1. Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland

2. Outline What is Electrical Engineering (EE)? Major Areas in EE Senior Design Projects Alumni Profiles Curriculum Career Opportunities Resources

3. What is Electrical Engineering? Electrical Engineers solve people’s problems using their knowledge of electricity, electronics, electromagnetics, and computer hardware and software

4. Curiosity Rover on Mars Curiosity Landing (Video)Video

5. Bioengineering

6. Communication Systems

7. Electromagnetic Waves

8. NASA Deep Space Network (DSN)

9. Digital Signal Processing

10. Renewable Energy

11. Computers

12. Aerospace

13. Robotics DARPA Legged Squad Support System (Video)Video Rethink Robots (Video)Video

14. Senior Design Project: Quadcopter Video

15. Senior Design Project: LED Cube Video

16. Senior Design Project: PBoT Zone Surveillance

17. Alumni Profiles Jennifer Miller, BSEE from UP in 2003 (video)video Scott Mara, BSEE from UP in 2001 (video)video Andy Owings, BSEE from UP in 2000 (video)video

18. Career Opportunities Average Starting Salaries: o BSEE $61,420 o MSEE $72,340 o PhDs $88,970 o (Source: www.engineersalary.com/electrical.asp)www.engineersalary.com/electrical.asp Salary Range for BSEE: o $54,633 - $130,843 (Source: payscale.com) Unemployment rate for engineers was under 2 percent in 2011 (Source: www.usnews.com) Industry watchers see demand across the board, especially in electrical, biomedical, aerospace, computer, automotive, environmental, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. (Source: www.usnews.com)

19. Career Opportunities BSEE’s work in a variety of fields such as: o research and development o design o testing o manufacturing o sales support o management BSEE’s often get other degrees such as: o Professional Engineer License (PE) o Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) o Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (PhD) o Master of Business Administration (MBA) o Juris Doctor (JD) o Doctor of Medicine (MD)

20. Typical EE Curriculum ( Spring Semester Freshman Year ) Course NumberCourse NameCredits CHM 207General Chemistry I3 CHM 277General Chemistry I Lab1 EGR 111 Engineering Computing with Applications 2 MTH 202Calculus II4 PHY 205 General Physics Lecture and Lab 4 Core Course3

21. Resources Engineering Advising Resources at UP http://engineering.up.edu/default.aspx?cid=4215&pid=4016 EECS Senior Design Projects at UP http://teaching.up.edu/srDesign/ IEEE www.ieee.org/index.html Sloan Career Cornerstone Center http://www.careercornerstone.org/eleceng/eleceng.htm You're an Engineer? You're Hired http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate- schools/articles/2012/03/22/youre-an-engineer-youre-hired

22. EE Faculty at UP Robert Albright Joseph Hoffbeck Peter Osterberg Wayne Lu Aziz Inan Zia Yamayee