Nov 21, 2024

2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)

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Program: B.S.E.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science

Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building 327 ~ 260-481-6362

Electrical Engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electrical, electronics, and electromagnetism. Purdue University Fort Wayne offers a four-year electrical engineering undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree.

Electrical engineers design, develop, and operate systems that generate and use electrical signals and power. The scope of electrical engineering has expanded tremendously in recent years. It is now the largest branch in engineering, with most graduates employed by manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, aircraft, business machines, and professional and scientific equipment.

Our students, while drawn from diverse backgrounds, are all extremely able and committed to learning. Purdue Fort Wayne delivers an exceptional education experience to engineering students, encouraging collaboration and teamwork throughout the curriculum.

Student Learning Outcomes:

As a framework for the continuous improvement policy, the Electrical Engineering program has adopted a set of program educational objectives that describe the anticipated accomplishments of our graduates within a few years after graduation.

The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) program educational objectives are to produce graduates who:

1. Function and communicate effectively to solve technical problems

2. Advance professionally to roles of greater electrical engineering responsibilities and/or by transitioning into leadership positions in business, government, and/or education

3. Participate in life-long learning through the successful completion of advanced degree(s) professional development, and/or engineering certification(s)/licensure

4. Demonstrate a commitment to community by applying technical skills and knowledge to support various service activities

The graduates from the Electrical Engineering program will demonstrate that they have:

The ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
The ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
The ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgment, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
The ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
The ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions.
The ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Accreditation:

The Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Program Delivery:

The BSEE program is delivered primarily through on-campus courses; however, some of the required General Education courses are available as hybrid and/or on-line courses, and those can be used to satisfy the program requirements.

Declaring this Major:

Students interested in declaring Electrical Engineering as their major may do so in one of two ways:

On their application when they first apply to Purdue Fort Wayne
After meeting with an ECE faculty advisor, who will determine that the student has the required math and chemistry background to begin our program

General Requirements:

Program Requirements:

In order to start in the Electrical Engineering program, a student must meet the following criteria:

Math Placement at or above MA 15400
Have taken CHM 11100 or 1 year of high school chemistry in the last five (5) years

General Education Requirements

The General Education Requirements for the Electrical Engineering program is provided below. This plan satisfies the competency requirements and the credit hour requirement.

Category	Competency	Course	Credit Hours
A	1	ENGL 13100 Elementary Composition	3
A	2	COM 11400 Fundamentals of Speech	3
A	3	MA 16500 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I MA 16600 Analytical Geometry and Calculus II	4 4
B	4	CHM 11500 General Chemistry I PHYS 15200 Mechanics	4 5
B	5	Select from the list of approved courses (all Competency outcomes must be met)	3
B	6	Select from the list of approved courses (all Competency outcomes must be met)	3
B	7	PHYS 25100 Heat, Electricity and Optics	5
C	8	ECE 40500 Senior Design I	3
		Total Credit Hours	37

If a student selects a course from categories B5 or B6 that meets only some outcomes but not ALL, the student will be required to take another course from these categories that meet the remaining competency outcomes.
All courses used to satisfy the General Education Requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

Major and Supporting Courses Required for the BSEE

ENGR 12700 - Engineering Fundamentals I Cr. 4.
ENGR 12800 - Engineering Fundamentals II Cr. 4.
MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus Cr. 4.
MA 35100 - Elementary Linear Algebra Cr. 3.
MA 36300 - Differential Equations Cr. 3.
ME 25300 - An Introduction to Mechanics Cr. 2.

Core and Concentration Courses Required for the BSEE

ECE 20100 - Linear Circuit Analysis I Cr. 3.
ECE 20200 - Linear Circuit Analysis II Cr. 3.
ECE 20700 - Electronic Measurement Techniques Cr. 1.
ECE 20800 - Electronic Devices and Design Laboratory Cr. 1.
ECE 22900 - C/C++ Programming For Electrical And Computer Engineering Cr. 4.
ECE 25500 - Introduction to Electronic Analysis and Design Cr. 3.
ECE 27000 - Introduction to Digital System Design Cr. 4.
ECE 30100 - Signals and Systems Cr. 3.
ECE 30200 - Probabilistic Methods in Electrical Engineering Cr. 3.
ECE 31100 - Electric and Magnetic Fields Cr. 3. OR
PHYS 31200 - Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism Cr. 3.
Either ECE 31100 or PHYS 31200 is required, but not both.
ECE 33300 - Automatic Control Systems Cr. 3.
ECE 36200 - Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing Cr. 4.
ECE 40600 - Senior Engineering Design II Cr. 3.
ECE 42800 - Modern Communication Systems Cr. 3.
ECE 43600 - Digital Signal Processing Cr. 3.
ECE 46000 - Power Electronics Cr. 4.

Technical Elective Requirements

Following are the lists of approved Technical Electives for the Electrical Engineering program. The BSEE requires 15 hours of Technical Electives. All Electrical Engineering Technical Electives have design content.

Group I Technical Electives

An Electrical Engineering students must take three (3) courses from the Group I list:

ECE 30300 - Engineering Software Design Cr. 3.
ECE 32400 - Introduction To Energy Systems Cr. 3.
ECE 46500 - Embedded Microprocessors Cr. 3.
ECE 47400 - Introduction to Radio Frequency Circuit Design Cr. 3.
ECE 47800 - Robotics And Automation Cr. 3
ECE 48300 - Digital Control Systems Analysis and Design Cr. 3.
ECE 54700 - Introduction to Computer Communication Networks Cr. 3.
1. ECE 49500 can be counted as a Group I technical elective upon the approval by the EE curriculum committee.
2. Other ECE 5x000 courses may be included in this group upon the approval by the EE curriculum committee.

Group II Technical Electives

All Electrical Engineering students must take two (2) courses from the Group II list:

ECE 35800 - Introduction to VHDL Cr. 3.
ECE 36800 - Data Structures Cr. 3.
ECE 43700 - Computer Design and Prototyping Cr. 4.
ECE 48500 - Embedded Real-Time Operating Systems Cr. 4.
SE 52000 - Engineering Economics Cr. 3. OR
SE 54000 - Systems Architecture Cr. 3.
SE 53000 - Systems Engineering Management Cr. 3. OR
SE 55000 - Advanced Manufacturing Systems And Processes Cr. 3.
CS 32100 - Introduction to Computer Graphics Cr. 3.
CS 36000 - Software Engineering Cr. 4.
MA 17500 - Introductory Discrete Mathematics Cr. 3.
MA 27500 - Intermediate Discrete Math Cr. 3.
MA 41700 - Mathematical Programming Cr. 3.
PHYS 32500 - Scientific Computing Cr. 3.
PHYS 32200 - Optics Cr. 3.
PHYS 34200 - Modern Physics Cr. 3.
1. ECE 49600, ECE 49700, and ECE 49800 can be counted as Group II technical electives, with the maximum of 3 credit hours each, upon the approval by the EE curriculum committee.
2. Students may take either SE 52000 or SE 54000, but not both, to count for this Group II Technical Elective requirement.
3. Students may take either SE 53000 or SE 55000, but not both, to count for this Group II Technical Elective requirement.
4. Students may take either MA 17500 or MA 27500, but not both, to count for this Group II Technical Elective requirement.
5. Any 500-level Math course can replace MA 41700 when this course is not offered.
NOTE: A course cannot be counted toward both an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree, with the exception of the students enrolled in the 5-Year BS/MSE Combined Degree Program.

Special Content Courses for the BSEE

In general, seminars, survey courses, project courses, special topic course, and informal laboratory courses are considered to be Special Content Courses. A complete list of these courses, as approved by the EE curriculum committee, is given below.

The procedure for offering a Special Content Course is outlined below:

• The proposal for offering the course in a semester must be submitted to the Chair of the EE Curriculum Committee three (3) weeks before the end of the previous semester. The course proposal is simply the course syllabus which includes the following information:

Course/Project title
Course/Project description
Number of credit hours
Semester
Design content
Topics Covered
Name of instructor

• If the course is to be counted toward the EE degree program (i.e., as a technical elective), the proposal must also be approved by the EE curriculum committee before the course is offered.
• The instructor is required to submit a written report to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the end of the semester, at the same time the course grade is submitted. The format and length of the report is at the discretion of the instructor, but at a minimum it should include the course syllabus and a summary of the results.

ECE 49500 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering Cr. 1-4.
ECE 49600 - Electrical And Computer Engineering Projects Cr. 1-15.
ECE 49700 - Research in Electrical Engineering I Cr. 3.
ECE 49800 - Research in Electrical Engineering II Cr. 3.
• No more than a combined total of 9 credit hours may be used to satisfy the EE degree requirement.
• A maximum of 3 credit hours of ECE 49500 can be counted as Group I technical electives for EE program.
• A combined total of no more than 6 credit hours of ECE 49600, ECE 49700, and ECE 49800 can be counted as Group II technical electives for the EE program.

GPA Requirement

You must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in the 120 credits required for this major.

Total Credits Required: 120

Student Responsibilities

All Electrical Engineering students are responsible for satisfying the graduation requirements specified for the BSEE program. Thus, it is essential that they develop a thorough understanding of the required courses, academic policies, and procedures governing their academic career.

All requests for exceptions to specific requirements must be made in writing and may be granted only by written approval from the appropriate chair or dean.