Engineering Doctoral Student Wants to Improve Drone Deterrent Technology
At the Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics Laboratory, Micah LaPointe researches the possibility of building deployable solid-state microwave systems.
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Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fast Facts
$105k/yr
Median Starting Pay
Newly Constructed, State-of-the-Art Labs
Evelyn Davies Robotics Lab
94%
Job Placement At Graduation
Research Areas
Pulsed Power and Power Electronics (P3E)
The Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics (P3E) has three primary research areas:High Voltage Plasmas, Pulsed Power, and Power Electronics with applications ranging from pulsed electric field, PEF, treatment of agricultural product to high power microwaves, HPM.
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Computer Vision and Image/Signal Analysis
Computer Vision and Image/Signal Analysis is an area advancing computational technologies to extract or recover meaningful information from various data sets with unwanted noises.
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Nanophotonics and Nanotechnology
Nanophotonics research explores fundamental science in optics and their light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, and it develops various small-scale photonic devices. Nanotechnology is providing the required fabrication and measurement technologies for developing such nanoscale photonic and electronic components.
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Microelectronics and MEMS
Microelectronics and MEMS research investigates semiconductor materials, integrated circuits, energy-efficient solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), sensor systems, micro-actuators, and RF systems.
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Department News
Texas Tech Names Matador Award Recipient
Jennifer Erdmann Receives The Matador Award for Outstanding Service in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech
Texas Tech Aims to Become World Leader in Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Stephen Bayne will utilize talented engineers and students to improve the nation’s defense of its most integral industries through extensive analysis.
September 04, 2024
Texas Tech Partnership Earns $2.5 Million Grant for Cybersecurity Program
The U.S. Department of Defense aims to spur a research and training ecosystem at three Texas universities to tackle challenges in cybersecurity for defense applications.
What kind of jobs can I get?
Electrical Engineering
Students in our program go on to get jobs such as:
• Biomedical Engineer
• Electrical Devices Engineer
• Embedded Systems Engineer
• Power Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Solid State Devices & Semiconductor Devices Engineer
• Telecommunications & Networks Engineer
Computer Engineering
Students in our program go on to get jobs such as:
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer
• Biomedical Engineer
• Computational Modeling Engineer
• Computer Design Engineer
• Digital & Image Procesing Engineer
• Embedded Systems Engineer
• Telecommunications & Networks Engineer
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Electrical & Computer Engineering
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