Electrical Engineering

at UNO

Dr. Edit Kaminsky Bourgeois

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering

2008/2009
College of Engineering
 EE is one of 4 Departments:
 Electrical Engineering
 Civil Engineering (also environmental grad)
 Mechanical Engineering
 Naval architecture and marine engineering
 Programs:
 BS
 MS engineering
 MS environmental engineering
 MS engineering management
 Ph.D. in Engineering and applied sciences

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 EE at UNO
 4 years for BS (ABET)
 1-2 for MS
 4-7 PhD
 Concentrations in
 Computer Engineering
 Electrical Engineering
(communications and
Machinery options
 4-year curriculum The Princeton Review
 Evening and day courses praised UNO for its strong
 Cost Academics, rating UNO 70
 ~ $1500/semester for Full out of more than 3000 USA
time UG (residents) + fees Universities.
 Scholarships and grants
available

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 Electrical Engineering
 The field of electrical and computer
engineering is primarily involved with the
tasks of generation, transmission,
processing, and storage of information
or electric power (signals). The
underlying factor is the use of electricity or
electromagnetic waves (such as light) and
sound.

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 Electrical Engineering
 Broad field, fun, difficult  What EEs do:
 Areas
 Design
 Research
 Computer engineering  Development
 Power  Implementation
 Controls  Testing
 Communications
 Signal processing
 Artificial Intelligence
 Electronics and Devices
 Many more

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 Job Types and examples
 Consulting (MS Benbow)
 Utilities
 Power generation, transmission, distribution (Entergy)
 Telecommunications (Bellsouth, Cox, Verizon)
 Oil industry, petrochemicals
 Controls (Johnsons Controls)
 Instrumentation (Shell)
 Process engineering (Input-Output)
 Education and Training (UNO, ITT)
 Research and development (NRL, NASA, DOD)
 Specialized Industries
 Chip manufacturing (Motorola)
 Modem development (Qualcomm)
 Computer design (Dell)
 Networking (Cisco Systems)
 Signal processing (Texas Instruments)

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Job Benefits
 EE among top engineering salaries
 Starting: ~ $60 K
 Medium: ~ $85 K
 High level: over $100 K
 Market:
 Always a demand for EEs
 Ups and down with economy
 Ups and down with areas
 Job security
 High: government (e.g. DoD, DoE, research labs,
teaching)
 Medim: utilities, consulting
 Lower: new technologies, small companies

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Requirements - Suggestions
 Must like/be good at
 Mathematics
 Physics, chemistry, other sciences
 Computer use/programming
 Communication skills
 Innovative and curious
 “playing with” or “building”

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CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Communications option

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Facilities at COE-EE
 The College of Engineering's Department of Electrical
Engineering is located in a modern, state-of-the-art,
nine-story building. Specialized facilities include:
 Analog and Digital Control Systems Laboratories
 Optics Laboratory
 Fiber Optics Laboratory
 Communications Laboratory
 Energy Conversion Laboratory (aka machinery lab)
 Information Processing Systems Laboratory
 Microprocessor Laboratory
 Digital Logic Laboratory
 Electronics Laboratories
 Electronics and Computer Maintenance Shops
 Information and Systems Research Center

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Student Organizations
 IEEE - UNO Student
Chapter

 Eta Kappa Nu (EE

honors) Student Chapter

 Tau Beta Pi (Engr honors)

UNO Student Chapter

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Examples of Student and
Faculty Projects
in Electrical Engineering

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 Sunrayce Solar Cars
Sunrayce’97

Sunrayce’99

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Robotics Cars

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Shuttle Fuel Tank Testing and
Control

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Electrical Engineering
Graduate Programs
and Research

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Facilities at COE-EE
 NEW Target Surveillance Testbed Research
laboratory
 NEW Power Systems Research Laboratory
 Entergy Endowed Chair in Power Systems Engineering
 Two additional faculty members in Power systems and Power Electronics.
 Real Time Systems Simulator
 Information Systems Technology Research
Center
 Center for Energy Resources Management
(CERM),
 Information Systems Laboratory (ISL).
 Optics Laboratory
 Ellipsometry/Polarimetry Laboratory

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UNO-EE Research Projects
 CMOS Image Sensors
 Wireless Motor Control
 Coordinated UV Routing in Variable
Environments
 Ddetection and classification algorithms for
Sonar systems
 Vision System for Welding Applications
 Algorithms and Software Architecture for the
Processing of LIDAR Data
 Adaptive Target State Estimator for Hit-to-Kill
Interceptor
 Wireless Telemetry for Streetlight Control

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A Surveillance Testbed with Networked Sensors
for Integrated Target Inference
Target Information Processing
& Data Fusion
 Research Areas
 Research Focus Areas:
 Information fusion and target tracking, detection, and recognition
 Signal, image, and data processing
 Optics and optical systems
 Computing and communications

 Research Areas of Expertise:

 Information fusion and target tracking, detection, and recognition
 Signal and data processing (digital, statistical, optical, biomedical, radar, sonar, and audio)
 Polarization, reflection, and thin-film optics; ellipsometry and polarimetry
 Image processing (texture analysis, image compression, computer vision, and face recognition)
 Communications (digital, wireless, and optical), sensor networks, error-correction and speech coding
 Computing (reconfigurable, optical, and high performance), electronic design, embedded systems
 Statistical inference, estimation, decision, filtering, identification, and forecasting
 Control systems (stochastic systems, stability analysis, system identification), industrial controls, and optimization
 Neural networks, learning, pattern recognition, and computational intelligence
 Sensors and sensor systems (fiber-optic sensors, radar and sonar systems), computational electromagnetics
 Power systems, electrical machinery, and high-voltage engineerin g

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Check us Out
 UNO:
 http://www.uno.edu
 UNO-COE:
 http://coe.uno.edu
 UNO-EE:
 http://ece.engr.uno.edu/
 Dr. Bourgeois:
 http://fs.uno.edu/ejbourge

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 Any Questions?

Thank you for your attention and time