Electrical and Computer Engineering Highlights

Mission Statement

To serve and lead the state of Indiana, the nation, and the world-wide profession of electrical and computer engineering, by educating the next generation of engineers, by discovery that advances fundamental knowledge and its applications, and by innovation and engagement that address global challenges of societal impact.

  • Facts

     

    • Established in 1888, Purdue ECE is the largest school at Purdue
    • Home of nanoHUB, a scientific cloud computing resource
    • Birthplace of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
    • Former head, Reginald Fessenden, invented radio telephony
    • Purdue ECE is leading semiconductor innovation through education, research, and workforce development

  • Figures

    • Largest ECE program in the nation
    • Two undergraduate dergree programs with approximately 2,000 students
    • 1,400 MS and PhD students
    • 125+ faculty members specializing in Electrical, Computer, and Information Systems Engineering
    • $54+ million annual research expenditures, a new School record
    • More than 23,000 alumni
    • #3 online graduate ECE program
    • EE undergraduate program ranked at #8 and CompE undergradpate program ranked at #7 by U.S. News and World Report
    • Top 10 ranked EE and CompE graduate programs

  • Dynamic Faculty

    • 41 IEEE Fellows and a former IEEE president
    • 7 National Academy of Engineering members, 9 National Academy of Inventors members, 1 Gordon prize winner, and 3 Frontiers of Engineering alumni
    • 11 American Physical Society and Optica Fellows

  • Expanding Research and Innovation

    • Highest volume of research among all Purdue schools and departments
    • Home of the nanoHUB, a pioneering scientific end-to-end cloud computing environment for nanotechnology and beyond
    • Recent SRC Awards: Brain Inspired Computing, NEW LIMITS, Computing & Probabilistic Spin Logic, and Heterogeneous Integration Research in Packaging
    • Recent NSF Awards: Optimism in Causal Reasoning via Information-theoretic Methods, Learning, Estimation, and Control of Networked Epidemic Processes, “Designing Next-Generation Programmable Switches for Stateful In-Network Computing, and Advancing Fair Data Mining via New Robust and Explainable Algorithms and Human-Centered Approaches
    • Recent AFRL Awards: Adaptive Wireless Networks for Spectrally Efficient Communication, and Media Forensics Integrity Analytics
    • Recent ONR Awards: NEPTUNE Power and Energy Research, and Field-Enhanced Mass Transport in Ceramics

  • Distinguished Alumni

    • Eugene Cernan, NASA astronaut who walked on the moon during Apollo XVII mission
    • Thomas Engibous, chairman and former CEO of Texas Instruments
    • Lila Ibrahim, COO of DeepMind
    • Rita Lane, former VP of Operations at Apple
    • Don Thompson, former President and CEO of McDonald's

College of Engineering Highlights