Welcome

Greetings from Jamie Phillips

Jamie Phillips serves as Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Delaware.

Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Delaware! Since 1891, we have been innovators in science and technology to serve society through research, education, and entrepreneurship.

We are certainly living in a transformative time, shaped by major societal challenges surrounding a global pandemic, climate change, and ensuring security and privacy in the information age. These are also exciting times, where we have a truly interconnected global community, are making strides towards achieving equality, continue to advance medical technological wonders to advance human health, and are even seeing a growth in private spaceflight. In ECE, we explore the science and technology that lies at the interface between the cyber and physical worlds, forming the basis for the complex systems that will lead the way in addressing these societal challenges.

Our research activities led by world-class faculty span from fundamentals in science, to exciting multidisciplinary initiatives that include 3-dimensional printed systems with embedded electronics, quantum technologies to detect dark matter, “agrivoltaic” systems that partner clean energy production and farming, advanced sensor networks to understand our ocean and coastal environment, and understanding biological systems to find vulnerabilities in drug-resistant cancer cells.

Our educational programs including Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral, and Graduate Certificate programs in ECE and Cybersecurity prepare our students at all career stages with the fundamentals, experience, and innovative mindset to lead us to a better future. Our degree programs closely integrate theory, design, and practice, with a supporting infrastructure of our iSuite student community space, world-class research facilities developed by our faculty, and core facilities such as the Nanofabrication Facility and MakerGym at the University of Delaware.

I invite you to view our 2021 ECE Strategic Plan summary that outlines our vision and near term goals to continue a path of leadership in utilizing our unique skills and talents to address inter- and multidisciplinary societal challenges, strengthen external partnerships, and to foster a diverse and collaborative community.