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The components of the Information Age—global communication systems; computers and computer chips, and the software that runs them; as well as pacemakers, magnetic resonance imaging, and interplanetary space missions—are possible because of the efforts of electrical engineers. Today, electrical engineers are developing concepts and working to translate these ideas into the next generation of products, from computers and safe, energy-efficient vehicles, to radar that can detect unexploded land mines from the air, to microrobots that diagnose disease from inside the body.

Many electrical engineers work in the traditional areas of communications, computation, and control and components required to realize such systems. They are involved in design and product development, testing and quality control, sales and marketing, and manufacturing. Others use their problem-solving skills in diverse areas such as bioengineering, healthcare, electronic music, meteorology, and experimental psychology. Some graduates draw on their electrical engineering backgrounds to launch successful careers as physicians, financial analysts, attorneys, and entrepreneurs.

The BSEE degree requires a sequence of core courses and advanced study in one or more technical elective areas: electronic circuits and devices; signals and systems; fields, waves, and optics; power engineering; or computer engineering. General electives and electives in the arts and humanities and social sciences are also required.

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Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the  Universitywide Requirements .

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the  NUpath Requirements .

NUpath requirements: Interpreting Culture (IC), Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI), Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD), and Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience (EX) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering coursework. Successful completion of a cooperative education experience fulfills the EX requirement. Students are responsible for satisfying unfulfilled NUpath requirements with general elective coursework.  

Engineering Requirements

Supporting courses: mathematics/science .

Complete all Mathematics/Science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours. 

Professional Development

Writing requirements, required general electives.

Students can substitute GE 1110 and GE 1111 for GE 1501 and GE 1502 in approved situations.

Major GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in EECE courses

Program Requirement

133 total semester hours required

Sample Plans of Study

Four years, two co-ops in summer 2/fall, four years, two co-ops in spring/summer 1, five years, three co-ops in summer 2/fall, five years, three co-ops in spring/summer 1.

Computing Fundamentals for Engineers ( EECE 2140 ) can be taken in Year 1 Spring instead of a General Elective by students who are interested in the course in preparation for co-ops involving programming and computing hardware.

The capstone design courses are taken as follows: 

• Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 ( EECE 4791 ) in Summer 1 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 ( EECE 4792 ) in Spring, or...
• ... Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 ( EECE 4791 ) in Summer 2 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 ( EECE 4792 ) in Fall.

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Prof. Ivanov earned his Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry at the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow in 2000.  He initially joined Northeastern University as a postdoctoral fellow at the Barnett Institute (2000 – 2003).  Then he joined Harvard University first as Assistant Director and then he was promoted to Associate Director of the Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Proteomics Facility at the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases (GCD) of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).  Dr. Ivanov continued his tenure at Harvard University becoming Director of the HSPH Proteomics Resource in 2008.  Dr. Ivanov re-joined Northeastern as Research Associate Professor at the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis in 2011.  In 2017, he accepted a position of an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Faculty Fellow at the Barnett Institute of Chemical & Biological Analysis.

Prof. Ivanov’s research focuses on the development of microscale liquid phase separation- and mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic technologies for solving challenging biomedical problems. The areas he is currently working on include: (1) deep proteomic profiling of limited biological samples (e.g., rare circulating cells, microdissected cells from tissue microscale biospecimens) using ultra-low flow liquid phase separation techniques, including capillary electrophoresis (CE) and ultra-narrow bore column liquid chromatography (LC) interfaced with advanced MS; (2) comprehensive characterization of protein isoforms, modifications (e.g. post-translational modifications, chemical modifications, sequence variants, charge variants), and protein complexes (in their native non-denatured states), including characterization of biopharmaceuticals, using a combination of bottom-up, middle-down, top-down and native proteomic approaches; (3) development of ultra-low flow liquid phase separation techniques, including CE and ultra-narrow monolithic and porous layer open tubular column LC for high sensitivity (attomole and low zeptomole level) MS analysis; and (4) isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles, including circulating exosomes and microparticles, as potential sources of biomarkers for disease diagnostics and therapy delivery vehicles. He has been actively involved in national and international initiatives enabled under the umbrella of the ABRF to develop standards for proteomics research and standardize proteomic practices. Dr. Ivanov’s expertise involves advanced sample preparation, liquid phase separation, MS and bioinformatics techniques.

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India mulls boosting exports to Russia with focus on electronics, engineering goods

T he Indian government is looking at ways to spur exports to Russia following a pledge between the two nations to increase bilateral trade to over $100 billion by 2030, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Moscow.

"We are looking at a set of commodities such as engineering and electronic goods where there can be more exports to Russia as well as continue imports of oil from Moscow," Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on July 15.

Total trade between India and Russia was worth $65.69 billion in FY24, registering a growth of 33.1 percent on-year.

The efforts to increase Indian exports to Russia come at a time when India's widening trade gap with Moscow has become a cause for concern.

Though India's exports to Russia saw a significant growth of 35.4 percent on-year in FY24, higher than imports from Moscow at 32.9 percent, the gap between outbound and inbound shipments narrates a different story.

The trade gap between the two nations widened by 33.8 percent to $57.5 billion in FY24 over the previous fiscal.

This is primarily due to an increase in the purchase of Russian oil while New Delhi has little to offer in terms of exports that could match up to crude from Moscow in volumes as well as value terms.

After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, India stepped up crude oil imports from Moscow since they were offering heavy discounts. As a result, Russia now occupies the top spot as India's energy supplier, leaving behind traditional providers like Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Barthwal further said that India has requested Russia to make changes to some "non-tariff barriers" to boost Indian exports, which is expected to consequently help rupee-rouble trade that has failed to take off.

Another visit between the two countries to enhance bilateral trade is expected soon, Barthwal said.

In a joint statement following the 22nd Annual Bilateral Summit last week between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Modi in Moscow, both sides reiterated their commitment to bolstering the special and privileged strategic partnership. They aimed to intensify bilateral interaction by promoting trade and economic cooperation.

The two nations outlined nine key areas for closer cooperation, including nuclear energy and medicine.

Following this, Putin and Modi instructed the Russian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation to prioritise and evaluate progress in these identified areas at their upcoming meeting.

Engineering professor receives 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award

“First-year engineering teaching professor Joshua Hertz received the 2024 University Excellence in Teaching Award. … Hertz has been instrumental in advancing instruction in the Cornerstone of Engineering program. He emphasizes a curriculum based on highly open-ended problems, increasing students’ self-efficacy and tolerance for ambiguity. His hands-on approach and commitment to experiential learning has students work with community and global partners, supporting Northeastern’s mission to create engaged, passionate, ethical problem solvers.”

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Northeastern’s Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering offers the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge learning and research in the following areas: computer architecture; parallel computing; fault tolerance; performance analysis and modeling; security; embedded systems; VLSI; algorithms; data mining; testing; machine learning; machine vision and software engineering; signal and image processing; biomedical signal processing and brain-computer interface; pattern recognition; adaptive signal processing; wireless and underwater communications; information theory and coding; robust and distributed control; optics, photonics, acoustics, and magnetics sensors; radio frequency chip design; digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits; low-power very-large-scale integration; modeling and analysis of large scale power grids during normal operation and under faults; dc-dc converters, inverters, rectifiers, and ac-ac converters; as well as modulation techniques used in power electronics.

This MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering program offers the following concentrations:

• Concentration 1: Communications, Control, and Signal Processing
• Concentration 2: Computer Systems and Software
• Concentration 3: Computer Networks and Security
• Concentration 4: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Algorithms
• Concentration 5: Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics
• Concentration 6: Microsystems, Materials, and Devices
• Concentration 7: Power Systems
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First Year Engineering

With a distinct focus on first year engineering education, the First Year Engineering Program at Northeastern University prepares undergraduate engineers with the fundamental building blocks needed for all College of Engineering majors.  Emphasizing hands-on, integrated design, our program leverages a state-of-the-art maker space to provide our students with an immersive experience into the College of Engineering community.  Through the lens of the engineering design process, the program weaves engineering ethics and research into designs created with CAD and software development programs used by leading industry engineering firms.  Student designs are brought to life through our makerspace’s extensive fabrication tools with support from our upper-class engineering student mentors.  Dedicated first-year teaching faculty with expertise in engineering pedagogical research and a diverse array of engineering backgrounds, focus on creating and evolving teaching practices to ensure that the program scaffolds students in an authentic and fully integrated manner to excel in the rest of their academic scholarship.

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The mission for the First Year Engineering Program is to inspire our students in their pursuit of an engineering education by fostering a diverse and inclusive learning community centered around project-based experiential learning.

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To accomplish our mission, we aim to:

• Provide state-of-the-art engineering education informed by best practices in the industry and pedagogical research.
• Introduce the fundamentals of problem-solving while cultivating systems thinking.
• Present engineering problems with authentic complexities that promote value-sensitive design and social and environmental justice.
• Facilitate a hands-on and teamed learning experience through the access to modern design and fabrication tools in our continually evolving makerspace
• Provide our students with the skills needed to function as independent, life-long learners.

• Freeman, S, Jaeger B, & Whalen, R, (2014). Making a First-year Impression: Engineering Projects that Affect and Connect.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,  Indianapolis, IN .
• Pfluger, C & Schulte Graham, K, (2014). Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Design: A First Year Course.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,  Indianapolis, IN.
• Love, J, Freeman, S and Sullivan, D, (2014). What Sticks with First Year Engineering Students and Engineering Faculty in STEM Education Service-Learning Projects,  Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,  Indianapolis, IN.
• Forman, S & Freeman, S (2012). The Unwritten Syllabus.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,  San Antonio, TX .
• Jaeger B, Whalen, R, & Freeman, S, (2012). Programming is Invisible –or Is It? How to Bring a First-year Programming Course to Life.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,  San Antonio, TX .
• Freeman, S, Forman, S, Whalen, R, & Jaeger B, (2011). Service Learning vs. Learning Service in Engineering Design.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,  Vancouver, BC, Canada .
• Jaeger, BK (Coordinator, Northeastern University) with Estell, J (Ohio Northern), Freeman, S (Northeastern), Moor, SS (Purdue University Fort Wayne), & Whalen, R (Northeastern) (2010 for 2011)  Workshop Proposal to American Society for Engineering Education  Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Approved and Sponsored by First-year Programs Division; pending ASEE approval.
• Whalen, R, Jaeger, BK, & Freeman, S (2010 for 2011). R U All There? Texting, Surfing, and E-Tasking in the Classroom and its Effects on Learning. Abstract Submitted to  American Society for Engineering Education  for Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Freeman, SF, Forman, S, Whalen, R, & Jaeger B (2010 for 2011). Service Learning vs. Learning Service in Engineering Design. Abstract Submitted to  American Society for Engineering Education  for Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Jaeger, B, Whalen, R, Payne, R, & Freeman, S (2010). Successful Students: Smart or Tough?  Proceedings  of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
• Freeman, S, Jaeger B, & Whalen, R, (2006). Active Teaching, Active Learning: Infusing the Design Process in a First-Year Course.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,  Chicago, IL .
• Whalen, R., Freeman, S.F., Love, J.O., Grahame, K.S., Hertz, J.L. (2018)  Evolution to Cornerstone: Creating a First-Year Culture with a Multifaceted Approach . 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT. June 24-27. Paper ID#22932
• Freeman, S.F., Pfluger, C., Whalen, R., Grahame, K.S., Hertz, J.L., Variawa, C., Love, J.O., Sivak, M.L., and Maheswaran, B. (2016) Cranking Up Cornerstone: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Pilot with First-Year Engineering Students .  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , New Orleans, LA, ISBN 978-0-692-68565-5
• Love, J.O., Freeman, S.F., Jaeger-Helton, B.K., and Whalen, R. (2015)  No lab? No shop? No problem: Intentional design of a First Year Engineering Learning Center with enlightening outcomes .  American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings , Seattle, WA, Paper ID#13479.
• Freeman, SF, Whalen, R, Jaeger, BK, & Forman, S (2011). Service-Learning vs. Learning Service in First-year Engineering: If We Cannot Conduct First-Hand Service Projects, is it Still of Value?.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education,  Vancouver, BC  – won  Best Paper
• Jaeger, BK, Freeman, SF, & Whalen, R, Payne, R* (2010). Successful Students: Smart or Tough.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, Louisville, KY.  – won  Best Conference Paper
• Freeman, SF, Jaeger, BK, & Whalen, R (2009). When the Light Goes On: Illuminating the Pathway to Engineering.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Austin, TX
• Whalen, R, Freeman, SF, & Jaeger, BK (2008). Agile Education: What We Thought We Knew About our Classes, What We Learned, and What We Did About It.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Jaeger, BK, Whalen, R, & Freeman, S (2007). Do They Like What They Learn, Do They Learn What They Like –And What Do We Do About It? Proceedings of the American Society for EngineeringEducation, Honolulu, HI.
• Estell, J, Jaeger, BK, Whalen, R, Freeman, S & Yoder, JD (2007). Tower of Straws: Reaching New Heights with Active Learning in Engineering Design for the First-year Curriculum.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI.
• Brown, S*, Vacca, K*, Reisberg, R., Maheswaran, B, & Jaeger, BK (2006). Freshman Physics Program to Support Women in Engineering.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, New England Division, Chicago, IL.
• Freeman, S, Whalen, R & Jaeger, BK (2006). Active Teaching, Active Learning: Infusing the Design Process in a First-Year Course.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.
• Jaeger, BK, Freeman, S, & Whalen, R (2005). Get with the program: Integrated Project Instead of a Comprehensive Final Exam in a First Programming Course.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
• Aburdene, M, Jaeger, B, & Freeman, S (2005).  Empty-handed Demonstrations in Engineering: Think Inside the Box.   Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
• Whalen, R, Freeman, S, Jaeger, BK, &. Maheswaran, B (2005). Teamwork is Academic: The Gateway Approach to Teaching Engineering Freshman.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR .
• Jaeger, BK, Freeman, SF, & Brougham JC (2004). No Rockets, No Robots: Low Tech-Engineering Design Education with Credibility and Success.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Freeman, SF, Jaeger BK & Brougham, JC (2003). More Learning and Less Anxiety in a First Programming Course.  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Nashville, TN
• Jaeger, BK & Freeman, SF, with Abbamonto, C*, Bowman, C*, Durfee, E*, and Hoey, M* (2006). Team Extreme: Pair programming Leverages the Power of Two Minds,  Women in Science and Engineering Exposition ,  Northeastern University, Research Poster Presentation.
• Freeman, S & Jaeger, BK (2005). Pair Programming Applied Successfully in a First Programming Course.  Scholarship of Teaching and Leaning Publication ,  Center for Effective University Teaching ,  Northeastern University . Also presented as a Research Poster at the  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium.

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July 15, 2024 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement

Three rising juniors from Liberty University traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., last month as semifinalists in the annual National Student Auditions, a competition organized by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), featuring singers in the same age group from around the country and parts of Canada.

Rising junior Melody Wimberley, currently earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Musical Theatre at Liberty, finished in third place in the musical theater category and earned a $450 award.

The National Student Auditions , held June 27-29 this year, are an exciting experience in which student singers perform and receive written feedback, along with national prize totals of more than $84,000 with additional awards presented at NSA region and chapter auditions.

The NSA includes solo vocal performance categories in Classical Music, Musical Theatre, and Commercial Music. Most NSA categories are open to children through adults ages 30 and younger, who study voice at a NATS member school. All three of the Liberty students competed in the Lower Post High School age category, against other singers in that age range, regardless of whether they are enrolled in college or not.

The other two Liberty students, Nick Brueggemann and Ashley Miller, are studying commercial music performance and competed in the commercial music category.

All three students were coached by School of Music chair of applied music studies and professor of voice Dr. Mark Greenawalt, who is also the president of the NATS Virginia district chapter.

“It took them three rounds to get to the semifinals, starting at their chapter (state) level, then to their region (Mid-Atlantic, against Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and South Carolina),” he said. “Then the top five send in a video of their performances that gets adjudicated by judges from around the NATS organization. If they pass that round, they get to come to the NATS conference as semifinalists.”

Liberty has had many students compete at NATS over multiple decades, often with success at the district and regional level and beyond. Even though the judges of the competition are not informed of the students’ university affiliation, Greenawalt said he has seen how Liberty students represent themselves, Liberty, and Christ well. He noted that for the students who made it to the semifinals and beyond, he enjoys watching them use their gifts and time-earned skills in a large platform like NATS.

“One of the things that I find to be really great is we have obviously been preparing here at Liberty for so long with the songs, they’ve been singing these songs for quite some time,” he said of his students. “Part of it is allowing them to develop a sense of feeling capable. They know their songs, so I’m not there really to coach them. I’m there to support them.”

“(The students) have to take ownership, and Melody did,” he added. “She was very confident and she delivered a really wonderful performance.”

This was Wimberley’s second year in the NATS competition, following her second-place finish last year. For her performance in the finals, she chose to sing “Astonishing,” from the Broadway musical adaption of the novel “Little Women.”

“I really have loved going to the conference the past two years,” Wimberley said. “I’m sort of a perfectionist with singing and I’m very passionate about excellence because God calls us to excellence, so to meet so many other people who also have a passion for excellence was special. Also, the adjudicators give such helpful feedback to improve.”

“Any chance you get to sing in front of people and to get feedback in an audition scenario is a (beneficial) experience, especially going into musical theater, where so much of my life is auditioning and singing,” she added.

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Inaugural John Clifton Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Dr Frédéric Lange

15 July 2024

We are pleased to announce that the inaugural John Clifton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering has been awarded to Dr Frédéric Lange .

The Fellowship is open to postdoctoral researchers and aims to provide an opportunity to implement their own research ideas, gain leadership experience, and strengthen their research record. The Fellowship has been funded from a generous endowment from former Head of Department and Joel Chair, Professor John Clifton and his daughter Carolyn.

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The winning project.

Summary:  Premature infants (PI) are at high risk for neonatal morbidities and neuro-developmental delays, including neonatal hypo/hyperglycaemia (NH). Up to 86% of PI experience NH in the first 96 hours of life, making it necessary to carefully monitor glucose concentrations for optimal clinical management and normal brain development. My project aims to start the development of a novel near- and mid-infrared time-domain spectroscopy method to assess cerebral glycaemic status for the first time. Indeed, glucose control is traditionally based on peripheral samples, but this novel method aims to change that by developing a new brain tissue measurement, which can offer better insight and more targeted therapies for glucose control.

Neonatal care was a passion of John’s, so we are delighted that Frédéric’s project will have a positive impact on this area.

John Clifton joined the University College Hospital Medical School (UCHMS) Medical Physics Department in 1957 and was appointed Head of Department in 1962. Following the re-uniting of UCHMS and UCL in 1981, he was appointed Professor of Medical Physics, and Joel Professor of Physics Applied to Medicine in 1990. Throughout his career, Professor Clifton made major contributions to the introduction and development of new clinical radiotherapy techniques at UCLH. Following his retirement in 1992, John Clifton maintained close links to our department and generously endowed the undergraduate prize named in his honour. On his death in January 2023, John left a substantial gift of money in his will to the department, to which his daughter Carolyn added a further generous donation.

To honour John’s legacy, the department has launched this new fellowship scheme in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.

UCL Medical Physics Research Committee Chair, Dr Charlotte Hagen, commented:

"The John Clifton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering is very special, it's the first of its kind in the department. It enables us to fund early-stage research with a potential for high clinical impact, while also providing a tangible career development opportunity to our postdoctoral researchers. We encourage applicants to design their projects around collaborative activities, such as working with hospital physics and engineering departments, and to align these projects with their career aspirations. Reading the many outstanding applications during the inaugural round was very inspiring, and I look forward to continuing my support for this important scheme."

On Friday 5 th July, we were honoured to host three generations of the Clifton family in the department and give them a small glimpse of the monumental impact their father, grandfather and great-grandfather had on the field of Medical Physics.

Thank you to Professor Jem Hebden for organising the event and hosting the Clifton family.

Read more about their visit here .

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