Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineers work with electronics, communications, integrated circuits and computers that affect your life daily. Our engineers identify, analyze, and solve engineering problems by applying knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. Some of the areas our alumni work on include:
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U.S.
News and World Report recently ranked our department 69th out of 1,200
programs in the Electrical - Electronics - Communications category of
university programs. The department provides a solid education in
the fundamentals, encouraging students to think analytically, and
helping them to learn how to learn. Exciting internships and co-op
programs provide valuable, real-world experiences that complement
academic studies, while contributing to career preparation.
Graduate students can pursue a Master of Science in Electrical
Engineering or a Doctor of Philosophy.
The department offers a number of competitive scholarships for undergraduates students ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per year. Many graduate scholarships and fellowships are available for exceptional students. The department is home to approximately 450 undergraduates, 150 graduate students, and 27 faculty members. Undergraduate and graduates students have the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge research through senior project laboratories and individual studies with faculty.
ECE curriculum includes a unique undergraduate five-course sequence of stand-alone project laboratory courses that incorporate material learned in lectures with the laboratory. Students design, develop, construct, and evaluate a system. Faculty advisors assess the projects based on finished products, written reports, and oral presentations. The laboratory courses give students considerable experience in working closely with others in real-world situations and solving open-ended design problems.
The department is housed in a three-story building with a 40,000- square-foot two-story annex, and it contains specialized laboratories devoted to radio science, optical sciences, plasmas, pulsed power, and power semiconductors. These laboratories are equipped with all conventionally required and considerable state-of-the-art apparatus. The College of Engineering also has a variety of minicomputers and microcomputers. A fully equipped machine shop is maintained for research activities. Research faculty members also have close working relationships with industry and with many national laboratories.