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ECSE Department Programs
Electrical, Computer, and
Systems Engineering
Degree Programs
• Electric Power Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer and Systems Engineering
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Prof. Kenneth Connor
Chair, ECSE
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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)
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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
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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
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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 Challenges
Also From the Spectrum
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COMMUNICATONS
COMPUTERS
ENERGY
TRANSPORTATION
SEMICONDUCTORS
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Communications
• What’s wrong with telecom
– Broken business models and crippling debt
are the wages of greed, corporate crime, and
misguided regulation
• What’s right with telecom
– Broadband's secret success and our neverending love of mobile communication are the
aces up the industry's sleeve
• Three takes on telecom’s troubles
• The end of the middle
– Pushing network intelligence out to its edges
is causing the phone industry to fail—and
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
• Can’t 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 roundtrip 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.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
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Career Information
• IEEE
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/studentcareers
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• ESCAPE (Purdue)
http://FrE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/ESCAPE/
• About Electrical and Computer Engineering (Discover
Engineering Online)
http://www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/electri
cal_engineering.asp
• 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?iid=Hom
epage+IntelLinks_jobs&
• Texas Instruments
http://www.ti.com/recruit/index.htm
• Motorola
http://motorolacareers.com/index.cfm
• Maxim http://www.maximic.com/AboutMaxim/Jobs/StartPage.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
ECSE Advising Tasks by Year
Purposes for Meeting with Advisor
Entering RPI
Adjust Plan for
Advanced Placement
First Year
Choose Major(s)
First Year
Get to Know Advisor
Second Year
URP's, Internships,
Co-ops, Study Abroad
Second Year
Adjust Plan for Overloads
Dropped or Failed Courses
Second Year
Get to Know Faculty #2
Third Year
Plan the Senior Year
Explore Grad School and
Work Possibilities
Third Year
Adjust Plan for Co-op, Internships
Study Abroad, Overloads,
Dropped or Failed Courses
Third Year
Get to Know Faculty #3
Fourth Year
Prepare for Grad School
and Job Applications
Fourth Year
Adjust Plan to Graduate
Fourth Year
Ask Faculty for
Letters of Recommendation
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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
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• CSE
– Choose
Multidisciplinary
Elective
– Choose Applied
Mathematics Elective
– Choose Free
Elective
• EPE
– Choose Free
Elective
Critical Third Year
Programmatic Issues
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Choose Concentration
Choose Lab Elective
Choose Design Elective
Choose Restricted and
Free Electives
• EPE
– Choose Technical
Electives
– Choose Free Electives
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• CSE
– Choose
Concentration
– Choose Software
Engineering Elective
– Choose Design
Elective
– Choose Restricted
and Free Electives
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 [email protected]
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