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 connor_at_rpi.edu
• 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 1/03

• Defense is booming, and demand is rising in
  analog circuit design, power management, and
  automated design
• Telecom and computers are not

Check Out http//www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers
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Critical ChallengesAlso From the Spectrum

• COMMUNICATONS
• COMPUTERS
• ENERGY
• TRANSPORTATION
• SEMICONDUCTORS

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Communications

• Whats wrong with telecom
• Broken business models and crippling debt are the
  wages of greed, corporate crime, and misguided
  regulation
• Whats right with telecom
• Broadband's secret success and our never-ending
  love of mobile communication are the aces up the
  industry's sleeve
• Three takes on telecoms troubles
• The end of the middle
• Pushing network intelligence out to its edges is
  causing the phone industry to failand that's
  okay

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Computers

• Hardware hangover
• Vendors hope companies start replacing obsolete
  machines, but customers want more bang for bucks
  already spent
• The perfect handheld dream on
• Cant we just get along?
• In a networked world, software needs to learn to
  interoperate Why Managers are Learning to Love
  Linux
• Fame, but no riches for cybersecurity
• It's time for government and industry to put
  their money where their mouths are

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• Information like this is generally available
  through Reading the IEEE Spectrum either in paper
  form or online. All Rensselaer students have
  access to IEEE online publications

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Energy

• Opening up energy trading
• Market manipulation, self-dealing, and round-trip
  transactions by a small circle of players gave
  nascent U.S. electricity markets a bad name
• Emission permission
• Bartering in carbon dioxide will be big business
• Are we safe yet?
• Recent political machinations notwithstanding,
  nuclear and biological terrorism still pose very
  real threats

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Transportation

• Running off the rails
• High-speed rail works well in Europe and Japan,
  so why can't the United States get it right?
• Hybrid vehicles to the rescue
• They've been making major gains and could soon
  make their mark
• The ticket chase
• To slash costs, airlines try direct Web
  connections to customers
• Reversal of fortune
• Once in high demand, engineers now struggle to
  find work

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Semiconductors

• A sea change for semiconductors
• Rough economic waters pound chip makers as they
  forge ahead to advance their technologies

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Technology Survey
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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.oreillyne
  t.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

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Robotic Surgery

• A doctor in New York removing a womans
  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

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Career Information

• IEEE http//www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/student
  careers_text.htm
• ESCAPE (Purdue) http//FrE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/
  ESCAPE/
• About Electrical and Computer Engineering
  (Discover Engineering Online) http//www.discovere
  ngineering.org/Engineers/electrical_engineering.as
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• Google What do engineers do?

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Career Information

• http//www.graduatingengineer.com/ from ASEE The
  full service site for students at the forefront
  of technology and at the start of a great career.
  Also look at the ASEE Careerscope
  http//www.asee.org/neic/careerscope/default.cfm
• The Work Circuit http//www.theworkcircuit.com/
  Go to http//www.theworkcircuit.com/boards/mentor_
  student for for questions of interest to students
  in EE, EPE, and CSE

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More Career Information

• National Society of Professional Engineers
• http//www.nspe.org/students/
• National Action Council for Minorities in
  Engineering
• http//guidemenacme.org/
• Society of Women Engineers
• http//www.swe.org/
• National Society of Black Engineers
• http//www.nsbe.org
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• http//www.shpe.org/

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Job Descriptions from Company Websites

• Intel http//www.intel.com/jobs/index.htm?iidHome
  pageIntelLinks_jobs
• Texas Instruments http//www.ti.com/recruit/index.
  htm
• Motorola http//motorolacareers.com/index.cfm
• Maxim http//www.maxim-ic.com/AboutMaxim/Jobs/Star
  tPage.htm

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Job Search Sites

• YourEEcareer.com http//www.youreecareer.com/
• 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

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Advising
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Critical Second Year Programmatic Issues

• EE
• Choose Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics or
  both
• Choose Multidisciplinary Elective
• Choose Applied Mathematics Elective
• Choose Free Elective

• CSE
• Choose Multidisciplinary Elective
• Choose Applied Mathematics Elective
• Choose Free Elective
• EPE
• Choose Free Elective

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Critical Third Year Programmatic Issues

• EE
• Choose Concentration
• Choose Lab Elective
• Choose Design Elective
• Choose Restricted and Free Electives
• EPE
• Choose Technical Electives
• Choose Free Electives

• CSE
• Choose Concentration
• Choose Software Engineering Elective
• Choose Design Elective
• Choose Restricted and Free Electives

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ECSE Advising

• Student Responsibilities
• Learn the names of instructors and advisor
• Get to know well at least three faculty
• Meet with advisor either in small groups or
  individually at least once each year
• Come prepared to all meetings with advisor
• Plan as far into the future as possible
• During the junior year, before the spring
  advising and registration period, meet with a
  faculty advisor to plan remainder of courses
  using the degree templates available on the ECSE
  website.
• Provide feedback to HKN, the IEEE Student Branch,
  the ECSE Undergraduate Committee, the
  undergraduate advisor, faculty advisor or the
  ECSE Chair on the quality of advising and make
  recommendations for changes.

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Advising Resources

• Engineering School in the RPI Catalog
• Course Descriptions in Catalog
• Advising and Learning Assistance Center
• Academic information for ECSE (will be combined
  with Advising)
• Advising information for ECSE
• Senior Design information for ECSE

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Obtaining Advice in ECSE

• Read the sections in the RPI catalog that address
  ECSE programs and courses
• Learn to use the online advising resources
• Advising and Learning Assistance Center
• Advising on the ECSE Webpage
• Contact your advisor by email, phone or in person
  (check office hours).
• If your advisor is unavailable for some reason,
  contact one of the other advisors for your class
  and program, or contact David Nichols
  nichols_at_ecse.rpi.edu