ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

As is the entire ASU College of Engineering, the ASU Electrical Engineering (EE) Program is heavily committed to the academic, career, and personal success of all of its students, and to benefiting all of its constituents including students, faculty, staff, alumni, the community/region/state, business/industry, and supporters of research and other programmatic activities. A key tenet of the Program and the College is that excellence, productivity, and development should synergistically/mutually support high morale, gratification, and satisfaction among all constituents.

The primary objective of faculty members of the EE Program is excellence in the education of engineering students. This includes not only providing students facts, but also developing hands-on skills with software and instrumentation, and capability in communications, human relations, teamwork, and professionalism. These are all invaluable to the Program’s graduates as they pursue graduate education or careers.

The EE Program also promotes excellence in activities such as research, scholarship, service, and professional development that also support the primary emphasis on excellence in student education. The faculty members are engaged in, and promote student involvement with, a variety of research, technical consulting/internship, and service activities, both on- and off-campus. Faculty members are also committed to ongoing professional development, and associated licensing of both faculty and alumni by the state as Professional Engineers.

Another objective is the growth and development of the EE Program and the College of Engineering in a modern and progressive, yet balanced and realistic, manner respecting and reflecting the history, values, clientele, and available resources of the program, as well as contemporary trends and opportunities. The new Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree is just one of many indicators of the steady and far-sighted development of ASU engineering programs over the last four decades from very modest beginnings.

Accreditation by ABET is also a key ongoing objective of the EE Program and College of Engineering. Toward this end, the College currently has twelve specific student learning outcomes that span the wide variety of knowledge and skill sets that engineering graduates need to be successful in today’s rapidly changing technological world. The faculty members periodically assess these, and the information so gleaned is used to further improve the engineering programs.

The Program strives to pursue ongoing development with the support of its various constituents. The years ahead promise to be very exciting.