Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering

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The Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of sensing, imaging, telecommunications, control, security, and sustainable energy.

The second oldest electrical engineering department in the country, our faculty and students are dedicated to high quality, interdisciplinary and revolutionary education and research.

The department has 280 undergraduate students, 80 master's students, 45 doctoral students, 12 full-time faculty and 3 faculty members in phased retirement (half-time employment).

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Department & Faculty News

Green Hall one year later

“The new building helps us recruit the best new faculty and students and accommodate the growth in our department,” says Professor Arye Nehorai.

ESE discovery could help in the battle against hackers

A discovery made in the mid-90’s by two professors of electrical engineering may help lead to more secure credit card payments.

Shen receives CAREER award from NSF

Jung-Tsung Shen, PhD, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.

Ching receives award from Burroughs-Wellcome Fund

ShiNung Ching, PhD, has won a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund

Professor Arye Nehorai was elected Fellow of AAAS

Professor Nehorai was elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science.

Professor T.J. Tarn received IEEE IROS Jubilee Award

ESE Senior Professor Tarn was awarded the IEEE IROS Jubilee Award at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.

St. Louis: Top 5 metropolitan area in the country for IT start-up jobs

Local efforts to support startups have helped turn some unexpected places into hotbeds of IT activity, reports CNN Money.

Alumni & Student News

ESE Class of 2013 Valedictorians

Five of the 10 Engineering Class of 2013 Valedictorians are ESE Students

Developing Capacity for Systems Thinking in Schools

Engineering undergraduate Madeleine Polk has paper accepted to System Dynamics Conference

Rapid growth of ESE undergraduate enrollment

The total number of undergraduate students in ESE has more than tripled from 80 in 2008 to 280 in 2013.

Alumnus Profile: T. Alan Hurwitz, President of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., to receive Alumni Achievement Award

Dr. Hurwitz (BSEE 1965) is at the forefront of higher education for the deaf in the United States.

Alumnus Profile: James V. Leonard, senior technical fellow at Boeing Defense Space & Security, to receive Alumni Achievement Award

Mr. Leonard (MSEE 1966) opened the door to integrating the Harpoon missile on the F-16 fighter by developing the Harpoon University Launch Adapter Unit.

Alumnus Profile: W. E. Moerner, chair of the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University, to receive Alumni Achievement Award

Dr. Moerner (BSEE 1975), Professor in Chemistry and Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, has created a new field of science.

Alumnus Profile: Lt. Kyle Woerner of the U.S. Navy

Lt. Woerner (BSSSE 2004), a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, has risen above his peers with the help of his experiences and education at Washington University.

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Paul Min

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Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering

Green Hall, CB 1042, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, USA 63130
Phone: (314) 935-5565, Fax: (314) 935-7500