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Greetings from the Department Head
I am pleased to send our greetings from the faculty, staff, and students of the Electrical Engineering Department at Penn State.
The Penn State Electrical Engineering Department is among the largest, oldest, and the most innovative in the nation. The EE Department, first established in 1893, is over 100 years old. During the last few years the EE Department has added faculty who bring new expertise and unbounded enthusiasm to the department.
The PSU Electrical Engineering Department offers B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering. Approximately 400 students are enrolled in the undergraduate program, and approximately 250 students are enrolled in the graduate program, with about half pursuing doctoral degrees. We have over 50 Professional Faculty. We offer approximately 90 courses from freshman to graduate level, encompassing all areas of electrical engineering. We also have a vibrant research program, at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
W. Kenneth Jenkins
Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering
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News and Announcements
Congratulations to the following Electrical Engineering graduate students who were recently awarded the A. J. Ferraro Graduate Research Award:
Kit Ma -- for excellence in PhD research in electromagnetics. Kit Ma's advisor is Prof. Raj Mittra.
David Brown -- for excellence in PhD research in remote sensing. David Brown's advisor is Prof. Russell Philbrick.
Congratulations to the following Electrical Engineering seniors who were selected as Student Marshals for the Spring 2008 Commencement:
Elizabeth J. Kowalski -- Electrical Engineering Student Marshal
Michael S. Barry -- Computer Engineering Student Marshal
Congratulations to the following Electrical Engineering Faculty Members who recently won the following awards:
Prof. Mark Wharton -- 2007 Spira Teaching Award: awarded by Lutron, Inc. to a faculty member for outstanding work with student project teams in Electrical/Computer Engineering
Prof. Qiming Zhang -- Penn State Engineering Society Premier Research Award
Prof. David Salvia -- Penn State Engineering Society Outstanding Teaching Award
Prof. Sven Bilén -- Lawrence J. Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award
Prof. Mohsen Kavehrad was a panelist at the ARO/ARL Workshop on Ultraviolet Devices and Communication Systems held at the University of Maryland in April 2008.
EE graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, Mr. Jeremy Riousset and Prof. Victor Pasko co-authored a paper published recently in Nature Geoscience. The paper reports new observations and modeling results providing insight on fundamental mechanisms by which various types of lightning discharges are produced. The work is a result of a collaborative effort of a team of researchers from New Mexico Tech and Penn State funded by NSF. The paper has been highlighted on the cover of the April 2008 issue of Nature Geoscience.
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