Electrical and Computer Engineering

About the Department

Reza Raeisi, Department Chair
East Engineering Building, Room 254A
559.278.6038
engineering.fresnostate.edu/ece/

Electrical Engineering

The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical Engineering.

Electrical engineers design and develop electronic circuits, equipment and systems in the areas of electromagnetics (antennas; radar, radio, and television systems), communications (telephone systems, satellite communications; laser and optical fiber communications; aircraft and missile guidance systems), computers and digital systems (computers, microprocessors, and microcomputers; artificial intelligence), physical electronics and optics (transistors; integrated circuits; optical display devices; lasers; optical fibers), power systems and energy conversion (electric power generation; analysis and synthesis of power transmission and distribution protection systems design; on-line power control protection systems design), and control systems (computer control, robotics, automated manufacturing, intelligent sensors). Hands-on experiences are emphasized and gained through laboratory work and design projects.

Interesting Classes You Might Take

Digital Signal Processing
Communication Engineering
Wireless Communications Systems
Electromagnetic Theory and Applications

What You Can Learn

Principles of electrical circuits
Structural organization, hardware architecture and design of digital computer systems
Design of digital systems utilizing microprocessors
Analyze and design high frequency amplifiers

Computer Engineering

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Engineering.

Computer engineering is a discipline which allows the student to obtain expertise in the design, programming, and applications of computers. It prepares the graduate for professional practice or graduate studies.

The program combines the following:

A strong emphasis on electrical engineering (primarily electronic circuits and systems)
A broad basis in mathematics, physical science, and general engineering
Fundamentals of computer science including programming methodology, software engineering, and operating systems
Introductory and advanced concepts in the design of computers and computer systems

A rich set of technical area courses is available to allow students to broaden their knowledge within any of several computer engineering areas.

Interesting Classes You Might Take

Digital Logic Design
Signals and Systems
Electricity, Magnetism and Heat
Principles of Electric Circuits

What You Can Learn

Electronic prototyping and tools for computer productivity
Computer assisted engineering
Analysis of direct-current circuits
Verification of basic circuit laws and principles

Mission and Program Educational Objectives

The mission of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is to provide a comprehensive undergraduate education in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and graduate education leading to an Electrical and Computer Engineering MS degree to a diverse student body across several subdisciplines of the field. The programs are continuously enhanced in order to prepare graduates for industry positions and/or further advanced education both regionally and globally. The undergraduate curriculum emphasizes the theoretical foundations in basic science, mathematics, and engineering science, hands-on experience developed by the use of modern tools in the laboratory, the development of professional skills, and an awareness of ethical responsibilities, thereby enabling graduates to become life-long learning successful engineers.

The Electrical Engineering Program and the Computer Engineering Program award degrees to students who within three to five years of graduation, through work experience and/or graduate education in the engineering field, will be expected to

Graduates will be employed in the engineering industry, government agencies, or academia and will be engaged in addressing and helping solve complex and technically challenging problems that impact society.
Graduates will continuously enhance their careers through life-long learning, active involvement in the development of their skills, and will dedicate themselves to positively contribute to their communities by practicing their profession ethically.
Graduates will be skillful communicators, expressing their technical and non-technical ideas through various media to a wide range of audiences, while promoting the power of engineering to collaboratively help solve some of the more vexing challenges faced by civilization with a goal of achieving a more equitable and diverse society.

The mission of the department complements and is enhanced by a graduate program leading to the M.S. in Engineering. For more information, see Master of Science in Engineering Program.

The faculty members possess depth and breadth in their specialty areas and are active in bringing these experiences and skills to the classroom. The identifiable strengths of the academic program are the laboratory and hands-on experience for students, the proper attention given to the scientific and mathematical foundation of electrical engineering and computer engineering, and the rigor of upper-division courses coupled with design and culminating senior projects. The technical and liberal arts components of the curriculum provide the students with the opportunity for gaining self-development, technical competence, and awareness of economic and ethical responsibilities. The technical curriculum includes (1) basic engineering science, (2) core electrical and computer engineering subjects, and (3) a junior-/senior-level choice for more depth in communications and analog systems, power systems and controls, or digital systems and computers.

The department requires mandatory advising to help students make sound academic decisions.

Organizations

Student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Eta Kappa Nu (the national honor society for electrical engineers) are active in the department. The Lyles College of Engineering, in addition, has chapters of Tau Beta Pi, the Society of Women Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Engineers, and the National Society of Black Engineers.

Co-op Program

The department participates in the Valley Industry Partnership Program which allows students to integrate planned industrial experiences into their academic programs. Students interested in this program should contact the chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the college’s co-op coordinator.

Mandatory Advising

Students must complete mandatory advising with a faculty member at least once during each academic year. Students who fail to do so by the established deadline (usually around the end of April) will be prevented from participating in the registration process prior to the start of classes.

Changing/Adding an Electrical and Computer Engineering Major

Students currently enrolled at Fresno State are welcome to change/add an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) major offered in the Lyles College of Engineering. In order to add/change your major, students must meet all of the following conditions: Submit an application detailing their motivation and academic/all other preparation for potential success in the new major.

Students shall have completed MATH 75, PHYS 4A and ECE 1 with a grade of C or better, or be exempt from these courses because of AP credit or other transfer credit.
Students shall meet with the department chair (or designee) and develop a plan of study that shows that the student can complete the remainder of the degree in less than 8 semesters.
Students who will be adding/changing their major with more than 144 units will need to receive approval from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Career Opportunities

Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering encompasses digital and computer systems, embedded processors, digital signal processing, R. F. (wireless) systems, optical communications, solid-state electronics, integrated circuit design and fabrication, computer networking and software engineering. Our BS degree program provides:

A strong emphasis in electrical engineering (primarily electronic circuits and systems);
A broad basis in mathematics, physical science, and general engineering;
Fundamentals of computer science including programming, methodology, software engineering; and
Introductory and advanced concepts in the design of computers and computer systems.

What You Can Earn

Computer Engineer Median Salary, $117.2 K (in California)

Source: http://www.careerexplorer.com (2021)

What You Can Do

Pursue careers in optical communications, microelectronics, computers, radar, microwave communications, and innovative alternative energy sources.

Electrical Engineering
The Electrical Engineering course of study broadly prepares the graduate for professional practice or graduate studies while offering several areas of emphasis. Electrical engineers design and develop electronic circuits, equipment and systems in the areas of electromagnetics , communications and control , computers and digital systems, physical electronics and optics, power systems and energy conversion, and control systems.

By the appropriate choice of technical area courses, the student may emphasize the following areas:

Electronics and communications
Computers and digital systems
Power and energy conversion and control systems

What You Can Earn

Electrical Engineer Median, $99.4K

Source: http://www.careerexplorer.com ( 2021)

Programs

Bachelor

Master

Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S.

Minor