Lei Liu from Chinese Academy of Sciences will present a talk entitled “Achieving Better Resource Scheduling through Enhanced OS and ML Technologies” on Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 in Room 3285 Patrick F. Taylor Hall.
Xiang Chen from the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, will present a talk entitled “Mixed H2/H∞ Control—A New Paradigm” on Thursday, 5 December 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 in Room 3316E Patrick F. Taylor Hall.
Pavithra Prabhakar from Kansas State University will present a talk entitled “Robust Verification of Hybrid Systems” on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 in Room 3316E Patrick F. Taylor Hall.
Classes start Monday, 26 August 2019.
There will be an orientation for new ECE and CS graduate students from 10:00-11:00 on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 in room 3316E Patrick F. Taylor for ECE students and 3250H Patrick F. Taylor for CS students. There will be pizza after the orientation in room 3250H.
Classes start Monday, 20 August 2018.
There will be a graduate student orientation Tuesday, 14 August 2018 from 10:00 to 12:00 in room 3107 PF Taylor Hall. Attention students new to Taylor Hall: allow an extra ten minutes to find the room. Pizza following the meeting.
There will be a graduate student orientation Friday, 25 August 2017 from 16:00-17:00 in Room 149 EE Building. New ECE graduate students should attend.
There will be a graduate student orientation Friday, 25 August 2017 from 16:00-17:00 in Room 149 EE Building. New ECE graduate students should attend.
There will be an EECS graduate student mixer (social meeting) Friday, 25 August 2017 from 17:00-18:00 in Room 145/149 EE Building hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Pizza will be served. Please be sure to pass on the word to any fellow students temporarily blinded by the eclipse.
The last day of classes is Saturday, 3 December 2016.
Thanksgiving break starts at 12:30 on Wednesday, 23 November 2016.
The last day to withdraw from classes (and receive a W grade) is Friday, 4 November 2016.
Hurricane drought permitting, Fall Holiday starts Thursday, 6 October 2016, classes resume on Monday.
There will be an EE/CS graduate student / faculty mixer (social gathering) on Friday, 23 September 2016 from 15:00-17:00 in Room 150 EE Building. Don't miss this opportunity to mingle with faculty and fellow graduate students in a reduced-stress environment. Good food will be served. Details
No classes on labor day Monday, 5 September 2016.
Classes start Monday, 22 August 2016.
Graduation ceremonies will be held Thursday, 12 May 2016 and Friday, 13 May 2016. Congratulations graduates!
Classes end Saturday, 30 April 2016.
David Xianfeng Gu from Stony Brook University will present a talk entitled “Optimal Mass Transportation for Shape Analysis” on Thursday, 14 April 2016, 10:30 - 11:30 in Digital Media Center Theater.
LaVonda N. Brown from the Georgia Institute of Technology will present a talk entitled “Increasing the Efficacy of Rehabilitation Protocols via a Robotic Therapy Agent” on Thursday, 7 April 2016, 9:00 - 10:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Jian Xu from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology will present a talk entitled “Biomedical Instrumentation for Image-Guided Cancer Surgery” on Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 9:00 - 10:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Aria Nosratinia from University of Texas at Dallas will present a talk entitled “Coherence Diversity: A New Source of Gains in Wireless Communication” on Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 10:30 - 11:30 in Patrick Taylor Hall 1502.
Hakan Töreyin from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, will present a talk entitled “Low-Power, High-Performance, and Smart Circuits and Systems for Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Disorders” on Thursday, 31 March 2016, 9:00 - 10:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
The PhD Qualifying Examination will be held
Tuesday, 16 February 2016 from 12:45 to 17:00
in Room 117 EE Building.
Registration is required, use this
form.
Study Guide
Details
Classes end Saturday, 5 December 2015.
Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 12:30. TIA to those attending Wednesday morning classes.
The last day to drop classes (but still receive a W) is Friday, 6 November 2015.
With some help from El Niño, Fall Holiday starts Thursday, 29 October 2015. Classes resume 2 November at 7:30. (If classes are canceled due to hurricanes [despite the Niño weather pattern] then makeup classes can be held during Fall Holiday.)
The Fall PhD Qualifying Exam will be held Tuesday, 29 September 2015, from 12:45-17:00, Room 117 EE Buildings. Fall 2015 Study Guide Details Registration for the exam is required.
Labor day holiday is Monday, 7 September 2015. International students FYI: This is as close as we get to May Day.
The last day to add classes is Wednesday, 2 September 2015.
The last day to cleanly drop classes is Tuesday, 1 September 2015. A grade of W will be given for classes dropped after this date.
Husheng Li from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will present a talk entitled “Interdependency of Control and Communications in Cyber Physical Systems: An Entropy Framework” on Thursday, 27 August 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Classes start Monday, 24 August 2015.
There will be a new graduate student orientation on Thursday, 20 August 2015 from 10:-12:00 in room 145 EE Building. Those who endure the full two hours will get free pizza at noon. New graduate students must attend, the pizza is optional. Details
Commencement ceremonies will be held Thursday, 14 May 2015 and Friday, 15 May 2015.
Classes end Saturday, 2 May 2015. Good luck on final exams!
Venkata Yaramasu from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, will present a talk entitled “Power Electronics and Digital Control in Energy Conversion Systems” on Thursday, 16 April 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
Hani Mehrpouyan from California State University, Bakersfield, will present a talk entitled “Digital Signal Processing and Communications: Enabling Evolving Wireless Systems and Applications” on Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
Mehdi Narimani from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, and Rockwell Automation Canada, will present a talk entitled “Power Electronics and their Applications in Power Systems” on Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 in Room 338 ERAD Building.
Xiangwei Zhou from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, will present a talk entitled “Signal Processing for Spectral Efficient Communications” on Thursday, 26 March 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
Brian N. Kim from Stratos Genomics, Inc., Seattle, will present a talk entitled “Monolithic CMOS Bioelectronics in Biophysical and Biomedical Research” on Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 9:15 - 10:15 in Room 117 EE Building.
Liming Wang from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, will present a talk entitled “Poisson High-Dimensional Data Processing: Methods, Theory and Applications” on Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 11:00 - 12:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Amirsaman Arabali from NEC Laboratories America will present a talk entitled “Removing the Barriers of Developing Intermittent Renewable Generation” on Thursday, 19 March 2015, 13:30 - 14:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
Jungyoup (Jay) Han from Siloam Biosciences, Inc., Cincinnati, will present a talk entitled “Biomedical Instrumentation: Innovation from Requirement to Product” on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
Chris J. Michael from the Naval Research Laboratory will present a talk entitled “Application Specific HPC from an Operational Standpoint” on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 11:00 - 12:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Mert Korkali from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will present a talk entitled “Harnessing the Potential of Synchronized Measurements for Enhancing Power Grid Visibility” on Thursday, 12 March 2015, 11:00 - 12:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Jiwook Shim from Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present a talk entitled “Nanopore-Based Detection of Biomarker for Cancer Diagnostics” on Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 in Room 117 EE Building.
The PhD Qualifying Examination will be held Thursday, 19 February 2015 from 12:45 to 17:00 in Room 117 EE Building. Students must pre-register at least one week before the exam date. Registration form. Details Study Guide
A groundbreaking ceremony for the P.F. Taylor Hall renovation and the new Chemical Engineering building will be held Monday, 17 November 2014 at 11:00 in Room 1501 P. F. Taylor Hall. There will be a reception following the ceremony. Details
The PhD Qualifying Exam will be held
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 from 12:45 to 17:00,
in Room 1118 Patrick F. Taylor Hall.
Students MUST submit an Exam
Registration form at least 1 week prior to the exam date.
Details
Study Guide
Classes start Monday, 25 August 2014.
There will be an ECE Graduate Program Orientation in room 2412 Patrick Taylor Hall on Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 10:30, pizza will be served. The orientation is required for new students, the pizza is optional. See this flier for information on the ECE orientation and other meetings, deadlines, etc.
Attention arriving international students. There will be a mandatory ISO orientation Thursday, 14 August 2014 and Friday, 15 August 2014 from 7:45 to 16:30 in the Campbell Auditorium in the Cox Communication building. For details see this flier which also has information on mandatory course advising from 19 to 22 August and a mandatory graduate student orientation on 19 August, as well as other invaluable information.
All new ECE graduate students must register with ECE Graduate Program Office (3101) upon arrival. Don't put off this opportunity to meet our friendly and helpful staff! Other information for arriving grad students.
Some graduation ceremonies will be held Friday, 16 May 2014. Congratulations graduates!
Classes end Saturday, 3 May 2014.
Spring break starts Monday, 14 April 2014, classes resume 21 April at 7:30.
Course scheduling starts Sunday, 6 April 2014.
The last day to drop classes (for which you would get a W) is Friday, 4 April 2014. Those registered after that date will get a real grade.
The Friday classes lost due to “snow” will be made up Saturday, 29 March 2014.
The Mardi Gras break begin Monday, 3 March 2014, classes resume 12:30 on Wednesday.
The PhD Qualifying Exam (and for those who joined us prior to Fall 2013, the MS Comprehensive Exam) will be held Thursday, 27 February 2014 from 12:45 to 17:00. Registration is required by one week before the exam fill this form and return it to the box in Patrick Taylor Room 3101. Details (Form and flyer updated 12 Feb 2014 to include the MS Comprehensive Exam.)
The Wednesday classes lost due to “snow” will be made up Saturday, 22 February 2014.
The Tuesday classes lost due to “snow” will be made up Saturday, 15 February 2014.
Jae Hong Lee from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, will present a talk entitled “Relaying \& Cognitive Radio for Wireless Communications” on Friday, 7 February 2014, 13:30 - 14:30 in Patrick Taylor Hall 3225.
The last day to add courses is Tuesday, 28 January 2014. This is the updated deadline, reflecting the LSU closure on 24 January due to icy conditions.
The last day to drop classes cleanly (to avoid getting a W or any other grade) is 16:30 on Monday, 27 January 2014. This is the updated deadline, reflecting the LSU closure on 24 January due to icy conditions.
Classes begin Wednesday, 15 January 2014.
The last date to drop classes (but still receive a W) is Monday, 11 November 2013. There is no way to drop classes after this day.
Course scheduling begins Sunday, 20 October 2013.
Microsoft will be having an alumni recruiting event Wednesday, 11 September 2013 13:30-16:30 in Room 2142 Taylor Hall in which you can stop by and speak 1-on-1 with LSU Alumni who now work for Microsoft.
Those who want to challenge (or show off) their programming skills are invited to enter the LSU Coding Challenge (sponsored by Microsoft) which will be held Tuesday, 10 September 2013. Details
Electrical and computer engineering undergraduates are invited to attend a computational biology seminar entitled Models, Genomes, and Trees: Computational Inferences of Evolutionary History presented by to be held Monday, 9 September 2013 at 17:30 in Room A101 Life Sciences Building Annex. Details
The last date to cleanly drop classes is Wednesday, 4 September 2013. Those dropping after this date will receive a W.
ECE will be hosting a workshop on the ARM architecture Tuesday, 27 August 2013 from 13:00 to 17:00 in room 3530 P. F. Taylor Hall. We know that Intel makes the CPU chip found in most personal computers, workstations, and computing clusters. ARM is a leading manufacturer of CPUs for embedded applications, such as controllers for autos and cell phones.
Classes begin Monday, 26 August 2013.
The ECE graduate student orientation will be held Monday, 19 August 2013 from 10:30 to 12:00 in room 2412 Patrick F. Taylor Hall (room change, the new room is shown). There will be pizza after the orientation. Details and other important grad-student arrival information.
Graduation ceremonies will be held Thursday, 16 May 2013 and Friday, 17 May 2013. Congratulations!
Classes end Saturday, 4 May 2013.
The second round of capstone design presentations will be on Thursday, 2 May 2013 from 15:00 to 17:00 in room 2172 P.F. Taylor Hall. Don't miss this chance to see your classmates presenting their cool stuff.
IBM will be holding an information session about employment at the IBM Services Center in Baton Rouge on Thursday, 11 April 2013 from 17:30 to 19:30 in room 1106 P.F. Taylor Hall. More Information
Kidong Park from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will present a talk entitled “MEMS technologies for mechanical characterization of adherent cells” on Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 11:30 - 12:30 in Room 1110 P.F. Taylor Hall.
Spring break starts Friday, 29 March 2013. Classes resume 7:30 on 8 April 2013.
The last day to drop courses (grade will appear as W if you do) is Thursday, 28 March 2013. at 16:30.
Ajit Khosla from School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, will present a talk entitled “Fabrication and Applications of Nano-particle Doped Nano-Micro-Patternable Multi-Functional Polymers” on Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:45 - 11:45 in Room 1110 P.F. Taylor Hall.
Yoonsu Choi from Georgia Institute of Technology will present a talk entitled “A Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface System for Bidirectional Robotic Limbs” on Monday, 18 March 2013, 11:30 - 12:30 in Room 1110 P.F. Taylor Hall.
Kai Ma from Ohio State University will present a talk entitled “Power Constrained Performance Optimization in Computer Systems” on Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 10:00 - 11:00 in Room 2172 P.F. Taylor Hall.
Attention grad students: The PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 26 February 2013 from 12:45 to 17:00, room to be announced. Details Study Guide
Clint Whaley from University of Texas at San Antonio will present a talk entitled “Automated Empirical Optimization of High Performance Floating Point Kernels” on Thursday, 21 February 2013, 15:30 - 16:30 in Room 1114 P. F. Taylor Hall.
Mardi Gras break officially starts Sunday, 10 February 2013. Classes resume Wednesday, 13 February at 12:30.
The last day to cleanly drop courses is Wednesday, 23 January 2013. Students dropping after this date will receive a W.
Classes start bright and early at 7:30 on Monday, 14 January 2013.
Graduation ceremonies will be held Friday, 14 December 2012.
Classes end Saturday, 1 December 2012.
Those who want to see the cool stuff being done by ECE seniors for their capstone projects are invited to attend the final design presentations Thursday, 29 November 2012 from 17:00 to 20:30 in Room 1119 P. Taylor Hall.
Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday, 21 November 2012 at 12:30, classes resume 26 November at 7:30.
The last day to drop courses (grade will appear as W) is Friday, 2 November 2012 at 16:30.
Spring scheduling starts Sunday, 21 October 2012 at 17:00.
Due to Hurricane Isaac, fall holiday is canceled, meaning that there will be classes on Thursday and Friday, 18 and 19 October 2012.
Attention grad students, the PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 2 October 2012 from 12:45 to 17:00 in room 1121 Patrick F. Taylor Hall. Details Study Guide
Help inspire the next generation of female engineers and scientists at the Sally Ride Science Festival for Girls Saturday, 22 September 2012 from 11:00 to 16:10.
The last day to add courses is Wednesday, 5 September 2012. (This deadline accounts for the days lost due to Hurricane Isaac.)
The last day to cleanly drop courses is Tuesday, 4 September 2012. Students dropping after this date will receive a W. (This deadline accounts for the days lost due to Hurricane Isaac.)
No classes for the labor day holiday Monday, 3 September 2012.
After being soaked by a slow-moving Isaac we can get back to normal when classes resume Friday, 31 August 2012.
Classes canceled Tuesday, 28 August 2012 at least through Thursday due to Hurricane Isaac. For further information and updates visit the LSU home page.
Is the slow pace of summer causing you to loose your edge? Good news, classes start Monday, 20 August 2012.
There will be an orientation for graduate students Wednesday, 15 August 2012 from 14:30 to 16:00 in Room 145/149 EE Building.
The ECE department faculty and staff offices
will be moving from the EE building to Patrick Taylor Hall starting
Monday, 2 July 2012, at the same time that the ECE
and Computer Science departments will become divisions within
the new School of Electrical
Engineering & Computer Science.
The ECE move will be complete by Monday, 9 July 2012, until then
the best mode of contact will be by E-mail. Please have patience
with faculty and especially the staff who are working hard to
have things ready by the 9th.
The move and “reparenting” does not affect the degree
programs of the two departments, so your plan of study is
safe. Classroom and laboratory locations are not being changed.
Graduation ceremonies will be held on Friday, 18 May 2012. Congratulations graduates!
Classes end Saturday, 5 May 2012.
Jaewook Shin from Hewlett Packard will present a talk entitled “Speeding Up Nek5000 with Autotuning and Specialization” on Friday, 20 April 2012, 10:30 - 11:30 in Room 338 Johnston Hall.
Jaewook Shin from Hewlett Packard will present a talk entitled “Introducing Control Flow into Vectorized Code” on Thursday, 19 April 2012, 15:30 - 16:30 in Room 103 Design Building.
Dr. Xinjia Chen from Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Southern University, Baton Rouge, will present a talk entitled “Sequential Detection of Network Intrusions” on Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 14:00 - 15:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Spring break starts Friday, 6 April 2012, classes resume 7:30 on 16 April.
The last day to drop courses (but still receive a W) is Monday, 2 April 2012.
The PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 6 March 2012 from 12:45-17:00 in room 145/149 EE Building. See the flyer for details and the forms page for forms.
Do you like cool stuff? Then why not learn how to apply your engineering talent to digital media while working with students in the arts and humanities. If that sounds interesting then by all means do attend the AVATAR Spring Informational Meeting Wednesday, 29 February 2012 at 17:00 in Room 104, Design Building. PLEASE RSVP: Lea Anne Couvillion at leaanne@cct.lsu.edu. Pizza and Drinks
Mardi Gras break begins Sunday, 19 February 2012, classes resume on Wednesday, 22 February at 12:30.
It's never too early, or too late, to practice meeting with potential employers. Take advantage of the Career Expo Friday, 10 February 2012 from 10:30 to 15:30 in the LSU Union Cotillion Ballroom.
It's time to decide whether to work harder or stay longer.: The last day to add classes is Thursday, 26 January 2012.
Decisions, decisions: The last day to cleanly drop classes is Tuesday, 24 January 2012, those dropping after that date will receive a W or a real grade.
Classes start Tuesday, 17 January 2012.
There is an opening for a laboratory manager (research associate 3 or 4) in the ECE EMDL. Those interested should read the detailed announcement for qualifications and application instructions.
Graduation ceremonies will be held Friday, 16 December 2011.
The ECE Department will be hosting a half-day workshop on SPICE/COMPACT MOS modeling Friday, 9 December 2011 from 9:15 to noon in room 117 EE building. Those interested should RSVP to ashok@ece.lsu.edu by 5 December 2011 for participation in the workshop. Details
Classes end Saturday, 3 December 2011.
Aleksandra Gruszka from the Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, will present a talk entitled “Tracking and Robustness Analysis for UAVs with Bounded Feedbacks” on Thursday, 1 December 2011, 14:00 - 15:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Thanksgiving break starts at 12:30 on Wednesday, 23 November 2011.
Erfan Soltanmohammadi from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, will present a talk entitled “Performance Evaluation of Spectrum Monitoring for Cognitive Radios in AWGN channel” on Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 11:00 - 12:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Yongpeng Zhang from Prairie View A&M University, Texas, will present a talk entitled “Real-Time Digital Controller Design for Networked Control Systems” on Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:00 - 12:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
Mahdi Orooji will present a talk entitled “Blind Spectrum Sensing Using Antenna Arrays and Path Correlation” on Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 14:00 - 15:00 in Room 117 EE Building.
The last day to drop classes (though still receive a W grade) is Friday, 4 November 2011.
Yahya S. Khiabani from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, will present a talk entitled “Design and Analysis of an ARQ Based Symmetric Key Generation Algorithm” on Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 13:30 - 14:30 in Room 145 EE Building.
Electronic Arts will be visiting 24-25 October 2011 to recruit students for intern positions. A meet and greet for faculty, staff and students will also be held in the Room A101 Life Sciences Building from 16:45-18:00 on 24 October. Pizza will be served, RSVP so that they don't run out. Recruiting Details Meet and Greet Details
Ying Zhang will present a talk entitled “Architecture Comparisons between Nvidia and ATI GPUs: Computation Parallelism and Data Communications” on Thursday, 20 October 2011, 14:00 - 15:00 in Room 145 EE Building.
Unless mother nature does some re-scheduling Fall Holiday starts Thursday, 13 October 2011, classes resume 17 October at 7:30.
The deadline to apply for some ECE undergraduate and graduate scholarships is the close of business Friday, 30 September 2011. (Note: this is an extension of the prior deadline, 16 Sep.)
The PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive exam will be held Tuesday, 27 September 2011 from 12:45-17:00 in 145 EE Building. Instructions and additional deadlines.
Ying (Jane) Wang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, LSU, will present a talk entitled “Nanostructured Materials for Enhanced Performances of Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries” on Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 14:00 - 15:00 in 117 EE Building.
Gregory Clement, P.E from Fluor Corporation will present a talk entitled “The Role of Power Engineers in the Design of Industrial Facilities” on Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 16:30 - 17:30 in 149 EE Building. Refreshments will be served.
The labor day holiday is Monday, 5 September 2011.
The last day to add courses is Wednesday, 31 August 2011.
Deadline to cleanly drop classes is Monday, 29 August 2011. Those dropping after this day will receive a W or worse (or maybe better).
So soon? Yes: classes begin Monday, 22 August 2011.
Attention graduate students, the Fall 2011 Graduate Program Orientation will be held Tuesday, 16 August 2011 at 14:00 in room 145/149 EE Building. Refreshments will be served. Both new and current students are encouraged to attend.
Graduation ceremonies will be held Friday, 20 May 2011. Congratulations graduates!
Classes end Saturday, 7 May 2011.
Umesh Rajashekar from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Lab. for Computational Vision, New York University will present a talk entitled “Adaptive Signal Representations for Color Image Quality Assessment” on Monday, 25 April 2011, 15:30 - 16:30 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Spring break starts Monday, 18 April 2011, classes resume 25 April at 7:30.
An IEEE Region 5 student Circuit Design competition will be hosted by ECE April 16, 2011, starting at 8:30. It will include a design, building a prototype and a presentation. We anticipate that activities will end about 16:00. Winners will be recognized at a banquet. Details
The last day to drop classes is Monday, 4 April 2011.
The AVATAR Initiative will host an Digital Media Minor information session and pizza night on Monday, 21 March 2011 from 17:30-19:00 to let students know about the new interdisciplinary minor programs in digital media. It will be held in the Frank Walk Presentation Room (Rm 140) in the back of the Engineering Annex. Space for this event is limited, so interested students must RSVP to AVATAR Coordinator, Lea Anne Couvillion at leaanne@cct.lsu.edu, by Monday, March 16 to attend, so we can ensure we have enough pizza for everyone. Details
Mardi Gras break starts Sunday, 6 March 2011, classes resume at 12:30 on March 9th.
The PhD Qualifying / Master's Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 22 February 2011 from 12:45 to 17:00 in Room 145 EE Building. Exam registration is required, return a completed registration form to room 102C EE Building. Details
The last day to add classes is Thursday, 27 January 2011.
The last day to cleanly drop classes is Tuesday, 25 January 2011. Anyone dropping after that date will receive a W.
Classes start Tuesday, 18 January 2011.
The International Student Orientation will be held Monday, 10 January 2011 at 7:45 in the International Cultural Center, 3365 Dalrymple Drive. This program is mandatory for all F-1 and J-1 international students who are new to LSU. Details
Commencement ceremonies will be held on Friday, 17 December 2010.
Classes end Saturday, 4 December 2010.
Thanksgiving break starts at 12:30 on Wednesday, 24 November 2010. Apologies to those with morning classes.
Greg Bronevetsky from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will present a talk entitled “Statistical Fault Detection and Analysis” on Monday, 15 November 2010, 13:15 - 14:15 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Current and future grad students: Do you need $40,500? The Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership (CCELL), and Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) will be holding an NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop on Thursday, 9 November 2010 from 16:30-18:00 in 143 Coates Hall, covering topics such as how to critique your application. Details
The last date to drop classes (and thereby receiving a W instead of a real grade) is Friday, 5 November 2010.
Unless stolen by Mother Nature Fall holiday starts Thursday, 21 October 2010, classes resume 25 October.
Current and future grad students: Do you need $40,500? The Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership (CCELL), and Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) will be holding an NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop on Thursday, 7 October 2010 from 16:30-18:00 in 143 Coates Hall and on Thursday, 9 November 2010 from 16:30-18:00 in 143 Coates Hall. The 7 October meeting covers basics, the 9 November meeting includes a critique of your application. Details
Get involved with your profession: The local chapter of the IEEE will be having their Fall Barbecue Thursday, 7 October 2010 from 17:00-19:00 outside the EE Building (presumably close by). Flyer
F. L. Lewis from University of Texas at Arlington Riverbend will present a talk entitled “Reinforcement Learning Feedback Control Using Reduced Output Measurements” on Friday, 1 October 2010, 13:30 - 14:30 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Attention graduate students, the PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 28 September 2010 from 12:45 to 17:00 in Room 145 EE Building. Details, Registration Form
Students interested in pursuing computer graphics and other digital media from the technological and aesthetic angles should attend the AVATAR Digital Media minor information session to be held 18:00 on Thursday 23 September in 338 Johnston Hall. As if that weren't enough, pizza will be served. Details, and how to RSVP
The last day to add classes is Wednesday, 1 September 2010.
The last day to drop classes without receiving a W is Monday, 30 August 2010.
Goodbye summer, classes start Monday, 23 August 2010.
The graduate program orientation will be held Wednesday, 18 August 2010 from 14:00 to 15:00 in room 145 EE Building. New and continuing students are encouraged to attend. Find out who's new or who's who, and what you're supposed to do. Flyer suitable for posting!
Commencement ceremonies will be held Friday, 21 May 2010.
Classes end Saturday, 8 May 2010.
Michael Malisoff from LSU Department of Mathematics will present a talk entitled “New Lyapunov Function Methods for Adaptive and Time-Delayed Systems” on Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 15:00 - 16:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Spring break starts Friday, 2 April 2010, classes resume 12 April at 7:30.
The last day to drop courses (but still receive a W grade) is Thursday, 1 April 2010.
Mardi Gras break starts Sunday, 14 February 2010, classes resume 17 February at 12:30.
The next PhD Qualifying / Master's Comprehensive Exam will be held Thursday, 11 February 2010, from 12:45 to 17:00 in room 145/149 EE Building. See the printer-friendly announcement and the registration form for more information.
The last day to add courses is Thursday, 28 January 2010.
The last day to drop classes without receiving a W is Tuesday, 26 January 2010.
Class begin Tuesday, 19 January 2010.
Commencement ceremonies will be held on Friday, 18 December 2009.
Classes end Saturday, 5 December 2009.
Michael Malisoff from LSU Department of Mathematics will present a talk entitled “Constructions of Strict Lyapunov Functions: An Overview” on Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 10:00 - 11:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
The deadline for the Vincent Forte Fellowship is earlier than previously posted. The correct deadline is Thursday, 15 October 2009. See the opportunities page for details.
Danella Zhao from Center for Advanced Computer Studies will present a talk entitled “Wireless Network-on-Chip: A New Communication Paradigm for Gigascale Heterogeneous MCSoCs” on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 14:00 - 15:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Ashu Sabharwal from Rice University will present a talk entitled “The Local View in Networks” on Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 10:00 - 11:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
Unless canceled by Mother Nature, fall holiday starts Thursday, 1 October 2009, classes resume 5 October at 7:30.
The PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will be held Tuesday, 29 September 2009 from 12:45 to 17:00 in room 145/149 EE Building. Details. Forms.
X. Rong Li from Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans will present a talk entitled “Logical Foundation of Reasoning and Inference” on Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 15:00 - 16:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
The LSU chapter of the IEEE is hosting a Careers with the US Navy talk on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 at 17:30 in room 145 EE Building. Free soda and pizza. Details
Ernest Mendrela from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University will present a talk entitled “High-Speed Magnetically Levitated Trains” on Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 10:00 - 11:00 in 117 Electrical Engineering Building.
The last day to add courses is Wednesday, 2 September 2009.
The last day to fully drop courses is Monday, 31 August 2009. Students dropping after that date will receive a W.
Classes start Monday, 24 August 2009.
New and continuing graduate students, find out what's going on and get to meet other graduate students at the ECE Graduate Student Orientation, to be held Friday, 21 August 2009 from 10:30 to 12:00 in room 145 EE Building. Refreshments will be served. Flier
Graduation ceremonies will be held Friday, 15 May 2009.
Classes end Saturday, 2 May 2009.
Spring break officially starts Monday, 6 April 2009 even though many of us get that spring break feeling on the afternoon of Friday, 3 April.
The last date to drop classes (but still receive a W) is Friday, 27 March 2009.
Mardi Gras break starts Monday, 23 February 2009, classes resume 26 February.
The PhD qualifying and MS comprehensive exam will be held Tuesday, 10 February 2009. Details will be posted later.
ECE faculty member Xin “Shane” Li will present a talk entitled Shape Mapping for Graphics and Visual Computing at 14:00 on Tuesday, 3 February 2009 in Room 117 EE Building. Refreshments will be served.
The last date to add classes is Thursday, 22 January 2009.
The last day to drop classes (and receive no grade) is Tuesday, 20 January 2009.
In observance of Martin Luther King Day there will be no classes Monday, 19 January 2009.
Classes start Monday, 12 January 2009.
Commencement ceremonies will be held Friday, 19 December 2008. Congratulations graduates!
Freshmen: Yes, it's finally over. Seniors, grad students: Yes, it's already over. Classes end Saturday, 6 December 2008.
Thanksgiving break starts Thursday, 27 November 2008, class resume Monday at 7:30.
ECE alumnus Michael T. Hooks, now with Intel in Austin, will describe recent happenings in Intel processor development as well as job and intern opportunities at 17:30 on Thursday, 13 November 2008 in room 117 EE Building. Resumes welcome!
ECE alumna Karen Brack is to be recognized at the Champions in Their Fields forum starting 19:00 on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 in the Holliday Forum in the Journalism Building. Details
Last day to drop courses is Friday, 7 November 2008. Students dropping by this date receive a W.
The deadline to submit applications for ECE graduate and undergraduate student scholarships is at the close of business on Friday, 10 October 2008.
To make up for time lost to Gustav fall holiday has been canceled. (Fall holiday had been scheduled for Thursday, 9 October 2008.)
The PhD Qualifying / MS Comprehensive Exam will now (post-Gustav) be held Tuesday, 7 October 2008 from 12:45 to 17:00 in Room 145/149 EE Building. Details
EA Sports will meet with students interested in a career in the video game industry on Thursday, 2 October 2008 from 14:00 to 15:30 in Johnston Hall 338. Details
Raj Nair from Anasim Corporation will present a talk entitled Power Integrity: A Nanoscale VLSI Challenge at 10:00 on Thursday, 2 October 2008 in Room 145-149 EE Building. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion with ECE faculty Ashok Srivastava, Suresh Rai, and Lu Peng. Details
Last day to add courses is now scheduled for Thursday, 11 September 2008.
The last day to fully drop courses is now scheduled for Tuesday, 9 September 2008. Students dropping after this date will receive a W or a letter grade.
To deal with the mess left by Hurricane Gustav, there will be no classes through Friday, 5 September 2008; classes will resume Monday, 8 September 2008. Check the LSU home page for any additional closings and reschedulings.
There will be no classes for labor day on Monday, 1 September 2008.
Unless fayt has something else in store, classes start Monday, 25 August 2008.