About the Department
UA's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers dynamic programs for students interested in a traditional electrical engineering degree or those who desire a specialization in computer engineering. Electrical engineering students become immersed in at least two core areas of communications systems, computers, control systems, electromagnetics, electronics and microelectronics, power and energy systems, and signal processing. Students in the computer engineering option specialize in the software and hardware components of modern computing systems. Read more
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Monday, April 24, 2017
UA’s Electric Vehicle Focus Part of National Transportation CollaborationThe University of Alabama is one of four universities selected by the National Science Foundation to team together with government agencies and private companies to…
Monday, June 12, 2017
UA students develop flexible solar cell
A start-up technology company run by University of Alabama students and an associate professor is developing a thin, flexible solar cell with the goal of…
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Tide Continues To Roll: UA Robotics Team Has Successful Year
There’s a team of students at The University of Alabama who have won multiple national titles in recent years and perform at a high level. This…
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships…
Monday, June 5, 2017
UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest
Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business…
