The ECE Department offers programs of study leading to Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering. The department’s graduate program is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the premier engineering programs in the world, according to the US News and World Report.
Our elite ECE faculty includes 5 Alumni Distinguished Professors, 20 IEEE Fellows, and 13 National Science Foundation CAREER award winners (presented to the nation’s most promising young faculty members). Dr. B. Jayant Baliga has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. Also, Dr. Alex Huang developed “smart transformers” that made MIT Technology Review’s list of the world’s 10 most important emerging technologies in 2011. The U.S. Army’s Commander’s Award for Public Service was awarded to Dr. Michael Steer – the only civilian to have received it.
