Virginia Tech Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty Position Available

An associate professor's position is available in information security, critical infrastructure interdependencies, and use of information technology in designing resilient infrastructures. The position is for the Advanced Research Institute in northern Virginia.

Looking to hire an ECE graduate?

The Virginia Tech Chapter of the IEEE sponsors a job board for ECE students and alumni. Employers can post positions for students to review. Employers can also obtain a CD of more than 350 Virginia Tech CS and ECE students. Information on the IEEE Resume CD.

Open Source Software Radio Development Tools

Download the software and join the OSSIE community. OSSIE is Virginia Tech's open source software defined radio (SDR) development effort. The download provides a software communications architecture for education and research. More about OSSIE

Podcasts from Distinguished Professors

Charles Bostian, Alumni Distinguished Professor: "Forty Years of Radio Research - From Glowing Bottles to Machines That Think"

Length: 26:28 (30.2 MB)

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Fred Lee, University Distinguished Professor: "Power Electronics, Energy and Environment"

Length: 27:50 (30.2 MB)

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Phadke, Thorp awarded 2008 Franklin Medal

On April 17, Arun Phadke and Jim Thorp were awarded the 2008 Franklin Medal for Electrical Engineering for their work in protecting the power grid. View the Franklin Institute announcement and 3-minute video. Read the story of their collaboration.

Park wins NSF CAREER Award for project to ensure security of cognitive radio networks

Jung-Min Park has been awarded an NSF CAREER Award to improve the security of cognitive radio networks CAREER awards are NSF's most prestigious award for creative junior faculty members considered to be future leaders in their academic fields. Park is the 14th ECE faculty member to earn this prestigious award.

Agah wins NSF CAREER Award for micro GC project

ECE's Masoud Agah has been awarded an NSF CAREER Award to develop a credit-card sized gas chromatography platform. The system is expected to enable in-the-field analysis of complex compounds within seconds. Agah is the 13th ECE faculty member to earn this prestigious award.

Phadke honored with HKN technical achievement award

Arun Phadke, university distinguished professor emeritus, has been honored by Eta Kappa Nu with the 2007 Vladimir Karapetoff Award for career accomplishment. Phadke and his colleague, Stanley H. Horowitz received the award for their technical contributions to the field of power system protection and control. More...

ECE Wireless groups win top awards at international competition

ECE graduate students took top honors in the Inaugural Smart Radio Challenge at the 2007 Software Defined Radio Forum conference in November. Tech was the only school with 2 teams among the final 10 competitors.