About

Department at a Glance

  • 32 tenured or tenure track faculty
  • 41 regular rank faculty, 44% women and minorities
  • In Fiscal Year 2012, ending July 1, 2012, research expenditures of $25.1M and new funded research grants of $31.7M
  • 237 graduate students
  • Average graduating class of 52 undergraduate students

Department Faculty Structure

  • 19 Professors
  • 8 Associate Professors
  • 5 Assistant Professors
  • 5 Emeriti Professors
  • 5 Research Faculty
  • 4 Professors of the Practice
  • 7 Secondary Faculty
  • 12 IEEE Fellows

Rankings

  • #30 nationally for electrical and computer engineering doctoral programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report (2013)
  • #35 nationally for doctoral programs in electrical and computer engineering in 2011 by the National Research Council.
  • #7 in faculty productivity as evidenced by publications and citations for ECE departments by the Chronicle of Higher Education (2007)

Undergraduate Program

  • Average graduating class of 52
  • Double majors with Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Economics
  • Duke, Pratt, Chambers Fellowship award winners
  • SmartHome, Electric Car, Robotics competitions engage early in research
  • A Duke student can do a minor in ECE

Graduate Program

  • 237 ECE graduate students
  • 76 M.S. students
  • 145 Ph.D. students
  • 16 M.Eng students
  • Research expenditures were $25.13 M in 2012
  • Funding sources are DOD, NSF, NIH, SRC, Industry, and other foundations
  • Students eligible for highly competitive Duke and Pratt fellowships