​​The power and control engineering program integrates the principles of electrical power systems with advanced contro technologies. It gives students the expertise to design, analyze, and manage modern power infrastructure and automation systems.

Students gain hands-on experience with tools and techniques for developing efficient power systems and implementing control strategies for industrial automation. The program emphasizes practical applications like renewable energy integration, energy management, robotics, and Industrial control systems.

Electrical Engineering/Communications and Computer Engineering Power and Control Engineering This program is being phased out and replaced by the new Power and Renewable Energy program.

Career Pathways

1. Renewable Energy Engineer: Renewable Energy Engineers develop and design systems to use energy from renewable resources like the sun, wind, and water.​

2. Solar Energy Engineer specializes: Solar Energy Engineers specialize in designing, developing, and implementing solar energy systems. These systems typically use photovoltaic (PV) technology to convert sunlight into electricity or solar thermal systems to harness the sun's heat for various applications.

3. Energy Policy Analyst: The Energy Policy Analyst studies, analyzes, and reports on pertinent energy policies.

4. Energy Consultant: An energy consultant is a professional who works with individuals, businesses, and organizations to help them reduce their energy consumption and costs.

5. Energy Storage Specialist develop various energy storage technologies, including batteries, pumped hydro, thermal storage, and emerging solutions such as hydrogen storage.

6. A sustainability manager guides businesses in creating and enacting eco-friendly strategies by overseeing the ethical sourcing of raw materials; sustainability managers constantly oversee an organization’s environmental impact. Above all, sustainability managers support firms conforming to federal, state, and local environmental regulations.

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