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Electrical and Computer Engineering What does an Electrical Engineer do? Electrical engineers design, develop, and operate systems that generate and use electrical waveforms. This includes power generation and distribution, communication, data processing and control, and instrumentation systems. Computers and digital circuits have become an integral part of these systems. The electrical engineer is also concerned with the devices that make up such systems: transistors, integrated circuits, antennas, computer memory devices, and fusion plasma confinement devices. Electrical engineers can choose to specialize in a number of areas, such as automatic control systems; biomedical engineering; communication and signal processing; electromagnetic fields and waves; energy and power systems; photonics; plasmas and controlled fusion; and solid state, quantum, and microelectronics. Curriculum Overview The scope of electrical engineering has expanded tremendously in recent years. It is now the largest branch in engineering, with most graduates employed by manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, aircraft, business machines, and professional and scientific equipment. Electrical engineers design, develop and operate systems that generate and use electrical waveforms. These include power generation and distribution, communication, data processing and control, and instrumentation systems. Computers and digital circuits have become an integral part of these systems. The electrical engineer is also concerned with the devices that make up such systems: transistors, integrated circuits, antennas, computer memory devices, and fusion plasma confinement devices. In fact, electrical engineers design, develop and supervise the manufacture of everything electrical--from motors, computers and communications equipment to electrical appliances. The curriculum in electrical and computer engineering requires a strong background in physics, mathematics and computer sciences. These basic course requirements are followed by elective courses in electromagnetic fields, circuits, rotating machines, solid-state devices, and system and signal analysis. By selecting a group of specialized elective courses in computers, students can complete the computer engineering option. For More Information
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