Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
56-125B Engineering IV
Box 951594
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
Electrical and Computer Engineering
310-825-2647
Department e-mail
Abeer A.H. Alwan, PhD, Vice Chair, Undergraduate Affairs
Puneet Gupta, PhD, Vice Chair, Computer Engineering
Subramanian S. Iyer, PhD, Vice Chair, Industrial Affairs
Lieven Vandenberghe, PhD, Vice Chair, Graduate Affairs
Electrical and computer engineers are responsible for inventions that have revolutionized our society, such as the electrical grid, telecommunications, and automated computing and control. The profession continues to make vital contributions in many domains, such as the infusion of information technology into all aspects of daily life. To further these ends, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering fosters a dynamic academic environment that is committed to a tradition of excellence in teaching, research, and service. It has state-of-the-art research programs and facilities in a variety of fields. Departmental faculty members are engaged in research efforts across several disciplines in order to serve the needs of industry, government, society, and the scientific community. Interactions with other disciplines are strong. Faculty members regularly conduct collaborative research projects with colleagues in the Geffen School of Medicine; Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; School of Theater, Film, and Television; and College of Letters and Science.
The primary areas in the department are circuits and embedded systems, computer engineering, physical and wave electronics, and signals and systems. These areas cover a broad spectrum of specialization, for example, communications and telecommunications, computer vision, control systems, cybersecurity, electromagnetics, embedded computer networking, embedded computing systems, engineering optimization, integrated circuits and systems, machine learning, micromechanical systems (MEMS), nanotechnology, photonics and optoelectronics, plasma electronics, signal processing, and solid-state electronics.
