Missouri University of Science and Technology, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies

Office of Graduate Studies
118 Fulton Hall
301 W. 14th St.
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: 573-341-4141
Fax: 573-341-6127
mstgrad@mst.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S., Ph.D., DE

Areas of Study

Circuits and Electronics: Network analysis and synthesis, computer aided circuit design, distributed circuits, communications circuits, and linear and nonlinear electronic circuits
Communications and Signal Processing: Coding, information theory, modulation, detection, filtering (both analog and digital), signal processing, image processing, wireless.
Controls and Systems Engineering: Digital control, process control, system simulation, optimal control and estimation, robust control, neural networks, and fuzzy logic based control systems as typically applied to control of aircraft, space and underwater vehicles, automobiles, chemical processes, manufacturing, robotics, environmental systems, and smart structural systems.
Electromagnetics, Devices, and Optics: Characterization of semiconductor devices, electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity for high speed electronic systems, fiber optics, optical methods applied to structural monitoring, microwaves, applications to nondestructive testing and evaluation.
Power and machinery: Power quality, reliability, relaying, stability, computer methods, load management, vehicular power and propulsion systems (submarines, ships, hybrid electric vehicles, air and spacecraft), power electronics.
Digital System Design: Computer architecture, digital circuits, high performance systems, parallel processors, testing, and VLSI design.
Embedded Computer Systems: Hardware/software co-design, microprocessor systems, real-time systems, smart sensors
Systems, Intelligence, Software Engineering: computational intelligence, computer networks, dependability, fault tolerance, image processing, neural networks, system security/survivability.

Description of Program

The Electrical Engineering program in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering offers graduate programs of study which lead to the MS degree (thesis and non-thesis options), the PhD degree and the Doctorate of Engineering (DE) degree. Both the Rolla campus and the Engineering Education Center in St. Louis offer MS programs. Selection of specific options and programs of study is determined by student subject to approval by advisor and department.

Application Checklist

1.Documents to be sent to"...
Admissions Office
Missouri University of Science and Technology
102 Parker Hall
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO 65409-1060
USA

~Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee
~Application for Financial Support (pdf)
~Official transcripts
~Official GRE scores
~OfficialTOEFL scores
~Copies of journal and refereed conference papers (must be in English)
~Three letters of recommendation
~Statement of Purpose
~Financial Statement (international students)

Admissions Requirements:

Electrical Engineering Master's degree suggested minimum admissions requirements: BSEE degree from ABET accredited university (or equivalent international), GRE-Q>730, GRE-A>640, acceptable undergraduate grades (typically GPA>3.2), 3 letters of recommendation req'd for international students, TOEFL>580 (or 237 computer based) for international students. Electrical Engineering Doctoral degree suggested minimum admissions requirements: Completed MS (EE) degree with graduate GPA>3.5, 3 letters of recommendation, and meeting all other requirements for admission to MS program.

The new GRE test has replaced the multiple choice analytical section with a writing test. For students taking the new GRE test, the condition GRE-A>640 will be replaced with a condition that the writing score should be at least 3.5.

Application Deadlines    Domestic Students       International Students
Fall Semester                      July 15                              June 15
Winter Semester                 December 15                     November 15
Summer Semester               May 1                               April 1

Financial Aid Application Deadlines
Fall Semester March 1
Winter Semester October 1

Faculty and Research

The Applied Optics Laboratory, Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Factory Automation Laboratory, and Ameren UE Power Electronics Laboratory are all located in the ECE department. In addition many ECE students and faculty are involved in research performed in multi-disciplinary research centers and laboratories located on campus. Some of these centers include the Intelligent Systems Center, High Pressure Waterjet Laboratory, Instructional Software Development Center, and the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, and the Trustworthy Systems Laboratory.

Faculty Name & Title	Research Interests:
Dr. Levent Acar, Associate Professor	Intelligent control of functional systems, neural networks applied to control, hierarchical design and control of large-scale systems, optimal and suboptimal control for interconnected systems, distributed computational methods of optimal control strategies.
Dr.Sanjeev Agarwal, Research Assistant Professor	Image and signal processing, computer vision, virtual and augmented visualization, spatial point processes, neural networks, genetic algorithms, intelligent processing.
Dr.Waleed Al-Assadi, Assistant Professor	VLSI Design, Test, Design for Test, ASIC Design, CAD Tools, and Computer Architecture.
Dr.Leroy Alt, Lect
Dr.Daryl Beetner, Associate Professor	Computer Engineering, Chip Design, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Skin Cancer Detection.
Dr.Minsu Choi, Assistant Professor	Computer Architecture & VLSI, Embedded Systems, Fault Tolerance, Testing, Quality Assurance, Reliability Modeling & Analysis, Configurable Computing, Distributed Systems, Dependable Instrumentation & Measurement.
Dr.Badrul Chowdhury, Professor	Research Interests: Power system modeling, analysis and control; power quality; electricity markets in a deregulated era; power electronics; and utility-integration of distributed energy resources.
Dr.Keith Corzine, Associate Professor	Power electronics, motor drives, naval ship propulsion systems, and electric machinery analysis.
Dr.Norman R. Cox, Associate Professor	Image Processing, Power Electronics, Electric Vehicle Design, Alternative Energy Applications RF and Advanced Electronic Circuits, Applied Communication Theory
Dr.Mariesa L. Crow,F. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering	Computer-aided analysis of power systems dynamics and security analysis, voltage stability, computational algorithms for analyzing stressed, non-linear, non-continuous systems. Power-electronic applications in bulk power systems (FACTS), and parameter estimation.
Dr.James L. Drewniak, Professor	Investigation of coupling physics and numerical modeling for electromagnetic compatibility in printed and integrated circuits, power electronics and electric machinery; electromagnetic packaging effects and signal integrity; MEMS; numerical electromagnetic analysis; and RF and microwave measurements.
Dr.Richard E. DuBroff, Professor	Wave Propagation, Signal Processing, Geophysics, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Electromagnetic Compatibility
Dr.Kelvin T. Erickson, DepartmentChair and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Plantwide process control, model based predictive control, digital control system stability, system identification, fuzzy logic control, biochemical control, and control of manufacturing systems.
Dr.Jun Fan, Assistant Professor	Intra-system electromagnetic interference, radio-frequency interference, issues for mixed digital/RF systems, signal and power integrity for high-speed digital circuits.
Dr.Mehdi Ferdowsi, Assistant Professor	Modeling, analysis, design, and control of power electronic converters,integrated power converters and their industrial applications, digital control of power electronic converters and motor drives, adjustable speed drives, brushless DC (BLDC) and switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives, automotive/aerospace power electronics and motor drives, electric and hybrid electric vehicles, uninterruptible power supplies and active filters, design and control of power factor correctors, analysis and design of resonant converters and inverters
Dr.Steve Grant, Roy A. Wilkens Missouri Telecommunications Professor of Electrical Engineering	Digital signal processing for acoustics, speech, and communication. Echo cancellation, SONAR, nonlinear filtering, speech coding.
Dr.Sergiy Kharkivskiy, (Sergey Kharkovsky),Research Associate Professor	Microwave and millimeter wave physics and engineering, nondestructive testing of materials, microwave material characterization, dielectric resonators, solid-state oscillators.
Dr.Chang-Soo Kim, Assistant Professor	Solid-state devices, Micro/nanofabrication, Sensor engineering, Nanotechnology applications, Biological microdevices and systems.
Dr.Jonathan Kimball, Assistant Professor	Energy harvesting, Switched-capacitor converters, Multi-phase converters, Digital and nonlinear control methods for power converter.
Dr.Marina Koledinsteva, Research Assistant Professor	Electromagnetic Compatibility, Microwave Theory and Techniques, Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields with Complex (Composite) Media, including Microwave Ferrites
Dr.Kurt Kosbar, Associate Professor	Statistical communication theory, spread spectrum systems, computer-aided design of communication systems, stochastic process theory, digital signal processing.
Dr.Ted McCracken, Lecturer	Computer Engineering
Dr.Ann Miller, Cynthia Tang Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering	Computer engineering, in particular, computer and network security; software engineering, in particular, design and test of large-scale, networked systems, high assurance systems, and process control systems.
Dr.Randy H. Moss, Professor	Machine vision systems including medical and industrial applications, pattern recognition, image processing, digital systems, analog and digital circuits.
Dr.David J. Pommerenke, Associate Professor	Electromagnetic compatibility, electrostatic discharge, high-voltage systems.
Dr.Jagannathan Sarangapani, Professor	Computer/Communication/sensor networks, Embedded Systems, MEMS/Robotics, Intelligent Control
Dr.Sahra Sedigh, Assistant Professor	Embedded systems; environmental and structural monitoring; wireless sensor networks; dependability of critical infrastructures; system and information quality assurance.
Dr.Bijaya Shrestha, Lecturer	Photon transport in semiconductors, Statistical Physics, Monte Carlo Techniques, Neutral particle transport algorithm development, Neutronics and Photonics, Medical applications, Computer vision and Image processing, Feature extraction and identification
Dr.R. Joe Stanley, Associate Professor	Computer Engineering, image processing, pattern recognition and automation.
Dr.Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Associate Professor	Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Control of Power and Energy Systems, Intelligent Signal Processing
Dr.Steve E. Watkins, Professor	Smart Sensor Systems, Fiber Optics, Imaging, Engineering Education and Pre-college Education.
Dr.Cheng-Hsiao Wu, Professor	Quantum Resistor Network Theory,mesoscopic devices and molecular electronics, optical/wave computing,simulation of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors and solar cells,dlts and optical dlts measurements in mos devices, algaas/gaas quantum well lasers and cds diodes,conduction in heterojunctions, measurement of radiation and high temperature effects of mosfets, random walk theory and applications,surface and interface properties of materials, dielectric breakdown simulation,charge transport in composite and disordered materials, ic fabrication and processing for teaching purposes,dram and sram test structures and failure mode analysis.
Dr.Donald C. Wunsch II, Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering	Adaptive critic designs, neural networks, fuzzy systems, surety, nonlinear adaptive control, intelligent agents, applications.
Dr.Chengshan Xiao, Associate Professor
Dr.Hai Xiao, Associate Professor	Functional integration of nanomaterials with photonic devices to develop microphotonic sensors for applications in defense, energy, environmental, and biomedical areas; fiber optic sensors for applications in harsh environments; characterization and modeling of optical properties of nanomaterials and nanostructures; and medical imaging.
Dr.Maciej Zawodniok, Post Doc. Fellowship
Dr.Yahong Rosa Zheng, Assistant Professor	Array signal processing, wireless communications, and wireless sensor networks
Dr.Reza Zoughi, Schlumberger Distinguished Professor	Electromagnetics,antenna design,microwave engineering, microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive testing,material characterization, near-field microwave measurements and modeling,modulated scattering techniques, microwave material characterization.

Fast Facts

Where are S&T's Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates with advanced degrees employed? Intel, Micron Technology, Hewlett Packard, Caterpillar, Motorola, Adtran, NCR, Sun, Guidant, Boeing, Tellabs, and the U. S. Air Force and others.

Median graduate full-time salary for graduates: PhD: $102,000 per year MS: $95,000 per year*

*These median salaries should not be interpreted as median starting salaries. Source: IEEE-USA Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey - 2001 Edition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ., 2001.

Contact

Graduate Staff
Regina Kohout
reginak@mst.edu
573-341-4506

Graduate Faculty Coordinator
Dr. Richard DuBroff
red@mst.edu

Department Chair
Kelvin Erickson
kte@mst.edu

Department Address
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
141 Emerson Electric
Co. Hall
301 W. 16th St.
Rolla, MO 65409-0040
(573) 341-4506

Department Website
http://ece.mst.edu/