2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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do not have the M.S. degree will instead be
considered for admission to the Master of Science
degree program, and on completion of that program
will automatically be considered for admission to
the Ph.D. program.
The department differentiates between admission
to the Ph.D. program and Ph.D. candidacy.
No students are accepted as formal doctoral
candidates until they (a) have exhibited merit in a
qualifying examination process and (b) have
identified a faculty member who has agreed to be
their dissertation supervisor. The qualifying
examination is comprised of both a written
examination and oral examination that must be
taken within one academic year of admission to the
Ph.D. program (within two academic years for
part-time students).
Doctoral candidates are expected to plan a
program of research under the direction of their
dissertation supervisor and with the guidance of a
faculty committee. On completion of this research,
the candidate must prepare and publicly defend a
dissertation.
Ph.D. students in electrical engineering must
take at least eighteen credits beyond the M.S.
degree. These credits include a minimum of six
credits of lecture-based class work, two credits of
Electrical Engineering Seminar, and a dissertation.
The dissertation effort is usually assigned ten
credits. At least one credit of class-based course
work must be taken from outside the field of
electrical and computer engineering.
Typical areas available for dissertations include
solid-state materials with an emphasis on optoelectronic
and solar energy applications, microwave
devices and systems, power systems and control,
electromagnetics, antennas, plasma engineering,
signal and image processing, VLSI and mixedanalog
integrated circuits, microprocessor applications,
computer architecture, communication
systems, information theory, computer and wireless
networks, and power electronics.
For detailed information, please visit the website
http://www.ece.tufts.edu.
Engineering Management/
Gordon Institute
The Gordon Institute offers programs in engineering
leadership and entrepreneurship that provide
graduate and undergraduate students with the tools
they need to advance their careers, inspire teams,
and bring innovative products to market. Please
note that information on the entrepreneurial
leadership program can be found in the entrepreneurial
leadership section of this bulletin.
DIRECTOR:
Robert J. Hannemann, Engineering management, product
and process development, entrepreneurship
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Mary Adams Viola, Leadership, new product development,
innovation, technology strategy
CORE FACULTY:
Professor of the Practice Partha Ghosh, Multinational
strategies
Professor of the Practice Samuel Liggero, New product
development, technology strategy
Professor of the Practice Charlie Rabie, Business strategy
Senior Lecturer Paolo Gaudiano, Modeling and simulation
Senior Lecturer Amy Hirschfeld, Technical and managerial
communication
Lecturer Alicia Amaral, Financial accounting
Lecturer Jerome Brightman, Leadership
Lecturer Robert Burdick, Conflict resolution
Lecturer Gerald Brown, Continuous quality improvement &
supply chain management
Lecturer Steve Geary, Supply chain management
Lecturer Victoria Godfrey, Marketing
Lecturer Richard Goode, Sustainability
Lecturer Robert Kasameyer, Engineering management
Lecturer David Laituri, Experience design
Lecturer Stacy Lennon, Conflict resolution, leadership
Lecturer James Nash, Project management and process
improvement, quantitative systems
Lecturer Annette Sawyer, Leadership, ethics
Lecturer Jane Seminara, Humanistic perspectives on
leadership, ethics
Lecturer Jennifer Smith, Engineering management
Lecturer Abbott Weiss, Supply chain management
Lecturer Ewa Winston, Humanistic perspectives on
leadership, ethics
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