PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering is designed to provide students advanced electricalcomputer engineering education and research opportunities. The program will engage doctoral students in independent research in the field of electricalcomputer engineering which will prepare them for research and development positions in the rapidly growing information and electronics sectors. Current research areas in the department include real-time embedded systems, computer architecture and systems, biomedical engineering, signal processing, image processing, sensors and nanotechnology, biological neural networks, fuzzy logic, energy conversion, power electronics systems, communications and networking, semiconductor materials and devices, printed electronics and devices, flexible hybrid electronics, and control systems. The department has seven instructional laboratories in electric circuits, digital logic, energy conversion systems, microcomputer systems, programmable digital systems, senior design, and digitalanalog electronics. In addition, there are eight labs for student and faculty research. These labs include a digital image and signal processing lab, a power equipment simulation and design lab, a computer architecture and system research lab, a neurobiology and non-linear systems engineering lab, a RF communications and RFID lab with radio frequency shield rooms, an intelligent fuzzy controllers lab, molecular and beam epitaxy lab, and a smart sensors and structures lab.