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LSU's Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program utilizes scientific and mathematical principles focused on information sensing, transmission, and processing, along with studying the electrical, optical, and magnetic characteristics of materials and electrical energy generation/distribution. The discipline offers diverse career paths in computing, telecommunications, control systems, electronic devices, and power systems. ECE alumni have achieved success across industries, academic institutions, and startup ventures worldwide. Both faculty and students engage in pioneering research across multiple ECE specialties that significantly influence their fields.
The Electrical & Computer Engineering Division provides graduate programs culminating in MS and PhD degrees. Research concentrations encompass: Control Systems (covering system identification, robust/adaptive control, fault-tolerant systems, and networked control), Communications & Signal Processing (including digital/wireless communications, data compression, DSP, and image analysis), Computer Engineering (focusing on architectures, graphics, parallel/distributed systems, embedded technologies, reconfigurable computing, computer vision, and fault-tolerant systems), Electronics (spanning materials/devices, micro/nano-technologies, nanophotonics, electro-optics, and VLSI design), and Power Systems (addressing power electronics, harmonic analysis, electric machines, drive systems, grid stability, renewable energy, smart grids, and energy conversion). Additionally, students can pursue an interdisciplinary specialization in Information Technology.