The Electrical Engineering Department emphasizes the following major areas of interest: Communications and Networking. Detection and estimation theory, digital communications, computer and communication networks, cellular communications, coding, encryption, data compression, and wireless and optical communications. Signal Processing and Control. Digital filter design, system identification, spectral estimation, adaptive filters, neural networks and digital signal processing implementations. Digital image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition. Linear and nonlinear systems, robotics, and computer and robot vision. Computer Engineering. Electronic circuits, computer-aided design, VLSI design, neural network implementations, parallel array architectures and memory interfaces. Electromagnetics. Electromagnetic theory including microwave electronics, classical optics, metallic and dielectric wave-guides, antennas and transmission lines. Photonics including semiconductor lasers and detectors, active optical fibers and switches, integrated optics, fiber optics, photonic integrated circuits and optical backplanes. Semiconductors, Materials and Photonics. Fabrication and characterization of devices and materials, device physics, ultrafast electronics and applications of the Scanning Tunneling microscope. In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering degree requirements for an M.S. degree, candidates are required to satisfy additional requirements. The plan of study involves these requirements: Articulation courses, if necessary, are used to prepare a student for graduate study in electrical engineering (to bring the student’s knowledge to the required level). Students must complete any required articulation courses with a GPA of 3.000 prior to entering the program. A total of 30 credit hours must be taken, of which 24 must be in EE. A minimum of four EE courses must be taken from one of the tracks listed below.

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