1 Electrical and Computer Engineering Welcome!. 2 Acquiring, sending, receiving, processing,...
-
Upload
antony-pierce -
Category
Documents
-
view
215 -
download
0
Transcript of 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering Welcome!. 2 Acquiring, sending, receiving, processing,...
2
Acquiring, sending, receiving, processing, storing, and displaying information
– Computers, communications, medical electronics, video, CD players...
Generating, transmitting and using electrical energy
– Electric generators, motors, power supplies, micromachines, robots...
Meeting the needs of people Solving problems, creating new
technologies, devices, services and systems
Making a difference
What is ECE?
88
Video Games
Batteries
High energy physics
Weather Forecasting
Movie production and special effects
RoboticsSolid State Devices
904/20/23
ECE: Everywhere in the iPhone
3G/WiFi/Bluetooth (wireless communication)
Audio/Video processing (signal processing)
ARM processor/controller (computer engineering)
Antenna and amplifier (analog design and EM)
Power circuit and battery (power electronics)
LCD and touch screen (optics and photonics)
10
Careers for ECE Graduates
Hardware Design Engineer
System Engineer
Applications/Software Engineer
Marketing and Sales Engineer
Research and Development Eng
Biomedical Engineer
Engineering Management
Entrepreneurship
EducationNASA Engineer Elionex Rodriquez
WPI ECE Class of 2001
12
Forbes: WPI Graduates Among Top 10 Earnings
In DoL engineering salary survey, Computer Engineering is only second to Petroleum Engineering
14
Why ECE at WPI? Our Program
Year 1: 2 ECE Courses– Theory integrated with
hands-on labs. Year 2: ECE design Course
– Work in a team to design a real product
Year 3: Go Global — Projects Around the World
– London, Venice, Bangkok, Melbourne, Washington, Copenhagen, Hong Kong…
Year 4: Senior Design Projects– Lincoln Labs, Silicon Valley, Bose, Intel,
General Dynamics, Analog Devices…Namibia Project Students March, 2007
15
Why ECE at WPI? Our Faculty
In 2008-2009, ECE Faculty were named– Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching
• 4 past winners on ECE faculty – Trustees' Award for Outstanding
Academic Advising– Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service
to Community Faculty Research and National Awards
– $5M/year research expenditure– 4 IEEE Fellows– 4 CAREER Award and 1 Young Faculty Award
WPI is No. 1 for Student Faculty Interaction
16
Why ECE at WPI? Student Life
Fox Hunt Spark Party
Poker Night
Networking Dinner
IEEE Paintball
Pizza Friday / BBQs
Hawaiian Shirt Days
17
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Meet some students and visit historic Atwater Kent Laboratories
The ECE Faculty and Staff Welcome You!
19
ECE BS/MS Program – Recently Introduced
Continue your M.S. degree immediately after completing your B.S. degree with up to 40% reduction in tuition costs.
It has been very attractive to our students– Get both BS and MS degrees in ECE within 5 years– Lots of applicants this year
Maximize Your Career Opportunities– Deeper understanding of one or more areas covered in
ECE– Higher average salary levels relative to individuals possessing a
B.S. degree, e.g., $21,000/year greater with an M.S. degree– Career advancement and leadership opportunities in industry