Degrees Offered
- Master of Science, Computer Science (M.S.C.S.)
- Master of Science, Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.)
- Master of Science, Software Engineering (M.S.S.E.)
- Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Engineering (Ph.D.)
- Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering (Ph.D.)
- Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science (Ph.D.)
Areas of Research
The department is enthusiastically and vigorously involved in research, technical publication, and graduate instruction at the forefront of the field. Academic and research activity is organized into five areas:
- Electronics and photonics
- Systems and signals
- Computer systems
- Software and knowledge engineering
- Theory of computation
Facilities and Centers
The Lane Department of CSEE has its main office, instructional lab, and research lab space on the Evansdale campus occupying the Advanced Engineering Research Building along with resources in the Engineering Sciences Building and the Engineering Research Building. The department also has facilities located in Armstrong Halls on the downtown campus.
The department is home to two university research centers: the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), which is designated an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center by the National Science Foundation; and the Center for Advanced Power & Energy Research (APERC). The Department and University are designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and Research by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.
The department and college host a modern 4,000 square foot clean room facility for device and sensor fabrication, under the management of the university's Shared Research Facilities. The university is also home to an outstanding set of faculty-led laboratory facilities, in areas that include electronic and photonic material, biometrics, communications, digital and analog signal processing, power electronics, robotics, high reliability software, computer security, computer forensics, artificial intelligence, virtual environments, theoretical computer science, and electric vehicles.
All graduate students have access to a broad variety of computing platforms for both classwork and research. The department operates and maintains a variety of dedicated computer systems, clusters, and networks supporting both the instructional and research activities of the department. These systems include numerous Windows workstations and a cluster of Linux Servers. Students have access to a rich set of software packages and tool suites available either on department systems or the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources systems. All computing systems have internet access enabling worldwide connectivity and access to several additional computing services via the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The university is also a member of Internet2, of which faculty in the department are active participants.
