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Electrical
Engineering
The Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering has implemented "ECE 21," the new ECE curriculum for the 21st century. ECE 21 emphasizes computer-aided
design and hands-on laboratory experience, and flexibility is a major
hallmark of the new 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.
ECE 21 balances technical depth and breadth: depth through the selection of
a track and breadth through courses selected in other tracks and the laboratories.
It also provides for special cases and special needs.
The track structure, which starts in the pre-junior year and continues through the end of the senior year, allows students to spend time concentrating in one major area of electrical engineering. The structure can accommodate a number of student types and career objectives. Most students will continue to receive traditional or near-traditional ECE education. Those who have non-ECE career objectives can use the senior year to get exposure to languages, business, or management, for example.
The ECE 21 curriculum offers three different tracks, or areas of study: telecommunications/digital signal processing, electronics, and electrical engineering. To fulfill their track requirements, all ECE students will select eight courses. The majority of the core courses will be in their track, while others will be chosen from other tracks or from the computer engineering program. Descriptions and course requirements for each track follow the basic degree requirements.
Mission StatementThe 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
Tracks
Telecommunications/DSP Track
Telecommunications and digital
signal processing (DSP) are two of the fastest-growing fields of electrical
engineering. The telecommunications/DSP track 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, modulation,
and coding. Complementary electives can be taken in computers, electronics,
control systems, and electric power systems. Senior-level sequence options
are available in digital signal processing and communications.
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 | Introduction to Modulation and Coding | 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 Track
The electronics track 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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Electrical Engineering Track
The electrical engineering track 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. The track 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. The track offers 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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Modified: May 12, 2008 |
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