School of Electrical Engineering School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Computer Science Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering degrees at WSU Behrooz A. Shirazi Huie-Rogers Chair and Director School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science October 2005
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Median Salaries: Salary.com (October 2005) Electrical Software Telecomm Engineer Engineer Engineer Level 1 $54,338 $51,262 $50,370 (0-2 years experience) Level 2 $61,787 $62,401 $58,136 (2-4 years) Level 3 $76,173 $75,145 $68,334 (4-6 years) Level 4 $83,581 $86,783 $78,620 (5-8 years) Level 5 $94,769 $94,151 $95,570 (8-10+ years)
• I know my EE, CS, or CE degree is in demand and I know I will be paid well. • But, will my career be exciting and rewarding?
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Communications In 1835, Samuel Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. Telegraph Drawings http://image08.webshots.com/8/9/7/23/132390723sDPSSr_fs.jpg http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blntelegraph.htm
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Power and Energy 1880’s Edison’s Light Bulb http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm Edison’s Pearl Street Station (Manhattan): Dawn of commercial electric power (100 Kilowatts) http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/event.php?taid=&id=3456876&lid=1
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Wireless Communications Original Wireless Patent: in 1900 Marconi’s Transatlantic Wireless Radio Station www.arrl.org/.../23/ 1/Marconi-CC-towers-lrg.jpg
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life http://www.time.com/time/20 Free Wi-Fi in Spokane 04/wireless/spokane/ http://www.time.com/time/ Downloading mug shots 2004/wireless/spokane/4. Internet in the air html to a wireless onboard Source: Connexion by Boeing computer
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Consumer Electronics Audio Video HDTV http://www.sho.com/site/enhancements/hdtv.do www.bose.com
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Electromagnetic Radar for Doppler Weather Radar air traffic control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control _radar_beacon_system http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p1 9r0/si.kotx.shtml
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life The Environment: Industrial Electronics: Robots for Air pollution Manufacturing monitoring equipment http://iel.ucdavis.edu/people/xdhu/robot/pict ures/robot8.gif http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/air/air_qua lity_monitoring /central_queensland_monitoring_stations/
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life http://waas.stanford.edu/research/waas.htm GPS Navigation Systems Transportation Hybrid Vehicles http://hybridcars.about.com/od/hondacivichybri1/ss/2006civichybrid_2.htm
Historical Impact of EE on Society/Quality of Life Medical Electronics Pacemakers Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machine Typical Image http://www.bmimed.com/ mrisystems.asp@nav =equipmentsolutions. htm http://health.allrefer.com/health/pacemaker-info.html http://www.sciencephot o.com/html_tech_archiv e/magnet.html
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Early Computers • 1940’s • Based on relays and vacuum tubes • ENIAC • 80 feet long and 18 feet high • Weighing 30 tons • 19,000 vacuum tubes • 1,500 relays • 3,000 switches used for programming One of the original vacuum tube • +, -, *, /, and computers "U. S. Army Photo."
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University First computer “bug” - 9 September 1945 Moth They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program." http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr.htm
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Software Engineering Grace Hopper, computer software pioneer Her best-known contribution to computing was the invention of the compiler, the intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language of the target computer www.sdsc.edu/Publications/ScienceWomen/images/young-hopper.JPG
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Embedded Computer System Used for Process Control Robotics Instrument Control Rapid Prototyping Data Logging Temperature Control Signal Processing Communications http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life http://reviews.cnet.com/Microsoft_Xbox/4505-6464_7-7853769-4.html Video Games www.myxbox.at/.../fullstuff/ halo2wallpaper.shtml
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Aerospace and Military http://plus.maths.org/issue23/interview/
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life Mars Rover Robot http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/rovercom/images/rov-yogi.bmp
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life The Internet www.geog.psu.edu/ courses/geog497b/ • Revolutionized (eliminated distance barrier) • Access to information www.museoscienza.org/ english/internet/amappa.html • Commerce • Stocks and financial transactions • etc.
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life • Impact of computers on society is pervasive at many levels: Personal, • data banks, computer terminals, data security • employment • job opportunities, new careers, the need for retraining • business transactions • automated billing, credit cards, consumer spending • the replacement of people through automation • robots, word processing • privacy and personal rights • the impact that a machine has on a human - ergonomics • http://doyle.wcdsb.edu.on.ca/ICS3MI/computers_society/impact_of_computers_on_society.htm
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life • Impact of computers on society is pervasive at many levels: Personal, Community, • employment • traffic control • urban planning • law enforcement
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life • Impact of computers on society is pervasive at many levels: Personal, Community, National, • communications media • vote counting • electronic funds transfer • stock-market transactions • defense • surveillance • national data banks • the use of information for control • employment • telecommunications • satellite broadcasting
Historical Impact of CS/E on Society/Quality of Life • Impact of computers on society is pervasive at many levels: Personal, Community, National, Global • reporting of current events • communications media • world governments • international standards • exploration of space and sea • world wide access to data
• I know my EE, CS, or CE degree is in demand and I know I will be paid well. • I know my EE, CS, or CE career will be exciting and rewarding. • But, is the School of EECS@WSU the right place for me to earn my degree?
School of EECS Vision National leader providing experience- enhanced education and conducting interdisciplinary research in engineering and computing
School of EECS Education Mission • Educate graduates for professional leadership, civic influence, and lifelong learning • Provide an education based on a theoretical, experimental, and ethical foundation and enhanced by opportunities for participation in research, internships, international studies, interdisciplinary programs, or programs in entrepreneurship
School of EECS Research Mission • Conduct research and develop technology to address present and future societal problems • Advance the state-of-the-art in areas incorporating technical disciplines from electrical engineering and computer science • Collaborate with researchers from other disciplines to address societal grand challenge problems
School of EECS Outreach Mission • Serve the community and the profession by participating in activities designed to improve and preserve the body of knowledge in engineering and computing • Participate in service that advances engineering and computing education • Transfer research results to communities, the nation, and the world to increase economic equity, quality of life, and ecological sustainability
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