In partnership with our students, it is the mission of this department to:

• critically examine, refine, and transfer to practice society’s body of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering;

• expand this knowledge through research into new technologies, design methods, and analysis techniques that advance the state of the art;

• make available special expertise in electrical and computer engineering in service to the state of Wisconsin, our nation, and the world.

Undergraduate Educational Objectives:

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recognizes that our graduates will choose a variety of career paths in the emerging global economy. Whatever path they select, may it be an engineering, administrative, entrepreneurial, or postgraduate position, we have the following objectives for our graduates:

1. They will demonstrate basic knowledge in the techniques of mathematics and the physical sciences;

2. They will exhibit basic skills in the methods of design, analysis, measurement, and experimentation in core areas of electrical and computer engineering;

3. They will demonstrate advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a selected area of specialization;

4. They will exhibit strong skills in problem solving, leadership, and communication;

5. They will use their engineering education to contribute to their communities;

6. They will make thoughtful, well-informed career choices;

7. They will demonstrate a continuing commitment to and interest in education — their own and that of others.

Common Undergraduate Educational Outcomes

• ability to apply techniques of differential equations, algebra, and transform theory to the operation and design of circuits and systems;

• ability to apply principles of Boolean logic in the design and analysis of digital circuits and systems;

• ability to construct well-posed algorithms, realize them in computer code (including the use of object-oriented techniques), formulate tests, and correct errors;

• ability to use probabilistic concepts to design and analyze systems and experiments having random effects;

• ability to extract a well-posed electrical and computer engineering design problem from more broadly specified system goals;

• understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities in an environment of rapid technological change;

• ability to effectively participate in an interdisciplinary and diverse work environment and to communicate clearly in such an environment by oral, written, and graphical means;

• ability to independently research and master new technologies and techniques outside the classroom in on-going learning;

• understanding of the global societal impact of electrical and computer engineering, and the ability to continually track its effect on contemporary issues;

• skill in experimental procedures, laboratory safety, and the use of instrumentation for electrical and computer engineering applications.

Undergraduate Educational Outcomes Specific to Computer Engineering

• ability to apply techniques of discrete mathematics and contemporary computer-aided design tools in the analysis and design of digital circuits, systems, and algorithms;

• ability to apply algorithm formulation, coding, and data-structure methods to at least one major application area;

• ability to develop integrated combinations of algorithms, computer code, and hardware to perform general or specialized tasks;

• understanding of computers and the ability to contribute to their reliable design.

Undergraduate Educational Outcomes Specific to Electrical Engineering

• ability to apply methods of calculus, differential equations, and the physical sciences to problems in electrodynamics and electro-mechanical dynamics;

• ability to apply techniques of physics and materials science to predict the behavior of microelectronic and electromagnetic devices and structures;

• ability to understand and design numerical algorithms for the solution of engineering problems involving algebra, calculus, and differential equations;

• advanced knowledge distributed broadly over the major areas of electrical engineering: circuits, devices, signal processing, computing, electromagnetics, power, communication, and control.

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