Computer Engineering Technology

In order to work with electronic systems students need to have a basic working knowledge of electrical circuits. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to construct, test, analyze, design, and document direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) circuits.

Working in a safe and professional manner is a requirement at all worksites. Fundamental skills and knowledge expected of all computer engineering technologists will also be explored. Participants will learn and demonstrate skills in workplace safety, soldering, prototyping, basic computer and networking components, and introduction to virtualization.

Fundamental skills in programming are critical to many of the tasks IT professionals perform. Students will create programs that use looping, decision-making, and methods to implement algorithms and analyze, debug, and troubleshoot programs.

Digital logic is foundational to an understanding of computing systems. Upon completion of this course students will be able to design, build, simulate, and analyze logic circuits.

This course will place an emphasis on developing professional communication skills to enable students to be successful members of a team in a work environment. The course concentrates on skills in writing, reading, speaking, researching, and critical thinking, within the context of technical communications in the workplace.

This course is for Computer Engineering Technology students. In order to analyze electric circuits students need to be able to use algebraic and transcendental functions. This course also introduces the student to statistics and statistical methods, as well as differential calculus which are commonly used in technical analysis.

Dedicated embedded controllers exist in vehicles, appliances, and electronic systems. A foundation in embedded controllers is essential for building and programming these systems. Students will learn to program an embedded controller and interface it to a variety of input and output devices.

In order to work with electronics, students need to have a basic working knowledge of semiconductor circuits. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze, design, construct, and test linear and digital switching semiconductor circuits.

Windows and the .NET Framework provide an infrastructure for the rapid creation of rich interactive programs. This course introduces students to user-interface design and event-driven programming, where they will create responsive applications that use standard controls, components, and resources. Students will also refine skills in troubleshooting, algorithm implementation, and program analysis.

The Internet plays an increasingly important role in all industries. This course introduces website design using current HTML and CSS standards. Interactive web interfaces will be developed using JavaScript and JQuery, including web service consumption, and functionality will be further enhanced using external JavaScript libraries.

Efficient organization and retrieval of information is critical to all aspects of computing. This course introduces transactional relational database programming using SQL. Students will create queries that retrieve and manipulate data. Students will also design, implement, and operate normalized databases.

This course is for Computer Engineering Technology students. In order to analyze frequency content in the data acquisition context series approximations will be studied. In addition, students will analyze physical systems using Integral Calculus and Laplace Transforms.

In order to manage industrial and commercial systems, one must interface with and process real-world physical quantities. Students will design and build circuits to interface sensors with computers and computers with actuators. Students will create programs to automate this process and create human machine interfaces (HMI).

Designing and building electronic systems requires practical application of theory. Declarative problems in electronics will be solved through typical applications in project work. Topics covered include AC control, digital filtering, motor control, interface circuits, and printed circuit board design for manufacture.

Embedded controllers typically interface with other devices for acquisition of data and control. More advanced features such as interrupts, non-blocking code, efficient code architecture will be explored. Participants will operate on-chip modules and interface with external devices.

Creating sophisticated programs requires advanced techniques in programming, including object-oriented concepts. Students will create class hierarchies that employ inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces.

Web users expect a dynamic, interactive, and personalized experience from websites. This course introduces server-centric web application development. Students will create dynamic web applications and web services that use server-side databases.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are used to control industrial plants and processes. Students will design, program, troubleshoot, and document the automation of industrial applications using a PLC.

Devices in a computer based system need to communicate efficiently and accurately. Participants will implement and troubleshoot communications between a variety of devices, using several different protocols. Participants will explore principles of data communication using serial connections and TCP/IP networking. This course includes Internet of Things (IoT) / Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) communication.

The course involves the design and construction of a simple microcontroller-based that responds to data collected from a chosen sensor. Participants will be guided in the selection and integration of components for a working prototype. All stages of implementation will be performed by the student including board design, component selection, population, and programming.

Software developers must be prepared to create professional and maintainable applications. Participants will employ reusable and extensible code, multi-tier considerations, runtime performance, dynamic typing, and advanced application patterns.

Programmers must be capable of choosing the most appropriate technology to implement a software solution given a specific set of criteria. Participants will implement and compare software designs from a relevant candidate language.

Computer engineering technology solutions require the synthesis of skills obtained in a variety of disciplines throughout the program. Student teams will apply project management skills and professional practices to their solutions. Participants will conceive and research a project idea, propose a solution, design and build a prototype, and document and present their results.