Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
SPRING 2015
ECE NEWS
Left to right: Garnall Travis, Michael
Verdicchio, and Erin Massey
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
TO BENEFIT STUDENTS
Students who grew up in the age of the Heathkit came to the Engineering School with a deep appreciation
for and native understanding of electrical and computer engineering. The electrical and computer
engineering faculty could count on the majority of their students having spent countless hours building,
testing and troubleshooting electrical devices. The Heathkits of old are long gone and the field of electrical
and computer engineering itself has become dramatically more complex. The challenge today is not simply
to replicate the Heathkit experience, but rather to reimagine it for today’s students. The Charles L. Brown
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has found in National Instruments (NI) an active
partner that is not only helping us meet our curricular goals, but also extending that relationship beyond the
classroom, providing internships and career opportunities for our students.
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Developing Leaders of Innovation