Electrical Engineering

1. Electrical Engineering Prepared by: Dr. Ivica Kostanic Florida Tech September, 2011

2. Outline • Engineering • Electrical and computer engineering • ECE at Florida Tech

3. Engineering Creative application of scientific principles to develop solutions to problems of technical nature In modern world engineering is closely tied to business – driving forces of the overall progress

4. Types of engineering International space station • Aerospace engineering • Bioengineering • Chemical engineering • Civil engineering • Electrical engineering • Mechanical engineering • Industrial engineering • Software engineering • Ocean engineering • Environmental engineering MRI images The world islands - Dubai

5. What do engineers do? • Equipment for space applications, automotive, and military crafts • Devices and procedures that help solve medical and health related problems • Equipment and processes for large-scale chemical manufacturing • Construction of roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, water supply and sewage systems • Development of electric motors; machinery controls; automobiles; aircraft; radar and navigation systems; and power-generating, -controlling, and transmission devices Remote sensing RADAR Cockpit of BA 787 MRI Chamber

6. Where do engineers work? • Companies (IBM, Ericsson, Harris, Sprint, startups) • Government (defense, transportation, energy, space) • Office buildings (Intel, NASA, Motorola, TMobile) • Laboratories (national labs, universities, …) • Industrial plants (paper and automotive plants) • Outdoors (construction sites, gas production facilities, climate monitoring stations) • Worldwide (travel for support of development and sales)

7. How much are they paid? Level I – Entry level, BS degree < 5 years of experience Level II – MS level, BS + 5 years of experience Level V – PhD, 10+ years of experience http://www.globalrichlist.com/

8. Pay scale for engineering degrees at FIT-COE

9. An EE - application and control of electric and magnetic fields to produce and improve current technology* Someone trained in the practical application of electricity* Types of electrical engineering Power Control Electronics Microelectronics Signal processing Telecommunications Computer engineering Bio-electrical engineering What is an Electrical Engineer (EE)? All electric Tesla roadster iPhone Solar panels for power generation

10. What does an EE/CE do? • They design, develop, analyze, and test • Computers and systems with computers embedded in them • Two-way communications systems (telephones and fiber-optic systems) • One-way communications systems (radio, television, satellite) • Control systems (aircraft collision-avoidance systems, medical electronic devices) • Systems used for the generation, control, and delivery of electric power (homes, offices, and industry) • Systems that educate and entertain (computers and computer networks, compact-disk players, cell phones, and multimedia systems) • Analyze computer-aided tomography data (CAT scans), seismic data from earthquakes and well drilling, and data from space probes, voice synthesizers, and handwriting recognition

11. 20th Century - Electrical Engineering • Power distribution, generation, and delivery • Radio (early 1900s) • RADAR • Television • Computers and microprocessors • Transistor (1940s) • First handheld calculator (1967, Texas Instruments) • First Intel microprocessor (1968) • First personal computer, Altair 8800 (1970s, used Intel 8080 – an 8-bit processor) • Home video game, Odyssey 100 by Magnavox (1972) • Atari by Al Alcorn, following the arcade game Pong (1973) • Internet • Cellphone (1980s) and Wireless internet (1990) • EKG, MRI, EEGs Initial experiments with electricity Modern supercomputing farm

12. 21st century – Electrical Engineering • New energy sources and power delivery • Clean technologies • Supercomputers in a palm of your hand • Seamless wireless connectivity • Nano-technologies • Smart environment Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that has never been - Theodore von Kármán

13. EE/CE degree at FIT • Two programs: EE and CE • Significant overlap between programs • Large number of research faculty • Partial list of research areas • Optical and microelectronic sensors (Dr. Grossman and Dr. Murshid) • Very small antenna arrays (Dr. Lail) • Image and signal processing (Dr. Kozaitis, Dr. Ham, Dr. Anagnosopolous) • Artificial intelligence and machine learning (Dr. Anagnostopolous and Dr. Ham) • Lightning impact on space vehicle and launch pads (Dr. Earles and Dr. Kostanic) • Power generation and distribution (Dr. Sullivan) • Wireless networks (sensor and communication) (Dr. Kostanic) • Hurricane monitoring system (Dr. Kostanic) • Electronic material sciences (Dr. Earles) • ECE Department offers advanced degrees (MSEE and PhD) • ECE Department has a very strong connection with local industry (Harris, NASA, Analex, QualiTest, Intersil, Boeing, and many more)

14. Design and optimization of cellular networks • Cellular technology – fastest growing technology ever • FIT WiCE – performance optimization of cellular networks • Software package – Gladiator Screen shot of Gladiator SW package

15. Characterization of hurricane winds • Goal (s) • Characterize impact of hurricane winds on man made structures • Suggest improvements in building codes • Project funded by NSF • Details • Second generation system • Collaboration EE, ME, CE Outline of the network installation Typical sensor deployment on the rooftop

16. Broadband Internet in flight • 2008 – Internet on the plane • Commercial network – AirCell • Design software developed by a company from Melbourne Wireless network for internet in the sky Network planning software WIZARD

17. Lightning research • Sponsored by NASA • Evaluation of impact of lightning on space vehicle electronics

18. Conclusions • ECE is: • Creative profession • Dynamic profession • Exciting profession • Demanding profession • Profession with a great future Thanks!