COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Description

Computer Engineering is concerned with the analysis, design, and application of computer systems. It includes design of computer based real-time data acquisition systems, analysis and design of computer hardware, software, and their tradeoffs. Computer engineering is more concerned with the physical implementation of computing devices, the interaction between hardware and software, and the methodologies for designing digital systems.  An industry involved with electronics and computers has many positions classified as computer engineering. Since most industries rely heavily on computers and automation, there are indeed many computer engineering positions for graduates in this field.

Submitted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Curriculum

The structure of the curriculum must provide both breadth and depth across the range of engineering topics implied by the title of the program. The program must demonstrate that graduates have: knowledge of probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to the program name and objectives; and knowledge of mathematics through differential and integral calculus, basic sciences, computer science, and engineering sciences necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic devices, software, and systems containing hardware and software components, as appropriate to program objectives. Programs containing the modifier “electrical” in the title must also demonstrate that graduates have a knowledge of advanced mathematics, typically including differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables, and discrete mathematics. Programs containing the modifier “computer” in the title must also demonstrate that graduates have a knowledge of discrete mathematics.

Description

The manufacturing engineer is responsible for helping design manufacturing processes as well as deciding how to build the product after the design specifications are determined. Students will learn about engineering materials and their transformations through manufacturing processes into products. To practice this profession, students must have a special knowledge of manufacturing processes and a working knowledge of many other related disciplines. Manufacturing engineering graduates are in demand by all types and sizes of manufacturing companies because of their diversified training in traditional as well as new areas of manufacturing. The rapid growth of new technologies in computer-integrated manufacturing has opened an entirely new world of opportunities for manufacturing engineers. The trend in industry is toward utilizing design engineers and manufacturing engineers as a team in order to produce more economical and functional products.

Curriculum

The program must demonstrate that graduates have proficiency in materials and manufacturing processes: understanding the behavior and properties of materials as they are altered and influenced by processing in manufacturing; process, assembly and product engineering: understanding the design of products and the equipment, tooling and environment necessary for their manufacture; manufacturing competitiveness: understanding the creation of competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy and control; manufacturing systems design: understanding the analysis, synthesis and control of manufacturing operations using statistical and calculus based methods; laboratory experience: graduates must be able to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and make technical inferences about the process.