Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Our mission is to provide an educational experience of the highest quality to produce the discipline’s most valued graduates, with the skills and knowledge to learn, lead and serve in electrical- and computer engineering-related professions and in their communities.

Our electrical and computer engineering alumni will:

• Find rewarding careers as engineering professionals. As computer engineers they will design and develop new products, technologies and processes that incorporate one or more of the following elements: analog and digital circuits, signals and systems, computer design, software development and hardware/software integration.
• Continue their professional education either formally, in graduate school, professional school, or through industrial training programs or informally, through activities such as continuing education, attendance in short courses, professional workshops and conferences.
• Exercise and further develop their skills in professional communication through activities such as project briefings, conference presentations, technical reports and manuals and journal publications.
• Participate in activities for the betterment of society and carry on the traditions of the University of Dayton by maintaining high ethical standards in their professional activities and by serving their country and community through service, leadership and mentoring.

Our students will have:

• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
• An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.
• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgment, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts.
• An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
• An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Explore the School's undergraduate engineering and engineering technology enrollment and graduation information, which includes the electrical and computer engineering program.