Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering department includes degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering.  Modern electrical engineering is an expansive field that covers a wide range of activities and has given way to dramatic innovations in the ways we work and live today. The inventions of computers, radio, television, satellite transmission systems, lasers and medical electronics are just some of the many contributions of contemporary electrical engineering. The computer engineering curriculum blends computer science and electrical engineering courses.

A common thread across the discipline is the use of electrical and electromagnetic signals to generate, transmit, process, store, convert and control energy and information. The rate at which information can be transmitted today are increasing to a rapid pace. The range of frequencies over which electrical engineering processes are analyzed spans direct current to microwave and optical frequencies.

The necessity for even faster, highly sophisticated ways to manage information is a big challenge faced by contemporary electrical and computer engineers. New materials, systems and networks will be required to create the advanced communications systems of the future.