Electrical engineering is a very broad discipline that addresses the design and understanding of devices, circuits, and systems that use electromagnetic waves in electronic or optical signals. This increasingly involves the use of computers, but focuses on the design and analysis of electronic/optical components and the signals that connect them. In contrast, the field of computer engineering focuses on computer hardware, while computer science looks at computer software and theory.
Events
Edgar Koerner [President of the Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH], CITRIS Distinguished Speaker Series: The Brain-Like Vision, Thursday, October 9, 4:00 pm, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley Campus
CITRIS: Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions Workshop, Friday, October 17, 9:00 am, 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
News
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Baskin School of Engineering will showcase faculty research on Friday, October 17
The innovative and transformative research conducted by faculty in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, led to a record $27 million in gifts and research awards in the 2007-08 fiscal year. The school's Research Review Day on Friday, October 17, will include faculty research presentations, graduate student posters, and more. More
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Second annual 'Founders Day' gala dinner to honor three exceptional individuals
UC Santa Cruz hosts its second annual Founders Day gala dinner at the Cocoanut Grove on Friday, October 24, beginning at 7 p.m. More
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UCSC wins NSF grant to train more math and science teachers
"There is an ongoing need for highly qualified math and physical science teachers in California schools, and this grant allows us to help more students follow that career path," said Gretchen Andreasen, director of UCSC's Cal Teach Resource Center, who will manage the Noyce Scholars Program. More
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UC Santa Cruz draws a record $131 million in research funding in 2007-08
"This record funding is a win for everyone--our students, our faculty, and our Santa Cruz community," said Bruce Margon, vice chancellor for research. "Our students continue to receive instruction from faculty who are supported to work on the most cutting-edge problems with the very best equipment and facilities; our faculty not only maintain their international standing, but attract new peers to the campus from the very best pool of talent; and the community benefits from $131 million of additional business activity that is green, high-tech, and spins off well-paid jobs." More
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Microchip developed by UCSC engineer is helping restore vision to the blind
Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, it was a major milestone in two decades of work on an artificial retina to restore vision to the blind. More