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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Welcome!

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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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Jupiter's moon Io and NASA's Galileo

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Video Games

Batteries

High energy physics

Weather Forecasting

Movie production and special effects

RoboticsSolid State Devices

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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)

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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

EducationNASA Engineer Elionex Rodriquez

WPI ECE Class of 2001

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Examples of Companies that Hire ECE Graduates

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Forbes: WPI Graduates Among Top 10 Earnings

In DoL engineering salary survey, Computer Engineering is only second to Petroleum Engineering

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Our ECE Students Continue to Graduate Schools

And many more …

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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

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Why ECE at WPI? Our Faculty

In 2008-2009, 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

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Why ECE at WPI? Student Life

Fox Hunt Spark Party

Poker Night

Networking Dinner

IEEE Paintball

Pizza Friday / BBQs

Hawaiian Shirt Days

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Meet some students and visit historic Atwater Kent Laboratories

The ECE Faculty and Staff Welcome You!

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Let the journey begin….

Picture taken by WPI ECE PicoSat MQP Project

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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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Electrical and Computer Engineering