1 Electrical and Computer Engineering Welcome!

2  Acquiring, sending, receiving, processing, storing, and displaying information – Computers, communications, medical electronics, video, CD players...  Generating, transmitting and using electrical energy – Electric generators, motors, power supplies, micromachines, robots...  Meeting the needs of people  Solving problems, creating new technologies, devices, services and systems  Making a difference What is ECE?

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8 8 Video Games Batteries High energy physics Weather Forecasting Movie production and special effects Robotics Solid State Devices

9 10/15/2015 ECE: Everywhere in the iPhone  3G/WiFi/Bluetooth (wireless communication)  Audio/Video processing (signal processing)  ARM processor/controller (computer engineering)  Antenna and amplifier (analog design and EM)  Power circuit and battery (power electronics)  LCD and touch screen (optics and photonics)

10 Careers for ECE Graduates  Hardware Design Engineer  System Engineer  Applications/Software Engineer  Marketing and Sales Engineer  Research and Development Eng  Biomedical Engineer  Engineering Management  Entrepreneurship  Education NASA Engineer Elionex Rodriquez WPI ECE Class of 2001

11 Examples of Companies that Hire ECE Graduates

12 Forbes: WPI Graduates Among Top 10 Earnings In DoL engineering salary survey, Computer Engineering is only second to Petroleum Engineering

13 Our ECE Students Continue to Graduate Schools And many more …

14 Why ECE at WPI? Our Program  Year 1: 2 ECE Courses –Theory integrated with hands-on labs.  Year 2: ECE design Course –Work in a team to design a real product  Year 3: Go Global — Projects Around the World –London, Venice, Bangkok, Melbourne, Washington, Copenhagen, Hong Kong…  Year 4: Senior Design Projects –Lincoln Labs, Silicon Valley, Bose, Intel, General Dynamics, Analog Devices… Namibia Project Students March, 2007

15 Why ECE at WPI? Our Faculty  In , ECE Faculty were named –Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching 4 past winners on ECE faculty –Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising –Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community  Faculty Research and National Awards –$5M/year research expenditure –4 IEEE Fellows –4 CAREER Award and 1 Young Faculty Award  WPI is No. 1 for Student Faculty Interaction

16 Why ECE at WPI? Student Life Fox Hunt Spark Party Poker Night Networking Dinner IEEE Paintball Pizza Friday / BBQs Hawaiian Shirt Days

17 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Meet some students and visit historic Atwater Kent Laboratories The ECE Faculty and Staff Welcome You!

18 Let the journey begin…. Picture taken by WPI ECE PicoSat MQP Project

19 ECE BS/MS Program – Recently Introduced  Continue your M.S. degree immediately after completing your B.S. degree with up to 40% reduction in tuition costs.  It has been very attractive to our students –Get both BS and MS degrees in ECE within 5 years –Lots of applicants this year  Maximize Your Career Opportunities –Deeper understanding of one or more areas covered in ECE –Higher average salary levels relative to individuals possessing a B.S. degree, e.g., $21,000/year greater with an M.S. degree –Career advancement and leadership opportunities in industry

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