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Neil E. Cotter Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah

Neil E. Cotter Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah. Major in Electrical Engineering. OVERVIEW. What is EE? What do EEs do? Who do EEs collaborate with? What do EEs learn? What careers await EE graduates?. WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING?.

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Neil E. Cotter Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah

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  1. Neil E. CotterElectrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Utah Major in Electrical Engineering

  2. OVERVIEW What is EE? What do EEs do? Who do EEs collaborate with? What do EEs learn? What careers await EE graduates?

  3. 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

  4. WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING? • Electrical Engineering: Bridging the Gap Among Disciplines in the 21st Century

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO? Develop the technologies for affordable, clean, efficient solar power generation Collaborations with: Material Science

  8. WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO? Develop new technologies that make sensors smaller, better, and make systems more reliable and energy efficient Collaborations with: Many

  9. WHAT DO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DO? Develop the technologies to improve medical care: Advances in biosensors, prosthetics, and imaging Collaborations with: Bioengineering, Medicine

  10. 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

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

  12. 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

  13. Fall Semester First YearECE 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 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 WHAT COURSES DO EE STUDENTS TAKE? 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 Electronics Math 2210 Calculus III ECE 3700 Fundamentals of Digital& System Design ECE 2910 Sophomore Seminar American Institutions (or test)

  14. 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

  15. Information & advising COURSE ADVISING IN EE 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 ugadvisor@ece.utah.edu.

  16. 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

  17. Navsea Northrop Grumman Raytheon Reliable Controls Rio Tinto Rocky Mtn. Power Sorenson Communications Varian Medical Syst. EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES • ATK • Bachtel Marine • Harman Signal Proc. • Hill AFB • Knolls Atomic Power • L-3 Communications • Micron • Moog Aircraft

  18. AVERAGE EE SALARIES BY INDUSTRY

  19. 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 Developer From IEEE Spectrum “Dream Jobs 2011”, Feb 2011.

  20. 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

  21. 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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