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With innovations that progress from concept to production in a matter of months, or even weeks, electrical and computer engineering is one of the fastest growing and broadest of all technical fields. The Online MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering program combines rigorous study with practical applications aimed at solving real-world problems, from producing more efficient and reliable computing networks to using wireless systems to increase bandwidth for ever-increasing data streams. 

Students learn from and work closely with expert Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty members who are known for fueling breakthroughs that impact the world, from pioneering wireless network technologies to spurring advances in green power and biomedical systems.

 

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Depending on your professional experience and goals, you can choose to study one technical area in considerable depth or pursue a broader program spanning several electrical and computer engineering specialization areas.

ANALOG/RF DESIGN

  • Design of analog and mixed analog-digital integrated circuits
  • Effective use of simulation (such as SPICE) in the design process
  • Solid-state physics of CMOS and bipolar devices
  • Distributed circuit concepts for design at radio frequencies
  • Scattering parameter, power flow, noise, and nonlinear system analysis

DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN

  • Advanced design and test of complex systems
  • Tools and techniques of component design
  • Cutting-edge methodologies in system design, modeling and testing
  • Design languages (Verilog and C++)

POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

  • Power flows in delivery networks - both steady state and transients
  • Electro-mechanical energy conversion and power system operations and planning
  • Dynamic system responses to disturbances
  • Design of protection and control systems

  • Safe integration of distributed and renewable power generation

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

  • Integration of technology, management and development across large-scale projects
  • System analysis, risk management, and operations
  • Integration, verification and validation strategies
  • Describe, design and develop complex hardware and/or software architectures

WPI also offers an online graduate certificate in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

10 courses, for a total of 30 credit hours.

You will work with a faculty advisor to develop a personal, customized and relevant plan of study that can include foundational and advanced courses in: electronics, digital design, radio and microwave engineering, analog design, power systems, and systems engineering.  

COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL TERM

  • ECE 502. Analysis of Probabilistic Signals and Systems
  • ECE 506. Introduction to Local and Wide Area Networks
  • ECE 514. Fundamentals of RF and MW Engineering
  • ECE 5722. Embedded Core Architectures and Core-Based Design
  • ECE 5723. Methodologies for System Level Design and Modeling
  • Technical Elective

SPRING TERM

  • ECE 503. Digital Signal Processing
  • ECE 531. Principles of Detection and Estimation Theory (offered every other year starting in 2017)
  • ECE 5720. Modeling and Synthesis of Digital Systems Using Verilog
  • ECE 5724. Digital Systems Testing and Testable Design
  • Technical Elective

SUMMER TERM

  • ECE 503. Digital Signal Processing
  • ECE 504. Analysis of Deterministic Signals and Systems
  • ECE 505. Computer Architecture
  • ECE 506. Introduction to Local and Wide Area Networks

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Prerequisites

Students with a BS degree in electrical engineering or electrical and computer engineering may submit an application for admission to the MS program. At least 21 credits in electrical and computer engineering and 9 credits in a computer science (CS), physics (PH), engineering (BME, CHE, CE, ECE, FP, MFE, MTE, ME, RBE and SYS) and/or mathematics (MA). The program must be approved by the student's advisor and the Graduate Program Committee.

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WPI Electrical & Computer Engineering graduates are in high demand and work for organizations including BAE Systems, EMC, General Dynamics, IBM, Intel, Mathworks, MITRE, National Grid USA, Nokia, Oracle, and Raytheon.

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