The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering accounts for the largest number of students in IIT's Engineering College. Browse the ece@iit online magazine to learn about ECE professors, alumni, students, and programs.
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Department Chair Search
ECE is engaged in a nation-wide search to find a new department chair.
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Professor Jafar Saniie Named IEEE Fellow
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has elected ECE Professor Jafar Saniie to its class of 2010 Fellows, the organization's highest membership grade.
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ECE Student Wins Two International Fellowships
Omer Onar, EE doctoral student, recently won two international fellowships from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); the Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship and the VTS Transportation Electronics Fellowship.
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NAE Grand Challenges for the 21st Century: Chicago Summit 2010
The Chicago 2010 Summit is designed to stimulate the engineering, science and policy advances needed to solve four Grand Challenges: Clean Water; Carbon, Energy and Climate; Urban Sustainability; and Global Health. To register, visit IIT's
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Energy Initiatives
The Perfect Power System at IIT will be the first energy distribution system of its kind in the United States. IIT has partnered with the Galvin Electricity Initiative and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to confront and model a solution to the nation’s energy crisis. This partnership, in collaboration with S&C Electric, Endurant Energy, and ComEd, has developed a Perfect Power System design, which is being built at IIT's Main Campus. For more information, visit the Perfect Power at IIT website.
View the special edition energy@iit magazine, which highlights the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and its energy related efforts at IIT. Learn about managing power outages, harvesting human energy, the future of broadband communications, and using alternative energy sources to create a more sustainable world.