POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), Professional
Organization, Student Chapter. Eta Kappa
Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society.
SPECIALTY LABS
Keeping pace with the dynamic advances
in electrical and computer engineering, the
department maintains state-of-the-art laboratories
for student instruction and experimentation.
Laboratory courses combine
lectures, experiments and project work.
They provide students with a rich set of
elective choices, opportunity to work on
senior projects with faculty researchers,
valuable hands-on experience to enhance
and supplement material they learn in their
lecture classes, and forums to practice their
oral and written communication skills.
Technologies developed in these labs
include multimedia information communications
and processing, local area networks,
wireless information networks,
electrical machinery, very large-scale integrated
circuits, control/robotics and
microwaves.
The Wireless Lab provides formal
experiments, lectures and project work on
state-of-the-art commercial spread spectrum
wireless access systems, including
bit error rate analysis and UHF channel
propagation measurements.
The Multimedia Lab is equipped with
PC-based multimedia workstations, providing
students with hands-on experience
to acquire, process and communicate voice,
image and video as well as create multimedia
documents.
The Local Area Networks Lab
includes a set of weekly experiments using
X-terminals, Ethernet LANs, routers and
bridges and associated software to conduct
a variety of LAN/WAN experiments
and projects.
The VLSI Design Lab treats Very
Large-Scale Integrated circuit design, performance
analysis and circuit characterization
using modern VLSI CAD tools such
as VHDL. Students study the design of
MOS, CMOS and BiCMOS logic, standard
cells and gate arrays and mixed (analog/digital)
circuits.
The Power Electronics/Machinery
Lab provides projects and structured experiments
on electrical machinery and powerrelated
laboratory measurements. These
include transformers, induction motors,
synchronous machines, dc machines,
DC/DC converters and AC/AC cycloconverters.
The Control/Robotics Lab provides a
variety of experiments and project work
focusing on feedback control, data acquisition
and computer control.
The Microwave Lab treats the design,
fabrication and testing of passive and active
circuits and antennas using modern CAD
and measurement software and hardware.
CENTER FOR ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Through the New York State Center
for Advanced Technology in
Telecommunications (CATT), electrical
and computer engineering faculty collaborate
with industry in research, education
and technology transfer in telecommunications
and information systems. CATT is
distinguished for its innovations in many
fast-moving areas, including, broadband
networks, peer-to-peer networking, switch
design and implementation, security hardware,
ad hoc wireless networks, cellular
networks, wireless local area networks,
digital filtering, software design and reliability,
search engine technology, network
design tools traffic planning and
capacity engineering, image and video
communications and image compression
and pattern recognition.
WIRELESS INTERNET CENTER
OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
The Wireless Internet Center of Advanced
Technology (WICAT) is a joint research
center created by Columbia and Polytechnic
University. As a National Science
Foundation Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center, WICAT
partners with companies and organizations
from across the industry, from telecommunications
and manufacturing giants to
wireless customers and small start-up firms.
The I/UCRC program helps industry
and academia come together to overcome
practical research challenges. For WICAT,
this means that companies who become
our partners help to direct future areas of
wireless study and gain first access to new
research. This research anticipates not only
their needs, but also the needs of their
clients, suppliers and the industry as a
whole.
FACULTY
PROFESSORS
Frank A. Cassara, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Director of Long Island Graduate Center
PhD, Polytechnic University
Electronic circuits, wireless communication
systems
David C. Chang, Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
PhD, Harvard University
Electromagnetics, microwave integrated
circuits
H. Jonathan Chao, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department Head
PhD, Ohio State University
High-speed network, routers/switches,
network security and VLSI implementations
David J. Goodman, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
PhD, Imperial College, University of
London (England)
Communications systems
Farshad Khorrami, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, Ohio State University
Robotics, control systems
Spencer P. Kuo, Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and
Electrophysics
PhD, Polytechnic University
Magnetohydrodynamics
I-Tai Lu, Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
PhD, Polytechnic University
Electromagnetics, acoustics, wireless
communication
Shivendra S. Panwar, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Director of Center for Advanced
Technology in Telecommunications
PhD, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Communication networks
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Signal processing and communications
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