Electrical Engineering
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Electrical engineers explore the behavior of electrical devices, circuits, and systems. Their work ranges from microchip development and prototyping to the design of hybrid vehicle electronic systems. You see the products of electrical engineering in cell phones, robots, wireless networks, aircraft controls, and audio and biomedical equipment. Areas of specialization include communication systems, computer hardware, integrated circuit design, power generation and transmission, electronic sensors and instrumentation, and automatic controls.
Electrical engineering class projects at George Fox have included:
- Robotic arm controller with infrared sensors
- Single-frequency radio tuning circuit with coil antenna
- Line-following robotic car
- MP3 amplifier with graphic equalizer
- Stereo "iHome"
- Noise extraction filter for power supply hum
- Digital communications link simulator
- 9-watt audio amplifier (see photo above)
- Wireless power meter for wafer probing
- 1GHz transmitter with mixer and patch antenna
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