Thanks for visiting the website of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Memphis. We are a comprehensive department offering B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree programs.  I would like to provide you with some additional information about our programs and some aspects of our department that I feel make us unique.  

We have a very talented faculty in our department. Many of us are actively involved in research to advance the state-of-the-art in areas related to Imaging Sensor Design, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Devices and Systems, Image Processing, Multi-Media Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Hardware Design, as well as other areas. Our department is unique in that our faculty members often provide opportunities for stellar undergraduate students to join their research teams. 

For those undergraduate students with research aspirations, we have an EECE Honors Program, which augments the University Honors Program.  Honors is an opportunity to bring more recognition to students who perform with distinction. 

Although many of us are active researchers, we very much enjoy teaching and maintain an open door policy to encourage our students to get assistance from us in their work. I am still amazed by the caring nature of our faculty members.  Our class sizes are typically very small and I have taught classes with as few as six students and usually never more than about twenty students.

Our Electrical Engineering (EE) program is perhaps the most diverse undergraduate engineering degree available. It provides a very broad education and enables our graduates to compete for positions in a variety of industries, to pursue advanced graduate studies in a myriad of areas, or to go on to pursue careers in Medicine, Law, or Business. We have found that our EE graduates are very adaptable to the rapidly changing needs of industry and government.

If you are interested in more specialization at the undergraduate level, our Computer Engineering (CpE) program provides an in-depth education in hardware and software design. We have deliberately designed our CpE program to include a strong EE and Computer Science (CS) component thus making our graduates employable in a variety of industries.

Some of our most outstanding students elect to pursue degrees in both Electrical and Computer Engineering. We have designed an optimized track such that students can obtain both degrees with only an additional eleven semester hours of course work.

Finally, our M.S. and Ph.D. programs are gaining momentum as our external funding is steadily increasing providing more quality experiences for graduate study.  

Sincerely,

David J. Russomanno, Ph.D.

R. Eugene Smith Professor and Chair