ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

S. M. KANG, Head
N. N. RAO and B. C. WHEELER, Associate Heads
155 William L. Everitt Laboratory, 1406 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801-2991 · 217-333-2300

Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering serves two main purposes. The generation of new fundamental knowledge is a primary function. Of equal importance is the education of graduate students who participate in research and contribute to the advancement of knowledge through their thesis research. The research programs described here provide facilities and support for graduate students and enable them to pursue their advanced study. Another important function of research is the continuing development of the faculty. A forward-looking undergraduate program depends upon the existence of a strong graduate program and the presence of excellent faculty who are leaders in their respective fields.

Research in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign encompasses a broad spectrum of areas which reflect the wide range of interest and expertise of the faculty, as illustrated by the number and diversity of the research projects denoted in the following pages. Almost all of the faculty members in the department are engaged in research and many do research in interdisciplinary programs and hold joint appointments in other departments and interdisciplinary laboratories. More than 450 graduate students and many undergraduates assist in this research effort.

Support for this research is provided by contracts and grants from several agencies of the federal government as well as from industrial sources. Other departments and laboratories in which the department's faculty hold affiliate status and are engaged in interdisciplinary research include Computer Science, General Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Music, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Biophysics and Computational Biology, the Coordinated Science Laboratory, the Materials Research Laboratory, the Microelectronics Laboratory, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.