The new name, Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has taken the place of Master of Science in Computational Electrical and Computer Engineering. This alteration has come after several years of graduate-level course development and additions.
For three weeks, Dr. Qihou Zhou conducted a course titled Undergraduate Hands-on Experience with Incoherent Scatter Radar, where students learned about the technical aspects of radar operation, characteristics of the different ionospheric regions, recognizing techniques and more.
Through RAPIDS, Miamis main campus and regional campuses received a total of over $300,000. The funds have been used to purchase robotics kits that are being used in classes like ECE471 (Robotics-Vision & Control).
The prospective RE major is pan-disciplinary, with a curriculum that spreads across three departments: CSE, ECE and MME. Eight new courses have been designed specifically for the major, including Computer Vision, Kinematics of Robotics and Sensors and Data Fusion.
Last month a ECE student was awarded two scholarships for his accomplishments as a member of IEEE HKN, the electrical engineering honor society here at Miami.
Recently three electrical engineering majors were recognized with the CE Power Scholarship for their interest in pursuing a career in the power engineering field.
Donald Ucci, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
