Electrical Engineering Fields of Study

Nearly every facet of our lives brings us into contact with innovations of electrical engineers. Whether it be the next exciting generation of computers, automotive electronics, personal pocket telephones, or virtual reality entertainment systems, electrical engieers will make them possible. Electrical engineers take the most powerful tools of the physical world - electricity and light - and use them to improve the quality of life. Over the next decade, the world will experience a remarkable transformation through advances in communications, computation and information systems, power generation and control systems, microelectroics, and photonics. Electrical engineers are the principal architects of this new era.

Communications and Signal Processing How to design devices and systems to meet society's communications needs and how to translate sounds and signals into electronic digital impulses for analysis and communication.

Computers How to develop software and use systems with embedded microcomputers.

Control Systems How to design electronic systems capable of controlling the operation of systems and processes for a variety of applications.

Electronics How to design electronic and optoelectronic components and circuits to be used in analog and digital systems.

Power Systems How to generate and send electricity over large distances effectively and reliably.