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Welcome to 2nd-Year
Electrical Engineering
Professor Manoj Sachdev
Department Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
September 22nd, 2008
Welcome!
• You’ve finished 1st year
• Only another
– 11 terms
– 32 courses
– 45 months
– 1385 days
to Convocation!
• Welcome to ECE!
Outline
• We will look at:
– What is Electrical Engineering?
– Your Department
– Undergraduate Web Site
– Your Program
– Your Responsibilities
– Your Opportunities
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Electrical Engineers apply electronic and
electromagnetic/optical design principles
to design, build, and test analog or digital
devices, circuits, and systems for
– Processing, communication, and storage of
information
– Distribution, conversion, and storage of energy
– Process automation or robotics
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Electrical Engineers apply electronic and
electromagnetic/optical design principles
to design, build, and test analog or digital
devices, circuits, and systems for
– Processing, communication, and storage of
information
– Distribution, conversion, and storage of energy
– Process automation or robotics
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Electrical Engineers apply electronic and
electromagnetic/optical design principles
to design, build, and test analog or digital
devices, circuits, and systems for
– Processing, communication, and storage of
information
– Distribution, conversion, and storage of energy
– Process automation or robotics
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Electrical Engineers apply electronic and
electromagnetic/optical design principles
to design, build, and test analog or digital
devices, circuits, and systems for
– Processing, communication, and storage of
information
– Distribution, conversion, and storage of energy
– Process automation or robotics
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Electrical Engineers apply electronic and
electromagnetic/optical design principles
to design, build, and test analog or digital
devices, circuits, and systems for
– Processing, communication, and storage of
information
– Distribution, conversion, and storage of energy
– Process automation or robotics
What is Electrical Engineering?
• Application areas include:
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Communication
Manufacturing
Power and energy
Health care
Computing
Security
Entertainment
And many more...
What is Electrical Engineering?
• By your choice of electives, you may specialize
in the following broad domains:
– Systems for communication, control, or power
– Digital hardware, software, and the computer as a
component
– Electronic, radio-frequency, or optical devices,
circuits, and fabrication
Your Department
• Your cohort is joining the ECE Department
1700+ undergraduate students
500+ graduate students
75+ faculty
Prof. Manoj Sachdev
Department Chair
Your Department
• The University was founded in 1957
– First and Largest Co-op program in the
world
– Electrical Engineering was one of five
founding programs
– Computer Engineering introduced in 1985
Your Department
• Waterloo has 25 000 students in 110+
programs
Operations Research
Pure Mathematics
Health Studies
Philosophy
Software
Engineering
Honours Arts
Systems Design Engineering
Kinesiology
Political Science
Statistics
Human Resources Management
Environment and Business
Recreation and Business
Psychology
Biochemistry
Independent Studies
Environment and Resource Studies
Recreation and Leisure Studies
Religious Studies
Biology
Church Music and Worship
Geography
Therapeutic Recreation
Russian
and
East
European
Studies
Biomedical Sciences
Cognitive Science
Geography and Aviation
Accounting and Financial Management
Sexuality,
Marriage,
and
Family
Studies
Biotechnology/Chartered
Accountancy
East Asian Studies
Geomatics
Anthropology
Biotechnology/Economics
Environmental Economics Social Development Studies
International Development
Arts and Business
Sociology
Chemistry
Fine and Performing Arts
Knowledge Integration
Classical Studies
Spanish and Latin American Studies
Computational Science
Human Resources Management
Planning
Computing and Financial Management
Speech
Communication
Earth Sciences
International Studies
Actuarial Science
Cultural Management
Women's
Studies
Environmental
Sciences
Jewish Studies
Applied Mathematics
Digital Arts Communication
Architecture
Honours Science
Legal Studies and Criminology
Bioinformatics
Drama
Chemical
Engineering
Life Sciences
Management Studies
Business Administration and Mathematics
Economics
Civil Engineering
Mathematical Physics
Mennonite Studies
Combinatorics and Optimization
Literature
Computer
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Peace and Conflict
Computational Mathematics
Literature and Rhetoric
Electrical
Engineering
Physics
Studies in Spirituality and Personal Development
Computer Science
Rhetoric and Professional Writing
Environmental Engineering
Psychology
International Trade
Computing and Financial Management
Fine Arts
Geological
Engineering
Science
and Aviation
Italian Studies
Mathematical Physics
French Studies
Management Engineering
Science and Business
Legal Studies
Mathematics
French Teaching Specialization
Mechanical
Engineering
Optometry
Liberal Studies
Mathematics/Business Administration
Geography
Mechatronics
Engineering
Pharmacy
Medieval Studies
Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy
German
Nanotechnology Engineering
Social Work
Music
Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management
History
Software
Engineering
Peace and Conflict Studies
Mathematics Teaching Option
Computer
Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Nanotechnology Engineering
Software Engineering
Your Department
• Largest Faculty of Engineering in Canada
– 6 departments, one school, one centre
– 13 undergraduate programs
• Largest department on campus
– 7% of all undergrads
– 75+ faculty members
– 20% of all graduate students
Your Department
• ECE provides and nurtures leadership:
– Last two Deans of Engineering
– Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
– Numerous other Associate Deans
Your Department
• A premiere ECE department in Canada
– Excellence in teaching and research
– Very entrepreneurial
• 20% of all Canadian spin-offs
– Many spin-offs are from students
• 4th-year design projects
Your Department
• We have a full Undergraduate Office
Prof. Jim Barby, P.Eng.
Associate Chair
Undergraduate Studies
Prof. David Nairn, P.Eng.
Douglas Wilhelm Harder, M.M.
Academic Advisor
Computer Engineering
Academic Advisor
Electrical Engineering
Your Department
• And an excellent support staff
Margaret Ulbrick
Supervisor: Records and Communications
Undergraduate Studies
Dawn Gosse
Irena Baltaduonis
Undergraduate Advisor/Co-ordinator
Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Advisor/Co-ordinator
Electrical Engineering
Deborah Perchaluk
Receptionist
Your Department
• For personal issues:
Step 1. Read and search the
Step 3. Arrange an appointment with
ECE Undergraduate Web site
your Academic Advisor
and the Undergraduate Calendar
Step 2. Contact your Undergraduate
Advisor/Coordinator
eeuga@ece.uwaterloo.ca
eeac@ece.uwaterloo.ca
All email must be from
UWUserID@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Your Department
• For your cohort issues:
– Talk to your class representative
– They should take appropriate actions
• Numerous other resources available:
– Engineering counselling
– Study Skills Centre
– Office for Persons with Disabilities
Undergraduate Web Site
• After the Undergraduate
Calendar, your primary
source of information:
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/Undergrad/
Undergraduate Web Site
• Become familiar with
this web site
Undergraduate Web Site
• Following the left menu
Undergraduate Web Site
• About Us gives overall information
– Welcomes from the Associate Chair
– Stories from previous students
– Contact information
Undergraduate Web Site
• Most students here should not be too
keenly interested
in these pages
Undergraduate Web Site
• Become familiar with this web site:
– Degree requirements
– Program summary
– A Class of 2012 (4S) sequence term-by-term
Undergraduate Web Site
• Here is the 2A site
Undergraduate Web Site
• And a link to a full schedule
Undergraduate Web Site
• Many issues relevant to students are here
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Who Do I Talk To?
When Things Go Wrong
Enrollment
Dropping Courses
Forms
Undergraduate Web Site
• Many issues relevant to students are here
• The Forms page is most relevant
– List of most forms
– Step-by-step instructions for filling in various forms:
• Course Override Forms
• Plan Modification Forms
• Sequence Change Forms
Undergraduate Web Site
• Many issues relevant to students are here
• Cohort issues
– Time tables
– Progression of all related programs
Undergraduate Web Site
• Many issues relevant to students are here
• Program, Course, and Milestones cover your
program requirements
Undergraduate Web Site
• Many issues relevant to students are here
• Other issues
– Exchange
– Switching streams
Undergraduate Web Site
• Some links related to Student Life
– On-campus organizations
– Engineering-related clubs
Undergraduate Web Site
• And the Undergraduate Office
– Includes various coordinators
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Work-term reports
4th-year Design Projects
International exchanges
ECE 499 Project Course
TPM
Undergraduate Web Site
• The most important feature?
– The search box
– A question about a course in particular?
– Or a degree requirement?
Undergraduate Web Site
• The next important feature?
– The site map
– Alphabetical
– Easily searchable
Your Program
• Beginning with ECE 100 and four core
mathematics courses, you will take
– Four Academic Terms of core courses
– Two Academic Terms of technical electives
• In your last year, you will do a 4th-year
design project
– Your masterpiece and moment of glory
Your Program
• Your core program is carefully designed
• You have exposure to all aspects of
electrical engineering
• From your core, you may choose technical
electives in one of many fields
Your Program
• The 2nd digit in each course number
indicates the field
e.g., ECE 250
• A 5 refers to Computer Software and
Software Engineering
– The 50s courses
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
Your Program
• In just two years, you will take ECE 391
– The start of your 4th-year Design Project
• In 4A you will:
– Develop
– Implement
– Test
– Demonstrate
your project
Your Program
• In January of each year, the 4th-year
students present their design projects in
the DC ...
– Plan to attend!
– Three years ago, those graduating students
having the same pizza welcome you are
having today
Your Program
• In 2012, this will be your moment of
glory...
Your Program
• TV, parents, professors, friends, etc. will
be watching...
Your Program
• You get to justify almost five years of study
– Most of these students started in 2003
Your Program
• You will have fun!
Your Program
• And in June of 2012, you will become
The Graduating Class of 2012
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Your Responsibilities
• Engineering at Waterloo is an accredited
program
– Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board
• Each and every course, milestone,
elective, etc. you take satisfies some
requirement of the CEAB
Your Responsibilities
• You must clear all requirements to
graduate:
No student will be permitted to graduate who
does not meet these requirements because
this would jeopardize accreditation for the
program
The Undergraduate Calendar
Your Responsibilities
• You must clear
– Six more academic terms with 60+ averages
– All core courses
– 5 Complementary Studies Electives
– 6 Technical Electives
– The TPM
– 5 Co-op Work Placements
– 4 Work-term Reports (2A, 3A, 3B, 4A)
Your Responsibilities
• To this point, you have cleared
– The 1A and 1B Academic Terms
– WHMIS and ELPE
• Check Quest!
• You should clear failed courses as soon
as possible!
– Through a supplemental examination (if you
got 40 or above), or
– Retaking the course or an equivalent course
Your Responsibilities
• Your academic promotion responsibilities:
– You may not carry more than two uncleared
courses at any time
• Includes work-term reports
• Does not include PDEng or other milestones
– You carry a full course load each academic
term
– You must achieve a term average of 60 in
each Academic Term
Your Responsibilities
• We will communicate with you through
your engmail account or UW-ACE
– Your responsibility to read these daily
• You must communicate with us through
your engmail account
Your Responsibilities
• You must watch your Quest account
– Keep your contact phone numbers and
addresses up-to-date
– Read your Unofficial Undergraduate
Transcript after each fully-graded date
– Watch for Service Indicators
• Looks like
• Click it to determine the problem!
• Links to a contact UWUserID
Your Responsibilities
• All your ECE mid-term examinations will
nominally be scheduled in the 7th week of
classes in 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B
• 4 or 5 mid-term exams in one week!
– Don’t be caught unprepared
Your Responsibilities
• You must write all final examinations when
scheduled:
– Missing an exam is an academic offence
– Without a Verification of Illness Form or other
suitable documentation, you will be Required
to Withdraw from Engineering
Your Responsibilities
• If you miss an examination:
– You must contact your Academic Advisor and
the instructor as soon as possible
• Before and by phone or e-mail
– Documentation must be at the ECE main
office within 24 hours (unless hospitalized)
– You must be available the full exam period
• The Department may reschedule missed
examinations at any time during the exam period
Your Responsibilities
• Plagiarism will not be tolerated
– All cases will be reported to the Associate
Dean of Undergraduate Studies
– Penalties:
• 0 on project/lab/examination and -100% off of the
final grade
• Four extra courses in ethics to be completed
before graduation
• suspension
• expulsion
Your Responsibilities
• Finally, it is your responsibility to read the
Undergraduate Calendar
– Ignorance is not an excuse
– The relevant sections could be read in one
afternoon
Your Opportunities
• The Co-op Program:
– Allows you to secure your future employment
before you finish your studies
– Takes one year off your accreditation
• Some 4th-year design projects are
patented
– All Intellectual Property (IP) remains in the
hands of the students!!!
Your Opportunities
• Other opportunities include:
– Taking an option
• Management Science requires no extra courses
• Many other possible options
– Work with a professor
• URAs and USRAs
– Combined B.A.Sc.-M.A.Sc.
• Get a head start on your graduate studies
– Graduate studies at Waterloo
• M.A.Sc.
M.Eng.
Power M.Eng.
Your Opportunities
• Join an engineering-related club:
– ASIC Design Team
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
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Engineering Society
Women in Engineering
The Iron Warrior
Midnight Sun Solar Race Car Team
Engineers Without Borders
Alternative-Fuels Team (UWAFT)
Waterloo Aerial-Robotics Group (WARG)
Your Opportunities
• Where are our grads?
– Many are here!
B.A.Sc.
M.A.Sc./Ph.D.
Summary
• Welcome to ECE:
– What is Electrical Engineering?
– Your Department
– Undergraduate Web Site
– Your Program
– Your Responsibilities
– Your Opportunities
Questions and Answers
Any Questions?