Curriculum
Research
Faculty Profiles
Getting Involved
After Graduation
Curriculum
Research
Faculty Profiles
Getting Involved
After Graduation

The Master of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) program at WPI lets you focus on one of several specialty areas or obtain a more broad-based graduate education.

WPI’s varied research focus areas:

  • Analog Microelectronics
  • Communication and Signal Analysis
  • Computer Engineering
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Medical/Health Engineering
  • Power Systems Engineering
  • RF Circuits and Microwave

As one of WPI’s flagship departments, ECE offers a collaborative, innovative, and boundary-pushing environment for graduate study and research. Here, you’ll find internationally renowned faculty, groundbreaking research, and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Whether you want courses online or on campus, and are taking them part-time or full-time, you may tailor our rigorous, yet flexible, program to meet your interests and needs.

ECE
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Curriculum

A Master of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering delivers the same course work as the master of science degree, but with the option to focus some courses on business topics.

With a majority of courses in Electrical & Computer Engineering, combined with courses across areas of Business, Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, you’ll be well prepared to make an impact in your field of expertise. A thesis option isn’t available for this program, but you’re encouraged to develop an independent research project as part of your degree program.

Students who do not include courses from the School of Business in their degree program should consider instead completing the Master of Science program in Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Graduate Course Catalog

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Research

WPI’s research focus means we’re committed to breakthrough discoveries and supporting the latest research with expert faculty and state-of-the-art facilities.

Some ongoing faculty research:

  • Cognitive/software-defined radio
  • Adaptive antennas exploiting channel reciprocity for capacity enhancement
  • Development of techniques for measuring and modeling second-order error sources in mixed-signal circuits
  • Scalable and computationally efficient cryptographic primitives
  • Analysis of muscle patterns of the upper limb for movement re-training of patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, or amputation
Explore Our Research

WPI has more than a dozen specialized labs within Atwater Kent Laboratories, the first building in the nation built for electrical engineering education, including an antenna lab; signal processing and information networking laboratory (Spinlab); precision personnel locator project; and the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies. You’ll have access to the latest in equipment and instruments to advance your research.

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Faculty Profiles

Faculty Profiles

Edward "Ted" A. Clancy

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
I am interested in applying engineering and science skills to problems in medicine and human health. Currently, I am focusing on understanding the electrical activity of human skeletal muscles (EMG) for applications including the control of powered prostheses (e.g., prosthetic hands, elbows, and legs), the clinical diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases, and worker safety/ergonomics.
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R. James Duckworth

Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
My electrical and computer engineering interests include multiprocessing, parallel computation, logic synthesis, embedded system design, autonomous robots, and computer architecture. Recently my research work has centered on the Precision Personnel Locator (PPL) for First Responders. This project started as a result of the tragic incident in Worcester in 1999 when six firefighters lost their lives in a warehouse fire.
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Reinhold Ludwig

Professor and Associate Department Head
Electrical & Computer Engineering
I came to WPI over 20 years ago after graduating from Colorado State University. My research includes electromagnetic and acoustic nondestructive evaluation (NDE), and for the past 15 years instrumentation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). As director of the RF Electronics and Medical Imaging Laboratory, I focus on designing radiofrequency (RF) coils and electronic circuits for pre-clinical (animal) and clinical (human) MR scanners.
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Thomas F. Gannon

Professor of Practice
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Tom has over 45 years of experience in enterprise systems engineering, real-time control systems and information management systems. Prior to joining the faculty of WPI as a Professor of Practice in 2014, Tom was Director of Information Systems Engineering and Chief Engineer for the Software Engineering Technical Center at the MITRE Corporation, and he continues to serve as the Consulting Chief Engineer for that organization on a part-time basis.
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Getting Involved

Getting Involved

WPI’s active student community makes getting involved in campus activities simple. Electrical & Computer Engineering students flock to campus chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Graduate Student Government promotes a close grad student community.

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After Graduation

Your strong theoretical knowledge, extensive hands-on experience, and industry connections will put you in high demand to assume a leadership role as an engineering professional in almost any industry you choose, from wireless communications to solar to aerospace to biomedical instrumentation.

Employers know a WPI degree means you’ll take on even the most vexing problems with a thoughtful and accurate big-picture approach.

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