电路和VLSI领域的程序解决了与模拟，数字和混合信号集成电路的建模，仿真，设计和制造相关的问题。模拟和混合模式集成电路（IC）器件在航空电子，空间技术和医疗技术等许多领域具有重要的应用。该部门提供涵盖以下主题的基础和高级课程：集成电路技术，器件建模，电路设计和仿真的软件工具，模拟和数字电路设计，VLSI电路，模拟和数字IC测试，模拟，数字和集成电路设计自动化混合模式电路，用于通信和信号处理的VLSI系统。电气和计算机工程领域正处于非凡的发展时期，由于新技术和成本的降低，新的应用领域和期望值也在不断提高。工
The fields of electrical and computer engineering are in an extraordinary period of growth, new application areas and increased expectations are accelerating due to new technologies and decreased costs. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is involved in graduate teaching and research in many of these areas, including communications and signal processing, networking, computer engineering, semiconductor devices and quantum electronics, circuits and VLSI. The department has laboratories devoted to research and advanced teaching in the following areas: computing, engineering design methodology, high-performance computing and networking, parallel and neural processing, machine vision, fiber optic sensors and computer graphics, micro and optoelectronics, VLSI, telerobotics, DNA sequencing, digital signal processing, and communications. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Graduate programs are tailored to the needs of each student to provide a strong analytical background helpful to the study of advanced engineering problems. Ample opportunities exist for students to initiate independent study and to become involved in active research programs, both experimental and theoretical.<br><br>The program in the Circuits and VLSI area addresses problems associated to modeling, simulation, design and fabrication of analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Analog and mixed-mode integrated circuit (IC) devices have important applications in many fields including avionics, space technology, and medical technology. The department offers basic and advanced courses covering the following subjects: integrated circuit technology, device modeling, software tools for circuit design and simulation, analog and digital circuit design, VLSI circuits, testing of analog and digital ICs, design automation for analog, digital and mixed-mode circuits, VLSI systems for communications and signal processing.