The Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering provides rising scholars and researchers to expand the field of electrical engineering through refined exploration into communications, power and energy, and micro- and nano-electronics areas. Students work directly with a faculty advisor to formulate their research focus, write and publish their dissertation, as well as participate actively in professional and research-focused conferences in the field of electrical engineering, such as IEEE. Top research areas of the department: Communications and networks, Electrical power and energy, Electronics, photonics and MEMS (VLSI systems and microelectronics), Signal and image processing, systems and controls