Growing Faculty

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Faculty excellence is the foundation of Purdue ECE’s success. Whether they are mentoring students, inspiring students in classes, leading research centers, collaborating with industry, or creating startups with their innovations, our faculty have a major impact on the world.

The Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering currently has 120 faculty, which is among the largest ECE faculty in the nation. Our faculty strive to be the first, best, and only in everything they do. Six of our faculty members are National Academy of Inventors Fellows. Forty are IEEE Fellows. Six are National Academy of Engineering Fellows, and Purdue ECE also has a Gordon Award Winner on faculty.

In the last three years the School has added 24 new tenure-track faculty members, along with additional lecturers and research faculty. The collaborative spirit of the school and the College of Engineering as a whole makes Purdue ECE an attractive place for faculty to work. Facilities such as the Birck Nanotechnology Center, new labs in the robotics area, and the investments made possible through the naming of the school and the Electrical Engineering Building also create new and exciting opportunities for faculty.