Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
Resources
Events
ECE Guest Seminar: Large Signal Analysis: Configuration, Calibration, Measurement, Data Analysis, and Design 
Speaker: Dr. Zacharia Ouardirhi, Senior Vice-President of Sales, Maury Microwave
Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 11:00am
Location EIT 3142
Host: Dr. Slim Boumaiza
All are welcome!
MASc Seminar Notice: Polynomial Controllers for Optimal Trajectory Matching with Contractivity Guarantees
°ä²¹²Ô»å¾±»å²¹³Ù±ð:Ìý´¡±ô±ð³æ²¹²Ô»å±ð°ùÌý°¾±³Ù²¹±ð±¹
Date: September 2, 2025
Time: 11:00am
Location:Â EIT 3145
Supervisors: Dr. Michael Fisher and Dr. Christopher Nielsen
All are welcome!
MASc Seminar Notice: Convex Reparameterizations for Efficient H2/Hinf Feedback Control
Candidate:Â Zhong Fang
Date: September 2, 2025
Time: 2:30pm
Location:Â EIT 3145
Supervisors: Dr. Michael Fisher
All are welcome!
News
New O’Donovan Chair to lead AI research in trust and safety
A professor in electrical and computer engineering has been appointed to an updated Val O’Donovan Chair position that reflects the Faculty’s strategic focus on advancing artificial intelligence through ethical research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and student engagement.
Starting September 1, Dr. Amir-Hossein Karimi will hold an O’Donovan Chair in Trustworthy AI. The five-year appointment comes with $100,000 in annual research support.
Electrical and computer engineering PhD student, Trevor Blaikie, selected winner of the NAMBE 2024 Best Journal Paper Award
Electrical and computer engineering PhD student, Trevor Blaikie, has been selected as the winner of the NAMBE 2024 Best Journal Paper Award. Trevor’s research, supervised by Dr. Zbig Wasilewski, earned top recognition for the paper titled “Optimizing GaAs/AlGaAs growth on GaAs (111)B for enhanced nonlinear efficiency in quantum optical metasurfaces.â€
Electrical and computer engineering alumnus, Dr. Ahmed Sayed, receives prestigious Best Thesis Award from Drones
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Dr. Ahmed Sayed, a former PhD student in our department, who has been awarded the Best PhD Thesis Award from Drones. Drones is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by MDPI—a pioneer in scholarly, open-access publishing, supporting academic communities since 1996.