Since its founding in 1893 by two legends, George Westinghouse and Reginald Fessenden, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Pitt has excelled in education, research, and service. Today, the department features innovative undergraduate and graduate programs and world-class research centers and labs, combining theory with practice at the nexus of computer and electrical engineering, for our students to learn, develop, and lead lives of impact.
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News
IEEE Honors Pitt’s Fang Peng with Medal in Power Engineering
When Fang Peng was in fourth grade, the remote mountain village in China where he grew up received electricity for the...
10 Year Anniversary of Hammond Scholarship—Graduate Students Still Meeting Industry Expectations
Innomotics, a leading global company that provides motors and drive systems, has awarded the University of Pittsburgh’s...
Powering a Brighter STEM Future
On February 7, 2026, the University of Pittsburgh’s Brandon Grainger spent his Saturday at Baldwin High School, seeing...
Two Heads in the Cloud
Iyan Nekib (BS ECE ’25) and PJ Granieri regularly use applications like Spotify and Adobe that run on the cloud-native...
Five Pitt Electrical Engineering Students Receive IEEE PES Scholarships
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power & Energy Society (PES) has recognized five students...
Events
Spring Blood Drive
Schedule your appointment at vitalant.org: Search group code UCU190040 to schedule your donation or enter zip code.If...
Swanson School of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Banquet
By invitation only. A yearly ceremony to recognize outstanding alumni from the six engineering departments and one...
First-Year Engineering Conference
Friends and family are invited to see their first-year engineering students present their semester-long papers for a...