Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Whether you are a current or prospective student, an alumnus, or someone who just wants to learn more about the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at CSU, this website will provide you with links to information about who we are, our degree programs, and our research activities.

Since 1923 the Fenn College of Engineering has provided high quality undergraduate and graduate engineering programs to students in Northeast Ohio and beyond.  Then in 1964 the College served as the nucleus around which the State of Ohio established Cleveland State University with its six colleges.   (Read More).

 

Whats new with ECE department

• Dr. Gao, has been invited to give a short course on Advanced Control for Italian Ph.D. students at The Polytechnic University of Turin (Italian: Politecnico di Torino, POLITO). The name of the course is Control System Design: From Concepts to Practice. The course will be delivered in July.
  The Polytechnic University of Turin is an engineering university based in Turin, northern Italy. Established in 1859, Politecnico di Torino is Italy’s oldest Technical University. It is also regarded as one of the best Universities worldwide in its field. It's ranked 1st in Italy and top 50 in the world.
• Dr. Gao will give a seminar, "The Story of an Enduring Idea - From Jean-Victor Poncelet to Active Disturbance Rejection Control", on this Friday, Nov 20, 2009. (Details)
• 9/24/09: Coming soon! An on-line graduate-level software engineering course “EEC 623/723 Software Quality Assurance” will be offered in spring 2010. You can take this course in your home at your convenience. Register now! Read the syllabus.
• 7/28/09: IEEE Cleveland State University Student Branch of the IEEE Cleveland Section has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 MGA Student Branch Membership Growth Award for Region 2.
• 5/24/09: Dr. Charles Alexander received an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from Ohio Northern University in recognition of his achievements in electrical engineering and education. (pic). For details, please click on this link http://www-new.onu.edu/files/nsun05-20-09.pdf .
• The ECE department has significantly increased the number of partial tuition grants to new graduate applicants with outstanding academic record this year and will continue to do so in the future.
• 9/4/08: ADRC Technologies Inc., the company Dr. Gao and industrial-controls expert Jim Dawson of Hudson started in 2006, received $1 million in financing from a Northeast Ohio venture capital firm. (Cleveland.com article)
• 7/22/08: Dr. Simon received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project titled “Biogeography-based Optimization of Multiple Related Complex Systems” in the amount of $295,879.
• 7/17/08: Dr. Yau received a grant from the American Diabetes Association for the project titled “Stabilization of Immobilized Enzymes for Implantable Glucose Monitoring Devices” in the amount of $100,000 for Year One of an anticipated three year award.
• 6/30/08: Drs. Zhao, Sridhar, Yu, Fu received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project titled “MRI: Acquisition of Equipment to Establish a Secure and Dependable Computing Infrastructure for Research and Education at CSU” in the amount of $150,000.
• 1/23/08: Dr. Sridhar received a grant from the National Science Foundation for funding of the project titled "CAREER: Improving the Productivity of the Sensor Network Programmer" in the amount of $450,000. 5/9/08: Dr. Sridhar received from the National Science Foundation a supplemental funding for support of Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the same project in the amount of $12,000.
• Drs Dong, Stankovic, Sridhar, Yu, and Zhao won University Faculty MeritAward, 2008 from the CSU
• Dr. Stankovic won Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award of the Fenn college of Engineering for 2008
• Dr. Dong has been selected to receive one of the University Library's Information Literacy Grants for 2008
• Mr. Ke Chen has received 2009 Outstanding Thesis award. Thesis: DSPACE Implementation of A Generalized Method of Harmonic Elimination for PWM Boost Type Rectifier under Unbalanced Operating Conditions
• The 5-year BS/MS program has been approved: Guideline, Application Form.