Facilities
Administrative and Faculty Space
The faculty and support staff for the Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering are housed on the first floor of the Lehman Engineering and Technology Center on the side of the building facing Clyde Morris Boulevard. This office suite contains a reception area for the student employees who work in the department, offices for the administrative assistant and many of the faculty members, as well as space for faculty meetings, copying, printing, and other administrative tasks. The suite opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. during the regular school year, and is accessible afterhours through card-swipe access for graduate students who might require irregular access hours.
Classroom Space
In addition to educational laboratory spaces (discussed below), all engineering courses are taught in a wide array of classrooms across campus. Most upper-level courses offered by the department are taught in the Lehman Engineering and Technology Center, while other courses are taught in the College of Aviation building, the College of Business building, the Willie Miller Instructional Center, and others. Every classroom is equipped with a desktop PC, a document camera, a ceiling-mounted video projector, and a laptop connection, as well as whiteboards, an overhead projector, and a screen. Computer programming and software engineering courses not instructed in one of the specified laboratory spaces are taught in one of the four computer laboratories in the building, used as classroom space, tutoring space, and general afterhours space for students to meet in groups, work on projects requiring the use of site licensed software, and print documents.
Educational and Research Laboratories
Some courses, as well as all student and faculty research projects, are located in one of the many laboratory facilities across campus. These laboratory facilities are described below, with links to more information, including the courses taught in them, student clubs and projects using them, and faculty members who actively perform research in the space.
The Autonomous Systems Laboratory is home to ECSSE-supported research and student projects in unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous underwater vehicles, and ground-based robotics.
Communications and Electronics Laboratory
The Communication Electronics Laboratory houses instructional labs and research activities in the areas of communication electronics and avionics.
Electrical Engineering Laboratory
This facility is used in conjunction with several electrical and electronics engineering courses.
Microprocessor Systems Laboratory
The Microprocessor Systems Laboratory is used for instruction and research into microprocessor systems, including microcontrollers and digital signal processing microprocessors.
Real-Time Laboratory (Real-Time Lab)
The Real-Time Laboratory is used for instruction and research into the real-time, safety-critical systems at the heart of modern aerospace electronics. The lab also serves as home base for several ECSSE graduate students, both teaching and research assistants.
ECSSE Senior Design Laboratory
The ECSSE Senior Design Lab is a design studio where students involved in ECSSE capstone design projects design and build the current year’s projects.
