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2. Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Degree Programs Electric Power Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer and Systems Engineering

3. ECSE Department Programs Prof. Kenneth Connor Chair, ECSE Office – JEC 6010 Phone – 8552 Email – connor@rpi.educonnor@rpi.edu URL – http://www.rpi.edu/~connorhttp://www.rpi.edu/~connor –Copies of these slides can be found on this webpage See also – http://www.ecse.rpi.eduhttp://www.ecse.rpi.edu

4. ECSE Department Programs What Is? Electrical Engineering – the application of the laws of physics governing electricity, magnetism, and light to develop products and services for the benefit of humankind. Computer Engineering – the design, construction, implementation, and maintenance of computers and computer controlled equipment for the benefit of humankind. Power Engineering – the design, construction, implementation and maintenance of devices, materials and systems for the safe, reliable and economic generation, transmission, distribution, conversion, measurement and control of electric energy for the benefit of humankind.

5. ECSE Department Programs (366,000 Members) Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Antennas and Propagation Society (9,000 Members) Broadcast Technology Society Circuits and Systems Society (16,000 Members) Communications Society (50,000 Members) Components Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society Computer Society (88,000 Members) Consumer Electronics Society Control Systems Society (10,000 Members) Council on Super Conductivity Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Education Society

6. ECSE Department Programs IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Electron Devices Society (13,000 Members) Engineering Management Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Industrial Electronics Society Industry Applications Society Information Theory Society Intelligent Transportation Systems Council Instrumentation and Measurement Society Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (9,000 Members) Magnetics Society Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (12,000 Members) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Neural Networks Council

7. ECSE Department Programs IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Power Electronics Society Power Engineering Society (22,000 Members) Professional Communication Society Reliability Society Robotics & Automation Society Sensors Council Signal Processing Society (18,000 Members) Society on Social Implications of Technology Solid-State Circuits Society (14,000 Members) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Vehicular Technology Society

8. ECSE Department Programs Where EE Jobs Are – IEEE Spectrum 1/03 Defense is booming, and demand is rising in analog circuit design, power management, and automated design Telecom and computers are not Check Out http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careershttp://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers

9. ECSE Department Programs Critical Challenges Also From the Spectrum COMMUNICATONS COMPUTERS ENERGY TRANSPORTATION SEMICONDUCTORS

10. ECSE Department Programs Communications What’s wrong with telecom –Broken business models and crippling debt are the wages of greed, corporate crime, and misguided regulation What’s right with telecom –Broadband's secret success and our never- ending love of mobile communication are the aces up the industry's sleeve Three takes on telecom’s troubles The end of the middle –Pushing network intelligence out to its edges is causing the phone industry to fail—and that's okay

11. ECSE Department Programs Computers Hardware hangover –Vendors hope companies start replacing obsolete machines, but customers want more bang for bucks already spent The perfect handheld – dream on Can’t we just get along? –In a networked world, software needs to learn to interoperate & Why Managers are Learning to Love Linux Fame, but no riches for cybersecurity –It's time for government and industry to put their money where their mouths are

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14. Information like this is generally available through Reading the IEEE Spectrum either in paper form or online. All Rensselaer students have access to IEEE online publications

15. ECSE Department Programs Energy Opening up energy trading –Market manipulation, self-dealing, and round- trip transactions by a small circle of players gave nascent U.S. electricity markets a bad name Emission permission –Bartering in carbon dioxide will be big business Are we safe yet? –Recent political machinations notwithstanding, nuclear and biological terrorism still pose very real threats

16. ECSE Department Programs Transportation Running off the rails –High-speed rail works well in Europe and Japan, so why can't the United States get it right? Hybrid vehicles to the rescue –They've been making major gains and could soon make their mark The ticket chase –To slash costs, airlines try direct Web connections to customers Reversal of fortune –Once in high demand, engineers now struggle to find work

17. ECSE Department Programs Semiconductors A sea change for semiconductors –Rough economic waters pound chip makers as they forge ahead to advance their technologies

18. ECSE Department Programs Technology Survey

19. ECSE Department Programs Smarter Cars

20. ECSE Department Programs Wireless Networking The range of a wireless network can be extended using an antenna made from a Pringles can (now being done by ECSE students) http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

21. ECSE Department Programs Robotic Surgery A doctor in New York removing a woman’s gallbladder in France.

22. ECSE Department Programs Telemedicine Hub Retired satellites have new uses

23. ECSE Department Programs Climate Changes Development of Accurate Modeling Tools

24. ECSE Department Programs Fuel Cell Power Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle

25. ECSE Department Programs Linking With Light

26. ECSE Department Programs The Shrinking Transistor Intel Transistor

27. ECSE Department Programs Additional Information on History, the Profession, Etc. http://ieee-virtual-museum.org/ The IEEE Virtual Museumhttp://ieee-virtual-museum.org/ http://www.eweek.org/ National Engineers Weekhttp://www.eweek.org/

28. ECSE Department Programs Career Information IEEE http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/studentcareers _text.htm http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/studentcareers _text.htm ESCAPE (Purdue) http://FrE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/ESCAPE/ http://FrE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/ESCAPE/ About Electrical and Computer Engineering (Discover Engineering Online) http://www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/electri cal_engineering.asp http://www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/electri cal_engineering.asp Google: What do engineers do?

29. ECSE Department Programs Career Information http://www.graduatingengineer.com/ from ASEE: The full service site for students at the forefront of technology and at the start of a great career. Also look at the ASEE Careerscope http://www.asee.org/neic/careerscope/default. cfmhttp://www.graduatingengineer.com/ http://www.asee.org/neic/careerscope/default. cfm The Work Circuit http://www.theworkcircuit.com/ Go to http://www.theworkcircuit.com/boards/mentor _student for for questions of interest to students in EE, EPE, and CSE http://www.theworkcircuit.com/ http://www.theworkcircuit.com/boards/mentor _student

30. ECSE Department Programs More Career Information National Society of Professional Engineers http://www.nspe.org/students/ National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering http://guidemenacme.org/ Society of Women Engineers http://www.swe.org/ National Society of Black Engineers http://www.nsbe.org Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers http://www.shpe.org/

31. ECSE Department Programs Job Descriptions from Company Websites Intel http://www.intel.com/jobs/index.htm?iid=Hom epage+IntelLinks_jobs& http://www.intel.com/jobs/index.htm?iid=Hom epage+IntelLinks_jobs& Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com/recruit/index.htm http://www.ti.com/recruit/index.htm Motorola http://motorolacareers.com/index.cfm http://motorolacareers.com/index.cfm Maxim http://www.maxim- ic.com/AboutMaxim/Jobs/StartPage.htmhttp://www.maxim- ic.com/AboutMaxim/Jobs/StartPage.htm

32. ECSE Department Programs Job Search Sites YourEEcareer.com http://www.youreecareer.com/ http://www.youreecareer.com/ Engineering Center http://www.engcen.com/ http://www.engcen.com/

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36. ECSE Department Programs Additional Information How Stuff Works – Started by ECSE grad Marshal Brain http://www.howstuffworks.com/http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How Things Work from the University of Virginia http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/ http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/ The Straight Dope http://www.straightdope.comhttp://www.straightdope.com

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38. ECSE Department Programs Critical Second Year Programmatic Issues EE –Choose Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics or both –Choose Multidisciplinary Elective –Choose Applied Mathematics Elective –Choose Free Elective CSE –Choose Multidisciplinary Elective –Choose Applied Mathematics Elective –Choose Free Elective EPE –Choose Free Elective

39. ECSE Department Programs Critical Third Year Programmatic Issues EE –Choose Concentration –Choose Lab Elective –Choose Design Elective –Choose Restricted and Free Electives EPE –Choose Technical Electives –Choose Free Electives CSE –Choose Concentration –Choose Software Engineering Elective –Choose Design Elective –Choose Restricted and Free Electives

40. ECSE Department Programs ECSE Advising Student Responsibilities –Learn the names of instructors and advisor –Get to know well at least three faculty –Meet with advisor either in small groups or individually at least once each year –Come prepared to all meetings with advisor –Plan as far into the future as possible –During the junior year, before the spring advising and registration period, meet with a faculty advisor to plan remainder of courses using the degree templates available on the ECSE website. –Provide feedback to HKN, the IEEE Student Branch, the ECSE Undergraduate Committee, the undergraduate advisor, faculty advisor or the ECSE Chair on the quality of advising and make recommendations for changes.

41. ECSE Department Programs Advising Resources Engineering School in the RPI CatalogCatalog Course Descriptions in CatalogCatalog Advising and Learning Assistance CenterAdvising and Learning Assistance Center Academic information for ECSE (will be combined with Advising)Academic Advising information for ECSEAdvising Senior Design information for ECSESenior Design

42. ECSE Department Programs Obtaining Advice in ECSE Read the sections in the RPI catalog that address ECSE programs and courses Learn to use the online advising resources –Advising and Learning Assistance Center –Advising on the ECSE Webpage Contact your advisor by email, phone or in person (check office hours). If your advisor is unavailable for some reason, contact one of the other advisors for your class and program, or contact David Nichols nichols@ecse.rpi.edunichols@ecse.rpi.edu