DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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
DEPARTMENT NEWS
Shooting for Mars: Villanova Team Named Finalist in NASA RASC-AL Challenge
In its first year in the competition, a team of students from Villanova, Drexel and Rutgers universities has been named a finalist in NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts—Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) program. Led by Villanova Engineering graduate student Nicholas Florio ’20 EE, ’21 MSEE, the team developed the Jemison Crewed Ascent Vehicle, honoring the first African American female astronaut, Mae C. Jemison. In June they will present their concept to NASA and other aerospace leaders.
Communicating with Frankie: Progress on a Nova Solution
After a crowdfunding campaign helped raise more than $40,000 from Villanova donors, Computer Engineering seniors Michael DiGiacomo and Christian Berger made significant progress on a system to help Villanovans with spastic cerebral palsy communicate more independently.
CubeSat Club and AIAA Launch Villanova’s First Weather Balloons
In early May, two groups of Villanovans launched the University’s first weather balloons. For the CubeSat Club, the goal was to test the radio beacon and ground station antenna they built last year on the roof of Tolentine, and gather telemetry readings including pressure, altitude, temperature, and humidity.