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Phone: 703-993-1569
Web: ece.gmu.edu

School:  Volgenau School of Engineering 

Faculty

Professors: Allnutt, Cook, Ephraim, Gertler, Griffiths, Ioannou, Jabbari, Levis, Manitius (chair), Mark, Mulpuri, Pancrazio

Associate professors: Berry, Chang, Gaj, Hintz, Pachowicz, Paris, W. Sutton, Wage

Assistant professors: Ikonomidou, Kaps, Li, Lorie, Nelson, Peixoto, Sikdar

Research professors:  Katona, Wagenhals, Zaidi

Instructor:  Pandula

Adjunct professors:  Abgariah, Allen, Alper, Amos, Beatty, Bollino, Durie, Follendore, Fowler, Gong, Hall, Hassan, Herman, Hibey, Hockensmith, Hrnjez, Lazarevich, Leaf, McCaughey, Orebaugh, Osgood, Pollak, Sabzevari, Sheppard, Storev, Sud, Tham, Tran, Van Meter T, West S, Williams, Wilson, Wu, Young   

Emeritus faculty: Baraniecki, Beale, Black, Schaefer, Tabak, Van Trees

The undergraduate education mission of the ECE Department is to provide a quality education for electrical engineering and computer engineering students to support the needs of Virginia and the nation.

The objectives of undergraduate programs within the ECE Department relate to the abilities of our graduates three to five years after graduation. These objectives include:

• Technical knowledge: Graduates will be able to apply the fundamentals in the appropriate engineering discipline as demonstrated by success as productive engineers in industry, government, or graduate school.
• Preparation for further study: Graduates will have the knowledge and skills to engage in lifelong learning.
• Professionalism: Graduates will have the skills and understanding needed to fulfill their professional responsibilities as engineers, including written and oral communication, ethics, and teamwork.

Graduate programs leading to MS and PhD degrees prepare students for careers in industry, government, and academia. Graduate certificate programs provide well-defined targets for students who want to advance or update their knowledge in selected areas. ECE offers the PhD in electrical and computer engineering, MS degrees in computer engineering, electrical engineering, telcommunications, and computer forensics, and certificates in communications and networking, signal  processing, and very large-scale integration design and manufacturing.

ECE is committed to high standards of teaching and research excellence in communications, digital systems design, computer networks, microprocessor and embedded systems, distributed computing, signal and image processing, control systems, intelligent systems, systems integration and microelectronics.  Graduate students are offered a progressive environment with ample opportunities for the type of advanced research needed to confront the complex realities of the 21st century.

The courses in these programs are offered during the evening or late afternoon hours to accommodate students who are employed full time. For those who enter the programs on a full-time basis, some financial aid may be available in various forms, such as teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and work-study and co-op agreements with local industry.

Course Work

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department offers all courses designated ECE, CRFS and TCOM in the Courses  chapter of this catalog. The department also offers some ENGR  courses.

Programs

• Computer Engineering, BS
• Electrical Engineering, BS

• Computer Engineering, BS/Computer Engineering, Accelerated MS
• Electrical Engineering, BS/Electrical Engineering, Accelerated MS
• Electrical Engineering, BS/Telecommunications, Accelerated MS
• Information Technology, BS/Telecommunications, Accelerated MS

• Computer Engineering, MS
• Computer Forensics, MS
• Electrical Engineering, MS
• Telecommunications, MS

• Advanced Networking Protocols for Telecommunications Graduate Certificate
• Communications and Networking Graduate Certificate
• Network Technologies and Applications Graduate Certificate
• Networks, System Integration and Testing Graduate Certificate
• Signal Processing Graduate Certificate
• Telecommunications Forensics and Security Graduate Certificate
• Telecommunications Systems Modeling Graduate Certificate
• VLSI Design/Manufacturing Graduate Certificate
• Wireless Communications Graduate Certificate

• Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD

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