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Electrical and Computer Engineering What does an Electrical Engineer do? Electrical Engineers (EEs) design and develop anything and everything that uses electricity: from the power systems that bring electricity to our homes and communications systems that allow us to keep in touch with family and friends, to the electronic devices, electrical appliances, computers, sensors, and medical equipment that shape our everyday lives. Typical careers may find an EE collaborating with medical doctors or astronauts in the space program, designing advanced automotive and transportation systems, and interacting with other engineers and professionals. Many EEs work as scientists, inventing new kinds of electronic technology, instrumentation, and devices to help people. 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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