Department Overview

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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Consistently ranked among the best in the nation, The Ohio State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) enjoys an excellent academic reputation, not only among peer programs, but from industry and government as well. The department provides superior training for students and groundbreaking research at the frontier of high technology. ECE faculty, researchers and students engineer solutions to problems in diverse fields, from biotechnology to nanotechnology and beyond. Electrical engineers find innovative ways to use electricity, electric materials, as well as electrical and magnetic phenomena, to empower society. Computer engineers design systems, both hardware and software, to create new technology and meet societal needs.

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RANKING

The department’s faculty and researchers are active in the areas of analog and RF electronic circuits, communication/signal processing, computer and digital systems, computer vision/image processing, control systems, electromagnetics, remote sensing, microwaves, optics and photonics, nanotechnology/electronic materials, robotics/intelligent transportation, networking and sustainable energy, and power systems. In fiscal year 2018, this research was supported by $19.5 million in externally sponsored funding. Along with other state-of-the-art facilities on campus, ECE’s 30 research centers and laboratories provide a world-class environment for learning and discovery.

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ACADEMICS

  • BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ohio State’s electrical engineering program and computer engineering program are both accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Autumn 2018 Enrollment
Undergraduate students ........................................... 877
Master’s students ..........................................................195
Doctorate students ......................................................242
TOTAL..............................................................................1,314

Degrees Conferred 2017-2018
Bachelor’s ........................................................................212
Master’s .............................................................................. 111
Doctorate .......................................................................... 44

 

RESEARCH

The department’s faculty and researchers are active in the areas of analog and RF electronic circuits, communication/signal processing, computer and digital systems, computer vision/image processing, control systems, electromagnetics, remote sensing, microwaves, optics and photonics, nanotechnology/electronic materials, robotics/intelligent transportation, networking and sustainable energy, and power systems. In fiscal year 2018, this research was supported by $19.5 million in externally sponsored funding. Along with other state-of-the-art facilities on campus, ECE’s 30 research centers and laboratories provide a world-class environment for learning and discovery.

The High Voltage Lab

 

Top U.S. Centers and Labs Include:

STUDY ABROAD

In addition to the hundreds of university study abroad programs available, the ECE department offers two unique exchange programs to better prepare engineers for the global economy.

Study Abroad

Students can study and conduct research at the School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University or at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

 

FACULTY

  • 58 tenure-track faculty, 7 research-track faculty and 5 clinical faculty
  • 1 National Academy of Engineering member, 19 IEEE Fellows

ALUMNI

Known, living ECE alumni worldwide................. 11,463

Ohio State ECE graduates are recruited by major companies, including IBM, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, AT&T, Intel, HP, Ford and GM. Many of our PhD graduates hold faculty positions at other universities in the United States and overseas.

DIVERSITY

  • ECE graduate students represent different countries from all around the world.
  • The department boasts the highest percentage of female electrical and computer engineering faculty in the country.
  • 17% of ECE graduate students and 13% of undergraduate students were female in 2018.
  • The number of underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic and Native American) in ECE’s student body included 7.4% undergraduates and 2.7% graduate students in 2018.

HISTORY

1884: First electrical engineering class taught at Ohio State
1888: Electrical engineering program launched
1891: First undergraduate degrees awarded
1900: Master’s degree program authorized
1928: First doctorate degree awarded

CONTACTS

Main Office
205 Dreese Labs
2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-2572
Shanker Balasubramaniam, Department Chair • shanker@ece.osu.edu


Graduate Program
ece.osu.edu/currentstudents/graduate
eng-ece-grad@osu.edu
Undergraduate Program
ece.osu.edu/futurestudents
eceadvisor@osu.edu


Communications
Ryan Horns, ECE/IMR Communications Specialist
horns.1@osu.edu
Development
Kathleen Coen, Director of Development • coen.40@osu.edu

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