All faculty members teach classes and regularly interact with students. Research specialties include speech communication, modeling and simulation, multicomputer architecture, quantum electronics and lasers, gaseous electronics, pulsed electric field effects on biological cells, robust neural network adaptive control, thin film technology, and diamond crystal growth. Engineering is the application of fundamental scientific and mathematical principles to the design, development and operation of devices and systems required by society. Computer engineers design and integrate hardware and software to create computers used in many application areas. It is the development of expertise in both hardware and software design that differentiates the computer engineer from the electrical engineer and the computer scientist .
Computer engineers are the individuals who design and build computer systems.
In addition, computer engineers work with other engineers to design larger systems in which computers are used as components. The Department of Labor has identified computer engineering as the field with the highest expected growth through 2008. Computer engineers are in high demand throughout business, industry, government, and the military where computer and digital systems are produced or built. Job titles include Computer Engineer, Computer Analyst, Network Engineer, Programmer Analyst, Software Engineer, and Systems Analyst. In addition, computer engineers go to graduate school in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science.