The College of Engineering(CoE) maintains a mission to provide students with a high quality, innovative, and globally competitive learning experience in engineering, engineering technology, and the applied sciences. Engineering graduates are to be educated professionals with the technical, problem-solving, and communication skills required to succeed in the workplace and in society.

The College is mindful of its obligation as an environment for the creation of knowledge, and encourages basic and cross-disciplinary applied research by its faculty and students. Great importance is attached to scholarship, practice, and service aimed at improving the quality of life and the economic viability of our society. This value system is reflected in current assessments of faculty for promotion and tenure, and in grading practices for student work.

We strive to pursue these objectives in a learning environment that celebrates ethnic and gender diversity, respects experience, and encourages problem solving through teamwork.

The goal of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program, as depicted in Figure1, is to prepare students for careers as practicing engineers in such areas as electrical and electronic circuits, digital design, signals and systems, microprocessors applications, analog and digital communications and to be able to both work in teams and effectively communicate through written and oral communication. The program has design integrated across the curriculum beginning from the very first semester, and culminates with an integrated design experience that encapsulates technical communications, professional development and engineering design into a four-semester capstone design experience.

Figure 1. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering strives to prepare students for careers as practicing engineers.