Electrical and Computer Engineering Fast Facts

Department Information

Department Chair: Jin Kang

Number of:
Faculty: 18
Undergraduate Students: 109
Graduate Students: 111

Department Description

The Whiting School’s ECE department offers an incredible breadth of research opportunities and a rigorous educational experience that prepares students for further study and successful careers in a broad spectrum of industries—from aerospace and medical imaging to academia and computer security.

Teaching in ECE is characterized by close and frequent interactions between faculty and students and is focused in three primary areas:

Computer engineering,
Systems, communications, and signal and image processing, and
Solid state and quantum electronics.

Research conducted in ECE emphasizes both analytical and experimental aspects of the field and includes:

Photonics and optoelectronics;
Parallel processing;
Sensory communications and microsystems;
Computational sensory-motor systems;
Medical imaging systems;
Fiber optics;
Image analysis and communications;
Cellular signaling; and
Language and speech processing

Select Research Centers and Labs

Undergraduate Degrees Offered

B.S. in Electrical Engineering
B.S. in Computer Engineering

Graduate Degrees Offered

Honors B.S./M.S program in conjunction with Computer Science department
M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Recent News from the Department

10/4/07: New "Great Ideas" Pocast: WSE acoustical engineer, James West, discusses the problem of hospital noise.

9/17/07: Associate Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings and colleagues developed a chip that could help people with spinal cord injuries regain the ability to walk. EETimes Online

7/17/07: James West, who won the National Medal of Technology for co-inventing the electret microphone, is working to develop hygienic and affordable solutions to reduce noise in Johns Hopkins Hospital. More information in the Baltimore Sun.

ECE faculty, Ralph Etienne-Cummings and Pablo Iglesias, names “Trailblazers” by Science Spectrum Magazine.

Contact Information

Department Administrator: Candace Abel

Mailing Address:
Johns Hopkins University
Whiting School of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3400 N. Charles Street
105 Barton Hall
Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: (410) 516-7031
E-mail: eceinfo@jhu.edu

Undergraduate programs in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.

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Jin Kang, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Developing an instantaneous, non-invasive, and accurate method for the early detection of colon and cervical cancer is the impetus behind Jin U Kang’s fiber optic endoscopic 3-D imaging systems research.

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