Major in Electrical Engineering Neil E Cotter Electrical

Major in Electrical Engineering Neil E. Cotter Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah 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 21 st 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: Mech. E 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 Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

EXAMPLE OF EE SYSTEM DESIGN Wireless networks that “see” through walls http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=if. Qkb. MJ_s. XM Credit: Prof. Neal Patwari and Dr. Joey Wilson Electrical and Computer Engineering Changes in signal propagation between antennas in a wireless mesh network are used to estimate an image map and track people, even through walls. October 2011

WHAT DO EE STUDENTS LEARN? Tools from Mathematics and Sciences programming, calculus, linear alg. , physics, chemistry or biology Tools from EE circuits & electronics, electromagnetics, signals & systems, semicond. physics, digital design Engineering Design Technical Communication Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

WHAT COURSES DO EE STUDENTS TAKE? Fall Semester First Year ECE 1900 Freshman seminar CS 1410 Object-oriented programming Math 1210 Calculus I Wrtg 2010 Acad. Writing & Research LEAP 1501 Ethical Implications of Engineering Second Year ECE 2240 Intro to Electronic Circuits Math 2250 Differential Equations & Linear Algebra Phys 2220 Physics for Sci. & Eng. II Chem 1210 General Chemistry I Chem 1215 General Chemistry Lab I Electrical and Computer Engineering Spring Semester ECE 1250 Design Math 1220 Phys 2210 LEAP 1500 Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering Calculus II Physics for Sci. & Eng. I Leap Seminar for Engineers ECE 2280 Fund. Engineering Electronics Math 2210 Calculus III ECE 3700 Fundamentals of Digital & System Design ECE 2910 Sophomore Seminar American Institutions (or test) 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 Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

Information & advising COURSE ADVISING IN EE More info: www. ece. utah. edu http: //www. ece. utah. edu/bsee_handbook Arlene Padilla Arenaz MEB 3313, (801) 581 -4657 Office hours: Monday - Thursday 8 am-12 pm, 1: 30 -4: 00 pm, Friday 8 am - 12 pm, To make an appointment with the Electrical Engineering adviser, send an email to ugadvisor@ece. utah. edu. 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 Navsea Bachtel Marine Northrop Grumman Harman Signal Proc. Raytheon Hill AFB Reliable Controls Rio Tinto Rocky Mtn. Power Sorenson Communications Varian Medical Syst. Knolls Atomic Power L-3 Communications Micron Moog Aircraft Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

AVERAGE EE SALARIES BY INDUSTRY Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

WHAT ARE EE CAREERS? Astronaut And more: Sports Technologist CEO / CTO Virtual Reality System Designer Music Signal Processing Expert Researcher OLPC Designer Astronaut Educator Deep Space Telescope Imager Designer Patent Attorney Disaster Robot Developer From IEEE Spectrum “Dream Jobs 2011”, Feb 2011. Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

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 Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011

SUSTAINABILITY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Power Systems Solar cells Windmills Smart grid Communications Telecommuting Internet Wireless communications Materials Nano-scale devices Quantum dots Nanotubes Electrical and Computer Engineering October 2011