This includes the integration of societal, economic, legal, regulatory, ethical, environmental and other factors into the technical aspects of engineering design. Design activities begin in the freshman orientation sequence, which incorporates open-ended design problems, and continues throughout the curriculum. The design experience culminates with a year-long senior design project. Within the senior design experience, students, working in teams, complete all phases of a design project under the supervision of a faculty member. The graduate program in Electrical and Computer Engineering provides opportunities for both thesis and non-thesis programs in the areas of electronic materials and devices, microwaves, optoelectronics, communications, DSP, computer architecture, control systems, electric power and electronic integrated circuits including analog, digital, mixed mode and RF IC's.
Graduate work is supported by the department's well-equipped laboratory facilities.
Opportunities exist for graduate students to participate in many research projects sponsored by private industry and governmental agencies. ECE 111, ECE 112 E . ENGR 202, ENGR 203. See information listed above under Electrical and Computer Engineering. ECE 111, ECE 112 E .