[Tadesse]
I always talk to students, and I tell them
that the best degree to get a job or to advance
your professional career is a master’s degree.
[Manik]
I chose UW Bothell because of three criteria:
I wanted to go in a smaller program, I wanted
to focus on power systems and embedded systems,
and the last was I wanted to do an evening
program so that I could continue a relationship
with my work.
[Vidya]
I am a full-time international student who
is doing master's in my F1 student visa so
that I could complete my program in just five
quarters.
And I thought this university is a, provides
the right atmosphere, to take the master's
program.
The small-sized class here in the MSEE course,
it invites the student-professor interactions.
[Tadesse]
Our curriculum is very flexible.
Students can pick and choose courses that
meets their academic and professional goals.
There are two options to complete this degree.
One is through coursework in biomedical devices
and sensors, in power systems and energy,
in embedded systems, signal processing and
image processing, machine learning.
And another way is through a combination of
coursework and thesis.
So students can do research and do their thesis
work.
[Manik]
It's a close-knit environment, there were
students of different age group, different
diversity, different culture background, different
industry they were working in.
So it was great to know their perspective,
how like, how their industry function, how
things are done there, and to get, make that
kind of connection.
I think it was a very great aspect of being
in a smaller group.
[Tadesse]
Our faculty have industrial experience.
They work on cutting-edge research.
They are known in their respective fields.
They mentor their students, not only in the
classrooms, but they mentor students outside
classroom.
This is especially liked by professionals
who, working professionals who come to our
campus.
[Manik]
It was a very impressive opportunity for us
to be able to, as students, to use those equipments
which are, most of the time, not available
in school facilities.
Any device that was in the lab, it's what
is used in the industry.
[Tadesse]
UW has a lot of resource in terms of lab space.
We have the maker space, which have 3D printers.
And we have also this electrical engineering
lab spaces, and we are proud of our clean
room.
The clean room is a very important facility
that we have.
This is a big investment that UW has put in,
in creating this space, especially for training
our students.
[Vidya]
I'm glad to say that I have taken the right
decision to apply and join the master's program
here in UW Bothell.
I'm very happy that I see myself contributing
to the electrical engineering field in future.
[Manik]
Master’s of science and electrical engineering
at the UW Bothell is a very new, fresh program.
It gives me the confidence if I'm given any
kind of engineering problem that I can start
a research, I can start from somewhere and
make an effort or even like, solve the problem.
It gives me that confidence with my master's
degree.
