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The engineering profession based upon the use of electricity, electronics and computers to serve the needs of people continues to expand in scope and importance. These fields of work began about 100 years ago with the generation and distribution of electrical power for lighting and for motors to run factory machinery. Today, our lives are surrounded by systems and devices that use electrical motors, electronic computers and controllers, as well as numerous devices that inform and entertain us with sound and visual images.
Electrical & Computer Engineering jobs include research, development, design, sales, and maintenance of equipment and devices whose function depends on the physical principles of electricity and magnetism. Such equipment and devices are utilized in power generation and distribution, control/robotics, computers, communication systems, and detection systems. The devices range from ultrasensitive electronic amplifiers that pick up faint signals from outer space to electric motors with large horsepower. All modern devices and systems for entertainment, transportation, manufacturing, household appliances and communications incorporate electronic computer components.
Electrical & Computer Engineering are exciting fields. The variety and number of applications of electrical and electronics devices continues to expand rapidly. Energy in the form of electricity can be easily generated, stored, controlled, and transmitted from one place to another. The information from all kinds of physical measurements, including speech, pictures, and mathematical formulas can be efficiently encoded, interpreted, and transmitted using electronic devices.
Electrical & computer engineers should be analytically inclined and well-grounded in mathematics and physics. They usually are required to have a four-year Bachelor of Science degree (often augmented with a masters degree). Those interested in advanced research and teaching should pursue the doctoral degree. The programs for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering give students a broad-based background for a career in any of the specializations of those fields, preparing them for immediate employment in industry or government, or for further graduate education. Some students also find this kind of background useful for future careers in law, medicine, and business management, all of which are increasingly dependent on electronics and computers.
Polytechnic has offered programs in electrical engineering for over a century, granting the first bachelors degree in 1886, the first masters degree in 1900, and the first doctoratein 1936. The undergraduate programs of study in electrical engineering and in computer engineering at the Polytechnic are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and are taught by an outstanding faculty which is recognized both nationally and internationally. Graduation from an accredited undergraduate program is one of the prerequisites for professional licensing and admission into graduate school.
