Graduate Areas of Focus
ECE graduate students are typically associated with one of the department's nine academic areas of focus. The areas often have additional guidelines, such as required courses or seminars.
Electrical Engineering
Communications
Area Chair: Harpreet Dhillon
Electromagnetics (E&M)
Area Chair: J. Michael Ruohoniemi
Electronic Components, Circuits, and Systems (ECCS)
Area Chair: Majid Manteghi
Signals, Systems, & Controls
Area Chair: Yue (Joseph) Wang
Power
Area Chair: Virgilio Centeno
Photonics
Area Chair: Luke Lester
Computer Engineering
Computer Systems
Area Chair: Peter Athanas
Networking
Area Chair: Thomas Hou
Software & Machine Intelligence
Area Chair: Paul Plassmann
VLSI & Design Automation
Area Chair: TBA