Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Degree Programs
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Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Degree Programs
• Electric Power Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Computer and Systems Engineering
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Prof. Kenneth ConnorChair, ECSE
• Office – JEC 6010• Phone – 8552• Email – [email protected] • URL – http://www.rpi.edu/~connor
– Copies of these slides can be found on this webpage
• See also – http://www.ecse.rpi.edu
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What Is?• Electrical Engineering – the application of the laws of
physics governing electricity, magnetism, and light to develop products and services for the benefit of humankind.
• Computer Engineering – the design, construction, implementation, and maintenance of computers and computer controlled equipment for the benefit of humankind.
• Power Engineering – the design, construction, implementation and maintenance of devices, materials and systems for the safe, reliable and economic generation, transmission, distribution, conversion, measurement and control of electric energy for the benefit of humankind.
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(366,000 Members)
• Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society • Antennas and Propagation Society (9,000 Members)• Broadcast Technology Society• Circuits and Systems Society (16,000 Members)• Communications Society (50,000 Members)• Components Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society• Computer Society (88,000 Members)• Consumer Electronics Society• Control Systems Society (10,000 Members)• Council on Super Conductivity• Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society• Education Society
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IEEE• Electromagnetic Compatibility Society• Electron Devices Society (13,000 Members)• Engineering Management Society• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society• Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society• Industrial Electronics Society• Industry Applications Society• Information Theory Society• Intelligent Transportation Systems Council• Instrumentation and Measurement Society• Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (9,000 Members)• Magnetics Society• Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (12,000 Members)• Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society• Neural Networks Council
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IEEE• Oceanic Engineering Society• Power Electronics Society• Power Engineering Society (22,000 Members)• Professional Communication Society• Reliability Society• Robotics & Automation Society• Sensors Council • Signal Processing Society (18,000 Members)• Society on Social Implications of Technology• Solid-State Circuits Society (14,000 Members)• Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society • Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society• Vehicular Technology Society
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Where EE Jobs Are – IEEE Spectrum 1/04
• Power• Communications• Semiconductors• Transportation• Computers• Bioengineering
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Power
• Winner: Hybrids• Loser: Fission Breeder Reactor• Holy Grail: Fusion
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Communications
• Winner: Broadband• Loser: Smart Dust (GEMS)• Holy Grail: Fiber to the Home
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Semiconductors
• Winner: Gallium Nitride• Loser: Electron Projection Lithography• Holy Grail: Semiconductor Lighting
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Transportation
• Winner: Superconducting Motors• Loser: Fuel Cells• Holy Grail: Hypersonic Flight
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Computers
• Winner: Analysis Engine• Loser: Microsoft SPOT• Holy Grail: The Infinite Archive
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Bioengineering
• Winner: Bioinformatics• Loser: Carbon Sequestration• Holy Grail: Genomics
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Smarter Cars
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Wireless Networking
• The range of a wireless network can be extended using an antenna made from a Pringles can (now being done by ECSE students) http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
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Robotic Surgery
• A doctor in New York removing a woman’s gallbladder in France.
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Telemedicine Hub
• Retired satellites have new uses
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Climate Changes
Development of Accurate Modeling Tools
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Fuel Cell Power
• Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle
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Linking With Light
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The Shrinking Transistor
• Intel Transistor
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Additional Information on History, the Profession, Etc.
• http://ieee-virtual-museum.org/ The IEEE Virtual Museum
• http://www.eweek.org/ National Engineers Week
Feb 20-26 2005
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Career Information
• IEEE http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/studentcareers_text.htm
• ESCAPE (Purdue) http://FrE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/ESCAPE/
• About Electrical and Computer Engineering (Discover Engineering Online) http://www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/electrical_engineering.asp
• GradNet http://gradnet.iec.org/index.asp• IEEE Spectrum Careers
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More Career Information• National Society of Professional Engineershttp://www.nspe.org/students/ • National Action Council for Minorities in Engineeringhttp://guidemenacme.org/• Society of Women Engineershttp://www.swe.org/• National Society of Black Engineershttp://www.nsbe.org• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineershttp://www.shpe.org/
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Job Descriptions from Company Websites
• Intel http://www.intel.com/jobs/index.htm?iid=Homepage+IntelLinks_jobs&
• Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com/recruit/index.htm
• Motorola http://motorolacareers.com/index2.cfm?srcCode=10838943
• Maxim http://www.maxim-ic.com/AboutMaxim/Jobs/StartPage.htm
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Job Search Sites
• Engineering Center http://www.engcen.com/
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Reluctance Motor
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Additional Information
How Stuff Works – Started by ECSE grad Marshal Brain http://www.howstuffworks.com/
How Things Work from the University of Virginia http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
The Straight Dope http://www.straightdope.com