Professional Certifications in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Overview
The Electrical and Computer Engineering department offers graduate certificates for technical professionals seeking to expand their knowledge base in three specific areas: Embedded Systems, Power Electronics, and Software Engineering. Required courses for the power electronics and software engineering certificates can be completed completely through distance learning. The embedded systems courses are offered on campus only during the evenings.
CAETE, the Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education, is the distance learning and professional studies arm of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. CAETE provides a convenient and flexible education opportunity for working professionals. Courses are delivered via the Internet and CD-ROM. Distance learning education has proven attractive to the nation’s top companies and their employees. Graduates include working professionals from industry leaders such as Lockheed Martin, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Ball Aerospace, Seagate, Raytheon, Sun Microsystems and many more.
Benefits
- Develop skills in 12 – 18 months
- Courses delivered both on campus and via distance learning (except for Embedded Systems)
- Graduate credit earned can apply toward a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering
- Professors with extensive real-world experience
Professional Certificates
Embedded Systems (9 credit hours, courses available on-campus only)
This certificate in an on-campus offering for those who want to build and enhance their professional knowledge and skills in this high demand field. This hands-on program develops skills in design and use of embedded systems technology and expands current knowledge and applies new ideas in practice.
ECEN 5613 Embedded System Design
ECEN 5623 Real-Time Embedded Systems
ECEN 5633 Hybrid Embedded Systems OR ECEN 5543 Software Engineering of Stand Alone Programs
Admission Requirements:
- Knowledge of microprocessor architecture and assembly language, microprocessor peripherals, digital design, and the C programming language.
- An understanding of compilers, assemblers, linkers, operating systems, analog design, diodes, transistors, and electromagnetic fields and waves will be useful.
- BS or BA in CS, CE, ECE or equivalent or experience in industry as a software professional.
Power Electronics (9 credit hours)
Students will acquire a knowledge of fundamentals of the power electronics field, including basic operation of pulse-width modulated converter circuits, modeling and design of their feedback systems, current-mode control, simulation, input EMI filter design, modeling and design of high-frequency power magnetic elements, low-harmonic rectifiers, resonant converters and soft switching. Design oriented analysis is also emphasized.
ECEN 5797 Introduction to Power Electronics
ECEN 5807 Modeling and Control of Power Electronics Systems
ECEN 5817 Soft Switching and Resonant Techniques in Power Electronics
Admission Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in electrical engineering or a related field
- An undergraduate GPA of 3.0, or satisfactory GRE scores, or two years of work experience in circuit design
- Satisfy the prerequisites for ECEN 5797
Software Engineering (9 credit hours)
Like concentric circles, the three courses start with core fundamentals of modern software engineering topics in requirements analysis, design, implementation, and testing and build on these topics to examine the issues introduced by the added complexity of systems of concurrent processes and distributed software systems.
ECEN 5543 / CSCI 5548 Software Engineering of Stand Alone Programs
ECEN 5043 Software Engineering of Multi-Program Systems
ECEN 5053 Software Engineering of Distributed Systems
Admission Requirements:
- two years of software professional work experience or
- an undergraduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
Visit the Electrical and Computer Engineering web site to explore application and admission details.
Faculty
Dr. Robert Erickson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Colorado Power Electronics Center. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Co-author of the textbook Fundamentals of Power Electronics.
Dr. Dragan Maksimovic, associate professor of electrical engineering and director of the Colorado Power Electronics Center. Co-author of the textbook Fundamentals of Power Electronics.
Dr. Regan Zane, assistant professor and faculty of the Colorado Power Electronics Center.
Dr. Linden H. McClure is an adjunct professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is also a principal design engineer at Hewlett-Packard Company in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dr. Sam Siewert has written numerous IEEE publications and two on-line columns for IBM. He also works for Emulex Corp. in the firmware group on embedded fiber channel chip sets. Dr. Siewert has over seventeen years industry experience developing embedded systems for NASA, telecommunications, and storage applications.
Sr. Instr. Ruth Dameron has more than 15 years industrial experience in software systems development and management and an additional 15 years of consulting experience. She is a member of the faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
For Further Information about this Certificate Program
Contact the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department directly about certificate requirements and to obtain an application.
Adam Sadoff, Graduate Programs Advisor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado
425 UCB
Boulder , CO 80309-0425
Phone: 303-735-0490
Fax: 303-492-2758
E-mail: sadoff@colorado.edu
Web site: ece-www.colorado.edu
