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2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


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Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Ph.D., Department Chair
ET-214F A.P. Torrence Hall
(615) 963-5369

 

General Statement

The mission of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, commensurate with the mission of the University and the College of Engineering is to provide quality Electrical Engineering, Computer and Information Systems Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering education, to pursue basic and applied research (inquiry) is selected and focused critical areas, and to engage in service to its constituents.

Programs

    Majors

    Courses

      Electrical and Computer Engineering
      • Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of the resources of nature to the uses of humankind.
      • Electrical Engineers are responsible for our higher standard of living and impact every facet of human life through design & development in the telecommunication and computer communication industry,  research in federal laboratories, control and robotics in manufacturing, and  Electric Power and Renewable Energy
      • Exciting field on the cutting edge of technology for more than a century.
      • Electrical engineers design, develop, build, and test electrical and electronic devices such as
        • Smartphones, Tablets, HD TV, and Computers
        • Energy and Power -Renewable Energy and Smart Grid
        • Signal and Image Processing and Health Monitoring
        • Broadcast and Communication Systems (portable music players to Global Positioning Systems (GPS))
        • Electronics  and Computer Hardware
        • Robots and intelligent control systems.
      • Learn the physics of electricity and magnetism; mathematics of circuits and systems; and engineering tools of analysis and design.
      • Training in the design and manufacture of economical and safe products that enhance the quality of life of human beings.

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