Patrick O'Shea, Chair

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Our Department offers one of the nation’s strongest education and research programs in electrical and computer engineering. The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings rate us as the best public program in the Northeast and number 13th in the nation, overall. For almost a century, our vibrant department has established a tradition of excellence in research and educational innovation, and I see a future that is even brighter.

We offer students a broad range of education and research programs. Our location near Washington, D.C. offers unique opportunities for students to engage in research at national and government laboratories, including NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Institutes of Health, and the Army and Navy Research Laboratories.

Led by over eighty faculty members and research staff, the Department has a superior record of research accomplishments as evidenced by the number of published and cited research papers and patents that have come from our faculty members. Faculty research is supported by annual expenditures of over $37 million. Our level of research expenditures places the department among the very top electrical and computer engineering departments in the nation, based on research funding.

We are closely affiliated with a number of research institutes such as:

• Maryland NanoCenter
• Institute for Systems Research
• Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
• Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics
• Institute for Physical Science and Technology

These provide our students and researchers the opportunity for team-oriented, cross-disciplinary research and access to state-of-the-art laboratories such as those in the recently constructed Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.

With approximately 700 undergraduates and more than 500 graduate students, we are the largest and most prestigious academic department within the A. James Clark School of Engineering, one of the fastest rising engineering schools in the country. Our alumni find themselves in high demand for positions in some of the top corporate, government and education institutions and continue to make significant contributions to the field.

I invite you to learn more about our department and the exciting experiences that await you here at Maryland.

Patrick O'Shea
Professor and Chair