Electrical and Computer Engineering

Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is at the forefront of today's ever-evolving technology landscape, preparing its students to become leaders in the field by developing their engineering skills, creativity, and the practical understanding needed to innovate impactful solutions. The department is engaged in pursuing and disseminating knowledge across a wide range of areas, including energy, healthcare, mobile systems, smart infrastructure, nanotechnology, storage systems, cyber-physical systems, data and network science, and more.

Innovate

Programs

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS in ECE)

Master’s

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Ph.D. in ECE)

Welcome to ECE

ECE graduates go on to...

Work at companies like:

Adobe
Alibaba Group
Amazon
Apple
Boeing
Capital One
Cisco
Facebook
General Motors
Google
Intel
Microsoft
NVIDIA
Qualcomm
Tesla

Pursue graduate degrees or careers in academia at universities like:

Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rice University
Stanford University
University of California Berkeley
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin

Research areas

Energy

Healthcare and quality of life

Mobile systems

Smart Infrastructure

Nanotechnology

Storage systems

Intelligent physical systems

Data and network science

Secure systems

Research facilities and engagements

Labs

ECE is home to several world-class research facilities, including the Advanced Chip Test Laboratory, the Computer Architecture Lab, the Data Center Observatory, the Microelectromechanical Systems Lab, and the Claire and John Bertucci Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Centers

ECE faculty and students contribute to several research centers across the university, including the CONIX Center, CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, CyLab Biometrics Center, Data Storage Systems Center, General Motors-Carnegie Mellon Connected and Autonomous Driving Collaborative Research Lab, and Parallel Data Lab.

News

Feb 6

Energy & Environment

CMU partners to reimagine energy in the region

Faculty from Carnegie Mellon University will collaborate with West Virginia University and University of Pittsburgh on a National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Giulia Fanti, Guannan Qu, and Akshitha Sriraman, all assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering, the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

2024 NSF CAREER Awards

Dec 13

News & Events

Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award

Xu Zhang received an NSF career grant for his work on device fabrication and system-level applications of atomically thin 2D materials.

Dec 5

Artificial Intelligence

PennDOT Secretary meets Carnegie Mellon transportation experts

PennDOT Secretary Michael Carroll visited CMU facilities at Mill 19 to meet transportation researchers and learn about collaboration opportunities.

Oct 26

Artificial Intelligence

New center to investigate quantum computing

A new National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center at CMU will create an ecosystem that advances quantum computing and information technologies.

Oct 20

Health & Biomedicine

Detecting brain tsunamis

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Cincinnati have combined their expertise in engineering and medicine to create a noninvasive method for detecting worsening brain injuries before they happen. This advancement could reshape neurocritical care.

Oct 2

News & Events

Faculty and alumnus inducted into the National Academy of Engineering

College of Engineering dean, professor, and alumnus inducted in the National Academy of Engineering.

Zeynep Ozkaya’s work in Jana Kainerstorfer’s biophotonicslab has helped her to better understand the signal processing principles she is learning in her electrical engineering courses.

Relationships are key to the research and the researchers

Sep 5

Artificial Intelligence

USDOT Deputy Secretary meets CMU transportation researchers

Carnegie Mellon is working closely with the USDOT to transform the U.S. transportation system through research that focuses on safety, economic growth, climate and sustainability, and equity.

Aug 14

Cybersecurity

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, CMU’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning defended its title, earning its seventh victory in the past 11 years.

Jul 6

News & Events

Exchanging campuses, making global connections

Through the Global Campus Exchange program, engineering students have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be enrolled at another CMU location.

Jun 8

News & Events

Spring Carnival runs on connections

The CMU community is familiar with Spring Carnival, but what goes on behind the scenes to make it all happen? The students in Spring Carnival Committee’s Electrical Subcommittee play a major role in making it all connect.

Six alumni were listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy for their groundbreaking startup companies.

Forbes includes six CMU alumni in 30 Under 30 in Energy

May 30

Cyberphysical Systems

Carnegie Mellon awarded $20M for transportation research

Congresswoman Summer Lee and U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announce that CMU will lead consortium that will receive $20 million to create Safety21, a University Transportation Center.

May 16

News & Events

Reimagining datacenters

Akshitha Sriraman is rethinking datacenter computing across hardware and software systems to enable efficient, sustainable, and equitable large-scale web systems.

Mar 23

News & Events

MSE students win big with doctoral research at 3MT championship

MSE Ph.D. students earned first place overall, the People’s Choice Award, and the Alumni Choice Award at the Carnegie Mellon Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.

Watch the Video

Mar 14

Energy & Environment

Improving air quality in Africa

CMU-Africa, CMU-Pittsburgh, and global collaborators create an air quality testing center in Ghana with new funding from the Clean Air Fund.

Feb 28

News & Events

Presidential and graduate fellowships awarded

College of Engineering Dean Bill Sanders is pleased to congratulate the 46 graduate students who have been awarded fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year.