Welcome
Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of the most fascinating and exciting fields of study today. Due to the widespread applications of electronic and information technology, ECE is also one of the most general fields of study. At its core, ECE is based upon the fundamental physical principles that govern the flow of electricity, as well as the design methods that allow us to effectively harness those principles. If you’ve used electricity today, then you’ve benefitted from the field of ECE.
At Queen’s, our Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is recognized for its excellence nationally and internationally. Our department comprises 217 undergraduate students, 132 graduate students, 26 faculty members, 11 cross-appointed faculty, and 8 staff. We also have world-class research groups in such diverse areas as:
- Communications
- Computer and Software Engineering
- Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics
- Power Electronics
- Biomedical and Intelligent Systems
We pride ourselves in the excellence of our teaching and research, as well as the strong connection that we have with our students. Our undergraduate faculty-to-student ratio of 1:8, which is among the highest in the country, and which translates to a very direct and personal educational experience for our students. Our undergraduate students receive a strong common core which they are able to supplement with electives chosen flexibly from one or more Streams of concentration:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Signal Processing
- Communications Systems and Networks
- Computer Hardware and Systems
- Electronics and Photonics
- Mechatronics (new)
- Power Electronics and Systems
- Robotics and Control
- Software Engineering
We invite you to visit and explore the opportunities in our department, both online and in person.
Department News
Student Choice Awards
and the winners are...
Posted on May 07, 2013
ECE recently wrapped up another successful academic year and bid farewell to a stellar fourth year class. At the annual end of year banquet, ECE undergraduate students honoured both professors and TAs with Student Choice Awards.
Teaching Fellow Positions Available
Posted on May 01, 2013
Several Teaching positions are available for year 2013-14.
ECE 490 Project Team in North American-wide IEEE Competition
Posted on April 30, 2013
Inspired in part by a Star Trek gadget and also by the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE Competition to design and create a small portable personal device for tracking vital health indicators, a group of fourth year ECE students has created their own compact device to measure a number of personal health-care parameters.
ECE Sees Largest Undergraduate Student Enrolment Growth in Faculty
Posted on March 08, 2013
ECE is looking forward to welcoming 84 new undergraduates into the program in September 2013.
ECE Congratulates Professor Scott Yam
Posted on March 08, 2013
Scott Yam, Associate Professor, ECE, has been named the inaugural Associate Dean International and Special Projects (ISP), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, for a five year term effective March 1, 2013.
Student News
ECE’s got talent!
Posted on April 19, 2013
Who says math can’t be fun? Certainly not Karen Rudie and her most recent ELEC 270 class. As a tradition, Professor Rudie shows her students a video featuring a group of Northwestern Students on the last day of class.
ECE 490 project team wins first place at IEEE event
Posted on March 26, 2013
Congratulations to Mark Mitchell, Peter Davidge, and Luke Durst whose project, a Microwave Imaging System, supervised by Professor Carlos Saavedra, won first prize at the Queen’s IEEE Undergraduate Student Project Competition held on March 21st.
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Essay Competition
Posted on March 19, 2013
Write your way to a $1000 reward!
13th Annual RIT IEEE Student Design Contest
Posted on March 15, 2013
Queen's Undergraduate engineering students and IEEE members are invited to The 13th Annual Student Design Competition.