The
Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical
Engineering Program
Graduate Advising Manual (Revised: September 5, 2007)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. MSE Degree Program
III. Ph.D. Degree Program
IV. Financial Aid
V. Ethics
VI. Miscellaneous Information
A. Academic Information
B. Registration
C. Review of Graduate Students
D. Graduate Student Representatives
E. Additional Jobs
F. Library Facilities
G. Computer Facilities
H. Graduate Student Offices
I. Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
J.
520.800 Independent Study Sections
K.520.801/802
Dissertation Research Sections
L.
520/809/810 Special Studies
VII. Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy
VIII. ECE Personnel
A. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty
B. Associated Faculty: Joint, Secondary
and Part-Time Appointments
C. Miscellaneous Appointments
D. Postdoctoral Fellows
E. Department Staff
IX. ECE
Master of Science in Engineering Graduation Process
X. Ph.D. Degree Requirements Summary
I. Introduction
This
manual can help you plan a program of graduate study leading to the MSE degree,
Ph.D. degree, or both. Its pages are devoted to policies, rules, procedures (in
italics), and suggestions about our program with the intention of providing
useful information about these programs. However, uncertainty is implicit in
any endeavor, and remaining questions should be addressed to your advisor or
the department chair.
Having
noted what this manual is about, it should be observed that the most important
aspect of graduate study is seldom mentioned. A student entering our program is
beginning a joint enterprise with other students and faculty that, at its best,
is stimulating, enjoyable, and rewarding for all concerned. Advanced study,
innovative fundamental research, and publication of results are the goals. The
mechanics so emphasized here are in place to help you achieve these goals.
Note
that all students who wish to be admitted to our graduate program leading to
either a MSE or PhD must have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent upon entry.
II. MSE
Degree Program
Some
students are interested solely in the MSE degree, while others may elect to
receive an MSE on the way to the Ph.D. Either way, the requirements are the
same, and involve the number and kinds of courses that must be taken, grade
standards, and limits on transfer courses. Note that students enrolled solely
in the MSE program are not guaranteed admission to the Ph.D. program on
successful completion of their degree. The departmental requirements for the
MSE degree subsume the university-wide requirements.
The
requirements for the MSE degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering are as
follows:
1.
Eight one-semester graduate (400-799) courses approved by the advisor must be
satisfactorily completed. These courses cannot include Independent Study,
Dissertation Research, or Special Studies.
2.
Further depth of understanding must be demonstrated by either satisfactorily
completing two additional one-semester courses approved by the advisor, or by
writing an MSE thesis acceptable to a member of the ECE faculty , or by
completing a special project acceptable to a member of the ECE faculty and
writing the corresponding report. Note that the MSE thesis must be submitted to the library and must follow the
guidelines described in http://www.library.jhu.edu/preservation/findit/cbo/guidelines.html
3.
A course (including independent study) is satisfactorily completed if a grade
of A, B, C, or P is obtained. No more than one C grade can be counted toward
the requirements and a D or F or second C grade results in probation. A second
D or F or a third C grade results in termination from the program.
4.
At least six one-semester courses in the MSE program must be ECE-Department
day-school courses that are not independent study.
5.
WSE master’s students may transfer in up to two courses from another
institution which were completed after the undergraduate degree was conferred
and not applied to a degree elsewhere.
6.
Every graduate course designated Independent Study, Dissertation Research, or
Special Studies counted toward the MSE degree must include a written report. A
copy of the report will become a part of the student's permanent file.
7.
Every student must register
for a minimum of two semesters as a full-time, resident graduate student (not
applicable to bachelor’s/master’s concurrent students).
8. Every student
must be registered in the semester that degree requirements are met.
9. Every student
must earn the master's degree within 5
consecutive academic years (10 semesters).
Only semesters during which a student has a university-approved leave of
absence are exempt from the ten semester limit; otherwise, all semesters from
the beginning of the student's graduate studies--whether the student is
resident or not—count toward the ten semester limit.
III. Ph.D. Degree Program
The
Ph.D. requirements apply to all part-time and full-time students in the
program, however time limits are stated in the context of full-time graduate
study. Time limits for part-time
programs must be individually arranged.
The
Ph.D. degree certifies that the holder has demonstrated research capability.
Accordingly, the Ph.D. requirements are used as checkpoints leading the student
through this research experience. Because students tend to spend more than
ample time on the path to research, several requirements prescribe time
limitations. The requirements stated below include university-wide requirements
for the Ph.D.
To
fulfill the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in ECE, the student must:
1. Satisfy the
University Ph.D. residency requirement and the Departmental course load
requirements.
a)
Residency: The University requires at
least two consecutive semesters as a full-time resident graduate student.
b)
Coursework: All full-time students must satisfactorily
complete at least three graduate courses per semester until they have a
Research Sponsor. Until the Departmental Examination is passed, no more than
one independent study course per faculty member can be counted toward these
three courses.
c)
A course (including independent study) is satisfactorily completed if a grade
of A, B, C, or P is obtained. A grade of D or F or a second grade of C results
in probation. A second grade of D or F or a third grade of C results in
termination from the program.
2. Pass the
Departmental Qualifying Examination before the beginning of the fifth semester
of graduate study, and then select a Research Sponsor within six months.
a)
Departmental Qualifying Examination: The
student must select and complete the examinations posed by three examiners
eligible to supervise doctoral dissertations in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering (see list below), of which at least two must be
regular, tenure track ECE faculty (see Section VIII.A). The respective
examiners grade completed examinations, and at the next ECE Department faculty
meeting a collective decision is made on the student's performance. This
decision involves the student's cumulative academic performance in the graduate
program as well as performance on the examination. The Departmental Qualifying
Examination cannot be taken more than twice. The faculty eligible to supervise doctoral dissertations in the ECE
Department is: Dr. Andreou, Baker, Bottomley,
Brody, Byrne, Davidson, Diehl, Etienne-Cummings, Geman, Goutsias, Iglesias, Jelinek, Johnson, Kang, Kaplan, Karakos, Khudanpur,
Khurgin, Martin, Meyer, Miller, Osman, Prince, Sova, Stuber, Thakor, Thomas,
Tran, Tsui, Weinert, West and Winslow. The fall and spring Qualifying
Examinations are given over a period of seven days immediately preceding the
start of classes.
b)
Research Sponsor Selection: A student cannot have a Research Sponsor before
passing the Departmental Qualifying Examination. The Research Sponsor must be a member of the list of examiners given
above. Passing a particular examiner’s Departmental Qualifying Examination implies that the examiner is willing to
become the Research Sponsor of the student for at least six months. The
Research Sponsor sets requirements for the remainder of the program. These may
include a teaching requirement, particular coursework, a reading program, or a
preliminary research project. Either the student or the Research Sponsor can
discontinue the relationship for any reason. When a Student-Research Sponsor
relationship is discontinued, a new Research Sponsor must be selected within
one semester. Note that once the student chooses a research sponsor,
the student must obtain a research sponsor form from the department office,
have his/her sponsor sign the form, and then return it to the Graduate Program
Coordinator (GPC, Ms.
c) A student can take the Departmental
Qualifying Examination only if enrolled
in the Ph.D. program and not on probation.
3. Take the
Graduate Board Oral Examination within one year of passing the Departmental
Qualifying Examination.
a)
Graduate Board Oral Examination: The
purpose of the examination is to test the depth and breadth of the student's
knowledge and reasoning abilities. The examination typically is based on the
student's course background, but may include the proposed dissertation topic. The
members of the GBO examination committee are selected by the candidate’s
department chair and approved by the Chair of the Graduate board. Although consultation with candidates and
their faculty advisors regarding possible exam committee members is
appropriate, selection of the committee is the department chair’s
responsibility and is not the candidate responsibility or prerogative. The Academic Program Coordinator finds a time,
a date and a room for the examination, and completes the GBO report form. The ECE chair approves the members of the
examination committee and signs the GBO report form. The GPC forwards the GBO
report form and a copy of the student's current transcript to the Graduate
Board. The Graduate Board chooses a
committee chair from among the three committee members that are not from the
ECE department, and sends an information packet, the student's current
transcript and the GBO report form to the chairman of the examination
committee. The Graduate Board also sends a copy of the signed GBO report form
to the GPC. The GPC sends a confirmation letter to all the committee members,
committee alternates and the candidate.
b)
The possible outcomes of the GBO examination include: an unconditional pass, a
conditional pass (with the requirements to be met written down on the report
form), a fail (If the chair recommends a reexamination, he must indicate with
whom and when. At least one person from
the original committee must be on the next committee). Currently, the Graduate
Board does not have limit on how many times a person can be retested. After the
GBO examination, the chairman of the GBO committee submits the original signed
GBO report form to the GPC. The GPC sends the GBO report form to the Graduate
Board, places a copy of the GBO report form in the student file, and updates
the ECE graduate student list.
c)
The GBO examination committee consists of at least 5 committee members, the
majority from outside the ECE department. Two alternates are also needed, one
from ECE and one from outside the Department. At least one committee member
from outside the department must be an associate professor or higher (to
satisfy the requirement that the committee chair must be an associate professor
or higher). Note that for GBO examination committee purposes, the research
sponsor is counted as a member of the ECE department. The Graduate Board MUST APPROVE any committee
member who is either from outside the university or who is from a NON-PhD
sponsoring department, laboratory or institute within JHU. The department chair
must provide a letter explaining and/or requesting this person and his/her
curriculum vitae. At most one committee member must need approval by the
Graduate Board. Note that a committee member that has a joint appointment in a
JHU PhD sponsoring department does not need to be approved by the Graduate
Board. For more information, consult the following website:
http://www.jhu.edu/gradbd/ProceduresFinalWeb.html#CompositionOfOral
d) Note that the chair of the
department is responsible for scheduling the exam and submitting the form
entitled Oral Examination for Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy to the Graduate Board Office. This form must be
completed, signed by the chair, and submitted to the Graduate Board three
weeks before the proposed examination date.
4. Submit a
Preliminary Research Proposal before the end of the seventh semester of
graduate study.
The
purpose of the preliminary research proposal is to ensure that the student is
planning a research project that is both significant and realistic. A preliminary research proposal should
contain the following:
a)
Cover Page: The cover page of the
proposal should list the research sponsor and two other professors eligible to
supervise doctoral dissertations in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. These three faculty members
form the Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal and Departmental Seminar Committee for the
student. Note that a majority of the committee must be regular, tenure track
ECE faculty.
b)
Description of proposed research: The description should state the objectives
of the intended research, explain why the topic selected is of interest,
present a brief overview of what has already been done in the area, indicate
how the student plans to conduct the research, and should provide a rough
timetable. There is a limit of ten (10) pages, single-spaced, 12pt text.
c)
References, figures, etc.: maximum of five (5) pages.
The
proposal must be submitted (Microsoft Word or PDF format) to the Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC, Ms. Roane) at least two
weeks before presentation of the proposed research in the departmental seminar.
The GPC will distribute (e-mail) the proposal to ECE faculty for comments.
Also, in order to facilitate the production of the poster announcing the
seminar, the title, abstract (at most 500 words), date, time, and place of the
seminar in Microsoft word format should be e-mailed to the GPC.
5. Present a
Departmental Seminar before the end of the seventh semester of graduate study.
The
Departmental Seminar is a public presentation of the student's proposed
research. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity for the student to present
the research to an audience unfamiliar with the student's work, (as opposed to
a 20-minute conference talk to experts), similar to what might be experienced
at a job interview. Also, it affords the student an opportunity to demonstrate
how the proposed research is progressing. Finally, it provides an opportunity
for others in the department to become familiar with the student's work. The
members of the Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal and Departmental Seminar Committee
are required to be present at the student’s Departmental Seminar. Other faculty
members and all graduate students are encouraged to attend. At the conclusion
of the seminar, all ECE faculty members present meet to vote on whether the
student has passed the proposal and seminar requirements. The faculty may take
into consideration the knowledge displayed by the student of the proposed
research and whether the successful completion of the proposed research would
satisfy the dissertation requirement. A student may be requested to prepare
another research proposal and/or seminar if the faculty decides that the
research proposal and seminar requirement were not satisfied, or if the student
makes a major change in research topic.
The
seminars are held on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m., and no ECE courses will
be scheduled at that time. Students are responsible for booking their seminar
with the ECE office well in advance of the date of the seminar. Students should
give a title, abstract, and a copy of their research proposal to the ECE office
at least two weeks before it is to be presented. The ECE office will distribute
the proposal to ECE faculty for comments. Coffee and refreshments will be
served in the Smith Lobby of Barton Hall prior to the seminar at approximately
3:45 p.m. In case of scheduling problems, the seminars can also be held on
Friday mornings at 11:00 a.m.
Note:
(1) At the end of each student’s sixth
semester, a letter is sent to them reminding them of this requirement. (2) Students
must provide a list of their three Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal and Departmental
Seminar Committee members to the department office at the start of their
seventh semester. (3) Students must then schedule their Departmental seminar
and present it during their seventh semester. (4) The Chair will schedule a
seminar during the eighth semester for each student that fails to meet the
requirements of items (2) and (3).
6. Submit a
Dissertation and successfully complete a Public Dissertation Defense.
a)
The guidelines for the preparation of dissertations can be obtained from: http://www.library.jhu.edu/preservation/findit/cbo/guidelines.html
b)
The dissertation must have two
Dissertation Readers with the first reader being the Research Sponsor. The two
readers must be eligible to supervise doctoral dissertations in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and at least one reader must be
regular, tenure track ECE faculty. The two dissertation readers are
responsible to write a letter to the Graduate Board recommending that the
dissertation be accepted in conformity with the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Philosophy. The Graduate Board
MUST APPROVE any reader who is either from outside the university or who is
from a NON-PhD sponsoring department, laboratory or institute with JHU. The
department chair must provide a letter explaining and/or requesting this person
and his/her curriculum vitae. Note that
a reader that has a joint appointment in a JHU PhD sponsoring department does
not need to be approved by the Graduate Board.
c)
The student submits a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation, the dissertation readers'
letter, the names of the Dissertation Committee proposed by his research
sponsor (first reader), and an abstract of the dissertation (used for the
defense announcement) to the Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC, Ms. Roane). The GPC informs the faculty
by e-mail that the dissertation and readers' letter are available in the
Department office (Barton 105), schedules the Dissertation Defense, and is
responsible for producing and posting the announcement of the defense. Note that there will be a minimum of three
weeks needed between this submission and the dissertation defense described
next.
d)
The Dissertation Committee consists of at most five members, must include the
two Dissertation Readers, and must include at least three regular tenure track
ECE faculty members. As the members of the Dissertation Committee must be
approved by a vote of the faculty, the chair polls the faculty by e-mail no sooner
than two weeks after submission of the dissertation to the GPC. Any faculty member may request that the
e-mail approach not be used, and that the proposed Dissertation Committee be
placed as an agenda item at a meeting of the faculty. Once the Dissertation
Committee has been approved, the GPC prepares the Doctoral Dissertation Defense
Report Form.
e)
The Dissertation Committee administers a Public Dissertation Defense no sooner
than three weeks after submission of the dissertation, following which the
Dissertation Committee votes on the acceptance of the dissertation. The
chairman of the Dissertation Committee is responsible for getting the Doctoral
Dissertation Defense Form from the GPC, completing the form and returning it to
the GPC.
f)
After the student completes the defense, the GPC prepares a “Certification for
Advanced Degree” form, which is signed by the department chair and returned to
the GPC. The GPC prepares a “Doctoral
Dissertation Submission for Binding” form and the student has it signed by the
appropriate library representative once he/she has submitted the dissertation
for binding to the library. The
completed form is returned to the GPC.
The student completes an “Application for Graduation” form and returns
it to the GPC. The GPC submits the
Reader's Letter, Doctoral Dissertation Defense Report form, Doctoral
Dissertation Submission for Binding form, Certification for Advanced Degree
form, and a copy of the student GBO Report form to the Graduate Board, and
submits the white copy of the “Application for Graduation” form to the
Registrar's office.
IV. Financial Aid
The
Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee in the Department makes decisions
on financial aid. Among other actions, this committee awards teaching assistantships
and Wolman Fellowships to newly admitted students based on merit. These
assistantships and fellowships do not include support for the summer. The
student is responsible for securing summer support. This can be accomplished by
working on a summer research project with a faculty member who is willing to
support the student. Students may be supported with departmental teaching
assistantship funds for up to three semesters. The continuation of this support
into the second year is contingent on the student's academic performance during
the first year. The faculty periodically reviews students, and decisions for
continued support are based on performance in course work and as TA's. After
the third semester, students are expected to derive support from grants and
contracts of their research sponsors. Other admitted students may be offered
partial tuition awards depending on merit.
Decisions by the Committee are made during the spring semester of each
year.
The
University, Department and Research Sponsor share in supporting the student
during his/her stay. For a fully supported student, the University awards an 80
percent tuition fellowship. The remaining 20 percent and the student's salary
are provided by the Department for up to three semesters; afterwards, that part
is provided by the Research Sponsor. However, it should be noted that after the
student's fifth year the University may reduce its tuition support. This can be
avoided by arranging with the Research Sponsor and the Department Chairman to
submit a request to the University to extend its 80 percent tuition support for
one additional year. If this request is granted, then the student may continue
his/her studies uninterrupted for one more year. The student should be aware
that after the fifth year, special measures need to be taken in order to ensure
continued financial support.
The
full tuition and stipend awards made each year for teaching assistantships are
generous and are considered to contain some element of fellowship support
beyond compensation for assisting in a course.
Teaching
assistantship positions left unfilled after the admission cycle may be assigned
to current students. Priority is given to third year students who have
previously been supported and then to all other current students who have
previously been supported and then to all other current students. Decisions on
the unfilled positions are made by the Department Chair in consultation with
the Chair of the Admissions and Fellowships Committee. The decisions are made
during the summer months. The abilities of students to teach effectively in
particular courses are weighted heavily in the decisions. Further, the
compensation for assisting in a course is determined by the number of hours needed
to complete the work and is generally less than the full tuition and stipend
awards made to incoming students.
V. Ethics
Graduate
students are expected to be aware of academic ethics and of actions that
constitute unethical behavior. In brief, students must submit work that
represents their own efforts. When ideas and/or results are drawn from other
sources, those sources must be cited in the submitted work. Students may not
collaborate or discuss solutions of any assignment prior to submission without
explicit permission from the instructor. Use of email is to be strictly
professional in nature. Unprofessional or inappropriate email will be
considered a violation of University ethical policies.
Violations of academic ethics can have a severe
impact on a student's program beyond the penalties described below. Those
involved in unethical behavior will lose the confidence of the faculty and may
be unable to find any faculty member willing to serve as their Research
Sponsor.
Faculty
members will usually deal directly with students suspected of unethical
behavior in their courses and will assign an appropriate penalty. The penalty
may be failure in the assignment or examination or failure in the course.
Faculty and students may seek the assistance of the Department Chair when
agreement on the charges and penalties cannot be reached. In all cases, a
summary of the charges and penalties will be placed in the student's permanent
file.
VI. Miscellaneous
Information
A. Academic
Information
Further
academic information can be found in the JHU catalog. The ECE Office has other
information that may be of interest to graduate students. This includes faculty
vitas and files of previous Departmental Qualifying Examinations.
B. Registration
Graduate
student registration forms must be initialed first by the advisor, and then by
the GPC or department chair. International students (students that are not
C. Review
of Graduate Students
Periodically
the ECE faculty meets to review the performance and progress of each Ph.D.
student. While there are no specific grade requirements in the Ph.D. program,
the depth and organization of the coursework program and the grades obtained in
that program are major components of the review. Specific comments or
criticisms are typically communicated to the student by letter from the
department chair. The MSE students are reviewed each semester by the department
chair, particularly in regard to the grade requirements, and specific matters
are brought before the faculty for discussion and action.
D. Graduate Student Representatives
Each
year the ECE graduate students select a full-time Ph.D. student to serve as a
departmental representative. The representative is invited to attend, in a
non-voting capacity, all departmental faculty meetings, except portions where
individual students or personnel matters are discussed. Also the graduate
students each year select a representative to the university-wide Graduate
Representative Organization (GRO).
E. Additional
Jobs
Apart
from the graduate student support mechanisms discussed earlier, opportunities
for part-time employment opportunities arise within the University, and in the
Baltimore/Washington area. Normally, opportunities known to the department are
posted and/or communicated informally. A wise student will let his advisor and
other faculty members know of his interests. The faculty believes these
additional jobs can cut heavily into the time, energies, and concentration
available for the Ph.D. program if not appropriately moderated. Therefore,
students should discuss their plans with their advisors. In addition, the following regulations have
been adopted:
1)
Full-time graduate students are permitted no more than 20 hours per week of
additional employment.
2.
Full-time graduate students enjoying nominally full support by the University
are permitted no more than eight (8) hours per week of additional employment.
F. Library
Facilities
The
Milton S. Eisenhower Library makes available to the ECE Department a number of
carrels (desks with lockers) each year. The assignment of carrels is made in
August or September, and graduate students interested in obtaining a carrel
should notify the Academic Program Coordinator. The Library also purchases
books and journals based on departmental requests. Student requests for books
or journals should be communicated to the advisor or directly to the faculty
member designated for Library Liaison, Dr. Howard Weinert.
G. Computer
Facilities
Hopkins
Information Technology Services (HITS) provides email services through the
Johns Hopkins Enterprise Mail (JHEM) server. A JHEM account can be activated
once you have a J-Card. To activate your JHEM account, go to jhed.jhu.edu and
follow the instructions for first time logins.
The Krieger Computing Lab
located in Krieger Hall is maintained by HITS.
No account is required, just a student ID, for use of the 130
workstations which have basic office and imaging applications.
Departmental facilities
include a CAD facility in Barton 120.
Use of these facilities is limited to those needing the special software
for their research and coursework. All graduate students in the department
receive accounts for use during their enrollment in the ECE Department. Support
questions concerning ECE computer equipment/services should be sent to ecehelp@jhu.edu.
H. Graduate
Student Offices
These
offices are assigned by the Faculty Space Committee. Typically, students can
arrange mutually agreeable changes in assignments by first clearing them with
the committee.
I. Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Graduate students are invited to join the student chapter of the
IEEE. Applications are available in the ECE Department office.
J. 520.800 Independent Study Sections
1. Staff
2. Andreou
3. Goutsias
4. Tran
5. Etienne-Cummings
6. Miller
7. Iglesias
8. Davidson
9. Kang
10. Khurgin
11. Meyer
12. Prince
13. Khudanpur
14. Osman
15. Geman
16. Jelinek
17. Cooper
18. Podrazik
19. Winslow
24. West
25. Glaser
26. Stuber
27. Tsui
28. Kaplan
29. Bottomley
30. Thakor
K. 520.801/802 Dissertation Research Sections
1. Staff
2. Andreou
3. Khurgin
4. Prince
5. Meyer
6. Iglesias
7. Tran
8. Kang
9. Etienne-Cummings
10. Cauwenberghs
11. Davidson
12. Westgate
13. Goutsias
14. Khudanpur
15. Jelinek
16. Joseph
17. Miller
18. Winslow
19. Osman
20. Bottomley
21. Geman
24. Stuber
25. West
26. Thakor
27. Tsui
28. Vidal
29. Elhilali
30. van Zijl
31. Tarraf
32. Hermansky
1. Tran
2. Andreou
3. Davidson
4. Khurgin
VII. Notice of
Nondiscrimination Policy Statement
The University has adopted the following two statements of its nondiscrimination policy for inclusion in all publications distributed to students, including the catalogs and applications of the various divisions.
“The
Policy on the Reserve
Officer Training Corps. Present
Department of Defense policy governing participation in university-based ROTC
programs discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. Such discrimination
is inconsistent with the
Questions regarding access to programs
following Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 should be referred to the office
of Affirmative Action for the university, responsible for the coordination of
equal opportunity programs, 205 Garland Hall, (410) 516-8075.
VIII. Electrical
and Computer Engineering Personnel
A. Electrical
and Computer Engineering Faculty
Andreas G. Andreou, Professor;
Ph.D. Johns
William R. Brody, Professor
and President,
Frederic M. Davidson,
Professor; Ph.D. Rochester. Quantum optics, optical coherence, optical
communications.
Ralph R. Etienne-Cummings,
Associate Professor; Ph.D., U
John I. Goutsias, Professor;
Ph.D. USC. Signal and image processing,
modeling and computational analysis of cellular processes, bioinformatics.
Pablo A. Iglesias, Professor;
Ph.D. Cambridge. robust control, systems biology, mathematical modeling of
biological systems.
Frederick Jelinek, Julian
Sinclair Smith Professor; Ph.D. MIT.
Speech recognition, statistical methods, information theory.
Kristina Johnson, Professor
and Provost, Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. Stanford. Fourier optics, holography, optical signal processing,
electro-optics
Jin
Alexander E. Kaplan,
Professor;
Sanjeev P. Khudanpur, Assistant Professor; Ph.D.
Jacob B. Khurgin,
Professor;
Gerard G.L. Meyer, Professor
and Chair; Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Parallel computing, computational methods,
fault-tolerant computing.
Jerry L. Prince, William B. Kouwenhoven Professor;
Ph.D. MIT. Image processing and computer vision with application to medical
imaging.
Trac D. Tran, Associate
Professor; Ph.D.
Howard L. Weinert, Professor;
Ph.D. Stanford. Statistical signal and image processing.
B. Associated Faculty: Joint,
Secondary and Part-Time Appointments
James K. Baker, Research
Professor and Director of Research, COE in Human Language Technology; Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon.
Speech recognition, speech analysis.
Paul A. Bottomley, Russell H
Morgan Professor; Radiology;
William J. Byrne, Associate
Research Professor; Ph.D.
Gregory Chirikjian,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D. Cal Tech. Robotics, computational biology,
statistics of biological macromolecules.
A. Brinton Cooper III,
Associate Research Professor; Ph.D. Johns
Christopher Diehl,
Assistant Research Professor and Senior Professional Staff APL; Ph.D. Carnegie
Mellon. Machine learning, computer vision, sensor networks.
Yamac Dikmelik,
Assistant Research Scientist; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University. Photonics,
non-linear optics, terahertz spectroscopy.
Donald Geman, Professor, Applied Mathematics
and Statistics; Ph.D. Northwestern University. Computer vision, computational
biology, statistical learning.
Robert E. Glaser, Lecturer
(part-time); Ph.D. Johns Hopkins.
Advanced digital logic systems.
Gregory Hager, Professor,
Computer Science; Ph.D.
Roger Hammons, Assistant Research Professor and Senior
Professional Staff APL; Ph.D.
Robert E. Jenkins, Senior
Lecturer; M.S.,
Damianos Karakos, Assistant
Research Professor; Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park. Statistical
methods in language and speech, information theory.
Mark N. Martin, Assistant Research Professor and
Senior Professional Staff APL, Ph.D. Johns
Michael I. Miller,
Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. Johns
Paul A. Morton,
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist; Ph.D. University of Bath. Nanophotonic
devices, photonic integration.
Nael F. Osman, Associate
Professor, Radiology; Ph.D. Johns
Louis J. Podrazik, Lecturer
(part-time); Ph.D. Johns Hopkins. Parallel computer architectures and
algorithms, fault tolerant design.
Theodore O. Poehler, Research
Professor and Vice Provost for Research; Ph.D. Johns
Philippe Pouliquen, Assistant
Research Scientist; Ph.D. Johns
Kim Strohbehn, Assistant
Research Professor and Principal Professional Staff APL;
Michael E. Thomas, Research
Professor and Principal Professional Staff APL;
James E. West, Research
Professor; electroacoustics, physical acoustics, and architectural acoustics.
C. Miscellaneous
Appointments
Aaron Carass, Associate Research Engineer
Clyde
Moise H. Goldstein, Professor
Emeritus
Willis Gore, Professor
Emeritus
Richard I. Joseph, Jacob
Suter Jammer Professor Emeritus
C. Harvey Palmer, Professor
Emeritus
Wilson J. Rugh,
Edward J. Schaefer Professor Emeritus
Chul-Gyu Song,
Visiting Associate Professor
Sudhir B. Trivedi,
Fellow-by-Courtesy
Roger Westgate, Professor
Emeritus
Li Xiaolu, Visiting Scholar
D. Postdoctoral Fellows
Sandra De Keijzer
Keith Hall
Junghoon Lee
Vijay Parthasarathy
Francisco Tejada
Jacob Vogelstein
Sergei Volkov
E. Department
Staff
Laura Libertini,
Administrative Coordinator libertini@jhu.edu
Brian O’Reilly,
Senior System Administrator (PT) ecehelp@jhu.edu
Barbara Sullivan, Administrative Coordinator bsullivan@jhu.edu
IX. ECE Master of Science in Engineering Graduation Process
1. The candidate gets the “Certificate of
Departmental Approval, Master of Science in Engineering Degree Program in
Electrical and Computer Engineering” form, the “G.W.C.
Whiting School of Engineering Application for Graduation” form, and a copy of
his/her transcripts from the ECE Department website or the ECE Dept. office or his/her
advisor.
2.
The student fills out the “Certificate of Departmental Approval, Master of
Science in Engineering Degree Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering”,
has it approved and signed by his/her advisor and gives the form to the
Graduate Student Coordinator (GSC, Ms. Roane).
If Option B, Completion of a special
project report is chosen, the candidate gives a copy of the report to the GSC, who makes a copy
of the title page for the WSE Graduate Committee, and files the report in the
candidate’s departmental file.
If Option C, Written master’s essay is chosen,
the student must complete the “Masters Essay Submission for Binding Form”, and
take his/her essay to the library with the binding form. The binding form,
first signed by the advisor and then by a library representative, is returned
to the GSC. Note that the essay must follow the University rules on essays,
that is, non-acidic paper, etc. (see http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/library/pres/guide.html)
3.
The candidate completes the “G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Application
for Graduation” form, and returns it to the GSC (yellow copy is kept by the
Department, pink and white copies go to the registrar’s office)
4. The
GSC completes the “Certification of Completion of Departmental Requirements for
Masters Degree in Engineering” and has it signed by the Department Chair.
Documentation
submitted to the WSE Graduate Committee by the GSC:
·
“Certificate
of Departmental Approval Master of Science in Engineering Degree Program in
Electrical and Computer Engineering” form
·
“Certification
of Completion of Departmental Requirements for Masters Degree in Engineering”
form
·
Title
page of special project report or master’s essay, if applicable
·
“Masters
Essay Submission for Binding” form, if applicable
·
The
student’s transcript
Deadlines
for Terminal MSE
End
of August: If
MSE paper work is submitted by that deadline, the student need not register for
classes for the Fall semester and may request an interim certificate in
December.
Beginning
of September:
Student must register for classes if MSE paper work has not been submitted. If
the student intends to submit MSE paper work by the mid-October deadline, the
student may request a tuition waiver.
Mid
October: If
MSE paper work is submitted by this deadline, the student is entitled to a
tuition refund and may request an interim certificate in December.
Mid
January: If
MSE paper work is submitted by this deadline, the student need not register for
classes for the Spring semester
Early
April:
Deadline to submit MSE paper work in order to get a degree in May
X. Ph.D. Degree
Requirements Summary
To fulfill the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in ECE, the
student must:
1.
Satisfy
the University Ph.D. residency and the Department course load requirements
2.
Pass
the Departmental Qualifying Examination and select a Research Sponsor
· Departmental Qualifying Examination: The
student must select and complete the examinations
posed by three examiners eligible to
supervise doctoral dissertations in the ECE Dept., of which at least two must
be regular, tenure track ECE faculty.
· Research Sponsor Selection: The
Research Sponsor must be eligible to supervise doctoral
dissertations in ECE.
3.
Pass
the Graduate Board Oral Examination
4.
Submit
a Preliminary Research Proposal that lists
the research sponsor and two other professors eligible to supervise doctoral
dissertations in ECE. These three
faculty members form the Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal and Departmental Seminar Committee for the student. Note that a majority of the committee must be regular, tenure track
ECE faculty.
5. Successfully present a Departmental Seminar.
6. Submit a Dissertation
and successfully complete a Public Dissertation Defense.
·
The
dissertation must have two Dissertation Readers with the first reader being the Research Sponsor. The two readers must be eligible to
supervise doctoral dissertations in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, and at least one reader must
be regular, tenure track ECE faculty.
·
The
Dissertation Committee administers a Public Dissertation Defense and votes on
the acceptance of the dissertation.
·
The
Dissertation Committee must be approved
by a vote of the faculty, consists of at most five members, must include
the two Dissertation Readers, and must
include at least three regular tenure track ECE faculty members.