ECE Research Overview

Research activities in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering integrate two themes:

• Advancing the underlying principles that define systems and components
• Demonstrating the application of principles to practice.

Research within the ECE Department contributes to both of these basic themes.
Increasingly, applications integrate a variety of themes drawn from both principles and practices, combining concepts from specific fields to create a contemporary, competitive product. The research thrusts of the ECE Department, which can be seen on our Research Laboratories page, draw on the overlap of each faculty members' interests and expertise in multiple thrusts, creating a team-based infrastructure of researchers seeking to advance the principles and practices enabling today's complex systems.

Primary Research Thrust Areas

The ECE Departments' Primary Research Thrust Areas include:

• Signal Processing
• Embedded, Real-Time, Intelligent Microelectronic Systems
• Visual and Multimedia Inrightrmation Systems
• Networked Information Systems & Applications

ECE Research Application Areas

Application areas provide a testing ground for the practicality and performance of new principles and techniques. Representative targeted applications of ECE projects include the following.

• Wireless transceivers
• Ad hoc wireless networks
• Autonomous mobile robotics
• Telemedicine & Wireless Networks
• Image understanding
• Information hiding
• Secure wireless communications
• Reliable and efficient transmission of multimedia information
• Cross-layer protocols for networks