Philosophy

Students will be provided with knowledge and skills immediately useful to contractors, consulting engineers, surveyors, architects, industrial firms, utilities, and certain government agencies. Employment opportunities open to graduates include structural design, construction materials analysis, surveying (construction, land, mining and control), and assisting civil engineers in the analysis, design, and construction of other facilities.

Accreditation

The associate and baccalaureate degree programs in electrical engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone (410) 347-7700.

Program Objectives

The Electrical Engineering Technology program publishes the following program educational objectives as broad statements describing expected accomplishments of its graduates during the first few years after graduation.

Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

1. Graduates apply circuit analysis and design, computer programming, analog and digital electronics, and electrical machinery principles to install, test, and maintain electrical and electronic systems.
2. Graduates function on professional teams and communicate with speaking, writing, and graphical skills.
3. Graduates respect professional, ethical, and social issues as well as a commitment to quality and dependability.
4. Graduates remain current, professionally.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

Baccalaureate degree graduates will demonstrate additional depth and breadth to the program educational objectives stated above. In addition, the following accomplishments are also expected of baccalaureate degree graduates.

5. Graduates perform analysis, design, and implementation of control systems, microprocessor systems, communication systems, and power systems.
6. To provide breadth for additional job opportunities, graduates utilize rigorous mathematics applications and productivity software in support of electrical/electronics systems.
7. Graduates apply project management techniques in product design and development.

Program Outcomes

The Electrical Engineering Technology program publishes the following program outcomes to describe what students are expected to know and do at the time of graduation. These relate to knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire in the program.

Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

1. Students demonstrate an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of electrical engineering technology in a rigorous mathematics environment.
2. Students identify, analyze, and solve technical problems associated with circuit analysis, electronic devices, and microcomputers in electrical systems.
3. Students communicate by written, oral, and graphical means.
4. Students team with others to solve problems and present solutions.
5. Students conduct field and laboratory testing on electrical and electronics circuits and apply results.
6. Students clearly understand professional and ethical responsibilities.
7. Students understand diversity, societal, and global issues relating to solutions to problems in professional practice.
8. Students recognize the need for and the ability to engage in lifelong learning.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

9. Students perform analysis and design in the control systems, microprocessor systems, communications systems and computer systems of the field of electrical engineering.
10. Students apply rigorous mathematics including applications of applied differential equations to the solutions to problems in electrical/electronics systems.
11. Students apply project management skills in a product design, development, and implementation environment process in electrical systems.
12. Students plan and prepare design and operation documents for an electrical system.
13. Students select appropriate devices and practices.
14. Students maintain an understanding of professional practice issues such as interaction between designers, developers, and customers.

Faculty
Roy Pruett Department Head/Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Technology
Robert Riggins Professor, Electrical Engineering Technology