The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has multiple opportunities for students to embark on a fully funded Ph.D. journey within a research-intensive institution. Our students work closely with globally acclaimed researchers in cutting-edge domains such as devices and materials, electromechanical and energy systems, embedded systems (including IoT and edge computing), and electromagnetics.
Student benefits include:
- A competitive stipend
- Tuition waiver
- Health insurance coverage
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities that foster excellence in research.
Ph.D. students are sought for multiple projects, including but not limited to:
Intelligent Sensor & Wireless System, Prof. Nathan Jeong shjeong@eng.ua.edu
Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles, Prof. Shunqiao Sun ssun21@eng.ua.edu
Transportation Electrification and Power Distribution Decarbonization: decision making under uncertainties using optimization and reinforcement learning, Prof. Lusha Wang lusha.wang@ua.edu
PT Sensors for Monitoring Chronic Diseases; An Integrated Opioid Sensor System; Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution Using Integrated Sensing Technology. Prof. Mark Cheng mmcheng@eng.ua.edu
Photonics, Photonic and Quantum Materials; Quantum Networking, Quantum Sensing; Lidar and Time-of-Flight Imaging,; Metamaterials, Prof. Patrick Kung (patkung@eng.ua.edu) and Prof. Margaret Kim (seongsin@eng.ua.edu).
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