The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will be a leading institution, nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in education, research, outreach, and service to the profession, as well as for its positive intellectual, cultural, and economic impact on those it serves. Electrical Engineering has ushered in huge advances in civilization, including electrical power, electronics, radios, control systems, and robots. Electrical Engineers deal with all aspects of electricity and electronics, ranging from nationwide power grids down to integrated circuits containing billions of transistors.