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Electrical Engineering (ElecEng) is one of the two groups in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING offers programs leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. degrees. Course offerings cover a broad spectrum of areas within electrical engineering. The Department has a number of well recognized research strengths. The Department also places emphasis on quality undergraduate and graduate education.

Department research laboratories include the Electromagnetic Communication and Sensing Laboratory and the Power Systems Laboratory. The Department is served by an extensive and modern computing environment whose resources include: an HP 835, an HP 755, a network of DEC 5000 workstations, numerous NCD color X-terminals, HP color terminals, and Pentium and 486 PC's.

Department research work is supported by a number of national agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the US Airforce and the US Navy. In addition, the Department enjoys research support from a number of national and local industries.

The Department serves a large number of graduate students including many who work full time in industry/business in Southeastern Wisconsin. Full time graduate students are eligible for support as research or teaching assistants. The Department has approximately 20 such positions. Graduate students can also apply for Graduate School Fellowships.

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College of Engineering and Applied Science is dedicated to serving people and industry in the state of Wisconsin and the nation. The College's mission has two broad charges:

1. To develop vigorous programs of teaching and research in engineering
2. To work closely with the industrial community.

In order to carry out this mission, the College has developed interdisciplinary programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Thus a student receives not only an excellent education in the major field, but also a broad background in engineering fundamentals.

The College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In addition, the program in Electrical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET).

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The engineering master's program offered by the College is the Master of Science in Engineering. The program provides breadth by requiring a program of coursework and depth through participation in research or design synthesis. The research or design synthesis effort is documented in a thesis that is presented and defended by the student at the final degree examination. For those with prior engineering/scientific work experience which includes appropriate report writing, the program offers a non-thesis option which requires additional coursework in lieu of thesis.

Since the program does not require a rigid set of courses, each student, in consultation with faculty, has the flexibility to put together a program of study which is compatible with the student's career objectives. The flexibility of customizing the program of study makes the Master of Science in Engineering Program suitable as a terminal degree as well as a stepping stone for doctoral level study.

The Doctor of Philosophy, the highest degree offered by the University, is conferred in recognition of marked scholarship in a broad field of knowledge as well as distinguished critical or creative achievement within a special area of the general field (the special area being the subject of the doctoral dissertation). The Doctor fo Philosophy program in the College is designed to meet the traditional high standards for such programs.

In the Electrical Engineering program, there is enough flexibility to allow the student to develop a plan of studies tailored to meet individual needs. Evaluation of the study plan is based on its appropriateness as an engineering program, the availability within the University of appropriate course offerings, and the availability within the College of a faculty member who is qualified to serve as the student's major professor.

The PhD degree requires a minimum of 72 credits beyond the baccalaureate, including a dissertation. The student must also satisfy a resisdence requirement.

Students who wish to gain an advanced level professional learning experience with an industrial or government organization may select the internship course (318-997) subject to approval of the adviser, a participating industrial or government organization and of the GPSC and the CEAS Associate Dean. Internship registration must be used towards fulfilling the residence requirement. Not more than 12 credits of internship registration will be counted toward the degree. Further details are included under the description of the Doctor of Philosophy degree program.

Many of the courses leading towards the master's degree and the doctoral degree are offered in the late afternoon or evening; thus students can complete much of their coursework on a part-time basis.

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