Rhodes State College | Operations Excellence and Electronic Engineering Technology
Operations Excellence and Electronic Engineering Technology
Operations Excellence Technology Major
Electronic Engineering Technology Major The Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) group encompasses the study of electronic engineering technologies. Students desiring a broad based education or who desire to possibly pursue a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering Technology should consider enrolling in the Electronic Engineering Technology program. The EET program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, (410) 347-7700. Electronic engineering technicians use state‑ of‑the‑art measuring and diagnostic equipment. While engineering principles, mathematics and physics provide a theoretical base, practical (hands‑on) experience is also important. Technicians will learn to design, build and troubleshoot electronic circuits of their own. Students begin by analyzing basic series and parallel DC and AC circuits and progress through amplifiers and integrated circuits. The electronics program also includes digital logic, microprocessor studies, and programmable controllers. These devices monitor and control various processes automatically. The aim of the curriculum is to teach the hardware and software programming design and implementation of this equipment as well as the development of software needed for programming it.
The Operations Excellence Technology (OET) program is all about improving processes through people. Building trust and empowering organizations to make great improvements starts with personal excellence and leadership. The program will take students on a personal journey of improving their leadership, management, and interpersonal skills using an inside-out approach towards excellence. Students will learn many different tools of operational excellence used to get short term gains in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. These tools represent many of the industrial engineering (lean manufacturing) tools such as standard work, flow, pull, and 6S (organization & cleanliness) used to eliminate process wastes. The students will go beyond tools to get a better understanding about long-term results and how to achieve those using systems to drive cultural change and improvement. Ultimately, the student gains a deep understanding of principles that are universal, timeless, and self evident to have true cultural transformation. Operations excellence is a growing field as students of the program will have the ability to get jobs not only in manufacturing, but in healthcare, education, services, banking/finance, government, agriculture, and beyond. Culture is a major part of every industry and organization. Operations excellence takes on the culture to transform behaviors created in the industrial age to principle centered behaviors in a new knowledge worker age. It is expected that the knowledge worker age will out-produce the industrial age fifty times. This program will teach and mentor the student on how to implement such changes that have a profound performance impact on industries and organizations. The program is fully online.
Technical Standards See pages 118-119 for details.
Tech Prep Partner See page 151 for details.
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