University of Arkansas

Electrical engineering is a professional engineering discipline that in its broader sense covers the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. Electrical engineers are in charge of designing and utilizing electrical and electronic components, integrated circuits and computer chips, and electronic assemblies to benefit mankind. Fields of electrical engineering include analog and mixed-signal circuit design/test, biomedical, communications, computer hardware and digital circuit design, control systems, electronic packaging, embedded systems design, microwave and radar engineering, nanophotonics, nanotechnology/microelectronics/optoelectronics, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, power electronics, and renewable energy/power.

The electrical engineering graduate is at the forefront of technologies leading to accelerated use of electric power, applications of real time embedded control systems for smart highways, smart vehicles and smart gadgets, global communications, the dominating influence of the computer and electronics on modern society, the use of electronic equipment for medical diagnosis, the use of wireless chemical and biological nanosensors for hazard detection, the miniaturization of electronics, microwave and optical technology for national defense, and a host of other developments. Therefore, the use of electrical and electronic equipment has spread into such diverse areas as agricultural production, automotives, computer hardware and networks, health care, information technology, manufacturing, marketing, recreation, renewable energy resources, outer space and underwater exploration, transportation, and many others. As a result, electrical engineering is the largest of all scientific disciplines and assures a continuing demand for electrical engineering graduates throughout private industry and government.