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Subjects covered.
| Undergraduate | Graduate |
Very important |
Very important |
| Compiler design | Algorithms |
| Computer architecture | Artificial intelligence and Intelligent Sytems |
| Computer networks | Distributed processing and Mobile Computing |
| Electric circuits | Integrated circuits and VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) |
| Hardware description languages | Parallel processing/distributed processing |
| Operating systems | Photonics |
| Programming languages | |
| Solid state electronics | |
| System analysis | |
| Telecommunications | |
Important |
Important |
| Automatic control | Biomedical engineering |
| Communication systems | Computational geometry |
| Compiler design | Computer vision |
| Computer aided design | Control theory |
| Computer graphics | Cryptography |
| Computer networks | Digital filters |
| Computer simulation | Electronic Design Automation |
| Data Structures | Image processing |
| Database systems | Logic programming |
| Electromagnetic fields | Mixed signal electronics |
| Electronic design automation | Nanotechnology |
| Electronics | Neural networks and Microelectronic Devices |
| Embedded systems | Signal processing |
| Microprocessors | |
| Mobile Communications | Somewhat important |
| Microwaves | Analog electronic systems |
| Multimedia systems | Digital filters |
| Object oriented programming | Fault tolerant computing |
| Optical fiber | Genetic algorithms |
| Semiconductors | Information theory |
| Software engineering | Internet |
| User interfaces | Lasers |
Somewhat important |
Power electronics |
| Electric power | Quantum electronics |
| Methods | Speech processing |
Degrees granted. The department offers the B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering, the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering, and the Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (jointly with the Computer Science Department).
Research focus. The major research areas within the department are: Computer Engineering, Electronic Materials and Devices, and Systems Engineering. The department has excellent research and teaching facilities including research laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment in the areas of software systems, neural networks, image processing, electronic design automation, MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), microsensors, millimeter waves and photonics, nanoelectronics, and optoelectronics.
Dorothy Byers
July 31, 2007