Electrical Engineering

at the University of

Portland

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

What is Electrical Engineering?

• Electrical Engineers solve people’s problems using their knowledge of electricity, electronics, electromagnetics, and computer hardware and software

Curiosity Rover on Mars

Curiosity Landing (Video)

Bioengineering

Communication Systems

Electromagnetic Waves

NASA Deep Space Network (DSN)

Digital Signal Processing

Renewable Energy

Computers

Aerospace

Robotics

DARPA Legged Squad Support System (Video)

Rethink Robots (Video)

Senior Design Project: Quadcopter

Video

Senior Design Project: LED Cube

Video

Senior Design Project: PBoT Zone

Surveillance

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

Career Opportunities• Average Starting Salaries:

o BSEE $61,420o MSEE $72,340o PhDs $88,970o (Source: 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)

Career Opportunities• BSEE’s work in a variety of fields such as:

o research and developmento designo testingo manufacturingo sales supporto 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)

Typical EE Curriculum

(Spring Semester Freshman Year)

Course Number Course Name Credits

CHM 207 General Chemistry I 3

CHM 277 General Chemistry I Lab 1

EGR 111Engineering Computing with Applications

2

MTH 202 Calculus II 4

PHY 205 General Physics Lecture and Lab 4

Core Course 3

ResourcesEngineering Advising Resources at UPhttp://engineering.up.edu/default.aspx?cid=4215&pid=4016

EECS Senior Design Projects at UPhttp://teaching.up.edu/srDesign/

IEEE www.ieee.org/index.html

Sloan Career Cornerstone Centerhttp://www.careercornerstone.org/eleceng/eleceng.htm

You're an Engineer? You're Hiredhttp://

www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2012/03/22/youre-an-engineer-youre-hired

EE Faculty at

UPRobert Albright Joseph

Hoffbeck

Peter Osterberg

Wayne Lu

Aziz Inan

Zia Yamayee