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,
with a concentration and electric power
and energy. 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 in 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
are housed 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
Student in the Electrical Engineering program 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
with a concentration and power and
energy systems provides a broad
engineering foundation with a focus in
the generation, transmission, and
utilization of electric power. Ours is
one of the largest electric power and
energy systems programs in the country
today with several Power Research
Center's located on campus. Students in
this program will be taught by
outstanding power systems faculty and
will have the opportunity to engage with
excellent industry partners throughout
the program. We offer specific coursework
in the three subdivisions of the Power
Area
the first subdivision is power
generation, the second is transmission
din distribution, and the third is
electricity utilization. some examples of
topics in these areas include mobile
power systems, such as aircrafts and
ships, renewable energy sources and
systems, and fast switches. 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 like 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 in the Power area. ASU
requires all students to complete
english composition and general studies
courses to complement their major
requirements.
Students will complete a minimum of 120
credits upon graduation. 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 power area. To earn the power and
energy systems concentration students
are required to complete EEE 360 as one
of their 4 area pathway requirements.
They will also need 9 credits of their
technical electives to be in the Power
area, and finally their senior design
capstone must be a power related project.
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. Hello my name
is Kelly Anderson I am a junior studying
electrical engineering here at ASU and
I'm here today to talk to you a bit
about the classes that you'll take as an
electrical engineer. We'll focus a little
bit on the power systems pathway within
electrical and I'll tell you a bit about
the activities that I'm involved in and
that you can explore while you're at ASU.
So classes for an electrical engineer
are really valuable in my opinion
because they give you a very broad
systems type view of many aspects of
engineering. Now, you'll take classes
where you're looking at circuits you're
looking at the gates and the transistors
that are helping the computer to
function. You're looking at those
voltages and currents that actually make
that machine work, but then you'll also
take programming classes that help you
understand how you run through different
programs and how different software's
work. You'll take lots of physics which
goes into how the different materials
that we use for printed circuit boards
and different
circuit elements really function and how
those different properties make them
viable aspects of circuitry and it's
just this really awesome view of a lot
of different aspects of engineering. Now
within the Power Systems pathway
specifically, this is a really great way
to understand both traditional power
supplies as well as the newer ones that
we are currently developing such as
solar and wind power.
You'll take lots of classes that focus
on the transmission of power how we
generate power and how we store it and
then also some classes on how we're
exploring new opportunities for power in
solar and how we're making those
processes much much more efficient. It's
really exciting. So now I'll talk a
little bit about some of the activities
that I'm involved in that you can
explore at ASU, there's many many more so
I encourage you to check out our
websites and talk to other people about
the different opportunities that there
are, but specifically the activity that
I'm involved in that I think has really
impacted me the most is EPICS and that
stands for engineering projects in
community service. It's a class where you
actually work with a community partner
and your team and you prototype and you
actually build a physical solution to
whatever problem that they have proposed.
it's a really great way to work through
the entire life cycle of a project to go
from brainstorming to prototyping and
then to actual implementation with the
community partner. So me specifically
I've been working with the Phoenix Zoo
for the past two years and with my team
we have been making a reptile misting
system and it turns on when it rains
outside and so as an electrical engineer
it's I never thought that I'd be making
a reptile misting system but there
really are so many different aspects
just all of these different projects
where everyone's different expertise
really comes into play, so we've actually
made our prototype and we're
implementing it very soon which is
really exciting.
And it's just been a really great
opportunity to really get that
engineering process and like get that
experience. Another activity that I'm
involved in as you can see on the slides
I'm a Fulton ambassador so I give tours
for the Fulton schools. I really love
sharing that love of math and science
with other people and telling them about
ASU but more importantly just about
engineering in general and how they can
solve amazing problems as an engineer.
Besides that I'm in some other
extracurriculars. I'm in Barrett and so
I've done many different clubs through
Barrett, which is another way to get
involved I do a self-defense club at the
gym and so it's a really great way to be
well-rounded as an engineer and really
get all of those experiences. So I am so
excited that you watch this video here
with us today thank you for being here
and good luck in all of your future
endeavors. 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 askECE@asu.edu
