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Our department offers two ABET accredited majors, and also supports core courses in electrical engineering and cyber engineering.
The Electrical Engineering Major
Electrical engineering is the discipline of manipulating power and information in the form of electricity. It is a discipline of great breadth that includes topics as diverse as wireless communications, renewable energy, electric transportation systems, instrumentation, signal processing and computational systems (i.e. computers). It provides a thorough technical background that applies to all branches of naval service as well as to civilian life.
Electrical engineering majors are required to take courses in electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis, digital logic systems, semiconductor device electronics, power systems and rotating machinery, communications, electromagnetism, and the design of microprocessor-based systems. Electives are offered in a variety of topics including semiconductor physics, machines and generators, wireless communications, networking, digital signal processing, biometric signal processing, fiber optics, computer architecture, instrumentation, and microcomputer interfacing. Design is emphasized throughout the program.
The Computer Engineering Major
Computer engineering is a discipline that combines fundamentals from both electrical engineering and computer science. Computer engineers must understand the many different aspects of a computer, ranging from the physics of its low-level components to the computer software that controls its high-level operations.
Computer Engineering majors are required to take courses in electrical engineering fundamentals including AC and DC circuit analysis, digital logic systems, electronics and electromechanics, signals and systems, data structures, communications, computer architecture and the design of microprocessor-based systems. Computer engineering students will have the opportunity to take electives in embedded systems, computer operating systems, microcomputer interfacing, superscalar processor design, VLSI design, computer networking, digital signal processing, biometric signal processing and computer vision.Opportunities in the ECE Department
A number of summer internships with organizations such as DoD Forensics, Naval Surface Warfare Centers, the Naval Postgraduate School, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Pennsylvania State University, the National Security Agency and the Naval Research Laboratory provide the opportunity to work with scientists on improving the design, implementation and use of critical defense-related applications. We typically have a number of Trident and Bowman scholars, and many of our graduates go on to graduate study at first tier research institutions. We also have a number of students each year who successfully complete language minors, and we work with our majors to facilitate foreign and service academy exchanges. An electrical or computer engineering degree also opens doors in civilian life. Having this degree is widely regarded as evidence of problem-solving skills and tenacity, and Academy electrical and computer engineering graduates have achieved success in a wide variety of post-service careers including “non-technical” fields like business and law.
I invite you to learn more about our courses, laboratory facilities, and faculty.
Regards,
Samara Firebaugh, Ph D.
Professor and Chair
Student News
- The ECE Department has three Trident Scholars and four Bowman Scholars for Academic Year 2020-2021.
- Midshipman 2/C Phillip Gatbonton of the 28th Company is a Computer Engineering major A Security Framework to Evaluate AES Implementations on the Basis of Common Implementation Mistakes and Vulnerabilities. His advisors are Assistant Professor T. Owens Walker – Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Practice Dane Brown – Cyber Science
- Midshipman 2/C Elizabeth Gergal of the 13th Company is a Computer Engineering/Computer Science double-major studying Drone Swarming Tactics using Reinforcement Learning and Policy Optimization. Her advisor is Professor Frederick Crabbe – Computer Science
- Midshipman 2/C Lillian Usadi of the 2nd Company is an Electrical Engineering major studying Acoustic Manipulation and Control of Microrobots. Her advisors are Professor Samara Firebaugh, Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy, LT Steven Yee, USN – Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor Murray Korman – Physics
- Midshipman 1/C Matthew Alese of the 13th Company is an Electrical Engineering major studying Discrimination of Radiation and Characterization of 3D-Printed Scintillators for Portable Dosimetry. His advisors are Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy, LT Steven Yee, and Professor Brian Jenkins – Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
- Midshipman 1/C Matthew Beauchamp of the 19th Company is an Electrical Engineering major studying Optically Powered Multi-Robot System Based on Diamagnetic Levitation. His advisors are Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy and LT Steven Yee – Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
- Midshipman 1/C Nathaniel O'Neal of the 18th Company is an Electrical Engineering major studying Development of Vertical GaN Schottky Power Diodes for ONR. His advisors is CDR Chris Martino, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
- Midshipman 1/C Lillian Usadi, same as above, of the 2nd Company is an Electrical Engineering major also studying Manipulation of Microrobots in Fluid Using Chladni Plates and Multimode Membrane
Resonators. Her advisors are Professor Samara Firebaugh, Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy, LT Steven Yee, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Professor Murray Korman, Physics Department
Faculty News
- The IEEE digital reference library is available online
- Dr. Kevin Galloway was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- Dr. Owens Walker was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- Friday, 06 March is a modified early schedule
- Wednesday, August 1 - Friday, August 3 is new USNA faculty orientation
- Monday, August 6, is the new ECE faculty orientation
- Monday, August 6 - Monday, August 13 are CTL Workshops
- Monday, August 20 is the first day of classes.
- Wednesday, August 22 at noon is the Superintendent's Convocation in the Mahan Auditorium.
