The new Telecommunication engineers, beyond telephony

Professors from the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT) will introduce high school students to the great diversity of professional opportunities and research fields that new technologies have generated in degrees such as Telecommunications Engineering.

Irene Vega

Telecommunication engineers are no longer dedicated only to telephony or antennas. New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, nanotechnology in bioengineering or the Internet of Things ( Internet of Things , IoT) have opened a wide range of opportunities for new professionals.

Next Thursday, May 20, ETSIT teachers will introduce secondary school students to the great diversity of jobs and research fields that have emerged in degrees such as Telecommunications Engineering. "Surely it is unknown to the majority of high school youth that nowadays a Telecommunications Engineer, in the different variants, addresses highly multidisciplinary topics and research," says Julio Ramiro Bargueño, coordinator of the activity and professor at ETSIT. “Among them, there are research fields such as biomedical engineering or artificial intelligence in all its applications, nanotechnology especially in cancer treatment applications or the Internet of things, which monitors our entire lives in new smart cities (smart cities ) controlled by a new software robotics , which will only be able to manage the huge amount of data ( Big data ) through quantum computing ”, he adds. In fact, the first commercial microwave-based quantum computers are already available, a technology widely used in telecommunications such as broadcasting.

Through brief presentations by teachers with various participatory demonstrations in the URJC's Telecommunication laboratory, participants will be able to learn how bioelectric signals (brain or heart) are measured, they will learn how to make a homemade WiFi antenna with a simple can of preserves. and they will build a monitoring system using different sensors and control these with an Arduino board.

Participation in the activity will be a virtual format and is preferably aimed at 1st and 2nd year high school students, although anyone interested in the world of telecommunications can register by registering through the online form .

This activity is coordinated by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC + i), dependent on the Vice-Rector's Office for Research, and has the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) -Ministry of Science and Innovation .