College: College of Engineering
Designation: Department
Major: Electrical Engineering
Degrees Offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Other: Ph.D. Minor
Faculty: Professors Ramanathan (chair), Wendt (co-chair), Anderson, Barmish, Booske, Boston, Botez, Bucklew, Cerrina, DeMarco, Dobson, Hiskens, Hitchon, Hu, Jahns, Lipo, Mawst, McCaughan, Saluja, Scharer, Sethares, Shohet, Smith, van der Weide, Van Veen; Associate Professors Blick, Cobb, Gubner, Hagness, Lipasti, Milenkovic, Nowak, Sayeed, Venkataramanan; Assistant Professors Chen, Compton, Jiang, Knezevic, Kursun, Ma, Megerian, Muetze, Schulte,
Graduate study leads to the master of science and the doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering. Graduate work in the department is governed by the general regulations of the Graduate School and the College of Engineering.
Graduate courses are offered in all basic areas of electrical engineering. The following nine specializations can be pursued in depth: automatic control systems; biomedical engineering; communication and signal processing; computer engineering; electromagnetic fields and waves; energy and power systems; plasmas and controlled fusion; photonics; and solid-state quantum and microelectronics.
Laboratory facilities provide opportunities for research in biomedical computing; computer-aided engineering; computer architecture; data acquisition and simulation; digital control and instrumentation; digital engineering; digital microprocessors; digital signal processing; medical instrumentation; microelectronics and integrated-circuit fabrication; microwave devices, circuits, and antennas; photonics and optics; plasmas and controlled fusion; rotating electric machines and power electronics; speech processing; thin-film devices; VLSI systems; and x-ray lithography.
There are opportunities for research at both M.S. and Ph.D. levels.
Graduate students in other departments desiring to satisfy the requirements for a Ph.D. minor in electrical engineering must select a sequence of courses approved by the department. Minimum requirements for the minor are 12 credit hours in electrical engineering courses numbered 400 or above with grades of B or better. Normally it is expected that at least one-half of these credit hours should be earned in courses numbered 700 or above. One course crosslisted with the major department may be used for the minor, if the course is staffed by the ECE department, but such a course is not simultaneously applicable for satisfaction of the requirements of the major. No examinations are required other than those given in the courses.
An applicant must have a bachelor's degree from a college or other institution of recognized standing and an undergraduate record that indicates the ability to pursue graduate study successfully. The department welcomes applications from scientific and mathematical disciplines other than ECE. A grade point average of 3.2 (4.0 basis) is the nominal requirement for admission consideration. Submission of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores from the general exam is encouraged, but not always required. The results of advanced tests in engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science are also welcome.
For students with an undergraduate degree from an institution outside the United States, submission of GRE general exam scores is required. GRE scores are also required from all applicants for fellowship and teaching assistant consideration and are highly encouraged for research assistantship consideration.
ECE uses an online application process. To apply, go to www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/prospective/grad/prescreen.html .
For more information: Graduate Secretary, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3539 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706; 608/262-3891 ; gradscty@engr.wisc.edu; www.engr.wisc.edu/ece.