is reverse engineering part of an electronic engineering degree?

Question

I enjoy working with electronics, and i am going to Wentworth for electronic engineering in September, but i would like to work on cracking the ps3, and i was wondering if reverse engineering was part of the curriculum or if i would just gain the knowledge needed then figure the rest out, or whats up?

Answer 1

Reverse engineering is not a formal course in an engineering curriculum, but an investigative technique. The original engineering design of an object is inferred from a detailed valuation if an object already made and on hand.

It works like this, you get one of theirs, you figure out how it works, you make one too. In some cases it is called industrial espionage. For instance toy manufacturere are very careful to prevent this. The Germans with their Enigma code machine and the Allies in WWII with the Norden bomb sight were also careful to prevent the devices from falling into enemy hands to be "reverse engineered"..

Answer 2

Reverse Engineering Degree

Answer 3

No, it's not part of any corriculum that I know of.



It's rarely done, and a "pick it up as you do it" kind of thing, since it very much depends on the thing being reversed. In other words, a through knowledge of the product is much more important than any theoretical reverse engineering course.



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Answer 4

It wasn't when I got my degree. But it may vary with school.