Programs of study

The department offers BS, MS, M.Eng., and PhD programs with specialization and research in communications and signal processing; microelectronics, photonics, and materials; and energy systems.

Communications and signal processing

Includes communications theory, estimation and detection, digital signal processing and video compression, radar and medical image processing, computationally efficient architectures and algorithms, CDMA, adaptive antennae, mobile and wireless systems, and optical communications systems.

Microelectronics, photonics, and materials

Includes microelectronics, nanoelectronics; thin-film deposition and device processing, semiconductor-material and device characterization, lattice-mismatched and strained heteroepitaxial layers; transport in nanostructures, single electron devices; photovoltaics, analog and mixed-signal design, biomimetics; electromagnetic compatibility, plasma processing and plasma-material interactions; laser physics, laser-material interactions, single-photon detection, nonlinear optics, picosecond and femtosecond carrier dynamics in semiconductors, terahertz spectroscopy, and quantum electronics; computational photonics and fiber optics; sensors and electronic instrumentation; confocal microscopy; high Tc superconductors and applications; atmospheric environment, air pollution and particle-emission control; and theoretical studies in wave propagation and diffraction.

Energy systems

Includes circuit interruption, fault-current limiting, pulsed-power and high-power switching, and power conversion; high-voltage electrical insulation and dielectric materials; space power systems; and motors. Control includes studies and research in power electronics, digital circuit design and instrumentation; real-time control; and systems theory, control theory, switching theory, and digital logic design.