Electrical and Computer Engineering

At the Frontier of the Possible.

Computational methods to decode the human brain. Safe and secure autonomous navigation. Breakthrough machine learning. Automated bio-design. Energy-lean data centers. Nanophotonics. Want to design the future, right now? BU ECE is where you get started. Make your mark as you learn from internationally recognized experts, right in the heart of a global technology hub.

PECASE: A Presidential Honor

Professor Michelle Sander is the recipient of the United States government’s highest honor for researchers early in their careers.

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Optimized, Sustainable, (Delicious) Lobstah

The East Coast is known for lobster, but changes to population and fishing conditions have left the industry at a disadvantage, utilizing out-of-date historically-established routes which reduce catch and pose potential environmental problems. Senior Design team PUCKfish designed a solution: a low-cost, durable device offering data and analytics for optimal lobster trap placement ... netting themselves the 2022 Best ECE Senior Design Project Award!

Who will win this year?

 

 

ECE Day & Senior Design
140 %

Research growth over 10 years

$ 43 M

Total Research Funding In 2023-24

15 th

Ranked EE Graduate Program Among Private Institutions

14 th

Ranked CE Graduate Program Among Private Institutions

ECE's Lightbulb Moment

ECE's newest Associate Professor, Emiliano Dall’Anese, centers his research on the challenge of implementing renewable energy at scale.

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Events

ECE PhD Prospectus Defense: Farbin Fayza

Day: Wednesday Apr 30th Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm PHO 339, 8 St Mary's St
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2025 ECE Senior Thesis Presentations

Day: Thursday May 1st Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm PHO 339, 8 St Mary's St
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ECE Day

Day: Friday May 2nd Time: All Day Photonics Building, 9th Floor
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