Electrical Engineering
About the Major
The Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum emphasizes emphasizes computer-aided design and hands-on laboratory experience, and flexibility is a major hallmark of the Electrical Engineering program. State-of-the-art interdisciplinary courses have been developed to prepare the Drexel engineer for the technical challenges and the business atmosphere of the 21st century. Strong emphasis is given to the role of the engineer in the global competitive economy, and to the need to work closely with experts and practitioners in many fields.
Students can choose courses in various areas of study, including telecommunications/digital signal processing, electronics, power and systems/control.
Mission Statement
The ECE Department prepares men and women to become leaders working in a highly dynamic and global environment at the forefront of engineering and pursues research to advance the state-of-the-art in electrical and computer engineering and engineering education.Program Objectives
Our alumni will:
- Continue as valued, dependable, and competent employees in a wide variety of fields and industries, in particular as electrical engineers,
- Succeed in graduate and professional studies, such as engineering, science, law, medicine, and business, if pursued,
- Understand the need for life-long learning and continued professional development for a successful and rewarding career,
- Accept responsibility for leadership roles, in their profession, in their communities, and in the global society, and
- Function as responsible members of society with an awareness of the social and ethical ramifications of their work.
Electrical Engineering Areas of Study
Telecommunications/Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Telecommunications and digital signal processing (DSP) are two of the fastest-growing fields of electrical engineering. The telecommunications/DSP area of study prepares students for mastery of fundamental and applied knowledge in the theory and the technology of the transmission and processing of information-bearing signals such as voice, audio, data, images, and video. The curriculum includes core courses in electromagnetic propagation, communication devices and media, signal processing, analog and digital communication. Complementary electives can be taken in computers, electronics, control systems, and electric power systems.
Career opportunities include design and development of digital communications systems and telephony, speech recognition systems, fiber-optic networks, digital radio, medical diagnostic image processing, high-definition television, cellular and wireless communications, satellite communications, networked multimedia communications, and personal communication systems.
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| ECEE 302 | Electronic Devices | 4.0 | ||
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| ECEE 304 | Electromagnetic Fields and Waves | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 302 | Transform Methods and Filtering | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 306 | Analog and Digital Communication | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 352 | Introduction to Digital Signal Processing | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 354 | Wireless, Mobile, and Cellular Communications | 4.0 | ||
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| Additional 300-level core courses | 8.0 | |||
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Electronics
The electronics area of study constitutes the study of electronic and optical semiconductor devices; analog and digital electronic circuits; and generation, transmission, and reception of information both in optical and microwave frequency ranges and guided or free-space conditions.
Career opportunities include jobs in telecommunications (optical, wireless, wired, satellite, and radar), VLSI (analog and digital), aerospace, remote sensing and instrumentation, computer circuitry interface, biomedical instrumentation, semiconductor device fabrication, and transportation.
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| ECEE 302 | Electronic Devices | 4.0 | ||
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| ECEE 304 | Electromagnetic Fields and Waves | 4.0 | ||
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| ECEE 352 | Analog Electronics | 4.0 | ||
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| ECEE 354 | Introduction to Wireless and Optical Electronics | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 302 | Transform Methods and Filtering | 4.0 | ||
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| Additional 300-level core courses | 12.0 | |||
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Power and Systems/Control
Power and Systems/Control has at its core the areas of controls engineering and electric power engineering, the classic core of electrical engineering, and exploits the synergies between these two areas. These areas of study explores subjects such as modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems including power systems, planning and optimization, electromechanical energy conversion, motor operation and control, transformers, power electronics, sensors and actuators, and the electrical and economic structure of the power industry. These areas of study offer access to two state-of-the-art laboratories. In the Interconnected Power System Laboratory, students can operate and control a small power system through the fusing of computer software and hardware technology with high-voltage, high-power technology. The Ortlip Systems Laboratory houses various experiments in sensing, feedback, and control. Both laboratories stress the use of modeling software, especially MATLAB, and the integrated use of computers and hardware.
Career opportunities include options ranging from manufacturing, the power industry (generation, transmission, distribution, marketing, and consumption), robotics, and transportation to Wall Street.
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| ECEE 302 | Electronic Devices | 4.0 | ||
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| ECEP 352 | Electric Motor Control Principles | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 302 | Transform Methods and Filtering | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 304 | Dynamic Systems and Stability | 4.0 | ||
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| ECES 356 | Theory of Control | 4.0 | ||
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| Additional 300-level core courses | 12.0 | |||
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