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Electrical engineering

The branches of electrical engineering include:

  • research,
  • development,
  • design,
  • manufacture and
  • operation of electrical and electronic projects, services, and systems for instrumentation, automation, communication, power generation and distribution and computation.

The growth of electronics has been accelerated by the space age and the emergence of the high speed digital computer.

There is hardly a segment of the economy that has not been influenced by electronics. The computer has found its way into virtually all aspects of modem life.

Computer engineering

A student wishing to specialize in computer engineering will find appropriate electives available. The wide use of electrical means of measurement, control and computation has resulted in the need for electrical engineers in all types of industries. Varied employment opportunities are available.

Computer engineering applies computer technology along with traditional engineering science to address systems in which computing is an essential function. Such systems include the smart device or instrument, the flexible manufacturing system and communication system that characterizes the information age.

Computer engineering covers a demanding range of science and technology, combining software with hardware, and the discrete with the continuous.


Courses, degree requirements and schedules

Electrical engineering


Computer engineering

    For more information

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Auburn Science and Engineering Center (ASEC), 156
    The University of Akron
    Akron, OH 44325-3904.
    Tel: 330-972-7649
    Fax: 330-972-6487

    Dr. Alex De Abreu-Garcia,
    Professor and Chair,
    alexis4@uakron.edu

    The University of Akron

    Akron, OH 44325
    Phone: 330-972-7111
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