About the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

Shared Vision

The Army’s premier source of information technology, electrical engineering, and computer science education for Army officers; sustaining a culture where cadets, faculty, and staff members are inspired to achieve their full potential; recognized for contributions to the Academy, the Army, and our disciplines.

Core Values

We base our unique values on the Army's: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. To these we add...

Trust
We innovate at the speed of trust.

Consideration
We treat others as they would have us treat them.

Expertise
We strive for broad and deep knowledge about all our disciplines.

Teamwork
We quietly help each other to succeed.

Initiative
We take responsibility for improvements of all kinds.

Community
We share a sense of collegial enthusiasm about what we do.

Excellence
We perform each task as well as it ought to be done.

Balance
We seek to be well-rounded human beings.

Goals

• Our graduates possess knowledge of state-of-the-art engineering and technology that meets Army needs; they are able to master and apply new technologies throughout a career of service.
• Our teaching makes cadets responsible for their own development in an environment of exceptional resources, guidance, and encouragement to succeed.
• Our programs are nationally accredited and highly regarded within the community of college education.
• Our faculty and staff are a diverse team of professionals, each making his or her personal best contribution to our mission and valuing the contributions of others.
• Our climate prizes initiative, innovation, and accomplishment for the department team, underpinned by enthusiasm for learning in all our disciplines.
• Our centers of excellence integrate externally resourced, Army-relevant research and outreach projects with cadet education and faculty professional development.
• Our organization is kind and fair to people, assigning work equitably, honoring preference, rewarding excellence, enabling continued professional success.
• Our support activities provide a practically constraint-free environment for accomplishing the mission.

Some facts and figures...

Our department is 71 great people with exceptionally diverse skills and backgrounds. Our classrooms see about 1,800 cadets per year. We operate 28 laboratories including computer, electronic, power, photonic, microwave, VLSI design, and other types, most of them seating 18 cadets, which is our maximum class size. We have a first-rate technology infrastructure tied together by a network fast-approaching 100% gigabit speed. Our fabrication shop can build nearly anything, and we have great softball, basketball, and volleyball teams.

Overview of Core Courses

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology" - Carl Sagan

The Core Program prepares all cadets to be successful in applying technology throughout their educational experience at West Point and then throughout their Army careers. This is a reflection of the Army's longstanding commitment to technology in all forms. Our core courses descend from a tradition of technology in the curriculum from USMA's beginnings as America's first engineering school to today's emphasis on current military information systems. Our core courses are designed to provide cadets with the foundation to enable them to be life-long learners and users of information technology.

Core Courses

The Core Program consists of two courses. The first, in the freshman year, prepares cadets to successfully employ technology for the rest of their time at West Point and beyond. Its most important goal is for cadets to "learn how to learn" about technology. The second course, in the junior year, is focused on the theory and principles behind handling and processing data. Due to its pervasiveness in the modern world, cyber security is a thread woven through both of these courses.

Engineering Sequence

The Cyber Engineering Sequence provides the non-majors with a grounding in the art and science of software design and construction. The three courses of the sequence are shown here.

• CY300 Programming Fundamentals
• CY350 Network Engineering & Management
• CY450 Cyber Security Engineering

The Robotics Engineering Sequence provides non-majors with the essential skills and knowledge needed to design elementary electrical and electronic systems. The three courses of the sequence are shown here.

• EE300 Fundamentals of Digital Logic
• EE350 Basic Electrical Engineering
• EE450 Military Robotic Systems

Learn about core courses for Information Technology.

Learn about core courses in the Electrical Engineering Program.

CAD Tools

United States Military Academy Cadence University Program Member 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
Page last updated September 14th, 2017

In several of the Electrical Engineering courses taught at West Point, Cadence products, such as PSpice, assist in learning with simulation and development tools.

EE302 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering

The first semester of electronic courses that provides cadets with the opportunity to solve simple and complex electronic laboratories and projects, like LRC circuits and a small, line-following robot. Several laboratories have incorporated the use of simulation tools, such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

EE362 - Introduction to Electronics

The second semester of electronic courses that provides cadets with the opportunity to solve simple and complex electronic laboratories and projects, like a multi-stage audio amplifier. Several laboratories have incorporated the use of simulation tools, such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

XE401 - Integrative System Design I

This is the first semester of the Senior Capstone Design that provides cadets with the opportunity to solve real-world projects, often for real customers. Several cadet projects have incorporated the use of simulation tools to validate or demonstrate characteristics of a network system. Small design teams will design, build and test the solution to real problems, often using tools such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

XE402 - Integrative System Design II 

This is the second semester of the Senior Capstone Design that continues to provide cadets with the opportunity to solve real- world projects, often for real customers. Several cadet projects have incorporated the use of simulation tools to validate or demonstrate characteristics of a network system. Small design teams will design, build and test the solution to real problems, often using tools such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

EE462 - Electronics Design

The third semester of electronic courses that provides cadets with the opportunity to solve simple and complex electronic laboratories and projects, like a karaoke machine. Several laboratories have incorporated the use of simulation tools, such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

EE477 - Communications Systems

This course in analog communication provides cadets with the opportunity to solve simple and complex electronic laboratories and projects, like a transceiver. Several laboratories have incorporated the use of simulation tools, such as OrCAD PSpice in the design of their solutions.

EE486 - Solid State Electronics

This course in electronics provides cadets with the opportunity to solve simple and complex electronic laboratories, like a ring oscillator. Laboratories also stress the use of simulation software to obtain a structure profile and simulate device electrical characteristics of CMOS circuits.