The MSECEL program is an intensive program that requires
a year of residency and the completion of a Challenge
Project in technology application.
MSECEL students must complete a minimum of thirty-two
semester hours of graduate coursework with a minimum QPA
of 3.000. Students must complete an eight semester hour
Challenge Project as part of their program. Each student
must form an Advising Committee shall be formed comprising
the Challenge Project Adviser and a minimum of two full-time
faculty members (or one full-time faculty member and one
adviser from industry or a government agency) with background
relevant to the Challenge Project topic. An adviser with
full-time faculty rank from another university may serve
as one member of the committee.
The Challenge Project shall result in a written report;
the student must present this report to the Committee
and to the ECE Department-at-large in the form of a seminar
before final approval of the Project is granted. The goal
of the Challenge Project should be the development of
a process or product suitable for system integration or
commercialization
