Electrical & Computer Engineering

The ECE Department, faculty offices, and teaching and research laboratories are located in Barrows Hall and in the adjoining Engineering & Science Research Building (ESRB). The ESRB also houses the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) (formerly known as the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology), an interdisciplinary research unit exploring advanced materials spanning the spectrum from basic science to applied technology. The ESRB opened its doors July 2004 and contains state-of-the-art research facilities, including a microfabrication cleanroom. The ECE Department provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students for research in a wide variety of areas.

High-Performance Computing

• Supercomputing
  • Faculty: Zhu, Weaver
• Computer Architecture and Systems
  • Faculty: Zhu, Siddique

Microelectronics

• VLSI Circuit Design – Micro & Nano Fabrication Technology – Device Design & Testing
  • Faculty: Smith, Hummels, Pereira da Cunha, Emanetoglu, Ghomian

Microwave Acoustics: Propagation and Devices

• Piezoelectric Materials – Sensors (gas,fluid,biological) – Bulk & Surface Acoustic Wave Design
  • Faculty: Pereira da Cunha, Emanetoglu

Cybersecurity

• Embedded Security, Joint Hardware-Software Security, Security of AI
  • Faculty: Siddique, Hou, Guan, Li, Chakraboty
• Scalable and Portable Infrastructure for Cybersecurity Education (SPICE)
  • Faculty: Chakraboty

Data Science and Engineering

• Laboratory for Computational and Mathematical modeling in Medicine Engineering and Technology
  • Faculty: Guidoboni
• Data Engineering and AI Lab (DEAL)
  • Faculty: Zhu