to Electronic
CircuitsMath 2250 Differential Equations
& Linear Algebra Phys 2220 Physics for Sci. & Eng.
IIChem 1210 General Chemistry IChem 1215 General Chemistry
Lab I
Spring Semester
ECE 1250 Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering DesignMath 1220 Calculus II Phys 2210 Physics for Sci. & Eng. I LEAP 1500 Leap Seminar for Engineers
ECE 2280 Fund. Engineering ElectronicsMath 2210 Calculus III ECE 3700 Fundamentals of Digital
& System Design ECE 2910 Sophomore Seminar American Institutions (or test)
WHAT COURSES DO EE STUDENTS TAKE?
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
HANDS ON: EE AT THE U
Complete a hands-on interdisciplinary senior research project, many with industrial sponsors (1/2 of students get job offers from sponsor)
Hands-on learning: High % of laboratory courses
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Information & advising
More info:
www.ece.utah.edu
http://www.ece.utah.edu/bsee_handbook
Arlene Padilla ArenazMEB 3313, (801) 581-4657 Office hours: Monday - Thursday 8am-12pm, 1:30-4:00pm, Friday 8am - 12pm,
To make an appointment with the Electrical Engineering adviser, send an email to [email protected].
COURSE ADVISING IN EE
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
EE CLASS OF 2011
46 of 53 graduates had job offers / grad school acceptance by graduation day
Many had multiple offers
Average reported starting salary: $59,000
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES
ATK
Bachtel Marine
Harman Signal Proc.
Hill AFB
Knolls Atomic Power
L-3 Communications
Micron
Moog Aircraft
Navsea
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
Reliable Controls
Rio Tinto
Rocky Mtn. Power
Sorenson Communications
Varian Medical Syst.
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
AVERAGE EE SALARIES BY INDUSTRY
Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011
WHAT ARE EE CAREERS?
And more:
CEO / CTO
Patent Attorney
Researcher
Astronaut
Educator
Astronaut
Sports Technologist
Virtual Reality System Designer
Music Signal Processing Expert
OLPC Designer
Deep Space Telescope Imager Designer
Disaster Robot DeveloperFrom IEEE Spectrum “Dream Jobs 2011”, Feb 2011.
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WHY BECOME AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER?
Love work AND live life, too Be creative, solve problems Work with great people Design things that matter Never be bored Make a big salary Enjoy job flexibility CHANGE THE WORLD
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SUSTAINABILITY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Power Systems Solar cells Windmills Smart grid
Communications Telecommuting Internet Wireless communications
Materials Nano-scale devices Quantum dots Nanotubes
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