Electrical & Computer Engineering

Technology developed by electrical and computer engineers has revolutionized every facet of modern life. These developments have applications in multidisciplinary settings — medicine, communications, entertainment, business, transportation, and education— and represent enormous promise for society.

Computer engineers specialize in the design and analysis of computer hardware and software systems, including computer processors, circuit boards, and network systems. As a student, you will gain the skills to design, analyze, and build technology to improve and modernize daily life.

Cybersecurity engineers are in demand in organizations throughout society. Non-profits, hospitals, companies, government agencies and intergovernmental organizations are all seeking knowledgeable professionals to keep their organization’s operations and data safe from attackers.

You will learn to help shape the design and manufacturing processes of microlectronics, control systems, signal processing systems, and other technologies that impact our daily lives. 

Electrical engineering technology curriculum has electronic technology, and computer technology tracks. As a student in this field, you're introduced to computer hardware and software, automatic control programming and implementation, robotic control, and modern instrumentation and sensors. This program will prepare you to design, program, and install all types of electrical instrumentation as well as computers and their networks.

There are many professional career paths in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.

• Computer Engineers specialize in the design and analysis of computer hardware and software. Working with operating systems, computer architecture, computer networks, robotics, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and computer-aided design tools, they develop advancements in radio, television, radar, transistors, computers, and robotics.
• Cybersecurity Engineers focus on defending security in all facets including careers as a threat intelligence analyst, penetration tester, incident response manager, application security engineer, and more.
• Electrical Engineers develop electrical equipment, shaping the design and manufacturing processes for all kinds of devices, from microelectronics to supercomputers. Their work—in control systems, signal processing, space systems, lasers and photonics, and more—is at the forefront of advances in biomedicine, renewable energy, intelligent systems, and nanotechnologies.

• 10/2022: Dr. Jason Armstrong from NSA visited ECE department and gave a talk on enigma machines and cryptography.
• 10/2022: ECE Faculty Dr. Andrew Steckl was awarded the Electronics and Photonics Award from the Electrochemical Society.
• 10/2022: ECE undergrads Katy Hildebrant and Nathan Rolfes were awarded scholarships from IEEE Cincinnati Section.
• 09/2022: ECE graduate students Aaron Ruen and Greg Muha were interviewed by WCPO Cincinnati about Intel's new facility in Ohio.
• 09/2022: ECE Faculty Dr. Rashmi Jha is the lead of the new $1.1 million award from Intel for establishing Ohio Southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable-Manufacturing (OASiS).
• 09/2022: ECE Faculty Dr. Rashmi Jha received $1.4 million from National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research in the areas of developing Novel Semiconductor Memory Devices and Heterogenous Integration for High-Density Data Storage and In-Memory Computing. More details