Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
The Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering offers programs leading to the
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the areas of
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Engineering. In a joint effort with the
Mathematics Department, it offers a Ph.D.
program in Computing and Information Sciences
and Engineering.
It is the Department’s mission to:
• Prepare citizens from the entire
socioeconomic spectrum so that they may
have (1) excellent skills in the electrical
technology fields, computational fields,
and related areas; (2) leadership and
capacity of the continuous learning
necessary to develop those skills; (3)
social and environmental responsibility;
and (4) appreciation of economic, esthetic,
and cultural values which complete their
formation.
• Expand the frontiers of knowledge within
the electrical and computer engineering
fields and related areas.
• Provide benefits obtained through
teaching and research activities in service
to the academic community and to Puerto
Rico.
It is the Department’s vision to be recognized as
the best electrical and computer engineering
department in Latin America, the first source of
bilingual Hispanic electrical and computer
engineers in the Puerto Rico and United States
labor markets, with the depth and scope that a
five-year Bachelor’s degree program can
provide.
Our slogan, “Preparing model engineers to serve
humanity in the third millennium”, denotes our
commitment to prepare electrical and computer
engineers that not only act as role models for
others, but have consciousness of the importance
of service and commitment to society under the
technological demands of the new millennium.
More information on our programs may be found
at: http://www.ece.uprm.edu.
Facilities
The Department recognizes the importance of
having students involved in research as early as
possible. The Industrial Affiliates Program was
founded in 1989 as a means to provide
undergraduate students with the opportunity to
engage in research sponsored by our industry
affiliates, under the supervision of a faculty
member. Many undergraduate students also
participate in research through our
Undergraduate Research courses (INEL 4998
and ICOM 4998) and obtain practical
experience through the Practice in Engineering
course (INEL 4048).
Several computing and research laboratories are
available for undergraduate courses and research
projects. The Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department operates CEENET a
network consisting of Windows, Linux and
Solaris servers running on multiprocessor
computers. In addition, several clusters of
workstations provide users’ access to the
computational resources. CEENET local users
have access to other resources within Campus
and the Internet.
Laboratory facilities used exclusively for
undergraduate level work include:
• Applied Database and Software
Engineering Laboratory (ADASEL)
• Electrical Measures and Electronics
Laboratory
• Electromechanical Conversional
Laboratory
• Communications and Signal Processing
(DSP) Laboratory
• Instructional Computer-Aided Design
Laboratory (INCADEL)
• Integrated Circuits Design Laboratory
(ICDL)
• Linux Laboratory
• Microprocessor Systems Development
Laboratory
• Network and Operating Systems
Laboratory
• Process Instrumentation and Control
Laboratory
• Robotics Laboratory
• Tools and Toys Laboratory (DSP)
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