College of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringElectrical and Computer Engineering Research

Electrical and Computer Engineering Research

The Auburn University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been heavily involved in research for approximately five decades. This research has supported numerous government agencies: for example, entities within the U. S. Department of Defense, such as the Army, Navy, Air Force and DARPA have been supported as well as NIH, NSF, DOE, USDA and Sandia National Laboratories. The faculty of the department has also provided research support to a host of industries, such as Diamler/Chrysler, IBM, Motorola, Northrup/Grumman, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Southern Company, Texas Instruments and the Whirlpool Corporation. Some of the department's laboratories have also provided needed and up-to-date technology to numerous companies within the state of Alabama, some of which were in their startup mode.

The department is also home to three of the College of Engineering's research centers: the Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center (AMNSTC), the Center for Advanced Vehicle Electronics (CAVE) and the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center (WEREC). The faculty continually track the new and advancing technology and adjust their programs to meet these ever-changing needs. At present, the research focus areas being addressed by the faculty are communication networks, electric power engineering, electronic packaging, embedded systems, high-performance computing, information security, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), mine detection, nanotechnology, signal processing, silicon-germanium electronics, smart antennas, telecommunications, transceiver design and very large scale integration (VLSI) design and test.

Recent Research News


Yin Sun
ECE professor selected as co-chair for the Mobile Networks Symposium
Yin Sun, the Godbold associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, has been selected as a technical co-chair at the 26th International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (ACM MobiHoc) in Houston in October 2025.
3/24/25 2:00 PM
Masoud Mahjouri-Samani
#GINNing Podcast: Major Laser
Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Godbold Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering, is involved in many things. Space things. Manufacturing things. Laser things. Important things. Things, things, things.
2/21/25 2:00 PM
Mehdi Sadi is developing artificial intelligence/machine learning-assisted co-design methodologies to enhance the power, performance, reliability and cost-efficiency of next-generation AI hardware.
Assistant professor in ECE earns NSF CAREER Award
Mehdi Sadi is developing artificial intelligence/machine learning-assisted co-design methodologies to enhance the power, performance, reliability and cost-efficiency of next-generation AI hardware.
2/3/25 10:35 AM
Jonathan Pettus has been named executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute. [Credit: UAH]
Pettus named executive director of Applied Research Institute
Auburn University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development has hired Jonathan Pettus as executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville, effective February 1.
1/28/25 3:30 PM
Shiwen Mao is director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center.
Professor believes XR can be wireless without compromising quality
Shiwen Mao was awarded a three-year, $170K National Science Foundation grant
1/9/25 12:30 PM