Electrical engineering encompasses the development, design, and testing of a wide range of electrical and electronic technologies. Applications of these designs include consumer electronics, power generation and delivery, telecommunications, aviation and aerospace systems, and electric vehicles. Students who elect the electrical engineering program may prepare themselves for a variety of electrical engineering careers and fulfill the educational requirements for taking the Fundamentals of Engineering professional examination before graduation. The junior and senior years of the electrical engineering program build upon the foundation courses to provide greater depth in engineering science, engineering design, and the program areas of electrical engineering. Students complete six required courses and four electrical engineering elective courses distributed in electrical and electronic circuits, digital and embedded systems, applied electromagnetics, power systems, solid state devices and nanotechnology, and signals and systems. Integral to all four years of the program is a “design and build” educational philosophy incorporated through extensive laboratory and project activities as preparation for professional practice. Students engage in design at all levels of the curriculum. At each level they must realize their designs and proceed with testing, validation, and redesign. This approach allows students to experience many real world constraints such as project economics, project planning and scheduling, environmental considerations, manufacturability/producibility of the designs, laboratory and product safety, and product reliability.

Career Options The following are just a few career options for electrical engineers: Avionics engineer Design engineer Digital system engineer Electrical engineer Electronics engineer Network engineer Power engineer Telecommunications engineer