University of Maryland
Graduate Catalog Fall 2009

Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENEE)

Faculty

Chair
O'Shea, Patrick Gerard,

Associate Chair
Blankenship, Gilmer L., Lawson, Wesley G., Liu, K.J. Ray,

Distinguished University Professor
Ott, Edward,

Professor
Antonsen, Thomas M., Jr., Baras, John S., Barbe, David F., Barg, Alexander, Bhattacharyya, Shuvra S., Blankenship, Gilmer L., Chellappa, Ramalingam, Dagenais, Mario, Davis, Christopher C., De Claris, Nicholas, Ephremides, Anthony, Espy-Wilson, Carol Y., Farvardin, Nariman, Ghodssi, Reza, Goldhar, Julius, Goldsman, Neil, Gomez, Romel Del Rosario, Granatstein, Victor L., Ho, Ping-Tong, Iliadis, Agisilaos, JaJa, Joseph F., Krishnaprasad, Perinkulam, Lawson, Wesley G., Liu, K.J. Ray, Makowski, Armand M., Marcus, Steven I., Mayergoyz, Isaak, Melngailis, John, Milchberg, Howard M., Nakajima, Kazuo, Narayan, Prakash, Newcomb, Robert W., O'Shea, Patrick Gerard, Oruc, Yavuz A., Peckerar, Martin C., Rabin, Herbert, Shamma, Shihab, Shayman, Mark A., Tits, Andre L., Vishkin, Uzi, Yang, Chia-Hung,

Professor Emeritus
Davisson, Lee D., Emad, Fawzi, Harger, Robert O., Lee, Chi Hsiang, Ligomenides, Panos A., Lin, Hung C., Orloff, Jon H., Reiser, Martin P., Rhee, Moon-Jhong, Striffler, Charles D., Taylor, Leonard S., Zaki, Kawthar A.,

Associate Professor
Abshire, Pamela, Barua, Rajeev K., Franklin, Manoj, Horiuchi, Timothy, Jacob, Bruce, La, Richard, Murphy, Thomas E., Papamarcou, Adrianos, Qu, Gang, Silio, Charles B., Jr., Simon, Jonathan, Srivastava, Ankur, Ulukus, Sennur, Wu, Min, Yeung, Donald,

Associate Professor Emeritus
Pugsley, James H., Tretter, Steven A.,

Research Associate Professor
Dowd, Patrick W., Kishek, Rami Alfred ,

Research Professor
Harper, Mary, Levine, William S., Tassiulas, Leandros, Venkatesan, T. Venky,

Assistant Professor
Martins, Nuno M. L. C., Petrov, Peter, Rosfjord, Kristine , Waks, Edo,

Professor of Practice
Kim, Jeong H.,

Affiliate Professor
Agrawala, Ashok K., Anlage, Steven, Davis, Larry S., Frank, Howard, Fu, Michael C., Hendler, James A., Hollingsworth, Jeffrey K., Katz, Jonathan , O'Leary, Dianne P., Rubloff, Gary W.,

Affiliate Associate Professor
Bernstein, Joseph B., Bhattacharjee, Samrat, Cukier, Michel, Duraiswami, Ramani, Phaneuf, Raymond J., Smela, Elisabeth, Wellstood, Frederick C.,

Affiliate Assistant Professor
Chen, Yu, Hicks, Michael, Keleher, Peter J.,

Abstract

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Maryland, College Park offers one of the strongest and most highly-ranked education and research programs in electrical engineering in the nation. Led by 89 full-time and affiliate faculty members and 50 research faculty and postdocs, the research programs of Maryland cover a wide spectrum of activities in the two broad areas of (i) Information Sciences and Systems which consists of Communications and Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, and Controls; and (ii) Electronic Sciences and Devices, which consists of Electrophysics and Microelectronics.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy, degrees. Last fall 2007, there were 360 graduate students in Electrical Engineering; 300 were Ph.D. students, and 60 M.S.

For additional information about the department's programs and research, please see the ECE Web site

Admissions Information

For admission to electrical and computer engineering, students must hold an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering with a B+ or better grade point average or similar undergraduate preparation in mathematics, computer science, physics or other areas of engineering or science.

For the most current and detailed information regarding ECE graduate admissions and deadlines, please visit our ECE Graduate Admissions Web page. Applicants must follow all instructions detailed on our How to Apply Web page.

Application Deadlines

 

Fall

Spring
Domestic Applicants:
U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents

Domestic Applicant Deadlines


Financial support consideration deadline is DECEMBER 1. Admission only deadlines are FEBRUARY 1 for international and MAY 1 for U.S. citizens. (December 1 preferred) .


Admission only deadlines are JUNE 1 for international and OCTOBER 1 for U.S. citizens. (June 1 preferred) .

 


International Applicants:
Applicants from Outside the U.S. or U.S. Citizens / Permanent Residents with Non-U.S. Credentials

IMPORTANT:   International Applicants and U.S. Applicants with Non-U.S. Credentials must follow the domestic deadlines above if they are earlier than the deadlines listed below.   

Applicants seeking admission under F (Student) or J (Exchange Visitor) visas

February 1
If Domestic Deadline is after Feb. 1

June 1
If Domestic Deadline is after Jun. 1

Applicants seeking admission under A, E, G, H, I, and L visas and immigrants

May 1
If Domestic Deadline is after May 1

October 1
If Domestic Deadline is after Jun. 1

U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents with foreign credentials

May 15
If Domestic Deadline is after May 15

October 31
If Domestic Deadline is after Oct.31
 

Application Requirements

  1. Online Web Application and Supplemental Form (ASF)
  2. GRE General
  3. 3 Letters of Recommendation
  4. Official Transcripts
  5. Statement of Goals

Degree Requirements

Master of Science (M.S.)

The M.S. program offers the thesis and non-thesis options. Students must satisfy a course requirement and complete either a Thesis or Scholarly Paper. For complete details, see the ECE Graduate Handbook

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Students in the Ph.D. program must complete a course requirement, satisfy a Ph.D. Qualifying requirement, pass an oral Ph.D. Research Proposal Examination, and write and successfully defend a Ph.D. dissertation. For complete details, see the ECE Graduate Handbook.

Facilities and Special Resources

For detailed information on the department's research institutes and laboratories, please see the ECE Research Overview.

Financial Assistance

Financial aid is available to graduate students in the form of research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and fellowships. Details are available in the ECE Graduate Handbook. Applicants for admission are automatically considered for these packages provided they mark "yes" for financial assistance on the application form and submit their materials by the deadline.

Contact Information

Graduate Studies Office
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2434 A.V. Williams Bldg.

College Park,
MD  20742
Telephone: (301) 405-3681
Fax: (301) 405-8728
ecegradstudies@umd.edu

http://www.ece.umd.edu/

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