Pratt School of Engineering

Department Stats

2009 ECE NewsletterDepartment at a Glance:
  • 28 tenured or tenure track faculty, 21% women and minorities
  • 36 regular rank faculty, 22% women and minorities
  • $15.1 M in research expenditures
  • 141 graduate students
  • ~115 undergraduate students
  • 12 staff

Department faculty structure:

  • 15 Professors
  • 3 Associate Professors
  • 10 Assistant Professors
  • 5 Emeriti Professors
  • 5 Research Faculty
  • 3 Faculty of the Practice
  • 16 Secondary Faculty
  • The faculty includes 7 IEEE Fellows, 2 ECS Fellows, 6 NSF CAREER Awards, and 1 NSF PECASE awardee

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Undergraduate Program:
  • ~115 undergraduates
  • 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
  • Redesign of the undergraduate curriculum in final stages

Graduate Program:
  • 141 ECE graduate students
  • 33 M.S. students
  • 108 Ph.D. students
  • Research expenditures were $15.1 M in 2006
  • Funding sources are DOD, NSF, NIH, SRC, Industry, and other foundations
  • Students eligible for highly competitive Duke and Pratt fellowships