Electrical Engineering at UNO Dr. Edit Kaminsky Bourgeois Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering 2008/2009

College of Engineering EE is one of 4 Departments: Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering (also environmental grad) Mechanical Engineering Naval architecture and marine engineering Programs: BS MS engineering MS environmental engineering MS engineering management Ph.D. in Engineering and applied sciences EE at UNO 2

3 4 years for BS (ABET) 1-2 for MS 4-7 PhD Concentrations in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering (communications and Machinery options 4-year curriculum Evening and day courses Cost ~ $1500/semester for Full time UG (residents) + fees Scholarships and grants available The Princeton Review praised UNO for its strong Academics, rating UNO 70 out of more than 3000 USA Universities.

EE at UNO 4 Electrical Engineering The field of electrical and computer engineering is primarily involved with the tasks of generation, transmission, processing, and storage of information or electric power (signals). The underlying factor is the use of electricity or electromagnetic waves (such as light) and sound.

Electrical Engineering Broad field, fun, difficult Areas Computer engineering Power Controls Communications Signal processing Artificial Intelligence Electronics and Devices Many more What EEs do: Design Research Development Implementation Testing EE at UNO 5

6 Job Types and examples Consulting (MS Benbow) Utilities Power generation, transmission, distribution (Entergy) Telecommunications (Bellsouth, Cox, Verizon) Oil industry, petrochemicals Controls (Johnsons Controls) Instrumentation (Shell) Process engineering (Input-Output) Education and Training (UNO, ITT) Research and development (NRL, NASA, DOD) Specialized Industries Chip manufacturing (Motorola) Modem development (Qualcomm) Computer design (Dell) Networking(Cisco Systems) Signal processing (Texas Instruments)

EE at UNO 7 Job Benefits EE among top engineering salaries Starting: ~ $60 K Medium: ~ $85 K High level: over $100 K Market: Always a demand for EEs Ups and down with economy Ups and down with areas Job security High: government (e.g. DoD, DoE, research labs, teaching) Medim: utilities, consulting Lower: new technologies, small companies

EE at UNO 8 Requirements - Suggestions Must like/be good at Mathematics Physics, chemistry, other sciences Computer use/programming Communication skills Innovative and curious “playing with” or “building”

EE at UNO 9 CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Communications option

EE at UNO 10 Facilities at COE-EE The College of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering is located in a modern, state-of-the-art, nine-story building. Specialized facilities include: Analog and Digital Control Systems Laboratories Optics Laboratory Fiber Optics Laboratory Communications Laboratory Energy Conversion Laboratory (aka machinery lab) Information Processing Systems Laboratory Microprocessor Laboratory Digital Logic Laboratory Electronics Laboratories Electronics and Computer Maintenance Shops Information and Systems Research Center

EE at UNO 11 Student Organizations IEEE - UNO Student Chapter Eta Kappa Nu (EE honors) Student Chapter Tau Beta Pi (Engr honors) UNO Student Chapter

Examples of Student and Faculty Projects in Electrical Engineering 12

EE at UNO 13 Sunrayce Solar Cars Sunrayce’97 Sunrayce’99

EE at UNO 14 Robotics Cars

EE at UNO 15 Shuttle Fuel Tank Testing and Control

Electrical Engineering Graduate Programs and Research 16

EE at UNO 17 Facilities at COE-EE NEW Target Surveillance Testbed Research laboratory NEW Power Systems Research Laboratory Entergy Endowed Chair in Power Systems Engineering Two additional faculty members in Power systems and Power Electronics. Real Time Systems Simulator Information Systems Technology Research Center Center for Energy Resources Management (CERM), Information Systems Laboratory (ISL). Optics Laboratory Ellipsometry/Polarimetry Laboratory

EE at UNO 18 UNO-EE Research Projects CMOS Image Sensors Wireless Motor Control Coordinated UV Routing in Variable Environments Ddetection and classification algorithms for Sonar systems Vision System for Welding Applications Algorithms and Software Architecture for the Processing of LIDAR Data Adaptive Target State Estimator for Hit-to-Kill Interceptor Wireless Telemetry for Streetlight Control

A Surveillance Testbed with Networked Sensors for Integrated Target Inference

Target Information Processing & Data Fusion

Research Areas Research Focus Areas: Information fusion and target tracking, detection, and recognition Signal, image, and data processing Optics and optical systems Computing and communications Research Areas of Expertise: Information fusion and target tracking, detection, and recognition Signal and data processing (digital, statistical, optical, biomedical, radar, sonar, and audio) Polarization, reflection, and thin-film optics; ellipsometry and polarimetry Image processing (texture analysis, image compression, computer vision, and face recognition) Communications (digital, wireless, and optical), sensor networks, error-correction and speech coding Computing (reconfigurable, optical, and high performance), electronic design, embedded systems Statistical inference, estimation, decision, filtering, identification, and forecasting Control systems (stochastic systems, stability analysis, system identification), industrial controls, and optimization Neural networks, learning, pattern recognition, and computational intelligence Sensors and sensor systems (fiber-optic sensors, radar and sonar systems), computational electromagnetics Power systems, electrical machinery, and high-voltage engineerin g EE at UNO 21

EE at UNO 22 Check us Out UNO: UNO-COE: UNO-EE: Dr. Bourgeois:

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