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Low Flying Drone Tracking

Dr. Peterson and her research team lead the way in drone tracking
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Air traffic control for drones: BYU engineers introduce low-cost UAV detection technology

By Sharman Gill February 10, 2025 08:00 AM
With the exponential rise in drone activity, safely managing low-flying airspace has become a major issue. Using a network of small, low-cost radars, engineering professor Cammy Peterson and her colleagues have built an air traffic control system for drones that can effectively and accurately track anything in an identified low-altitude airspace.
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Engineering Irony: 500 Ironic Stories

By Kylie Lay February 03, 2025 11:28 AM
If you are looking for an engineer who also happens to be a secret storyteller, look no further than Dr. Hawkins. After the publication of his first novel, the former department chair and faculty member has been publishing witty short stories on his website and YouTube channel for the past few years as a personal project and has experienced a recent breakthrough. His podcast, 500 Ironic Stories, is featured on Amazon Music this week!
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Out-Engineering Social Engineers

By Kylie Lay December 10, 2024 02:38 PM
With new projects and innovative minds each year, BYU Capstone always promises to bring original ideas to the worlds of engineering and cybersecurity. One promising project this year is exploring a field of cybersecurity called social engineering.
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Electrical Engineering

Almost everything that's been developed in the last 50 years uses electronics to communicate or to think. Electrical engineering tries to encompass all of these fields — communications systems, robotics, light, power, circuits — anything with an "on" button. Here, you'll learn how to be creative and think on your own, how to analyze how something works, and how to build new technologies.
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Computer Engineering

Computer engineers design digital circuits and the software that interacts with them. Here, you'll be designing the next generation of computers, but not just the computers on your desk. There are computers in everything these days, from your cell phone to your television, your car to satellites and spacecraft. You could be working on a drone altitude control system one day and a life-saving medical device the next.
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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is the application of defense principles to protect our data, our information systems, and all of our information from hackers, malicious users and foreign governments. A Cybersecurity degree prepares you for in-demand jobs like chief information security officer, security architect, penetration tester, digital forensics investigator, and more.
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Information Technology

NOT ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS

Information Technology is a technical discipline that solves real-world problems using a variety of computing resources. IT professionals help meet peoples' needs within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation, application, integration and administration of computing technologies.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering

We offer world-class research in computer engineering, reconfigurable computing, wireless communications, radio astronomy and remote sensing, signal processing, autonomous vehicles and unmanned air systems, low power mixed-signal integrated circuits, internet-of-things, and lab-on-chip biosensors, quantum networking, and nanostructures and devices.
Master's and PhD available
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IT & Cybersecurity

The IT & Cybersecurity Program offers a Masters Degree program. The program is ideal for IT&C professionals and those who have recently completed a technical undergraduate degree who are anxious to delve deep into a specific area of IT&C. Recent graduates often qualify for new positions making 20k more per year or go on to PhD programs at top Universities.

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IT Minor

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IMMERSE

IMMERSE is a multi-year undergraduate research program designed to foster real-world engineering leadership skills in promising students of all backgrounds. Its strengths are in its breadth and depth of training, efficient deployment of faculty resources, and long-term cultivation of research skills.
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Join a Club

Join others with similar interests, expand your knowledge, make professional connections, and have fun. Clubs provide you with opportunities not available in the classroom.
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Connect with Alumni

Connect with BYU ECE alumni working in a wide variety of career fields to improve your own marketability. These alumni have volunteered to help with resumes, provide career advice, and more.
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Leadership Development

The mission of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership is to create and provide support for experiences that help refine students’ leadership skills and global competence, preparing you for careers of influence in multi-national organizations.
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