Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth offers graduate programs leading to a Master of Science Degree in either Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Electrical Engineering with options in either Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

Key technical/research areas within Electrical Engineering are applied acoustics; applied electromagnetics; electronics and solid-state devices; RF photonics; signals and systems. Key technical/research areas within Computer Engineering are computer networks; cybersecurity; database systems; embedded systems; fault tolerant computing; Internet of Things; multimedia communications; systems reliability engineering; wireless communications and networks. Additional information on program specializations is contained in subsequent sections.

For students wishing advanced training without a degree, the department offers seven formal 15 credit graduate certificate programs in Acoustics, Communications, Computer Engineering Systems, Cybersecurity, Digital Signal Processing, Electrical Engineering Systems, and Radio Frequency Photonics Engineering.

All of our programs offer small classes, close contact with a diverse faculty, and easy access to well-supported research facilities to provide state-of-the-art learning and research experiences. Courses are scheduled to permit either full-time or part-time study and are conveniently scheduled for students employed in industry and government.

BS/MS Undergraduate/Graduate Integrated Program Option

The department offers an integrated program that allows qualified UMass Dartmouth undergraduate majors in either Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering to proceed directly to the master’s degree program and complete both degrees with a reduction in overall credits required. See the current General Catalogue for information on this option.

Faculty and Fields of Interest

David A Brown, BS 1985 University of Rhode Island, MS 1988, PhD 1991 Naval Postgraduate School, Transducer Modeling, Training of Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Engineering Acoustics

John R Buck, SB 1989, SM 1991, PhD 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Animal Bioacoustics, Information Theory, Signal Processing, Signal Processing Pedagogy, Underwater Acoustics

Ana Doblas, BSc 2010, MS 2011, PhD 2015 University of Valencia, Spain, Optical Engineering, Computational Optics, Deep Learning, Three-dimensional Imaging, Biomedical Imaging Systems and their Applications

Lance N Fiondella, BA 1999 Eastern Connecticut State University, MS 2003 University of Connecticut, PhD 2012 University of Connecticut, Reliability Engineering, Transportation Engineering

Paul Gendron (Graduate Program Director), PhD 1999 Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Adaptive Filtering for Angle-delay-doppler Spread Channels, Low Probability of Detection Acoustic Communications, Magnetic Anomaly Detection and Tracking, Seismic Event Detection and Classification

Sezer Goren, BS 1993 Bosphorus University, MS 1995 Bosphorus University, PhD 2003 University of California, Santa Cruz, Reconfigurable Computing, Electronic Design Automation, Design Verification, VLSI Test, Computer Arithmetic, Embedded System Design

Mohammad A Karim, BS 1976 University of Dacca, MS Physics 1978, MS Electrical Engineering 1979, PhD 1981 University of Alabama, Electro-optical Systems and Devices, Optical Information Processing, Optical/Quantum Computing

Dayalan P Kasilingam (Chairperson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), BA 1981 Cambridge University UK, MS 1982, PhD 1987 California Institute of Technology, Computational Electromagnetics, Radar, Remote Sensing, Array Processing, Wireless Communications

Yifei Li, BS 1996 Hauzhong University, MS 2001, PhD 2003 Drexel University, RF/Photonics, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Quantum Electronics

Hong Liu, BS 1982, MS 1984 Hefei Polytechnic University, PhD 1989 Polytechnic University, Computer Networks, Network Security, Real-time Network Applications and Quality-of-service Management, Cyber-physical Systems, Programming Languages and Compilers

David Rancour, BSEE 1978 University of Vermont, MSEE 1982 Northeastern University, PhD 1988 Purdue University, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Devices, VLSI

Liudong Xing, BE 1996 Zhengzhou University, MS 1998 Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD 2002 University of Virginia, Dependable Computing and Networking, Fault Tree Analysis, Fault-tolerant Computing, System Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks

Ruolin Zhou, BS 2003 Dalian Jiaotong University, MS 2007, PhD 2012 Wright State University, Data Analytics, Dynamic Spectrum Access, Security of Intelligent Embedded Systems, Software Defined Radio Based Cognitive Radio/Radar, Wireless Embedded System on Soc-FPGA

Contact

Dr. Paul Gendron
Graduate Program Director
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA. 02747-2300
508 999-8510
508 999-8489 (fax)
pgendron@umassd.edu