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Co-op Track The objective of the co-op track is to present an academic program combined with application training on actual industrial problems in engineering environments. This is to give students a targeted education on real-world problems. Students may join this program after completing sufficient coursework to be successful in an industrial environment, and receiving approved industrial sponsorship. International students must meet USCIS eligibility requirements. Students accepted to the co-op track are assigned a Gannon professor as a mentor, and must take the Graduate Professional Experience (GENG 700-series) course each semester they are enrolled in the program. Students must complete 30 credits of graduate course work in addition to their Graduate Professional Experience courses. Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 for the duration of their master’s degree program, and fulfill all other requirements for their degree. Professional Track Gannon runs a two year work-study program with local industry in Erie. The objective of the track is to present an academic program combined with application training on actual industrial problems to give students a targeted education, complemented by handson, real-world development exposure. Students are selected for this track based on academic background, leadership skills, and communication skills. The student is assigned a Gannon professor as a mentor while working at the industrial site. The mentor advises the student on his academic work and guides the student on industrial engineering projects. The projects are carefully chosen to reinforce classroom work and to develop the students into outstanding engineers. In addition to the mentorship in technical areas, the professor also mentors the student in leadership skills, work and personal ethics, and communication skills that are needed in the industrial workplace. This track requires that the student work on these projects half time during the school year and full time during the summer. The students receive full tuition and a yearly stipend for their work. Students need to apply and be accepted separately for this program. The number of students in this track is dependent on availability of industrial sponsorship. The students earn either an Electrical Engineering degree or an Embedded Software Engineering degree. There are two tracks for the program: Embedded Software track (leads to Embedded Software degree) and the Systems and Modeling track (leads to Electrical Engineering degree). All students in the professional track must have equivalent background (academic or professional) in Automatic Control. Furthermore, all students in the Embedded Software track must have equivalent background in C++ and Data Structures. The recommended curriculum is as follows:
Embedded Software
Systems and Modeling
Summer second Session Intro to Embedded Systems Orientation and Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
Intro to Embedded Systems Orientation and Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
Fall First Semester Engineering Analysis I#* Engineering Analysis I#* Requirements Engineering* Requirements Engineering* Adv Digital Design System Modeling* CPT CPT Spring Second Semester Engineering Analysis II* Engineering Analysis II* Embedded Kernel* Adv Programming in C/C++ Embedded Systems Design* Electric Machine Modeling* CPT CPT Summer CPT CPT Fall Third Semester RTOS Applications+ Control of Electric Drives Hw/Sw Co-design Power Electronics Personal Software Process* Elective CPT CPT Spring Fourth Semester Project/thesis Project/thesis Elective Digital Control Elective Elective CPT CPT # Substitutions for this course may be approved by advisor and Department Chair. * Required courses for professional track +special topic electives
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Courses of Interest for All Options GECE 501 Engineering Project & Management 3 credits This is one of the core courses for the electrical and computer engineering graduate students. Engineering development process from inception to product will be covered. The function of systems engineering is to guide the engineering of complex systems that is the collection of components, people, facilities, and procedures organized to accomplish some common objectives. This course will focus on the skills required to manage the development of effective system architectures from concept through engineering design and production. Topics include, but are not limited to, the structure of complex systems, project management, system development