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WHAT ARE THE SPECIALIZATIONS?
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Engineering degree with a specialization in either Electrical or Computer Engineering. Students wishing to obtain a B. Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering can choose from one of five specializations: |
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Electronics
How did that ingenious device work that 'Q' made for James Bond? Electronic engineers design circuits for every conceivable application: from the newest space technology to undersea research, from environmental monitoring to developing better computers and circuits in our televisions, automobiles, stereos and video games. Electronics engineering is a great career to test one's creativeness and imagination. |
Communications
Have you ever wondered how you can talk to your friends on a wireless phone, or how the images are transmitted to your television while you watch The Simpsons? Then you have entered the world of Communications Engineering. Communications is that branch of engineering concerned with the transmission of information, like the information contained in this web page. Information comes in many forms, such as the voice signals generated every time you speak on the phone, or the latest songs contained in your new CD. These signals are transmitted (or stored) via a large range of media or channels: the airwaves, radio, satellites, metal and optical cables, and even your CD, each of which creates a new set of engineering problems to solve. The role of a Communications Engineer is to find the best way to transmit and receive (or retrieve) these signals. |
Digital Signal Processing
Ever wonder how the police are able to clean up pictures in order to read a license plate or how NASA is able to clean up images from the Hubble telescope in order to both fix it's vision problem and obtain those stunning images from space? Digital Signal Processing looks at this as well as various ways of generating, combining and separating signals of various forms. |
Electrical Energy Systems
Turn off the light and you are back into the 19th century; it is that simple to explain the omnipresence of electric power. Almost every imaginable system on earth uses some form of electric power, including the human body where the heart and the brain are constantly using it. With the increasing demand for newer power transmission network, alternative and renewable energy sources and retiring power engineers, power engineering has become a very sought after area for current engineering students. This specialization prepares a budding engineer for these future challenges. |
Electromagnetics and Photonics
Electromagnetics and Photonics are regarded as difficult areas in electrical engineering mainly because the subjects deal with invisible and abstract phenomena. Advanced mathematics and software tools are used to design electromagnetic and photonic components and systems. These include electric motors and generators, transformers, electromagnetic levitation, microwave ovens, antennas, radars, remote sensing, satellite communications, fiber optics communications, optical devices, superconductors, biomedical devices, as well as their electromagnetic interference and compatibility considerations. Engineers specialized in these areas are needed in the defense industry, aviation industry, communication industry, biomedical industry, and even the automobile industry. |
Students could also choose a program leading to a B. Eng. degree in Computer Engineering. Computer engineering offers two areas of specialization:
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Systems Engineering
Want to know how to build a processor such as the Pentium in your PC? As part of systems engineering, you will learn how to design and implement a computer processor. In fact, as your fourth year project, you will actually build a working computer processor from scratch. Other aspects you will learn in systems engineering include how to design and put together all elements of a modern computer system, and engineering applications of artificial intelligence. |
Software Engineering
When most people think of engineering, they think of large structures such as bridges. Software engineers use the same engineering principles that prevent a bridge from falling down to build good software. In software engineering, you will learn how an idea evolves to become a well designed software product. With the knowledge and skills of a software engineer, you should be able to build things such as a modern computer game or an operating system. |
Be sure to visit the Undergraduate Program page for an overview of the program and links to course descriptions.