Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
The electrical engineering major prepares you to anticipate and address tomorrow's challenges, and innovate and create technologies that affect a multitude of facets of modern day living. You will build power generation and distribution systems, and develop circuits that power cell phones, computers, and game consoles. You will design electric cars, and invent electromagnetic devices such as MRI machines and bio-sensors to detect disease. You will discover new methods of clean energy production. You will introduce radical improvements to existing technologies that make our lives easier, be it healthcare, internet security, automation, communication, renewables, or anything in between.
AREAS OF EMPHASIS
After you gain a strong foundation in math, chemistry, physics, and computer science, our expert faculty will guide you through learning about circuit design, controls, digital design, and communication. You can choose among seven emphasis areas that include:
- Biomedical systems and devices
- Signal processing and communications
- Energy systems and renewables
- Control systems
- Magnetics and optics
Our students have access to a wide network of resources, and they are encouraged to pursue research and innovation within electrical and computer engineering, as well as cross borders and engage in interdisciplinary research. Our faculty are experts in wind energy, smart grid technology, nanotechnology, medical devices, wireless communications, VLSI, computer systems, sensors, and magnetic materials.
