Electrical and Computer Engineering

Who We Are 

Our students have chosen a field of study with the potential to revolutionize the world in which we live.

Our faculty consists of excellent educators with national and international reputations in Neural Networks, Multimedia Communication, Fiber Optic Sensors, Signal and Image Processing and most recently electric energy system planning and operation. Many of our faculty members are authors of textbooks used around the world. We even have an author of an e-book, a fiction thriller, which demonstrates the broad compatibilities and interest of our faculty.

The ECE Department has two fellows of the IEEE on its faculty, Profs. Robert L. Sullivan and Fredric M. Ham. In 2009, Dr. Ham was elected an IEEE Fellow for leadership in Neural Network education research and applications. Dr. Sullivan was elected to IEEE Fellow in 1994 for his contributions of electrical engineering education. He became a Life Fellow of the IEEE in 2006. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Institute's most prestigious honors, election to IEEE Fellow.

Other highlights include:

  • Dr. Lail received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in December 2008. He was nominated by the US Department of Defense through the Office of Naval Research.
  • Dr. Ham is the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and the current President of the International Neural Network Society.
  • Dr. Kozaitis has been the guest editor of the Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering and on the Technical Committee on Pattern Recognition of the International Association of Science and Technology Development.
  • Dr. Anagnostopoulos coordinated AMALTHEA, a 10-week, summer research experience for science or engineering undergraduate students funded by the National Science Foundation. Its intellectual focus is Machine Learning and its applications.
  • Dr. Murshid and his student, Jamil Iqbal, were featured in Laser Focus World for a novel photodetector using concentric octagonal structures to detect and separate communications signals emitted from an optical fiber.
  • Dr. Kepuska won Florida Tech’s Kerry Bruce Clark Award for Excellence in Teaching.
  • Kevin Shah, a senior, won the Outstanding Senior Award of the University.
  • Abhijit Chakravarty, a PhD student, received an SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering.

Faculty/Staff

Our Industrial Advisory Board is composed of leaders of local industry and government who provide a window on developments in the electrical and computer engineering field and the part that our department can play in those developments.

Industrial Advisory Board