Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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http://www.eecs.utk.edu/

Leon M. Tolbert, Head
Syed Islam, Associate Head
Lynne Parker, Associate Head
Aly Fathy, Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Abidi, M.A., PhD – Tennessee
Berry, M.W., PhD – Illinois
Birdwell, J.D., PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Blalock, B.J., PhD – Georgia Tech
Bomar, B.W. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
Dongarra, J.J., PhD – New Mexico
Fathy, A.E., PhD – Polytechnic Institute of New York
Gregor, J., PhD – Denmark (Aalborg)
Huang, J., PhD – Ohio State
Islam, S.K., PhD – Connecticut
Langston, M.A., PhD – Texas A&M
Liu, Y., PhD – Ohio State
Parker, L.E., PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peterson, G.D., DSc – Washington (St. Louis)
Plank, J.S., PhD – Princeton
Pujol, S.A., (UTSI), PhD – Vanderbilt
Qi, H., PhD – North Carolina State
Roberts, M.J., PhD – Tennessee
Tolbert, L.M., PhD, PE – Georgia Tech
Tomsovic, K.L., PhD – Washington
Vander Zanden, B.T., PhD – Cornell
Wang, F., PhD – Southern California

Associate Professors
Arel, I., PhD – Israel (Ben-Gurion)
Banks, D.C., PhD – North Carolina
Beck, M., PhD – Cornell
Djouadi, S.M., PhD – Canada (McGill)
Gu, G., PhD – Princeton
Li, F., PhD, PE – Virginia Tech
Li, H., PhD – Princeton
MacLennan, B.J., PhD – Purdue
Smith, L.M. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
Vose, M.D., PhD – Texas
Wu, J., PhD – Notre Dame

Assistant Professors
Cao, Q., PhD – Illinios
Costinett, D., PhD – Colorado
Day, J., PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Gao, W., PhD – Penn State
Holleman, J.H., PhD – Washington
McFarlane, N., PhD – Maryland
Sun, J.S., PhD – Florida
Sun, K., PhD – China (Tsinghua)

Emeriti Faculty
Bose, B.K., PhD – Calcutta
Bouldin, D.W., PhD – Vanderbilt
Gonzalez, R.C., PhD – Florida
Green, W.L., PhD – Texas A&M
Lawler, J.S., PhD – Michigan State
Pace, M.O., PhD – Georgia Tech
Straight, D.W., PhD – Texas
Thomason, M.G., PhD – Duke
Ward, R.C., PhD – Virginia
 

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was formed after the merger of the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007. The department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy with majors in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.

Graduate work leading to the Master of Science with a major in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science may be completed during three semesters of full-time study or two to three years of part-time study.

The departmental graduate committee is responsible for administering, promoting, and advancing the general well being of the graduate program. Departmental actions regarding a graduate student may be appealed in writing, first to the departmental graduate committee and then to the department faculty. The requirements outlined below provide additional details regarding the graduate program requirements.

Five-Year BS-MS Program

Computer Engineering (BS)
Computer Engineering (MS)

Computer Science (BS)
Computer Science (MS)

Electrical Engineering (BS)
Electrical Engineering (MS)

The department offers a 5 year BS-MS program for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 6 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Tennessee. This program is designed for students attending the University of Tennessee for their Master of Science degree because other universities may not accept these courses for graduate credit since they were used to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.

Significant components of the program are:

• Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.4 to be admitted to the program. Conditional admission may be granted after completing 64 hours of required course work while full admission is granted after completing 96 hours of required course work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4 in required course work.
• Students must at least have conditional admission before taking graduate courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. All courses taken for graduate credit must be approved by the departmental chair of the program. Students admitted to the program must request permission from the Graduate School to take approved courses for graduate credit.
• Students admitted to the program must also follow the normal procedure for admission to the Graduate School.
• Admission of students into this program must be approved by the department and the Graduate School.
• Students will not be eligible for graduate assistantships until they are enrolled as graduate-level students in the Graduate School.

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