DocumentCode
1860023
Title
Is our engineering education system suitable to fulfill the needs of the wireless industry?
Author
Besser, L.
Author_Institution
Besser Associates, Los Altos, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
7-12 June 1998
Firstpage
543
Abstract
To survive in the globally competitive marketplace, the traditional "microwave engineer" of the past decades has gradually transformed to a "wireless RF engineer." Industry expectations for this new breed are quite different from its predecessor, therefore our universities must develop new programs to prepare young engineers for their careers.
Keywords
educational courses; telecommunication engineering education; US engineering education system; industry expectations; microwave engineer; university programs; wireless RF engineer; wireless industry; Calculus; Circuit theory; Costs; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Manufacturing industries; Microwave circuits; Microwave communication; Microwave filters; Microwave theory and techniques;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4471-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1998.705051
Filename
705051
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