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Sep 16, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Electrical Engineering (Ph.D.)
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Program Coordinator/Contact
Sungyong Jung, Department Head
Kiaojun Xian, Assistant Professor
McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Daktronics Engineering Hall 214, Box 2222
605-688-4526
Program Information
The program offers a variety of courses that encompass a broad range of Electrical Engineering areas including alternative energy and power systems; computer engineering, communications; electronic materials, devices and sensors; nano technology, photovoltaic devices and systems; and signal and image processing. The department’s graduate faculty conduct active research in these areas using modern research facilities and equipment.
Course Delivery Format
A majority of the courses are taught on campus in smart classrooms. The smart classrooms allow for a variety of methods for student engagement and faculty are able to record and post their lectures online. Additionally, some courses are offered remotely in collaboration with other Ph.D. granting institutions in the state.
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Program Educational Objectives
The EE graduate program objectives are to equip individuals to
- Discover and disseminate knowledge relevant to the discipline of electrical engineering.
- Provide leadership for increasingly complex roles in electrical engineering and industry.
- Contribute to the advancement of the science of electrical engineering serving regional and national needs.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Original contribution to field: Knowledge and skills to make an original contribution to the field.
- Understand and evaluate literature: Ability to understand and evaluate critically the literature in the field.
- Independent learning: Ability to undertake independent/self-directed study/learning.
- Apply principles and procedures: Ability to apply appropriate principles and procedures to the recognition, interpretation, and understanding of issues and problems at the frontiers of Electrical Engineering knowledge.
- Communication skills: Ability to communicate relevant science and engineering ideas, principles and theories by written, oral, and visual means.
- Ethical awareness: Awareness of and commitment to the ethical practices appropriate to engineering and the sciences.
Available Options for Graduate Degrees
| Doctor of Philosophy |
60 Credit Plan |
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90 Credit Plan |
Additional Admission Requirements
GRE: Not required
TOEFL: 90-91 Internet-based
TOEFL Essentials: 9.5
IELTS: 6.5
Duolingo: 115
Three letters of recommendation with at least one from an individual who can address the applicant’s technical knowledge background and ability to perform research, a research statement or statement of interest area intent, and transcripts are required.
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