What sets ECE at Concordia apart? Undoubtedly, it's our commitment to practical education. Companies recognize that we have labs with more of our courses, supporting our hands-on approach to engineering education. Our labs, which are state-of-the-art with industry-level hardware and software, are integral to the Capstone Project described below. Please take a look at some other important examples of the practical education difference that ECE at Concordia has to offer and see what some more current and former students have to say:
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"When I left Greece in order to join the ECE program at Concordia University back in 1993, I certainly could not foresee the impact of this decision on my career as an Engineer. ECE at Concordia is a unique learning environment because they are quite serious about "learning by doing". After completing my Bachelors of Engineering as well as my Masters of Science in ECE, I can't say enough about the strong bond between industry and academia that the department maintains. - Yiannis Karigiannis (former student) |
1) Co-op
All students of ECE at Concordia have the opportunity of experiencing actual supervised workplace environments in our Co-op Program. This practical education, typically 3 work terms, complements classroom and lab studies. In the past, Co-op students have worked at the Canadian Space Agency, Ericsson, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, IBM, CAE, Motorola as well as several other impressive companies. Students can even do Co-op terms abroad. Previously, students have worked for their Co-op terms in France , Germany , USA , Africa , just to name a few of the exciting opportunities available within Co-op. The ECE Co-op option is a great way to make a network of contacts while earning a competitive salary.
"Co-op was a great experience. My various work-terms taught me how to be self-reliant, and were invaluable in terms of making future connections and getting excellent letters of recommendation. My feeling is that you get back what you put into it. Coop is also great when you finish school and have all sorts of skills and experience that the top companies want." - Former Co-op Student |
In their final year, students will participate in leading-edge research while doing their Capstone Projects (ELEC/COEN 490). This project enables students to carry out a team Electrical/Computer engineering design project from scratch, experience project management, and practice their technical writing and presentation skills. Previous projects include designing an SMS Remote Monitoring Alarm System, constructing Photovoltaic Powered Motorized Blinds and designing an Automated Speech Recognition System.
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"I am in my final year studying electrical engineering. I was so worried at first when I entered in the program in part because of the final-year Capstone project. I was worried for nothing because my experience with the capstone project was amazing! I learned so much. Designing our robot was a lot of fun to do. Of course, sometimes it was not working the way we wanted, but that is how we learn! My experience with the Capstone Project was NUMBER 1!!!" - Phana Thach (current student) "I learned more during my team's Capstone project than in any other course. This challenge involved teamwork, self-learning, responding to setbacks, and finding new approaches in terms of technology, knowledge-gathering, and goal-setting. If possible, I would encourage everyone to come up with their own project idea rather than sign on to one proposed by the Professors. This will make the project yours, and make you more self-reliant and motivated - as it is all up to you to find the right solutions. I hope that you have as great an experience as we did." - Stuart Burchill (former student) |
3) Summer Work Semesters (NEW 2007)
To provide more practical experience, non-Co-op students will have the option of registering for a work term during the summer semester. The Institute for Co-operative Education will make job postings open to you so you can have a technical job over the summer. Work experience at an engineering company looks great on your transcript and your resume.
4) Project Course (NEW 2007)
In their 3 rd year of study, students will take an innovative project course where they are broken into teams of four, two from electrical engineering and two from computer engineering. Each group will design and build a robot that will attempt to find its way through a maze. This course introduces teamwork, project management and engineering design to solve a complex problem. At the end of the semester we hold a competition and the robot that navigates the maze in the shortest time wins. This course is a great introduction to the Capstone Project.
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