Current Students
We are proud to have you as part of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Many of the services and opportunities of particular relevance to current ECE students are listed below. The buttons to the right will direct you to specific information and resources for ECE undergraduate and graduate students. Furthermore, ECE is working to promote intercultural awareness in all students, both international and domestic.
ECE Student Organizations
- Eta Kappa Nu, Beta Chapter (HKN), International Honor Society for Electrical Engineers
- ECE Students Society
- ECE Grad Student Association
- IEEE - Student Chapter
International Professional Organizations
- ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
- APS - American Physical Society
- ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education
- CRA - Computing Research Association
- ECEDHA - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association
- IEC - International Engineering Consortium
Computing Resources
Career Opportunities
ECE News
Featured Student
Even when she was in grade school, Tara Thomas was intensely curious about how computers worked. By high school, she was writing rudimentary software programs. Her undergraduate studies in her native India, a blend of electrical engineering and computer science, gave Thomas a "holistic picture" of the workings of both hardware and software. Now pursuing her master's in Computer Engineering, she has found a discipline that requires the same blend of skills. Thomas, 25, has already put her "foot in the door of a real career" by working on projects for General Electric Co. and Apple, where she has a job waiting after graduation.
Thomas has taken full advantage of the hands-on opportunities offered in ECE. She's currently working within a $10 million collaboration between Purdue and General Electric aimed at devising new ways to boost factory output and lower production costs. Her particular focus: helping devise a system of embedded sensors that communicate wirelessly in real time to identify production bottlenecks and reveal ways to smooth work flow. She also spent last summer interning at Apple, where she devised a prototype for an easier-to-use keyboard. "It was fun to work on an actual product," says Thomas, whose job with the tech giant will involve developing sensor systems.