Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Welcome to the
Purdue University North Central
ECET Department Home Page

                    Associate's & Bachelor's Degrees Accredited by
    The Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, Inc.
111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore MD 21202-4012 - Phone (410) 347-7700

Thanks for your interest in our ECET Program!

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program is a combination of courses in electricity, electronics, mathematics, science, and general academic areas leading to either a Baccalaureate or an Associate of Science degree. The program is designed to prepare students for employment as technicians in research laboratories, electronic industries and in any industry that uses electrical power or electronic controls

The curriculum provides the student with sufficient education to find employment in the fields of communications electronics, industrial electronics, military electronics, computer electronics, automation, industrial controls, electronic servicing, electrical power, aviation electronics and others. A considerable amount of laboratory work is required.

The BS-ECET Degree at Purdue North Central is the only Purdue ECET program that is accredited by ABET as both an Electrical ET and a Computer ET program. Consequently, our ECET Program is the only one in the State of Indiana that awards an ECET Degree. The others award an EET Degree. We are proud of this fact, which involves extra work for our faculty. But, since many of our graduates become computer network managers, we felt that this choice was logical.

Meet the Faculty
• Professor Smith (ECET Program Coordinator)
• Professor Tan, Ph.D.
• Professor Jiang, Ph.D.

Curriculum
• AS Degree Curriculum (PDF file)
• BS Degree Curriculum (PDF file)
• All PNC Course Descriptions from last printed catalog (2006-08). (PDF file)
• ECET Course Descriptions from last printed catalog (2006-08). (PDF file)
• 2004 BS Degree Articulation for Ivy Tech (Gary & Valparaiso) Graduates (PDF file)
• Conversion Chart between Ivy Tech and PNC Courses (PDF file)
• Purdue System Credit Transfer Library (For colleges in the U.S. and around world!)
• 2006 BS Degree Articulation Agreement between Ivy Tech (South Bend) and PNC (PDF file)
• 2009 AS-Nanotechnology to BS-ECET Articulation Agreement between Ivy Tech (South Bend) and PNC (PDF file)
• 2007 BS Degree Articulation Agreement between Vincennes University and PNC (PDF file)
• ECET Minor (PDF file)
• Robotics Minor (PDF file) NEW!
• Nanotechnology Minor
• Schedule Planning Worksheet (PDF file)
• Senior Project Ideas - See ECET 499 Website
• Lab Report Format and Sample (Word document)
• Homework Format and Sample (PDF file)
• C&IT Courses of interest to ECET students (PDF file)
• ECET Advising and Registration Guidelines (PDF file)
• Recommended Course Sequence for students interested in Biomedical Engineering Technology. (PDF file)
• West Lafayette requirements for entering the Master's Degree Program in Electrical Engineering after the BS-ECET Degree. (PDF file)
• West Lafayette requirements for entering the Master's Degree Program in Electrical Engineering after the BS-ECET Degree. (Official website)
• West Lafayette's ProStar weekend / distance learning program leading to an master's degree in technology. (Requires six or seven weekends a year for two years.)
• Requirements for entering PNC's MBA Program without taking additional prep courses. (PDF file)

Job / Career Opportunities
• Students and alumni: PNC Career Center. (Internships, full-time openings, job fairs.)
• Students: Arcelor-Mittal's Steelworker for the Future Program. (PNC is the largest participating school!)
• Students and alumni: Arcelor-Mittal's job application website. (Full-time openings.)
• Poster: Skills Gap - The HUGE demand for people with technical training
• Ramsay Test study guides and sample questions: Click HERE. These are similar to the exams you might take for employment at Arcelor-Mittal or US Steel.

Facilities
• Classroom and Lab Facilities at PNC
• Webcam. (Sorry, folks! The webcam is off-line since it uses so much bandwidth.)

IEEE Calumet Region News
• Schedule of local meetings
• IEEE Calumet Section website
• Engineering Technology page on Facebook (Yes, Facebook!)

Information About Engineering Technology
• Chart: Engineering Technology vs Engineering On the Job (PDF file)
• Report: How Engineering Technology Programs Help Local Industry (PDF file)
• Report: Why don't more women major in Engineering & Technology? (PDF file)
• Article: The Link between Engineering and Technology Education (PDF file)
• Article: Technologists Are Engineers (PDF file)
• ASME brochure: Pathways to Engineering compares Engineering and Technology (PDF file)
• Article: The Link between Engineering and Technology Education (PDF file)
• Website: Conceive - Design - Implement - Operate describes the Engineering and Technology spectrum
• Video: "What were Engineering and Technology students like as kids?" (Part 1) (Brief video)
• Video: "What were Engineering and Technology students like as kids?" (Part 2) (Brief video)
• Video: "What were Engineering and Technology students like as kids?" (Part 3) (Brief video)
• Video: for the above videos.

ECET Course Syllabi, Handouts and Notes
• If a web page exists for your course, type "www.pnc.edu/te/ecet###" where ### is the course number. For example, ECET 157's web page is located at www.pnc.edu/te/ecet157

Odds and Ends
• How to calculate your GPA. (PDF file)
• PSPICE software (16 MB ZIP file)
• WinZIP, needed to un-ZIP PSPICE and other files. (1.7 MB program)
• Website to download LTSPICE - - a newer circuit analysis package
• [Click here!] (5 MB ZIP file) (WARNING - - Will NOT run under Windows 7 or 8! Use FreeMat, below.)
• FreeMat Website. This Matlab look-alike runs in any version of Windows. There are also versions for Mac OSX & Linux!
• FreeMat User Manual - 2500 pages long! (8-MB PDF file)
• FreeMat tutorials. (Better than the 2500-page User Manual!)
• Website to download ExpressPCB and ExpressSCH - - nice printed circuit board (PCB) and schematic (SCH) drawing software
• CircuitMaker software (3.3 MB Self-Extracting ZIP file)
• Getting Started with CircuitMaker (Word document)
• MultiSim 9.0 Student Demo software (150 MB Self-Extracting ZIP file)
• Circuit Simulator Program from website: www.falstad.com/circuit .
• Examples of how to make Web Page Tables (other than this page)
• Texas Instruments data sheets
• National Semiconductor data sheets (use the Quick Search)
• A very good, short Introduction to HTML
• Smith chart.
• Graph paper website - - use Multi-Weight with its default settings to create paper similar to the Ampad(R) tablets. (Generates a PDF file.)
• PNC ECET grid paper in Microsoft Word format. Save it, print it, use it for homework. (MS-Word file)
• PNC ECET grid paper in Adobe PDF format. Save it, print it, use it for homework. (PDF file)
• Calendar for 2008 (PDF file)
• MS-DOS Units Conversion Program. (ZIP file) (UnZIP into C: drive; Create a shortcut.)
• Calendar for 2009 (PDF file)
• IBM PC Character Set
• Resistor Color Code Chart
• How to Read Capacitor Values
• On-Line Membership Application - - Follow these 3 steps:
    Step 1: [CLICK HERE]. (Use Shift + Click to open in new page.)
    Step 2: Click on the BLUE "Join IEEE as a Student or Graduate Student Member".
    Step 3: Click on the button.
(Yes, I know, it's confusing. But they keep changing the third link!)
• Electrical Safety Guidelines from the NIOSH.
• PNC catalog webpage in the pre-Banner format.
• Patch to older versions of MS Office, to read docx files. Warning - Run Microsoft Update first! (25M-Byte file)
• Menu patch for MS Office 2007 . Adds back the old-fashioned menus to Office 2007. (4M-Byte file)
• Username and registration key for the menu program above. (Small txt file)
• Health insurance information concerning changes in Indiana State Law as of Jan 1, 2008. (Web page)
• Periodic table of elements. (Web page)
• Malware removal hints from Comcast. (Web page)