Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty

A. B. Apsel, director; F. Rana, associate director; D. Albonesi, D. F. Delchamps, advising coordinator; J. Acharya, E. Afshari, C. Batten, E. Y. Bitar, A. W. Bojanczyk, T. Chen, H.-D. Chiang, C. Delimitrou, P. C. Doerschuk, D. A. Hammer, D. Jena, C. R. Johnson, Jr., E. Kan, R. R. Kline, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Lal, J. F. Martínez, A. Molnar, F. Monticone, K. Petersen, C. R. Pollack, A. P. Reeves, M. Sabuncu, C. E. Seyler, J. R. Shealy, M. Shoaran, C. Studer, G. E. Suh, A. K. Tang, S. Tiwari, L. Tong, A. B. Wagner, S. B. Wicker, H. G. Xing, Z. Zhang, Q. Zhao

Electrical and Computer Engineering:

Offered by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact: Student Services Office, 222 Phillips Hall, (607) 255-9442, www.ece.cornell.edu

The Electrical and Computer Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering major (ECE), leading to a B.S. degree, provides a foundation that reflects the broad scope of this engineering discipline.

Concentrations include computer architecture and organization, digital systems and computer vision; power systems control; communications, networks, information theory and coding, signal processing and optimization; electronic circuits, VLSI, solid state physics and devices, MEMs, nanotechnology, lasers and optoelectronics; electromagnetics, radiophysics, space sciences, and plasmas.

ECE majors must take ECE 2300 /ENGRD 2300 as an engineering distribution course. The major normally begins in the spring of the sophomore year. Of the courses listed below, only ENGRD 2100 /ECE 2100 and ECE 2300 /ENGRD 2300 , and ECE 2200 /ENGRD 2220 are currently taught in both the fall and spring semesters.

Major Requirements:

ECE Majors must complete:

1. The major required courses:

ECE 2100 - Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers (crosslisted) or
ENGRD 2100 - Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers (crosslisted)
ECE 2200 - Signals and Information (crosslisted) or
ENGRD 2220 - Signals and Information (crosslisted)
ECE 3400 - Intelligent Physical Systems

2. At least three ECE foundation courses:

The current list of ECE foundation courses is:

ECE 3030 - Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
ECE 3100 - Introduction to Probability and Inference for Random Signals and Systems (crosslisted)
ECE 3140 - Embedded Systems (crosslisted)
ECE 3150 - Introduction to Microelectronics
ECE 3250 - Mathematics of Signal and System Analysis
Students must:
- complete at least one of ECE 3100 and ECE 3250 , and
- complete at least one of ECE 3030 and ECE 3150

3. One Culminating Design Experience (CDE) course:

At least one Culminating Design Experience (CDE) courses. http://www.ece.cornell.edu/ece/academics/undergraduate/major/upperelectives.cfm.

4. At least 14 credit hours (not including the credit hours of the CDE course):

Must include four ECE courses (in addition to the CDE course) at the 3000-level or above, at least two of which must be at the 4000-level or above, totaling at least 14 credits.

5. Nine credits’ worth of outside-ECE technical electives:

See http://www.ece.cornell.edu/ece/academics/undergraduate/major/outsideelectives.cfm for rules governing these courses.

6. A minimum of 51 credits in satisfying items 1 through 5.

Note:

For additional details, http://www.ece.cornell.edu/ece/academics/undergraduate/major/index.cfm

Academic Standards:

Majors in Electrical and Computer Engineering are expected to meet the following academic standards:

GPA ≥ 2.3 every semester.
At least C– in every course used to satisfy major requirements.
Satisfactory completion of MATH 2940 , PHYS 2214 , and at least two of ENGRD 2100 /ECE 2100 , ECE 2200 /ENGRD 2220 , ECE 3400 , and ENGRD 2300 /ECE 2300 by the end of the sophomore year and adequate progress toward the degree in subsequent semesters.