DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Associate Professor Rosalind Wynne works with a student in the Lightwave Lab.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic scholarly community of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty.

Our highly-acclaimed professors excel in both the classroom and laboratory in specialties including:

Biomedical Engineering
Cybersecurity
Electric Energy Systems
Electronics
Embedded Systems

High Frequency Systems
Microcontrollers
Multimedia
Signal Processing
Software Engineering

At a Glance

21 Full-time faculty
159 Computer Engineering undergraduates
122 Electrical Engineering undergraduates
19 Master’s students (Computer Engineering)
42 Master’s students (Electrical Engineering)
42 Master’s students (Cybersecurity)
14 PhD students

The size of our department allows for a variety of hands-on research opportunities and the ability for focused faculty mentorship.

OUR RESEARCH

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is associated with two of the College’s six research centers:

The Center for Advanced Communications (CAC)

CAC advances the state-of-the-art in the analysis and development of wireless communications, satellite navigations, acoustic and ultrasound sensing and radar imaging.

Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Control (CENDAC)

CENDAC is distinguished by its strong interdisciplinary teams working on real-world applications—including security, mobility and healthcare—of nonlinear dynamic systems and control theory.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Students at all levels are encouraged to pursue research opportunities with Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty in the areas of:

Advanced antenna design
Computer and mobile networks
Dc-dc converters
Advanced emission control algorithms for engines
Digital hardware and FPGA security
Electrical communications
Microgrids
Nanostructured, high efficiency low cost solar cells
Photonic fiber sensors
Pin diode modeling
Through the wall radar imaging

FEATURED FACULTY

PRITPAL SINGH, PhD

Dr. Pritpal Singh has led sustainable development projects around the globe. His work includes Nova Mobile Health to improve healthcare in Nicaragua, and solar energy projects with UNICEF in Burundi, Africa. Most recently, he guided teams of Villanova Engineering students on projects in Ecuador, including the rehabilitation of solar home systems and a community intranet to share sustainable education resources among schools. In that country, they partner with students and faculty from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), with which Villanova has a formal partnership. MORE...

Bijan Mobasseri, PhD

Department Chair and Professor Dr. Bijan Mobasseri (third from left) spent the summer at the Air Force Research Lab, Space Vehicles Directorate, Albuquerque, New Mexico, under the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship program. His research on low probability of intercept waveform design was implemented and successfully tested on the Sandia Crest radio link. Dr. Mobasseri also studies waveform design for radar and SATCOM, radar signal classification, and sonar and underwater acoustics. His work has been funded by industry and the military. MORE...

Meltem Izzetoglu, PhD

Dr. Meltem Izzetoglu applies her expertise in biomedical signals and systems to study the mobility of patients with multiple sclerosis. She is part of a multi-institutional team awarded a $704,983 National Institute of Health grant for "Brain systems of locomotion and falls in older persons with multiple sclerosis." Dr. Izzetoglu will lead the efforts in the design, development and application of project specific analysis methods for the processing of neuroimaging data that will be collected in this study. MORE...

Edward Char

One of engineering students’ favorite professors, Ed Char believes in serving as a guide to help them gain the knowledge they will need to find their own path in life. He says, "Attitudes, skills, and insights developed and acquired at this time are the foundation for the rest of their years in a demanding and rewarding profession." A three-time recipient of the Farrell Award for Teaching Excellence, Char teaches courses in Electrical Circuit Fundamentals, Fundamental Computer Engineering and Fundamentals of MATLAB. MORE...

DEPARTMENT NEWS

Participants of Villanova's "Idea Hackathon" stand together in a group.

Villanova Students Explore Solutions to Issues of Poverty Using Blockchain Technology

Villanova University hosted an ‘idea hackathon,’ bringing together interdisciplinary teams of students from across the University’s schools and colleges to examine poverty as a global epidemic and develop design solutions for tackling the issue using blockchain technology. Student projects explored a range of ideas, from solutions to feed the poor to building credit and streamlining government programs.

Dr. Rober Caverly, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Villanova Engineering’s Dr. Robert Caverly Elevated to Life Fellow Status of IEEE

Professor Robert Caverly has been recognized as a Life Fellow by IEEE “for contributions to modeling and design of radio frequency switching devices."

Seniors Improve Intranet System in Ecuador

Seniors Tyler Easlick, Cameron Lawrence and Nolan Wacker spent part of winter break in the Galapagos Islands where they upgraded an educational intranet system and set up videoconferencing capability on the island of San Cristobal. They conducted workshops to orient students and teachers to new features and worked collaboratively with students and professors from Villanova's partner university in Ecuador, ESPOL.