This page describes the project for the ECSE Honors Seminar.

Each student, or pair of students if the class is too large, will discuss a particular area of Electrical, Computer or Power Engineering activity, such as computer networking, microelectronics, plasma engineering, robotics, power electronics, controls, communications, etc.

Students are to select an area of personal interest and, based on interviews with faculty and research staff, describe what the area is about, who does it (e.g. companies), where to study it, etc. in a short presentation to the class.

Students will also create a webpage for their project and use it for their presentation.

Each report should include:

• Definition
  • Concisely define your topic.
• History
  • Give a short history and general background of your topic including major discoveries and inventions.
• Key Problems
  • What are the major problems yet to be solved in this area?
• Places to Study
  • List grad schools which are strong in this area and say why.
  • Include at least one school which is not RPI and not highly ranked overall, but is strong in this area.
• Places to Work
  • What companies do this kind of work? (Identify at least one or two small companies or less well-known companies.)
  • Is this a good area for academic research?
• Courses
  • What are the key courses a student should take as an undergrad or begining grad student in order to do research in this area?
• Textbooks
  • What are the important books in the field?
• Journals
  • What are the important research journals in the field? IEEE? Non-IEEE?
• Conferences
  • What are the important research conferences in the field? IEEE? Non-IEEE?
• Relevent links and references.
  • What websites did you find useful for learning about this field?
• Credits
  • Who helped you with your project?
• Short bio
  • Give some basic info about yourself.