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Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Fall 2026 TA Application

Our department is currently taking applications for Fall semester TAs!
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New Purchasing Option

Starting Fall 2025, a new purchasing website for the department has gone live. You can request purchases on the site for your labs, click the link for more information or come talk to the secretaries if you have questions.
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Poster Print Requests

Need a poster printed for a conference?
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TAKE A TOUR

Witness the exciting world of circuits, cybersecurity, coding, and robotics up close, opening doors to endless possibilities in the digital age.
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Low Flying Drone Tracking

Dr. Peterson and her research team lead the way in drone tracking
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Department News

Department News

Inside a Prolific Year for Dr. Greg Nordin

By Kylie Lay January 09, 2026 04:46 PM
Our professors juggle research, teaching, and presenting every year—but 2025 was a particularly productive one for Greg Nordin. The Electrical and Computer Engineering professor spent the year publishing new papers and traveling to conferences around the globe, from Atlanta to France, Belgium, Germany, and Australia.

New BYU research aiming to do what FAA can’t — track low-flying drones

Dr. Cammy Peterson and her team at BYU have developed a novel radar-based drone tracking system that can effectively monitor low-altitude airspace, addressing the challenges posed by the increasing number of drones. This technology represents a significant advancement in managing drone traffic and ensuring safety in congested airspaces.
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Running Two Paths

By Kylie Lay December 29, 2025 11:37 AM
For many students, college is a full-time commitment. For Zariel Macchia, it’s two. The Long Island native is not only a freshman in BYU Electrical Engineering, but also a part of the BYU’s Women’s Cross Country Team.
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The Electrical Engineering Department is seeking highly qualified candidates for multiple tenure track professorial positions in Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Electrical Engineering. Follow the Quick Link above to learn more

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Electrical Engineering

Almost everything that's been developed in the last 50 years uses electronics to communicate or to think. Electrical engineering tries to encompass all of these fields — communications systems, robotics, light, power, circuits — anything with an "on" button. Here, you'll learn how to be creative and think on your own, how to analyze how something works, and how to build new technologies.
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Computer Engineering

Computer engineers design digital circuits and the software that interacts with them. Here, you'll be designing the next generation of computers, but not just the computers on your desk. There are computers in everything these days, from your cell phone to your television, your car to satellites and spacecraft. You could be working on a drone altitude control system one day and a life-saving medical device the next.
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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is the application of defense principles to protect our data, our information systems, and all of our information from hackers, malicious users and foreign governments. A Cybersecurity degree prepares you for in-demand jobs like chief information security officer, security architect, penetration tester, digital forensics investigator, and more.
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Information Technology

NOT ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS

Information Technology is a technical discipline that solves real-world problems using a variety of computing resources. IT professionals help meet peoples' needs within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation, application, integration and administration of computing technologies.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering

We offer world-class research in computer engineering, reconfigurable computing, wireless communications, radio astronomy and remote sensing, signal processing, autonomous vehicles and unmanned air systems, low power mixed-signal integrated circuits, internet-of-things, and lab-on-chip biosensors, quantum networking, and nanostructures and devices.
Master's and PhD available
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IT & Cybersecurity

The IT & Cybersecurity Program offers a Masters Degree program. The program is ideal for IT&C professionals and those who have recently completed a technical undergraduate degree who are anxious to delve deep into a specific area of IT&C. Recent graduates often qualify for new positions making 20k more per year or go on to PhD programs at top Universities.

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Cybersecurity Minor

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ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE

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IMMERSE

IMMERSE is a multi-year undergraduate research program designed to foster real-world engineering leadership skills in promising students of all backgrounds. Its strengths are in its breadth and depth of training, efficient deployment of faculty resources, and long-term cultivation of research skills.
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Join a Club

Join others with similar interests, expand your knowledge, make professional connections, and have fun. Clubs provide you with opportunities not available in the classroom.
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Connect with Alumni

BYU Connect helps you connect with BYU alumni at companies you are interested in, ask real world career questions, and gain insight from professionals who have been where you are. It is an easy way to build your network and explore career paths while you are still a student.
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Leadership Development

The mission of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership is to create and provide support for experiences that help refine students’ leadership skills and global competence, preparing you for careers of influence in multi-national organizations.
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