BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science (FEAS) through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a 4-year Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering. The Biomedical Engineering program is the first standalone undergraduate Biomedical Engineering program in Canada. It takes advantage of the strategic location of Ryerson University in Toronto's Medical Discovery District and seven world-class hospitals. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in collaboration with the Departments of Aerospace Engineering, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics at Ryerson University deliver the curriculum.
The first year of the Biomedical Engineering program provides students with a solid foundation of science and engineering science fundamentals such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. A unique annual Open House is held by the first year BME students in which they present self- directed projects on a variety of biomedical topics. The second year of the program introduces medical physics, biology, biomaterials, biomechanics, sensors, analog and digital electronic circuits and systems. In the third year of the Biomedical Engineering program, students are exposed to anatomy, biomedical instrumentation, software development, electric machines, control systems, signals & systems, microprocessors, bioinformatics and statistics. The fourth year curriculum provides students with a broad range of professional elective courses, including tissue engineering, rehabilitation engineering, bio-MEMS, radiation therapy devices, as well as biomedical signal and image analysis. During this final year of the program, every student must complete a mandatory group-based capstone design project.
Ryerson's Biomedical Engineering program is designed to provide students with a unique background in preparation for a variety of career paths including clinical engineering, tissue engineering and pharmaceutical engineering. A number of our students later apply to medical school or pursue graduate studies in biomedical engineering. The enhanced multi-disciplinary nature of our program is key to helping them succeed.
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
The Computer Engineering program at Ryerson has its roots in Electrical Engineering when it was offered as a Computer Engineering Option. Currently, computer engineering students study common courses with electrical engineering students in the first two years of the program. In the third year of Computer Engineering program, students study Computer Organization & Architectures, Operating systems, Microprocessor Systems, Object-oriented Analysis and Design along with some common electrical engineering courses like Signals & Systems, Communication and Control Systems. In the final year, students will take courses in Computer Communication and Networking, Digital System engineering, VLSI Design, Embedded Computer System Design, and Software Engineering. Students may choose to focus on specialty areas like Embedded Systems, Computer Networking, Software Systems, Computer Systems and VLSI (Very-Large-Scale-Integration) Design and Integrated Circuits through extensive technical elective courses. During the final year of the program, students also complete a mandatory capstone design project. During the design project, they must work well in team situations as they are often called upon to work in a group setting with other engineers and with others outside of engineering. Computer Engineers also need to develop strong communication skills.
Computer engineering graduates analyze, design, and evaluate computer systems, both hardware and software. They might work on embedded systems such as flexible manufacturing systems, "smart" devices and instruments. Embedded System Focus involves courses on the integration of both hardware and software into a coherent system as well as hardware software co-design and co-synthesis techniques. Embedded computers are employed to enhance the speed, reliability, and performance of systems by means of computer technology - for example, consumer products and industrial machines and controllers. Computer engineers working in Computer Networks may explore wireless communications, design techniques for high-speed networks, communications, and information access over heterogeneous underlying technologies. Computer Systems focus encompasses a broad spectrum of elective courses addressing the aspects of reliable, high-performance and parallel computer systems. Specific projects might include investigating how to build highly-available computer hardware, software and network systems. Software Systems focus on object-oriented design, operating systems, programming languages and software engineering.
Career opportunities for computer engineering graduates include work in research and development, design engineering and quality control, automotive industry, communications, health-care systems and the electronic service industry. Computer engineers design computer chips and circuits for various industrial and business systems, plan computer layouts, and formulate mathematical models of technical problems that can be solved by a computer. Computer engineers design, develop and test computer hardware and peripheral equipment, as well as develop and maintain software systems and programs.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
The Electrical Engineering program at Ryerson University started over half century ago. It has a highly structured and carefully crafted curriculum that places an equal emphasis on the theoretical foundation and practical aspects of this engineering profession. The curriculum of the Electrical Engineering program is constantly revised to include the state-of-the-arts in this fast-evolving engineering field.
The first-year courses of the Electrical Engineering program provide the students with a solid foundation of science and engineering science fundamentals such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science and the theory of electric circuits. The second year of the program introduces discrete mathematics, data structures and engineering algorithms, electrical networks, analog and digital electronic circuits and systems. In the third year of the Electrical Engineering program, the emphasis is shifted to advanced engineering science and engineering subjects such as electromagnetics, communication systems, control systems, signals & systems, microprocessors and advanced electronic circuits.
The fourth year curriculum of the Electrical Engineering at Ryerson University provides students with a broad range of professional elective courses covering instrumentation, analog and digital integrated circuits, radio-frequency integrated circuits, VLSI design, optical and wireless communication systems, multimedia, control systems, power electronics, power systems, and electromechanic systems. Students can freely choose these courses based on their interest. Students also have the freedom to choose to be specialized in one of the following options: Energy option, Microsystems option, Multimedia option, and Robotics and Control option where students must take a set of required courses in order to have the chosen option stated in their official transcript. Energy option focuses on electrical power systems and power electronics. Microsystems option focuses sensors and transducers, integrated circuits, and embedded systems. Multimedia option deals with the theory and implementation of signal processing for digital images, audio, audio and multimedia. Robotics and Control option focuses on the design and implementation of modern control systems and its applications in robotics. During this final year of the program, every student must complete a mandatory group-based capstone design project.
The graduates of the Electrical Engineering program of Ryerson University are well prepared for an engineer career in a broad range of engineering fields such as instrumentation and controls engineers, integrated circuit design engineers, microelectronic systems design and test engineers, power system engineers, electric drive design engineers, embedded systems design engineers, communication systems engineers, and multimedia and digital signal processing engineers.