Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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446 ENGINEERING CENTER (248) 370-2177
FAX: (248) 370-4633

Department Website: oakland.edu/ece/

Chairperson: Daniel N. Aloi

Professors emeriti: Richard E. Haskell, Naim A. Kheir, Keith R. Kleckner, Tung H. Weng, Howard R. Witt

Professors: Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Daniel N. Aloi, Ka C. Cheok, Manohar Das, Subramaniam Ganesan, Edward Y.L. Gu, Andrzej Rusek, Mohamed A. Zohdy

Associate professors: Darrin Hanna, Jia Li, Hongwei Qu, Osamah Rawashdeh

Assistant professors: Shadi Alawneh, Seyed Ali Arefifar, Brian Dean, Daniel Llamocca, Jing Tang

Special Instructor: Khalid Mirza

Adjunct professor: Mutasim Salman

Adjunct associate professor: Anson Lee

Adjunct assistant professor: Randy Graca

Advisory Board

The Electrical and Computer Engineering External Advisory and Development Board assists the department in enhancing its educational and research programs and ensuring their relevance to current and emerging technological needs.

Board members are:

Dona Burkard, Research and Innovation Center - Project Manager, Ford Motor Company

Anthony D. Cooprider, Ph.D., Senior Technical Leader, Global IEEE, Ford Motor Company

Housein Dourra, Ph.D., Technical Fellow, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Gerald Grzadzinski, (retired) Senior Technical Manager, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles 

Mike Hichme, Engineering Group Manager, General Motors Corporation

  Greg Hudas, Ph.D., Program Manager, Academic Programs, US Army RDECOM-TARDEC

  William H. Mattingly, Vice President, Business Development, Automotive System Integrators

  George Saikialis, Ph.D., Senior Director and Lab Manager, Automotive Products Research, Hitachi America Ltd.   

  Chris Van Dan Elzen, Product Manager, Magna Electronics, Inc.

General Information

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering carries out the mission of the School of Engineering and Computer Science by offering separate undergraduate majors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. The department also offers masters programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, and Embedded Systems, as well as a Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The undergraduate programs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Schedule of classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes: sail.oakland.edu.

Programs

• Computer Engineering, B.S.E.
• Electrical Engineering, B.S.E.

Courses

• ECE 276 - Electric Circuits
• ECE 278 - Digital Logic Design
• ECE 327 - Electronic Circuits and Devices I
• ECE 328 - Electronic Circuits Devices II
• ECE 335 - Signals and Systems
• ECE 345 - Electromagnetics I
• ECE 351 - Electrical Machines
• ECE 378 - Computer Hardware Design
• ECE 423 - Robotic Systems and Control
• ECE 428 - Industrial Electronics
• ECE 429 - Introduction to Power Electronics
• ECE 431 - Automatic Control Systems
• ECE 433 - Digital Control Systems
• ECE 437 - Communication Systems
• ECE 438 - Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
• ECE 439 - Machine Vision
• ECE 441 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion II
• ECE 443 - Electromagnetics II
• ECE 447 - Antennas
• ECE 448 - Electromagnetic Compatibility
• ECE 450 - Satellite-based Positioning System
• ECE 458 - Electrical Energy Systems
• ECE 470 - Microprocessors-Based Systems Design
• ECE 472 - Microcomputer-based Control Systems
• ECE 473 - Automotive Electronics
• ECE 475 - Automotive Mechatronics I
• ECE 477 - Electric and Hybrid Drive Systems
• ECE 484 - Electronic Materials and Devices
• ECE 485 - VLSIC Design of Digital Chips
• ECE 487 - Integrated Electronics
• ECE 490 - Senior Project
• ECE 491 - Senior Design
• ECE 494 - Independent Study
• ECE 495 - Special Topics

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