Prospective Students

The University of New Haven draws students from many backgrounds. As a student, you will be given the opportunity to interact with people from different areas of the United States and the world.

This experience enriches your classroom experience and prepares you to work effectively with people from different cultures in our increasingly boundary-less world.

What is Electrical Engineering?

Electrical design devices and systems involving software and hardware that meet human needs. Some are very large, such as power generating systems in dams, others are tiny, such as the microcircuits used in computer systems. Electrical engineers are involved in all facets of the process: manufacturing, marketing, installing, maintaining and designing these systems.

The profession is extremely dynamic with new technologies continually emerging. Consider, for example, the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. The first cable, laid in the last century, could transmit four words per minute. The last, laid in the past few years, has three optical fibers, each capable of simultaneously transmitting 38,000 telephone conversations. Electrical engineering is, and will continue to be, an exciting profession whose achievements profoundly affect our lives.

What is so unique about Electrical Engineering at UNH?
Our program has the right balance between the current technology and basic principles, allowing our graduates to land jobs and to survive the changes that occur in life long careers. Our students develop good analytical skills and a mastery of mathematics. Our graduates are curious, creative, industrious and good problem solvers. We offer small classes taught by a dedicated, professional and accessible faculty. In addition to our seven full-time faculty we have several adjunct faculty who work in local industry and teach on a part-time basis--bringing the practical aspects of engineering into the classroom. All full-time faculty have Ph.D.'s with specializations that span the most important areas in electrical engineering:

Communications and Signal Processing
Includes fundamental communication methods, digital communications, fiber optic communication systems, signal processing and stochastic systems.

Digital Systems and Computer Engineering
Includes logic design, design of computer systems, computer architecture and embedded microprocessor systems.

Control Systems
Includes systems with feedback and fuzzy control; examples are helicopter control systems and control of anti-skid braking.

Power Systems
Includes study of electric machines, electromechanical devices, generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power.
 
What is Computer Engineering?
Computer engineering is concerned with the design and implementation of digital systems such as computers, networks, processor embedded control systems, interfaces between computing systems, and interfaces between hardware and software.

Career Opportunities
Computers are used in almost every device or system manufactured today. The modern automobile has nearly 50 small embedded computers in it. The telephone communication system and the Internet are controlled with computer systems. Careers for computer engineers are found in all phases of the production and sales of these devices and systems: design, manufacturing, maintenance , marketing and sales. U. S. Corporations will need more than twice the present number of computer engineers by the year 2006. The demand for Computer Engineering graduates is expected to continue to rise over the next 20 years, outpacing the supply by large margins annually.

For more information on the outlook for CEN majors, visit the Computer Engineering Outlook.

Salaries
Current starting salaries for BS graduates in Computer Engineering are $50-$55K.

What are the features of Computer Engineering at UNH?
The University of New Haven offers a four-year program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

Curriculum
Design and problem solving are central themes of this program. The first two years concentrate on basic science, mathematics, computer science and engineering. The last two years comprise courses in digital, computer and electrical systems; networks and software design. There are four electives in the fourth year that allow a student to explore an area in more depth. The final year provides a senior design course spread over two semesters, where the student designs a device, system or software application. The program also has a general education component in communications, economics and humanities needed to create a well-rounded professional. Total credits - 128 sem. hrs.