Hello! My name is Dr. Matthew Valenti, and I am the chair of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
at West Virginia University.
Our department brings together the exciting areas of computer science, electrical engineering, and computer engineering,
and recently added the emerging areas of cybersecurity and biometrics.
In our department, you can select to major in any of these of these 5 disciplines
And it's easy to combine any two of these into a dual degree.
If you are not majoring in computer science, but still have an interest,
we have a minor in CS that's open to anyone a the University.
Our department occupies the Advanced Engineering Research Building
which was opened in 2015.
Here you will find the offices of our 30 faculty members,
our research labs,
computer classrooms,
and lecture halls.
You'll also find our own learning center
which provides CSEE students with tutoring support for their challenging sophomore level courses.
Each of our majors provides a strong foundation in its discipline.
In addition if you are interested in a new technology, we have lots of elective classes for you to choose from.
We've got classes on artificial intelligence, machine learning,
computer game development,
digital signal processing, image processing, electronics, power, renewable energy,
and many more. My favorite is the one on wireless networking
which I teach every fall semester.
You'll also be given and opportunity for lots of hands on work in our design and testing labs.
For instance, the new Innovation Hub will open in the Statler College in fall 2020.
In there you will be able to design and build custom circuit boards to support your courses and projects.
Your program will culminate in an interdisciplinary capstone project
you will complete in your senior year.
With a CSEE back ground, you will find you have lots of employment opportunities.
Think about all the things in every day life that contain electronics, computing and intelligence.
Somebody has to create them, why not let the someone be you.
Our students go on to work at companies that design smart phones, electric vehicles,
computer chips, renewable energy systems, medical devices, communications satellites,
and robots. Yes, robots!
Well you think that robots have a lot of mechanical engineering, and they do.
But they involve even more electronics, and you need to be a good programmer to deal with it.
With all of our majors, it's a lot of hard work. But that doesn't mean its all work and no play.
CSEE is home to many different student organizations who meet to socialize and work on fun group projects.
Our groups include the IEEE which is the professional society for electrical and computer engineers.
ACM which is the profession society for computer scientists.
CyberWVU which is our cyber security club.
And the Amateur Radio Club which last year won the award for Best Student Organization at WVU.
If you like competitive teams, then CSEE has a team for you!
Our Ecocar Team is working alongside mechanical engineering students on a smart, connected, hybrid Chevy Blazer.
Our CyberWVU team enters multiple cybersecurity tournaments each year.
We have a robotics team that has a track record of winning prestigious competitions sponsored by NASA.
And most recently, we have a team that made the finals for the solar district club
which is designing a sustainable college campus powered by only the sun.
In summary, if you come to WVU, and pick one of our majors,
you will find yourself in a challenging and immersive academic environment.
You will find other students with similar interests, and have some fun along the way.
And when you're done, you'll find yourself in high demand by industry and plenty of career opportunities.
Thank you for considering CSEE.
And I hope to see you in person sometime soon.
