Electrical Engineering

College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Electrical Engineering

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Introduction

The Department of Electrical Engineering of Chung Yuan Christian University was established in 1972 and the Electrical Engineering Research Institute was established in 1991 and began to recruit master students. The Institute began to recruit doctor students and on-service master students from 1999. At present, there are two 4-year daily classes, one master’s class, one doctorate class and there are about 730 students. With the efforts of all the successive department heads Yung-Wen Huang, Shen-Kan Hsiung, Ying-Chin Lo, Jem-Tang Chao, Jin-Maun Ho, Chun-Ming Chang, Ying-Yi Hong, Hong-Tzer Yang, Kuang-Yow Lian(current chair) and colleagues of the department, the department has made good foundations in all respects.

Major research Areas
Computer and communications applications, electrical circuit designs and control applications, power and renewable resource applications.

Missions
Training electrical engineering talents to be equipped with excellent professional abilities, good humanistic quality, and capability of taking leadership positions in broad aspects of electrical engineering.
Pursuing academic research in electrical engineering related fields and combining it with practical applications to promote industrial evolutions and economic developments.
Expanding academic resources and research results in electrical engineering to serve the society.

Mission

Founded in 1972, the Electrical Engineering Department aims at training electrical engineering talents for needs of national development. With the efforts of all faculty and students more than twenty years, the department has grown in strength with increasing research capacity, teaching excellence, and students’ quality. It has become one of the most promising and vigorous departments in Taiwan. At present, the department has eight classes of students in Bachelor’s program, and offers Master’s and Doctor’s programs with more than 700 students in totality.

  1. Training electrical engineering talents with excellent professional abilities, good humanistic quality, and capability of taking a leadership position in the broad aspects of electrical engineering.
  2. Pursuing academic research in electrical engineering related fields and combining it with actual applications to promote industrial evolutions and economical developments.
  3. Expanding academic resources and research results in engineering to serve the society.

Educational Objectives of the Department Electrical Engineering of Chung Yuan Christian University

Considering the mission and objectives of the Department, we will adopt the following education targets to implement the teaching of the professional courses so as to cultivate excellent talents in electrical engineering:

  1. Teaching students in using principles in mathematics, science and engineering to solve the problems in electrical engineering.
  2. Teaching students in giving full play to their professional skills and make successful career planning.
  3. Offering students with extensive education contents that meet the demands of globalization and society.

Objective 1:
Teaching students in using principles in mathematics, science and engineering to solve the problems in electrical engineering.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall be able to analyze and design systems, be familiar with electrical systems, electrical machines, control theory and their applications, as well as the basic professional knowledge of communication systems.
  2. Graduates shall be familiar with computer application and data structure, electronic circuit courses and shall have ability in software design and application.
  3. Graduates shall master the knowledge of basic mathematics and physics required for electrical engineering and its application.
  4. Graduates shall have mathematical ability in linear algebra, numeric method and differential equation.
  5. Graduates shall have the ability to analyze data and derive results with applied probability and statistics.
  6. Graduates shall have the ability to design, analyze and integrate the electrical system, electrical machine, control theory and application, communication system and other areas in electrical engineering, and shall understand the social ecology and economic development.

Objective 2:
Teaching students in giving full play to their professional skills and make successful career planning.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall have the ability to analyze engineering economics.
  2. Graduates shall have the ability to prepare plans, execute effective schedule management and implement the engineering plan.
  3. Graduates shall have communication skills in making oral and written reports.
  4. Graduates shall understand their responsibilities in professional and ethics.
  5. Graduates shall have ability in multi-discipline team cooperation.
  6. Graduates shall understand the importance of life-long learning and be willing to dedicate to learning.

Objective 3:
Offering students with extensive education contents that meet the demands of globalization and society.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall recognize their engineering roles in the modern society.
  2. Graduates shall be able to appreciate culture and art, have basic law knowledge and have a humanistic quality.
  3. Graduates shall at least use English in areas relating to electrical engineering.

Objectives

Considering the mission and objectives of the Department, we will adopt the following education targets to implement the teaching of the professional courses so as to cultivate excellent talents in electrical engineering:

Objective 1:
Teaching students in using principles in mathematics, science and engineering to solve the problems in electrical engineering.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall be able to analyze and design systems, be familiar with electrical systems, electrical machines, control theory and their applications, as well as the basic professional knowledge of communication systems.
  2. Graduates shall be familiar with computer application and data structure, electronic circuit courses and shall have ability in software design and application.
  3. Graduates shall master the knowledge of basic mathematics and physics required for electrical engineering and its application.
  4. Graduates shall have mathematical ability in linear algebra, numeric method and differential equation.
  5. Graduates shall have the ability to analyze data and derive results with applied probability and statistics.
  6. Graduates shall have the ability to design, analyze and integrate the electrical system, electrical machine, control theory and application, communication system and other areas in electrical engineering, and shall understand the social ecology and economic development.

Objective 2:
Teaching students in giving full play to their professional skills and make successful career planning.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall have the ability to analyze engineering economics.
  2. Graduates shall have the ability to prepare plans, execute effective schedule management and implement the engineering plan.
  3. Graduates shall have communication skills in making oral and written reports.
  4. Graduates shall understand their responsibilities in professional and ethics.
  5. Graduates shall have ability in multi-discipline team cooperation.
  6. Graduates shall understand the importance of life-long learning and be willing to dedicate to learning.

Objective 3:
Offering students with extensive education contents that meet the demands of globalization and society.
Outcomes:

  1. Graduates shall recognize their engineering roles in the modern society.
  2. Graduates shall be able to appreciate culture and art, have basic law knowledge and have a humanistic quality.
  3. Graduates shall at least use English in areas relating to electrical engineering .

Future Prospects

Founded in 1972, the electrical engineering department aims the target of training electrical engineering talents for national development needs. The new generation of science makes great strides forward to the integration of multidisciplinary technologies far goal! Training of electrical engineering includes not only traditional power, automatic control and communication but also green power, smarter computing and cloud computing and so on. With the efforts of all faculty and student members, the department has grown in strength with the increasing in researching capacity, teaching excellency and students’ quality and has become one of the most promising and vigorous departments. At present, the department offers bachelor, master, and doctor degrees, and has more than 700 students.

Summary of the Medium and Long Term Development of the Department of Electrical Engineering

Teaching

  1. To implement holistic education.
  2. To cultivate the students’ ability for independent thinking, finding and solving problems.
  3. To cultivate the students’ experimental custom and ability to integrate the theory and practice.
  4. To expand and properly use teaching resources to improve the teaching and learning environment.
  5. To expand students’ knowledge, propagate the reading of extracurricular books.
  6. To cultivate students’ sense of team corporation and sense of honor.
  7. To stress on students’ character cultivation.
  8. To keep close connections with students’ guardians.

Research

  1. To promote the balanced development of theory and applied research.
  2. To promote integrated research plan, so as to achieve cross-department integration.
  3. To encourage the publish of research achievements, improve the quality and quantity of research achievements.
  4. To enhance the international academic exchange, expand the international vision of students and teachers.
  5. To build outstanding scholarship.
  6. To advocate the motivation and atmosphere of research for graduated students.

Undergraduate

  1. Entry Qualification
    All applicants must satisfy the University admission and registration regulations and requirements to enter this Department.
    The Department offers a full-time 4-year course leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. All under-graduate majors in the Department are required to meet a set requirement of 128 credits, which consists of required courses plus additional department electives selected from a wide variety of specialized courses. The required departmental electives are taken primarily in the junior and senior years, and they permit students to develop depth in special areas of their choice.
  2. Laboratory Facilities
    In addition to formal classroom lectures and studies, the department places strong emphasis on laboratory and computer experience. To support this experience, the department and the school maintain an extensive complement of relevant laboratory and computer facilities, including the following. Full descriptions of each facility are available from the department.
    (1) Control Systems Laboratory.
    (2) Electrical Circuit Laboratory.
    (3) Electric Machinery Laboratory.
    (4) Computer Laboratory.
    (5) Power Transmission & Distribution Laboratory.
    (6) Communications Laboratory.
  3. Student Activities
    All undergraduates are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of weekly seminars on specialized classroom and laboratory subjects in addition to visiting power plants and industrial areas. The Electrical Engineering Association (EEA) is the representative body for undergraduates. Its main academic activity is the preparation of a departmental magazine. Another aim is to promote undergraduate involvement in both departmental and university life, mainly from a social aspect such as sports, films, lectures, outside visits, etc.
    Although students come to this department chiefly for its strong academic program, the vivid life outside the classroom is also an essential part of preparation for social living; thus all students are urged to take advantage of the opportunities for personal growth.
  4. Advanced Study and Employment Opportunities
    About 60% of the graduates have pursued their advanced study in either domestic or overseas graduate schools. Others have gone to industries and different branches of the government. Graduates from the Department of Electrical Engineering have the best employment opportunities in an era of widespread use of electrical power and computers. The Department also offers a career service which provides information and advice about a wide range of careers through individual counselling, group sessions and the provision of reference materials.Close links are maintained with employers and the professions, and assistance is given in obtaining suitable employment or further training near the end of the student’s course of study.

Graduate

Introduction

The International Graduate Program of Electrical Engineering, which was set up in 2010, is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU). The Department of Electrical Engineering was established in 1972 with an undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. Graduate programs in electrical Engineering leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were established later, in 1991 and 1999 respectively. So far, three sessions of classes have been offered each year. In order to strengthen in-service education, increase the overall educational standard, and provide an excellent learning environment, this department also set up an Executive Master Program in 1999.

Related Research Topics
Green Power
Electric Machinery
Power Electronics
Microelectronic Circuits
Digital Signal/Image Processing
Biomedical Signal Processing
Intelligent control
Communication theory
Multi-media signal processing
Internet and wireless network applications

Program Duration & Degree Offered

MS Program
The normal duration for the M.S. program is from 2 years to 4 years. Students, who have successfully completed and passed 32 credits of courses (including 2 credits of Seminar and 6 credits of Master Thesis) and oral defense for thesis within the stipulated time period, shall receive the M.S. Degree of this program conferred by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University. More details on this requirement will be available upon request.
Ph.D. Program

The normal duration for the Ph.D. program is 4 years. The general information is as follows:
A. Course Requirements
At least 34 credits of courses (including 4 credits of Seminar and 12 credits of Doctoral Dissertation)
B. Qualifying Examination
The Electrical Engineering Program requires doctoral students to take a qualifying examination within 4 years. However, it is strongly recommended that students take the qualifying examination as early as possible.
C. Admission to Candidacy
A student will be admitted to candidacy under the following conditions:
(a) The dissertation topic must have been selected and approved;
(b) The satisfactory completion of graduate course work as deemed appropriate by the Graduate Committee;
(c) The qualifying examination must have been passed.
D. Time Limit
After the student begins the doctoral program, he/she must complete the program within a period of seven years.
E. Publications
Before the student applies the final defense of dissertation, he/she must publish journal/ conference papers. The details regarding the quality and quantity of the publication will be available upon request.
F. Dissertation and Defense
The dissertation shall be required of all candidates for the doctorate, and a minimum of twelve semester hours of research for the dissertation must be scheduled. The dissertation must show (a) mastery of the technique of research, and (b) a very distinct contribution to the field under investigation and study. The Graduate Committee must approve the dissertation topic, the outline, and the final product.

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