About ECE

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is committed to provide high quality educational programs in a research intensive environment to foster technological, economic, and social growth of the Charlotte region, the State of North Carolina, and beyond. The department offers undergraduate programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and graduate programs leading to Master’s and PhD degrees. Our prestigious faculty have expertise in a wide range of disciplines that include communications and networking, control systems, signal and image processing, electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, high performance computing, embedded systems, power systems, renewable energy and grid interface, microelectronics, nanotechnology, and more. Our educational programs closely integrate theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice through laboratories and design experience.

2022 Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dr. Cecchi wins the College of Engineering Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

2022 IEEE PES Outstanding Student Scholarship

IEEE PES Student Scholarship

Emily Abbate wins IEEE Power & Energy Outstanding Student Scholarship

2022 Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award

Electrical and Computer Engineering

2022 Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award

AGE-OF-INFORMATION

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Ahmed Arafa

Solar-battery cell a battery directly chargeable by sunlight

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Yong Zhang

2022 ECE Student Achievement Awards

Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

2021 – 2022 Student Achievement Awards

Wireless Power Transfer for Train Applications

New Research Project

Wireless Power Transfer for Train Applications

Distributed and collaborative Intelligent Systems

New Research Project

Distributed and Collaborative Intelligent Systems

Intelligent Power Electronics

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Intelligent Power Electronics

Researchers Develop Real-time AI Testbed

Research Highlight

Dr. Hamed Tabkhivayghan

Intelligent Communications and Computing Designs

Dr. Jiang (Linda) Xie

Intelligent Communications and Computing Designs

Low-Cost Silicon Solar Cells

Dr. Aba Ebong

Improvement of screen-printable metallization paste for low-cost silicon solar cells utilizing silver coated copper powders.

Timely Computing and Learning over Communication Networks

Dr. Ahmed Arafa

Timely Computing and Learning Over Communication Networks

Developing Power Engineering Curriculum Using Situative Pedagogy and Data Analytics

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Developing Power Engineering Curriculum using Situative Pedagogy and Data Analytics

Massive Open Online Course In Basic Electromagnetics

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Kathryn Smith

ECE REsearch Team is One of 10 Selected for U.S. Department of Energy Award

Resilient Community Microgrids

New Research Project

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