Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is the largest academic unit at Purdue University College of Engineering. The School of ECE offers both undergraduate B.S. degree as well as M.S. and Ph.D. graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. The school enrolls over 1,500 undergraduates (sophomores through seniors) and over 800 graduate students. U.S. News & World Report ranks Purdue's Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering 10th at the Undergraduate level [America's Best Colleges 2019]. The Graduate programs in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering are ranked 12th in the nation [America's Best Graduate Schools 2020][1] The online MS program in Electrical Engineering ranked #2 in the nation in 2020.[2]

Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
MSEE Building
TypePublic
Established1888
Michael and Katherine Birck HeadDimitrios Peroulis, Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Address
465 Northwestern Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2035
,
West Lafayette
,
Indiana
,
USA
AffiliationsPurdue University
Website

History

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) was established in 1888 with Lois Bell, Professor of Applied Electricity, as the head.[3] At this time the first Electrical Engineering building was located opposite of Stanley Coulter Hall on the site of the present-day Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Railroad tracks came alongside the building to provide a berth for the Purdue University Interurban Test Car.

Purdue Electrical Laboratory, ca 1892
1904 Panorama of Purdue campus with Electrical Laboratory

In 1901, Telephone Engineering became part of ECE to accommodate the urgent need for engineers who understood how to expand telephone systems from city to city.

WBAA, Indiana’s first radio station, was started in Purdue ECE in 1922.

In 1924, a new Electrical Engineering building was constructed to celebrate Purdue’s 50th birthday. Additions to the building were added in 1932 and 1940 made possible by Thomas Duncan, a Scottish immigrant who owned the nearby, highly successful Duncan Electric Company.

Purdue ECE played an important role in the early TV technology with Professor Roscoe George's many inventions including the first all-electronic television receiver.[4]

The Lab for Applied Industrial Control was created in 1966.

The Materials and Electrical Engineering Building was built in 1988.

In 1996, the School of Electrical Engineering is officially renamed the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[5]

Student organizations

Notable alumni
Eugene Cernan, BS'56
Lila Ibrahim, BS'93

Notable faculty

References
  1. "U.S. News & World Report Rankings". Purdue University.
  2. "Growing Purdue online engineering degree programs move up in national rankings".
  3. "History of Purdue ECE".
  4. R.C. Webb. Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind the Invention of Television.
  5. "History of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering". Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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