About Electrical Engineering
 Electrical Engineering is pervasive in our lives. Daily, we see and use applications of electrical engineering from the refrigerator to power systems to radios in home and cars, etc. Example automotive uses are the sensors to detect and trigger airbags, to activate antilock brake systems, or the convenience of automatic climate control and cruise control. Recent popular examples of electrical engineering include the wireless communication provided by cellular phone systems, computers in home and office and global positioning systems in vehicles and hand held devices.
 Electrical Engineers develop and work with small devices at the physics and chemical levels such as reliable on-off switches to large systems such as gigabyte disks and power distribution systems. Some common areas of electrical engineering are circuits and electronics, electro-optics, electromagnetics, solid-state, communication systems, control systems, bioelectrical systems, signal processing, and the ever-growing area of computers. Common efforts of Electrical Engineers are to make components smaller, faster, more energy efficient and less costly.
 Electrical engineering (and computer science and engineering) is being coupled with other engineering areas to create new areas of study such as mechatronics (using concepts from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer engineering). Electrical Engineering graduates go on to graduate and professional schools, as well as enter the professional work force in industry and government labs.
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Program Information:
2007-08 EE Program Details
2007-08 EE MDE & Electives Information
Sample EE Schedule (.pdf)
Complete 2007-08 EE Program Guide (.pdf)
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(Updated: 12/17/07)
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