The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has multiple opportunities for students to embark on a fully funded Ph.D. journey within a research-intensive institution. Our students work closely with globally acclaimed researchers in cutting-edge domains such as devices and materials, electromechanical and energy systems, embedded systems (including IoT and edge computing), and electromagnetics.

Student benefits include:

  • A competitive stipend
  • Tuition waiver
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Access to state-of-the-art facilities that foster excellence in research.

No Application Fees During 16-20 October 2023. See https://graduate.ua.edu/ for details.

Ph.D. students are sought for multiple projects, including but not limited to:

Underwater Wireless Communication, Networking, and Robotics, Prof. Aijun Song song@eng.ua.edu

Modeling, simulation, and control of power systems and microgrids, Prof. Qianzhi Zhang qianzhi.zhang@ua.edu

Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution Using Integrated Sensing Technology, Prof. Mark Cheng mmcheng@eng.ua.edu

Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles, Prof. Shunqiao Sun ssun21@eng.ua.edu

Machine and Deep Learning in Wearable Devices, Prof. Edward Sazonov esazonov@ua.edu

Power distribution system modeling, analysis and optimization, Prof. Lusha Wang lusha.wang@ua.edu

Research at UA ECE

Link to research labs

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