Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering

The mission of the electrical engineering program, consistent with the Missouri S&T campus mission statements, is the education of students to fully prepare them to provide leadership in the recognition and solution of society’s problems in the area of electrical engineering. The electrical engineering program in the department of electrical and computer engineering offers graduate programs of study which lead to the M.S. degree (thesis and non-thesis options. Most graduate programs in electrical engineering normally include some specialization in one or more of the following six emphasis areas of electrical engineering. Graduate programs in electrical engineering will generally include specialization in one or more of the following areas: Circuits and electronics – Topics include network analysis and synthesis, computer-aided circuit design, distributed circuits, communication circuits, and linear and nonlinear electronic circuits. Communications and signal processing – Topics include coding, information theory, modulation, detection, filtering for both analog and digital systems, signal processing, image processing and wireless. Controls and systems engineering – Topics include resilience control, sensor design, wireless sensor networks and networked control systems, process control, optimal control and estimation, robust control, neural networks, fuzzy logic based control as applied to control of aircraft, space and underwater vehicles, automobiles, chemical processes, manufacturing, robotics, environmental systems and smart structural systems. Electromagnetics – Topics include electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity for high-speed electronic systems, microwaves and applications to nondestructive testing and evaluation. Power – Topics include application of computer methods to power system analysis and control, power system relaying and protection, power quality load management, finite inertia power systems (such as those on ships, hybrid electric vehicles, and spacecraft), and electromechanical energy conversion devices (such as rotating machinery, power electronic converters, and electric drive systems). Devices and optics – Topics include the characterization of semiconductor devices, fiber optics and sensors, optical methods applied to structural monitoring, and optical computing. Power and energy – Topics include power quality, reliability, relaying, stability, computer methods, load management, vehicular power and propulsion systems for submarines, ships, hybrid electric vehicles, and air and spacecraft, and power electronics. Career Opportunities Electrical engineers are involved in channeling natural resources into uses for man such as heating, lighting, home appliances, transportation, and communication. They are primarily concerned with the processes of generation, transmission, transformation, control, and utilization of energy or information.