If you’re interested in how things work and how to make them work better, Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology (ICET) might be the perfect major for you. In today’s highly automated world, industries rely on smart systems to run everything from manufacturing lines and power grids to robotics and biomedical devices. The ICET program at Louisiana Tech prepares you to design, maintain, and improve those systems with hands-on training and real-world applications.
As an ICET student, you’ll gain valuable experience working with sensors, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), robotics, calibration tools, and electrical power systems. You’ll learn how to troubleshoot complex processes, program microcontrollers, and understand both discrete and analog control systems. You’ll also develop skills in data acquisition, transfer, and industrial networking, skills that are in high demand across nearly every engineering field.
This program is ideal for students who enjoy problem-solving, technology, and working with both hardware and software. ICET graduates go on to make meaningful contributions in biomedical, chemical, civil, cyber, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and nanosystems industries. If you want to build a future at the heart of innovation and automation, ICET gives you the tools to lead in a fast-changing world.
Program Educational Objectives:
A few years after graduation, Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology program graduates will:
- Be employed and be applying engineering technology principles in technical or managerial roles, performing design, manufacturing, marketing, operations, education, or maintenance tasks within fields closely related to measurement, controls, robotics, or automation engineering technology.
- Be advancing in their careers based on their strengths in technical knowledge of instrumentation and control systems, communication skills, awareness of professional, ethical and societal responsibilities, and dedication to life-long learning.
Student Outcomes:
By the time of graduation, students in the Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology program will have acquired:
- 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; and
- An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.
