EE Ph.D. Program Objectives
Program Objectives:
The major objectives of the Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Texas Tech University are:
1. Train research oriented electrical
engineers through exposure to original research in several areas of
concentration and relevant course work.
2. Place graduates in university teaching and
research, national laboratories and standards organizations, and industrial
research and development.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers students the
opportunity of graduate study under the direction of faculty members in an
atmosphere of enthusiasm for learning. Master’s and doctoral degrees are
awarded to students completing a comprehensive program of courses,
examinations, and thesis or dissertation. Courses provide breadth and depth
of knowledge; thesis and dissertation projects are an important expression
of creative research activity. A non-thesis option is available for master’s
students.
The master’s degree program prepares students for successful professional
careers based on a broad foundation, together with specialized technical
expertise, in electrical engineering. The doctoral degree program prepares
students for engineering-based leadership roles in society involving the
solution of important technological problems and the advancement and
dissemination of knowledge.
Typical Degree Program
Due to the wide breadth of focus areas and specialization degree plans
differ greatly between programs. With the thesis based MSEE and the Ph. D.
programs, the program of study is developed jointly between the student and
the committee with a large degree of guidance by the student’s thesis or
dissertation advisor. The department requires a single tools course that may
be satisfied by ECE 5371 Engineering Analysis or by a graduate level course
in statistical analysis as offered by the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics. A typical program for the Ph. D. with an emphasis in
semiconductors is shown below.
- ECE 5314 Solid State Devices
- ECE 5366 Testing of Digital Systems
- ECE 5381 Intro to Semiconductor Processing
- STAT 5385 Statistical Analysis
- ECE 5365 Parametric/Functional Device Testing
- ECE 5310 Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design
- ECE 5321 Design and Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits
- ECE 5323 Modern Communications Circuits
- ECE 5324 Computer Aided Circuit Design
- ECE 5360 Fiber Optic Systems
- ECE 5361 Advanced Communications Systems
- ECE 5362 Modern Optics
- ECE 5364 Digital Signal Processing
- ECE 5376 System Modeling and Simulation
- ECE 5382 Advanced Digital System Design
- ECE 5331 Industrial Co-op
- ECE 5332 Special Topics: Design, Simulation, and Testing of Electronic Systems
- ECE 5332 Special Topics: DC-DC Converter Design and Test
- ECE 5351 Biomedical Signal Processing
- ECE 5356 Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- ECE 8000 Ph. D. Dissertation
- ECE 5120 Graduate Seminar