Overview of Electrical and Computer Engineering Timothy Grotjohn Professor and Chairperson Department Statistics Faculty ( joint appointments) 40 Support Staff12 Graduate Students ~190 M.S. 35% Ph.D. 65% Undergraduate Students 500 BS Graduates~100 M.S. Graduates~30 PhD Graduates~20 Research Expenditures$10.4M/year Undergraduate Program Offer electrical engineering and computer engineering programs. (Both programs have ABET Accreditation) Computer Engineering is jointly offered with the Computer Science and Engineering Department Many opportunities for hands-on lab experiences- 20 teaching labs Hands-on labs Freshman-Senior Student groups: IEEE, HKN, Amateur Radio, Audio Enthusiast Senior Design course with industrially sponsored projects Emphasis on experiential education Internships Co-op Undergraduate research project Study Abroad Graduate Program Electrical Engineering M.S. and Ph.D. Programs 190 graduate students Sloan program for recruiting, mentoring and graduating domestic students from underrepresented groups. Areas of Research Specialization Electroscience Materials and Devices Electromagnetics Nondestructive Evaluation Systems Controls Robotics Biomedical Signal Processing/Communications Power Systems and Electronics Computer Engineering Integrated Microsystems Evolutionary Computing Networking Research Centers Fraunhofer Center for Coatings & Laser Applications Coating research for industrial applications; variety of material coating and characterization capabilities; specializes in carbon-based coatings (diamond, amorphous carbon, DLC, etc.) NSF Science and Technology Center BEACON- Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium Fraunhofer Center 1cm 1cm 3 carat 3.5 mm 3.5 mm (boron doped blue) Multiple single crystal diamond synthesis 3.5 mm 3.5 mm (near colorless) MSU/Fraunhofer Capabilities Single Crystalline Diamond Rough (as-grown) diamond on seed crystal Grown diamond (right) separated from seed (left) 7 Energy: Renewable Resources Energy scavenging via thermoelectric materials Energy-use reduction using advanced power electronics and emerging vehicle technology Advanced Power Distribution Health and Biomedical Cardiovascular Health Detection Cancer Therapy using Ultrasound and RF Energy Neural Recording Technology Non-invasive Heart Valve Diagnostics Security Wall Climbing Robot Border Security Wireless Image Communication No Error Sate-of-the-Art MSU Innovations Integrated Bio-sensor Robotics MICRO/NANO ROBOTS