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Keith Graham: Thank you very much. Can everyone see my screen now. Or, can someone give me a thumbs up. NOTE: Due to some technical errors, certain audio portions became inaudible in the recording, and therefor could not be transcribed into closed captions properly. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Keith Graham: Thank you very much, just let you know I've been a electrical engineer now for 35 years so at all. You have any questions about what electrical engineering is please just ask it. NOTE: Due to some technical errors, certain audio portions became inaudible in the recording, and therefor could not be transcribed into closed captions properly. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Keith Graham: So let me get into a little bit more about what it is to be an electrical engineer and then we can talk a bit more about our program. Keith Graham: First of all, I just wanted to point out, you know, a lot of people think of what does an electrical engineer and lot of people think of the person who sits in some type of Keith Graham: Computer room and or some type of office and sits down in his front of a lab all day but really electrical engineers, you can find all over the place. Keith Graham: There's the scientists there, the designers their marketing lawyers, for example, you cannot be a patent lawyer without having a degree in one of the disciplines of engineering. So you Keith Graham: Want to have Keith Graham: A degree in engineering is quite capable and I just want to point out that being an engineer, not just select which name doesn't mean that you you're a design engineer for the rest of your career or even at the beginning. Keith Graham: Good friend of mine. He graduated from see you as a electrical engineering and went into Technical Sales right away, and he's done very well. Keith Graham: And he says he would not be where he is today without his degree in electrical engineering. I did want to point out that engineering has a lot of Keith Graham: Possibilities and lets you know I've been a designer. I've been marketing. I haven't done the lawyer yet but a salesperson. But I've also been an entrepreneur I owned by a Keith Graham: Small company for 18 years so want to get to the point is you can find articles here. Wherever you take a look at Keith Graham: Their also the entrepreneurs and leaders of today's industry, it's hard to think of any large corporation today that started in the last 20 years that wasn't started by an engineer at some some sorts either electrical engineering, mechanical biomedical or computer science, for example. Keith Graham: So the way I like to take a look at electrical engineering, we have to keep up with about sensors, materials, patrols, [inaudible] Keith Graham: All the pictures we get from Mars, right, if it wasn't for electrical engineers, you wouldn't Keith Graham: Be able to take those pictures on Mars. You want to be able to have the sensors on Mars. You want to be able to communicate and bring those pictures back Keith Graham: So I knew that I just wanted to say is electrical engineering is a very interdisciplinary type of degree, where it really provides a lot of the functionality that you see in a lot of different disciplines that you might not necessarily think are electrical engineering Keith Graham: So I have a couple of sites here just to show you. We have two degrees in our department, we have one is electrical engineering. The other one is electrical computer engineering. So I just have a couple Keith Graham: Sides of each one. Like, just go over the first one is I like to try to think of a single cent of the hottest describe what electrical engineering, it's all about Keith Graham: So it is the degree that I think makes the census, the eyes and the voice of everyday products around us. So what are those senses arise. Those are like potentially the Keith Graham: The type of sensors on your car that might be back to back of your car and you can do Keith Graham: Is close behind my back into Keith Graham: The senses. And I said, Keith Graham: That communicate from your cell phone to your Keith Graham: Your, your air pods for example those radios are all electrical engineering. So once again, that's a lot of the different disciplines and I haven't here in the Keith Graham: Presentation, a few pictures of a few things that I view are sort of defined at a high level, someone in electrical engineering Keith Graham: You got robotics right and robotics. If you think of, well, robotics, that sounds pretty mechanical well robots wouldn't move. If it wasn't for electrical engineers right because electricity. The actuators, the sensors electrical engineering that makes or brings to life robotics. Keith Graham: Renewable energy, renewable energy, the materials. Keith Graham: That actually, for example, solar panels. Those are actually being researched by electrical engineers and material science portion of electrical engineering Keith Graham: Electric vehicles, the motors, the things that charge the batteries. That's electrical engineering and of course he have the drones little podcasters got be smart with inside the radio. Keith Graham: Engineering Keith Graham: Know VR or HoloLens or augmented reality that's, again, knowledge, pushing interesting if you're interested in optics optics is a subset of electrical engineering. So, so I just want to keep that in mind as well. Keith Graham: A few things about electrical engineering is that once again, it really applies to a lot of these applications that you might know of and I like said they have a few of applications and the right but I thought was pretty interesting. Last year I had the opportunity to actually Keith Graham: Talk at our graduation. Keith Graham: Sounds really neat because I think was the week before graduation. A couple of really interesting piece of information came out. One was complete your report rated electrical engineering is the most lucrative major in 2019 Keith Graham: Million interesting and then later on in that summer bank rate and other Keith Graham: Website came out that said electrical engineering is the fifth most valuable major. So once again, it's, it is a opportunity out there for now and the future. Keith Graham: And I just went onto a website. Keith Graham: Which is pretty interesting, because you can actually say, Keith Graham: Engineer We want to live in to see a little bit of an idea of the type of Keith Graham: Salaries, you can expect in those positions. So in electrical engineering in the Denver area when I ran this, I think, about six or nine months ago is about $80,000. So once again, it's a very good opportunity for you to take a look at Keith Graham: That's one major once I said good I said there's two major electrical engineering. And then we have Keith Graham: Less cook a computer engineering. So electrical engineer to do is the census, the eyes and the voice of all the products that we do. Keith Graham: But really electrical computing engineering is the software programming and hardware engineering that make everything come to life. Keith Graham: I think a lot of people say, Oh, I like programming. So I want to go and computer science. But that's only a small part of the world of program. So there's programming beyond Keith Graham: Computer science, computer science is really more involved with programming things that you say see on your computer and the cloud, but the devices are the stuff of the program to actually make things come to life. Keith Graham: For example, this happened here my Xbox controller right that access control actually has some software that's program. Keith Graham: That actually Keith Graham: Are what Keith Graham: Type of devices that computer engineering works with and so like he Google or Alexa, let's get those are type of programming that are done by computer engineering all the smart sensors inside of an intelligent vehicle, such as Tesla that's really done by like Keith Graham: Computer engineering or electrical engineers. Keith Graham: That I think it's really interesting, interesting is you go, how, how many things do electrical engineers program. Right. So I went on Google and I actually did a few searches and there's a few Keith Keith cues that you can take a look at Keith Graham: Things that you if you look for you can determine that those are things that electrical engineers program. So anything that's an MC controller which isn't really a large united until type of processor is really programmed by electrical engineers. Keith Graham: In 20 1743 billion microcontrollers were shipped. That means there's 43 billion pieces of software that were developed by electrical engineers. So it is a very vast opportunity. Keith Graham: Separately to Keith Graham: Sherry, Sherry is number three. Most degrees in 2019 and bake rake had it as the eighth most valuable degree. So once again, they are both up there in terms of interest by two opportunities by employers and you can access a wide variety of applications potential interest. Keith Graham: So let's take a look a little bit. Look at our, our program. I have to have a I'm only going to show you why. But I have a site. Very similar to computer engineering, but it's it's a very similar. I will go for one Keith Graham: But last year, we made a change to our degree program last year up to let this fall coming up. Keith Graham: If you're an electrical engineer or a computer engineer. By the time you enter your sophomore year, your, your recommended programs with start to diverge and lot of things you're not quite sure what you want to do I want to do the electrical engineer or do I need Keith Graham: To track not sure yet, but you have to make a decision, sometime in your life freshman year, or maybe earlier sophomore year before starting out, you're a lot. You happy. Keith Graham: Yes, we arrange our programs. Now that we have a common first two years for the first year and second year students. So now you can be electrical and computer engineering, which all the way up to your junior year and really Keith Graham: After graduation date. So we made that as a key core because we want to make sure that students really have the opportunity to explore what they want to do. Keith Graham: Before they have to make that decision and help support that were adding more electives and a sophomore year. Keith Graham: You only have one elective or maybe two depending on how you work your schedule. They do the sophomore year, and we're trying to get some opportunities for you to explore the different areas of engineering whether embedded RF micro electronics Keith Graham: For example, before you have to make a decision between computer engineering and electrical engineering. So we're adding more of those opportunities. Keith Graham: For our students. Keith Graham: We also believe that it's very important one. One thing I liked about engineering. I like to build things I like to touch things Keith Graham: Tinker things, you know, it's like a lot of my students really like that. I do a lot of almost to every project that my students Keith Graham: Before they do. Yeah, to some Keith Graham: Type of degree, we're converting to have our 30 classes to actually include lat classes and that's going to start rolling out next year as well. And then we have also added a couple more new programs or new courses that are lap oriented as well. So let's, can we really believe that Keith Graham: For tomorrow, learn some theory and then how to apply best way to do that is have class at it has both very Ghana. LAUGH component that built into it. Keith Graham: There's also a lot of great college and departmental organizations with Keith Graham: That you can explore your, your interest or passion, it can be within electrical engineering outside or even outside of engineering. And so there's a few here that I'm involved with on person involved with the IEEE which is which is a professional organization and has a student Keith Graham: Chapter. There's also a Keith Graham: Robo sub there's a wide variety of different clubs that you can get into the other thing that we've started here us electrical engineering, with only department in engineering. So you can actually now get credit. Well, you go to work during the summer intern. So if you desire. You can actually Keith Graham: credits for towards your degree at and working at the same time during the summer. So it's called an internship for credit program where we were the first department and right next to the only department that actually offers that Keith Graham: So then we actually have a capstone which is that through your final project, of course, at the end of the year. We have a lot of corporate sponsors that actually get involved. So you actually start to learn how Keith Graham: It works. You get to engage with people and industry as well. And then I think it's really important that we actually started taking like a global perspective. Keith Graham: So one of my roles as the outside in an instructor. I'm also the associate chair for education. I think it's important that we start looking at things beyond order beyond Keith Graham: Engineering. So we have a program here in Colorado. See you actually started here which is engineering without borders, we actually have four chapters friend of mines. Keith Graham: Its evolved to a customer constantly one of those. And we've also worked with different programs for study abroad so that you can actually go to Keith Graham: Services right now in a different country that he gave credit to say it impacts their Keith Graham: Degree. Keith Graham: And we also have what's called a bachelor's accelerator program, which means that it gives you an opportunity to take some graduate level classes at the same time that you take an undergraduate level classes even get a masters, if that's we desire more quickly. Keith Graham: And so those are some of the basic concepts of our program. And I did that, there's three things that are really important in developing a curriculum and one is Keith Graham: I want to give all the students in our apartment and unfair advantage when they graduate to get their first job or to go and apply for a Masters or a PhD program. So there are certain Keith Graham: Pieces of our curriculum are really geared toward optimizing that opportunity and one of those. For example, strong employment opportunities is is internships. Keith Graham: There's a study by our career services that the number one. Keith Graham: Thing that Keith Graham: Some programs that used to review at to determine Keith Graham: you're eligible for potential jobs internships. I think it's really important to have that Keith Graham: Program. Keith Graham: Curriculum that will not make you successful, not just for the first couple years but long, long term of your career. So we have to have those advanced theory classes that will take you for the rest of your career. Keith Graham: If that is electrical engineering or maybe decided minor in business or engineering management. We have these program ability to actually support you, not just a day. One of the employment but also a long term your career. Keith Graham: The last component is really what once again what I said before, as you're scanning horizon what's going. I think it's really important that Keith Graham: The more broad view that you look in the world, the better you will be as an engineer. I do have a true belief that one plus one can be greater than two. Keith Graham: And that is, especially if you have can look at problems through different angles and different lenses have different views and having that expanded horizon really helps you do that. Keith Graham: And so we have one of the, one of our electrical engineering advisors is on the call as well. And what we're all there in our department is to help you figure out how you want to out your classes program. Keith Graham: So get your time. See you. Keith Graham: Now let's take a look at an example of one piece of curriculum that you could take the sort of follows that philosophy. Keith Graham: Of those three different items, you know, something that will help you get your job, they want something that will help you long term and expand your horizons. So this is from a brochure that that we have in an apartment for us. Keith Graham: Students are interested in our program. So, so one of the sub categories of computer engineering is called embedded Keith Graham: Systems Engineering. That's really where we're at from something embedded side. So let's take a look at how we've developed this curriculum to include those three circles the Venn diagram. Keith Graham: First of all, we have a few basic classes that are going to get you that basic experience in an area, for example, there's a cost which I teach is called embedded software engineering Keith Graham: That will give you that the basic knowledge of how you get that job on day one. And part of what we do is we work with peop
e from different industries. I also taught people from different departments within the College, as well as Keith Graham: Our outcomes. Keith Graham: So, Keith Graham: One of those green classes in the junior year and then another sophomore year, then another one in the junior. The key aspect with that is Keith Graham: That I want everyone to have that opportunity to have a internship job between the sophomore and junior year I actually moving our basic embedded software program into the sophomore year, it gives you an opportunity to actually apply for an internship job in that type of Keith Graham: Field. If you're interested in, then real time embedded systems is the next level of embedded systems. I actually haven't got into this and the junior year that gives you the opportunity to actually have a more complex and Keith Graham: More experienced internship job between your junior and senior year. Keith Graham: So that is sort of the key thing to classes that will help you get that first job and embedded systems and lets you know, to the best of my knowledge. Keith Graham: Major research universities were the only Keith Graham: University. Now that actually has a real time embedded systems class for undergraduates in just our first session at the semester, it will be offered, fall, fall Keith Graham: Forward then insert a hobby help you for the long term of your career. Keith Graham: And so we have two new classes that have to be introduced next year and one is going to be advanced c++ embedded software engineering Keith Graham: And no one's going to be embedded software algorithms. These are new classes that are going to help you in free career long term. Keith Graham: And combination. These four classes are unique set of classes in the embedded systems area that I have not been able to find from looking at other universities that actually match, but will be offering Keith Graham: Here moving forward. So that is the first two parts in my band diagram. And then the third one is once again we have a program where it's designed that you can Keith Graham: Eat more easily or easily fit in opportunities for Eastern without borders opportunities for study abroad and also have what's called the bachelor man advanced Keith Graham: Master's program. So these are the types of programs that will actually broaden your horizons. You have you as well. Long term. Keith Graham: And let's take a look at finding your passion, I think, you know, sometimes I think Keith Graham: Sometimes Keith Graham: hardware engineer startups. I've had a small company. And now I'm here. And the only thing that's tied all my different careers together is electrical engineering. So I have a level of passion towards that. Keith Graham: So when you start thinking of what you want or excited about. Sometimes it's might be looking at the end application, you know, I'm really excited about, you know, a rocketry I'm really excited about exploring space I'm extremely excited about. Keith Graham: Virtual augmented reality bitcoin, people are interested in Bitcoin or video games, right, or medicine. So there's a lot of things that might motivate you. Keith Graham: So, so I think it's important to try to start thinking of what motivates you. And then after you start looking at motivate Keith Graham: How, how do you want to be involved in what motivates you. Right. So it might be that I'm really interested in Keith Graham: What motivates me. I'm really excited about 100 vehicles. Well, there's a lot of things in a task equals that might be of interest to you. It could be mechanical engineering aspects of it. It could be power systems. It could be sensors. It could be Keith Graham: Software. Keith Graham: There's no real time if I am a robot that actually is respond to real time events. Well, that's a certain type of embedded software engineering Keith Graham: To take a look at Keith Graham: Or are you interested in being a processor designer. Like I that's when I started, I started designing processing elements. So if that's an interest to you. Well, maybe you might be interested or if you're interested in Keith Graham: You know, Keith Graham: Here's a Keith Graham: GT X 1070 card right there's a lot of processors that go in there and they're all designed by electrical engineers. So that's interesting to you. That's a field of electrical engineering Keith Graham: And then an augmented reality for medical equipment could be the way you want you to get some friends of mine are actually designed or part of the Microsoft HoloLens team and so Keith Graham: Very good. Supporters of see you as well. Keith Graham: You might be interested in reducing pollution. Well that's renewable energy that's something with power systems. That's all electrical engineering Keith Graham: Providing systems that are self powered, this is an area that I'm really passionate about is making things personally personally powered Keith Graham: The energy of the environment. Keith Graham: Or energy, once again, those are different areas of electrical engineering that that you can Keith Graham: dress your passions. Keith Graham: So I also wanted to point out to you that we do have after Keith Graham: undergraduate program. We actually do have what's really innovative. We just launched this year, see us. The very first electrical engineering Keith Graham: Online master's program that is in format format is massive open online courses. Keith Graham: So, you know, why is that a little different than, say, some other online classroom. Some other university or the difference with a MOOC is the classes are asynchronous. Keith Graham: So you can actually take them not in synchronous with the semester, you can take them asynchronous. What that really helps you is if you want to go back to school. Keith Graham: And you're at work. Sometimes you have to juggle your priorities between your job and education. So a MOOC that asynchronous allows you to have that flexibility and see us. The very first Keith Graham: Program and that and Keith Graham: That is the program that I know program and engineering that Keith Graham: Doesn't require you to take any GR ee. And it's just all performance base. If you take one of our pathway classes and get a B or higher. Your and there's a big red button at the end you can say yes, I want to Keith Graham: Enter the master's program you now masters masters program. Keith Graham: Reason I also wanted to talk about that is things that we've learned how to make classes asynchronous. Keith Graham: At the Masters level are very important for us to take back to the undergraduate level. So let's take another look another slide. Keith Graham: So we're trying to take education to the next level. So you've had these goals in mind. And we're actually accelerating. Some of these because the recent events. Is there certain things of way to to Keith Graham: Create a class online. Keith Graham: That is or asynchronous classes in a movie that is different than just recording. I'm not sure for like right now my lectures record for 15 minutes Keith Graham: But there are other ways that are better to do online education, other than just recording and lecture and we've been learning from Coursera, which is our partner. Keith Graham: To do that. Keith Graham: The largest of the Keith Graham: sharp, sharp Amazon of online education, they're teaching us a lot on how to actually create our classes online. Keith Graham: And we're using some of that content concepts. Already there's a few classes where they were taking some of the material. We've used for group. Keith Graham: Courses are using them for undergraduate programs and what's called the flipped classroom where you actually learn you watch some Keith Graham: Videos, which are the lecture. And then when you come into a lecture on campus. It's not necessarily lecture, you are now discussing what you've just learned. So it's called the flipped classroom. So we're experimenting with that. Keith Graham: We're taking a look at. We engineering our labs. Keith Graham: Trying to make make them more accessible outside the lab environment. There are certain labs where you know because of the scale the equipment or the Keith Graham: Precision of equipment we cannot really go outside of the classroom or we're looking at how to reach generic some of these class labs that we can Keith Graham: Enable the students to participate in the labs in the labs on campus as well as outside campus. Keith Graham: Figure out how to maximize our student success and party in our environment or a stranger. Keith Graham: And once again, we're using some basic engineering principles, while we're doing this, which is principles of learning you iterate, you take information back you iterate, you take information back and iterate. So we're always trying to improve our courses.
