Electrical engineering is always in the forefront of new technologies and is central to the academic mission of the university and to the achievement of academic excellence. Ohio State's Department of Electrical Engineering has a long history of excellence throughout the United States and the world. With its existing strength, EE is in an excellent position to move to preeminence. In 1982, the department ranked 15th in NRC ratings. With additional investment, this department will be able to regain and then exceed its prior standing to become one of the top ten programs.
EE is involved in many interdisciplinary projects.
EE faculty collaborate with researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science on projects in the intelligent transportation area. In work in medical image processing, EE faculty collaborate with researchers in Biomedical Engineering and the College of Medicine and Public Health. The quality of EE students will be measured by the average SAT and GRE scores of the new students entering undergraduate and graduate programs respectively, and by the placement of graduates. EE's vision is to develop a preeminent Department of Electrical Engineering at Ohio State by focusing on information and wireless communication. Federal government forecasts predict that the information and wireless communication industry will surpass all other manufacturing worldwide by year 2005.