The Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE) at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) was formed in 2003 as a merger between Electrical Engineering and Systems Science & Mathematics.
Electrical Engineering was the second-oldest electrical engineering department in the United States, founded in 1891. Since its inception, the department has made contributions to education and research in applied physics, electronics, communications, signal processing and biomedical engineering.
Systems Science & Mathematics was a unique department specializing in applied mathematics, systems and control. The department was founded in 1974 and has origins that date back to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, established in 1965. More
Today, Electrical & Systems Engineering faculty are dedicated to high-quality education and research, and are active in research programs with a wide variety of engineering and science topics. They lead national and international research teams and collaborate on interdisciplinary research projects. Our alumni are also involved in academia and industry. View their latest achievements.
Notable Alumni & Faculty
Walter R. Evans, who received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from WUSTL in 1941 and also worked as an instructor from 1946 to 1948, is widely known for his 1948 invention of the root locus method, which is now a key tool in control theory. More
Preston M. Green, received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from WUSTL in 1936. After graduation, Preston Green worked in a local factory until he joined Southwest Steel Supply Co. in 1950 as vice president of purchasing and production. More
William Bennett Kouwenhoven, who was an electrical engineering instructor at WUSTL for the 1913 to 1914 academic year, is most well-known for inventing the cardiac defibrillator and the technique of CPR. More
John Zaborszky, received the Diploma of Engineering in 1937 and the DSc degree, with special honors, in 1943 from the Royal Hungarian Technological University. He joined WUSTL in 1954, where he developed the Department of Systems Science & Mathematics. More