The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has established an enviable reputation for graduate studies and research in advanced state of the art facilities.

Facilities

Excellent computer facilities and well-equipped laboratories enable faculty and students to conduct research in communications, signal processing, acoustics, automatic control, computer engineering, software engineering, electromagnetics, optics, optoelectronics, power electronics, VLSI, nanodevices, security, medical imaging, computer architecture, mobile communications, networks, and sensor networks.

The computing facilities include a large number of various types of workstations. They are connected to the 1Gb Engineering network and to the University research computing facility that includes a 128 processor IBM RS6000/SP system, a 210 dual-processor-blade system and a high performance storage system with a capacity exceeding 236 TB. A large number of clusters and workstations of various types are also available for research and teaching. State-of-the-art software available on these machines can be accessed from remote stations anytime. The laboratories include facilities for designing and testing of chips, measuring and testing equipment for communications, networks, electromagnetics, optics, and power electronics. The Department houses the largest anechoic chamber in Western Canada and a scanning probe microscope.

Financial support

It is the intention of the Department to fund students from research grants, scholarships and fellowships. While there is no guarantee, additional funding may be available though Teaching Assistantships. Students with their own funding will also be considered. Refer to the Faculty of Graduate Studies site for additional funding information.