Scholarship Opportunities

A wide variety of scholarship opportunities exist for students in the ECE department, in addition to those offered by the University and the College of Engineering—these opportunities span a range of criteria, from academic performance, to need, to area of study.

Facilities

With state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities on Centennial Campus, ECE promotes ongoing research and collaboration between industry located on campus and other departments.

ECE’s administration and main teaching labs are located in Engineering Building II, with additional research labs spanning the Monteith Research Center and Keystone Science Center.

MakerSpaces

The Kolbas MakerSpace provides all the tools required for students to work on electrical projects with state-of-the-art testing and soldering stations, Pick-and-Place component placement machine, in addition to a dozen 3-D printers to aid in prototyping.

The Troxler MakerSpace allows for fully-fledged fabrication with a complete wood and metal workshop, including a ShopBot CNC router and a WAZER waterjet cutter.

The MakerSpace enables and encourages students to be involved in hands-on engineering projects in their coursework and of personal interest.

Teaching Labs

The Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum is designed to allow each student the opportunity to gain knowledge and complete comprehension of all concepts in this field. The department is able to see that these demands are met by maintaining teaching labs, technical support staff, modern computing equipment, and industry-standard software.

The labs include spaces devoted to embedded systems, integrated circuit design, microelectronics, power electronics, wireless networking, and mechanics.

Troxler Design Center

The Troxler Design Center is named in recognition of William F. Troxler, and is dedicated to the Department’s Senior Design courses. Originally located in 111 Lampe Dr., the center moved in the Fall of 2005 to a larger facility in Engineering Building II.

At over-2,000 sq. ft., the Troxler Design Center is the ECE Department’s largest lab, and contains workspace and storage space as well as multiple meeting areas for group meetings or presentations. Large, high-quality workbenches make up the 20 stations for project teams, which also include a dedicated computer for each team. Cutting-edge test equipment and instruments are provided throughout the lab, thanks in large part to the generous donations of William F. Troxler and the Troxler family.

Nanofabrication Facility

The Nanofabrication facility is located in the Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center and occupies a 7400 sq. ft. cleanroom. The facility has a full range of micro- and nano-fabrication capabilities including photolithography, reactive ion etching (RIE), deep RIE, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), plasma enhanced CVD, rapid thermal anneal, thermal oxidation, solid source diffusion, thermal and e-beam evaporation, sputtering, chemical mechanical polishing, various wet etching and cleaning processes, along with various characterization tools.

Many of the tools are capable of processing on a broad range of substrates such as semiconductor glass, ceramics, and plastics with sizes from small pieces to 6″ wafers.

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