Welcome to the Ira A. Fulton Schools of
Engineering at Arizona State University.
Our college houses the undergraduate and
graduate degree programs for engineering,
computer science, and a majority of the
technology programs that are offered at
ASU. This presentation will explore the
electrical engineering degree program.
ASU has four campuses that span the
Phoenix metro area and the Fulton
Schools of Engineering are located on
two of those, the Tempe campus and the
Polytechnic campus. The electrical
engineering degree program is located at
the Tempe campus, but all campuses are
open to all students regardless of where
their program is located. We offer a free
inter-campus shuttle for our students so
that they can explore courses, student
orgs, activities, and resources at any
campus. At Fulton we offer 25
undergraduate degree programs which
provides a lot of choice and flexibility
and finding the program that fits for
you. We are called with the Fulton
Schools of Engineering because we
categorize our degree programs into six
schools, which are organized by theme and
location. The first five schools from
left to right or our most at the Tempe
campus and the Polytechnic School is
housed at the Polytechnic campus. Our
electrical engineering students belong
to the School of Electrical Computer and
Energy Engineering, which you will see
towards the middle of the infographic.
Each school has its own director,
affiliated faculty, and advising unit so
as to provide greater support and
specific guidance to the students within
that school. ASU and Fulton have direct
admission meaning when students apply
they apply directly to the degree
program they want to pursue. As long as a
student meets the admissions criteria
for their program of interest they are
admitted. It is important to note that
some of our degree programs including
Electrical Engineering have slightly
higher admissions criteria than the
general University requirements. For a
comprehensive list of admission criteria
you can visit the Fulton schools of
engineering website at
engineering.asu.edu
Students in the Electrical Engineering progrma are located at the Tempe campus, which is both
their academic and residential home.
First year freshmen are expected to live
on campus their first year and our
engineering students are currently
registering for housing in the Tooker
House. Tooker House is the residential
hall for all engineering disciplines and
we are also expanding to University
House for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Students that are a part of Barrett the
Honors College live in Barrett housing,
but are given the opportunity to live on
an engineering-specific floor if they
choose. The Electrical Engineering BSE
is a broad engineering degree with
diverse career opportunities. We have
several large research centers on campus,
lots of student engagement opportunities,
and outstanding faculty who are committed
to guiding you through the program. We
offer specialized coursework in six
different areas of electrical
engineering. Our students are problem
solvers who improve existing
technologies and create new ones. Our
faculty work on several projects ranging
from renewable energy, antennas and
communication, electronic materials like
LEDs and fiber optics, as well as
biomedical devices, drones and autonomous
vehicles. Our everyday essentials like
cell phones and smart home devices all
involve electrical engineering. These are
incredible opportunities to get involved
with during your time at ASU so please
be sure to engage with your faculty and
student research groups to explore these
areas.
The program is based in calculus and
physics. Students start with math and
work their way through the physics
series while taking engineering courses
such as digital design and C++
programming. This helps build a solid
foundation for the Electrical
Engineering coursework.
Once the prerequisites are complete,
students advance into courses such as
circuits, signals, and electromagnetics.
Students begin to customize their
coursework according to their own
research and career interests and the
upper division courses. Each student will
complete the program with an academic
year-long capstone project. ASU also
requires students to complete English
Composition and general studies courses
to complement their major requirements.
Upon graduation students will complete a
minimum of 120 credits. Here we have the
program flow chart. This document
outlines the order in which courses are
taken according to prerequisites. The
first two years are mainly math and
science courses that prepare students
for electrical engineering coursework.
The second two years provide flexibility
and allow students to further explore
the different areas offered in the
program. Each semester we offer faculty
led seminars to further explain each
area of electrical engineering, what
technologies exist in those areas, and we
also provide a brief overview of
specific area coursework. It's okay if
you're not sure what areas interest you
today, and it's also okay if your areas
of interest change as you progress in
the program. Your faculty and academic
advisors are here to help you along the
way.
Upon earning this degree students are
well prepared to pass their PE exams,
have excellent placement in a full-time
position, and are well equipped to
continue their research in graduate
school and in the industry. Hi everyone
my name is Elizabeth Jones and I am a
current junior here studying electrical
engineering at the Tempe campus. I'm so
excited to get the chance today just to
talk to you a little bit about what I'm
involved in within the Fulton Schools of
Engineering and a little bit about my
studies coursework as well as Fulton's
different activities that I've
participated in.
A little bit about me before we get
started on my Fulton experience is that
I grew up in Colorado a little town
called Castle Rock, and then I moved to
Phoenix and went to high school and
graduated from BASIS Phoenix here in
the valley. So I've been an Arizona
resident for a little while now and that
kind of is a nice blend of out-of-state-student but also enough familiarity
with the land to kind of know where some
of the fun things to do are. So I just
wanted to start sharing a little bit
about some of the things that I'm
involved in outside of my coursework. As
you can see on the slide I'm involved in
Fulton ambassadors which is who I'm
actually here speaking with you today.
And I really love that experience
because they think sharing my story
about why I wanted to go into
engineering and why I picked ASU. For
example, its research opportunities and
its student organizations is really
important for me to be able to share to
other people. Additionally I'm in the
Grand Challenge Scholars Program which
is a co-curricular program where we work
with the National Academy of Engineers
to solve one of their identify Grand
Challenges. So I specifically am focusing
on joy of living and a subset underneath
that is education and within engineering
so I've done some on-campus research
regarding gender bias development
commentary in elementary age students
and how that affects their likelihood to
pursue a stem related degree.
Additionally I am working on my honors
thesis right now that will look at
underrepresented minorities and their
involvement in student organizations, to
determine if there is a correlation
between gender, sense of belonging, and
academic success. So I'm really excited
to be starting that through Barrett, the
Honors College, which I am also a part of.
 I am also very involved in the
Society of Women Engineers. I joined when
I started here at the Fulton schools and
then moved into outreach director and I
have served as president this year and
actually as of just a few hours ago I
got elected as president for this
upcoming year as well. So that's a
national organization where here at ASU
we have
a Collegiate section and so we've had
about 600 members this past year so
we're really rapidly growing and it's a
great way to get involved and for you
gentlemen out there this is not just for
women we are always looking for men
allies so it's a really great club to
come and get professional development
opportunities like resume building and
interview tips as well as some different
various workshops for career readiness.
As well as just getting through college
on a day to day basis. I'm also an
engineering futures mentor so I work
with freshmen that have received or are
part of this program and I'm able to
help mentor them which is really nice
because I think the ASU does a
particularly good job of mentoring its
students as they come in and it's really
helping them get involved with so many
Fulton activities. The last thing that
I'm really involved in right now is
Blitz Labs so it's actually a on-campus
laboratory and I work as a undergraduate
research assistant there and this lab
focuses on small-scale radars and so
they have a couple different
applications including military and
medical and so that's a really cool
experience for me to kind of continue
expanding upon my technical skills. So
outside of ASU I have also had an
internship at Northrop Grumman, so I was
a systems engineer intern during this
past summer and I work very part-time
for them right now as a engineer for
their Hardware team and I'll be
continuing with them in California so
ASU does a really great job with getting
you career ready so that's a little bit
about kind of my involvements outside
and some things to add just about
Electrical Engineering specifically is
that it's really fun because of all the
six different pathways that you have. So
you'll go into electrical engineering
and then I kind of mentioned on that
program flow chart you'll get to choose
your specialty so I'm going into signals
and systems and I think that that's
been one of my favorite classes. Outside
of my pathway one of the other classes
that I really enjoyed was EEE 333
which is our programming classes,
like a hardware
programming class for a verilog and so
I've really enjoyed that course and how
it built upon 120 and allowed me to kind
of solve puzzles using the tools that
you learn in your electrical engineering
degree. So if you have any questions or
any you know further information that
you want about some of the things that
I'm involved in or about Electrical
Engineering please feel free to get in
contact with the recruitment team and
they'll be able to contact me and I
would be happy to sit down and answer
any further questions that you have and
thank you. Hi everyone my name is Rachel
Scheller and I'm a senior here at the
Fulton schools of ASU I'll be graduating
from fair at the Honors College with my
bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and
a minor in Spanish in December of 2020
and then I'll be moving on into the four
plus one master's program to earn a
master's in integrated circuit design. I
chose my major because of my general
interest in science and I love that
Electrical Engineering was applicable to
almost anything and therefore gave me
tons of options for a career in any
field and would allow me to change
directions if I wanted in the future. I
live and work on the Tempe campus and
involved in multiple clubs within ASU. I
am a Fulton ambassador which is a
student advocate for ASU engineering
program. I also serve as the secretary
for the Society of Women Engineers which
I have been a part of since I was a
freshman at ASU, and I'm a member of Tau
Omega women's fraternity. I also work at
the engineering tutoring center as a
lead electrical tutor which is where I
spend most of my time
between working and studying. My favorite
courses so far have been all my circuit
courses and the very first electrical
class I took EEE 120 which is about
digital design this class was so fun
because my professor Dr. Baumann was so
encouraging and really helped me
reaffirm that electrical engineering was the
right choice for me. If I had to give
advice for any incoming student it would
be to really try and get involved in
some kind of club or organization.
Whether that's inside the Fulton schools
or outside, that you're passionate about.
Because it would really help give you a
tight community and support system right
off the bat when getting to college.
Thank you for taking this time to
explore the Electrical Engineering
program with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of
Engineering. If you have any questions
about applying to Fulton please contact
us at fultonschools@asu.edu  If you
have any specific questions about the
Electrical Engineering program, please
contact us at askECEE@asu.edu
