UIC College of Engineering Launches New Certificate Programs

The UIC College of Engineering is Pleased to Announce the Following New Certificate Programs-

Certificate in Engineering Law and Management

This program enhances students’ knowledge of legal principles affecting the engineering profession and intellectual property laws. Topics include basic contract, tort principles, and environmental law. Also, patent, copyright, trade secret, mask work, cyber-squatting legal and procedural principles; protection for novel software, biotech inventions, business methods, and trademark protection for domain names. Courses include:
• Engineering Law
• Engineering Management
• Intellectual Property Law

Certificate in Wireless Communication Technology

Courses will cover a range of topics from radio technology fundamentals to propagation models to the generic wireless mobile network. Also covered are data communications, broadband and wireless mobile multimedia network among others. Courses include:
• Wireless Communication Networks
• Advanced Wireless Communication Networks
• Wireless Data

Certificate in Electromagnetics Technology

Designed to aid professional engineering graduates update their skills. Students will learn about static and quasi-static fields, electrostatic discharge, and polarization. Will deal with issues such as radiation from antennas and charged particles, as well as, radiation and atomic systems. Other topics will cove laser systems and EMC requirements for electronic systems. Courses include:
• Quasi Static Electric & Magnetic Fields
• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Electromagnetic Field Theory or Optical Electronics
For more information regarding these programs please contact:
Carolyn Williams, Program Coordinator
MEng Program College of Engineering
Phone: (312) 996-9806
Fax: (312) 996-8664
E-mail: carolynw@uic.edu