The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering serves the community, the state and the nation by educating engineers, expanding knowledge and developing new tools for solving complex technological problems. The department's graduate programs offer students with backgrounds in electrical engineering or related areas unusual opportunities to specialize in advanced phases of electrical engineering. In addition to more than 30 full-time faculty members devoted to teaching and research, students are taught by adjunct professors from industry who offer specialty courses in their area of expertise and serve on thesis and dissertation committees.