Program Accreditation
The Bachelor of Science e in Embedded Systems Engineering Technology is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria with no applicable program criteria.
ABET is a specialized accrediting board recognized by the Council for Higher Education and/or the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Required Student Equipment: Successful completion of this degree requires intensive, hands-on use of computers. Therefore, all students are required to own their own computer. To ensure compatibility with campus-wide computers and networks, students should consult a department faculty member for a specification sheet. Financial aid may be available to help defray the cost of this equipment. Please consult the Financial Aid Office at Oregon Tech.
Program Mission
The mission of the Embedded Systems Engineering Technology (ESET) bachelor's degree program within the Computer Systems Engineering Technology (CSET) Department at Oregon Institute of Technology is to prepare our students for productive careers in industry and government by providing an excellent education incorporating industry-relevant, applied laboratory-based instruction in both the theory and application of embedded systems engineering technology. Our focus is educating students to meet the growing workforce demand in Oregon and elsewhere for graduates prepared in both hardware and software aspects of embedded systems. Major components of the ESET program's mission in the CSET Department are:
- To educate a new generation of ESET students to meet current and future industrial challenges and emerging embedded systems engineering technology trends.
- To promote a sense of scholarship, leadership, and professional service among our graduates.
- To enable our students to create, develop, apply, and disseminate knowledge within the embedded systems development environment.
- To expose our students to cross-disciplinary educational programs.
- To provide government and high tech industry employers with graduates in embedded systems engineering and related professions.
Program Educational Objectives
The Program Educational Objectives reflect those attributes a student of the ESET program will practice in professional endeavors.
- Graduates of the ESET program are expected to understand the societal impact of embedded systems and technological solutions.
- Graduates of the ESET program are expected to do hardware/software co-design for embedded systems. Graduates will continue to develop skills in analysis, approach, optimization, and implementation of embedded systems.
- Graduates of the ESET program are expected to obtain the knowledge, skills and capabilities necessary for immediate employment in embedded systems.
- Graduates of the ESET program are expected to participate in life-long learning to be able to adapt to a changing environment.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
- An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
- An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
- An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
- An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.
Program Student Learning Outcomes Update
On September 18, 2019, the ESET and CET faculty met to review and approve changes to the mission statement, and program student learning outcomes. The ABET ETAC a-k were updated to reflect changes to ABET ETAC 1-5 as of the 2019-2020 cycle. These changes were discussed in the Fall 2019 Industry Advisory Board.
Summary of Student Learning Outcomes
The Embedded Systems Engineering Technology faculty formally assess the student learning outcomes which is summarized in the annual program assessment report. Additional details can be found in department assessment records.
Program Curriculum Map
The curriculum map for the Embedded Systems Technology program can be found on the catalog web page on the Oregon Tech website, www.oit.edu/catalog.
Annual Program Assessment Reports
Enrollment & Graduate Data
Contact
Casey Santosh is Director of the Center of Excellence in Applied Computing, Professor of AI, and Chair of the Departments of Computer Systems Engineering Technology and Applied Computing & Geomatics (interim) at Oregon Institute of Technology. Previously, he served at the University of South Dakota as Chair of Computer Science (2020–2026), Graduate Program Director (2017–2024), and Professor of AI (2015-2026) as well as Founding Director of AI Research (2015–2026), following more than four years of research appointments at the National Institutes of Health and LORIA Research Center, France. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from INRIA Nancy Grand Est/Université de Lorraine, France. He has secured over $10 million in funding from SDBOR, NSF, ED, and DOW, delivered more than 100 international keynotes, including a TEDx talk, and authored 13 books and over 280 peer-reviewed publications, including articles in IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TMI, and IEEE TAI. He has founded and chaired over a dozen AI conferences (IEEE), served as a panelist for NSF and Mitacs, and held editorial roles for leading journals, including IEEE TAI and IEEE TMI. He has contributed to NIST's AI Standards and Innovation group and the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Speaker Program on AI education. More information: www.kc-santosh.org