MS in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) includes the following specializations or major areas:
- Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering deals with the design, development, testing, and evaluation of components, systems, and networks. Research in Computer Engineering strives to achieve higher performance in the systems and components that are built as well as in the design process. The goal of this research area is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the hardware and software technologies used in computing systems.
- Power Engineering
The energy systems and power electronics program actively pursues research in the areas of system reliability and performance modeling and prediction, system protection and automation, system control and stability, large-scale system computational methodologies and power electronics. The research is aim at the integration of power electronics with the study of power systems, analysis of power quality and system stability, techniques of power distribution automation, optimal plan of power system and power electronics etc.
- Energy Engineering
This program focuses on fundamentals Of Energy, Energy Resources & Technology, Quality of Energy, Complete Cycle Analysis of Fossil Fuels, Energy in Transportation, Other Fossil Fuels, Energy Economics : Input-Output Analysis, Solar Thermal Energy Conversion, Solar Concentrating Collectors, Photovoltaic Power Generation, Wind Energy, Wind Electrical Conversion , Tidal Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Solar Pond and Wave Power, Geothermal Energy, Solar Distillation and Biomass Energy, Energy Storage, Magneto hydrodynamic Power Generation, Hydrogen Economy. This program also examines economic theory, empirical perspectives, and political economy of energy supply and demand. It discusses aspects of local, national, and global markets for oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear power, and renewable energy; and examines public policies affecting energy markets including taxation, price regulation and deregulation, energy efficiency, and control of emissions.
- Electronic Systems Engineering
The research provides intensive preparation for the professional practice in the high technology microelectronics and VLSI aspects of Electrical Engineering. The students will be able to acquire knowledge about the current technology of microelectronics, nano electronics and optoelectronics. This includes broad treatment in the theory and practice of semiconductor devices, circuit modeling and design of integrated circuits.
- Photonic Systems Engineering
Photonic Systems engineering program provides students with the knowledge and expertise for design, analysis and operation of photonic equipment and systems. The curriculum includes courses advanced electronics, applied optical and opto-electronic systems.
- Automation and Control Engineering
Control is about automation and intelligence. The research aim at designing the algorithms and software that give systems agility and balance, as well as the ability to adapt, learn and discover when confronted with uncertainty. To prepare the students to understand the science of system identification, which concerns the creation of systems for intelligently reducing large amounts of experimental and historical data to simple mathematical models that can be used either for forecasting or to design automatic control systems. This involves research in the areas of linear multivariable systems, robust control and computer aided design, adaptive control, optimization and classical control, non-linear systems, learning control, knowledge based systems and fuzzy control.
- Telecommunications Engineering
Research in telecommunications is concerned with efficient representation, storage, transmission, processing, routing and reception of information from a wide variety of sources. The range in research will be from the highly-mathematical, to applied algorithm design, experimental prototyping, and contributions to emerging industry standards. In signal processing, the research will span a wide range of areas of signal processing including signal processing for communications , speech processing for recognition and synthesis, multimedia signal processing and compression, medical imaging, optical information processing, array/distributed/collaborative signal processing, immersive audio, speech processing for recognition and synthesis, and other multimedia related technologies such as content-based representation and retrieval.
- Networks Engineering
Network Engineering deals with the planning, implementation, administration, and maintenance of the data networks. This program provides a comprehensive understanding of networked systems and services, in the context of converging computing and telecommunications technologies.
- Communication and Radar Technology
Communication and Radar systems engineering has significant overlapping technology areas. At present, no other academic institution is offering this combination of studies at MS level. This area is of great significance to our Defense and Strategic Organizations. With the increase in self-reliance and indigenization in our defense forces, and greater R&D in our strategic organizations, the need for suitably qualified engineers in this area is ever increasing. Apart from military significance of these areas of studies, there is also growing non-military organizations like, PIA, Civil Aviation, OGDC, Weather Forecasting, Wireless Network providers and Security System providers requiring qualified engineers in this discipline. Internationally, Radio and Radar technology has made dramatic advancements and entered into various facets of our daily life. Wireless networks, mobile phones, remote controls, collision avoidance radars in vehicles, and all weather imaging radars are a few examples. This program provides advanced education and research to develop breadth of knowledge and depth of expertise in the field of Communication and Radar Technology. This Program provides an opportunity to the young engineers to excel in this area of technology and contribute towards national growth.
The MS program requirement is 30 credit hours. Two options are available
Requirement is minimum 24 credit hours of course work and 06 credit hours of thesis involving research work.
For Non-Thesis Option, the program requirements can be met in two ways.
A student may complete 30 credit hours of course work and also complete 06 credit hours of MS Thesis or Project. In such cases, additional course work will be considered non-credit. A student, who registers for thesis or project, may still chose to complete degree requirements through course work option only by taking additional courses with the approval of the departmental graduate committee. The student will be eligible for the award of the degree whenever he/she completes the program requirements through any of the options as specified above.
Minimum 2.5 CGPA in course work and satisfactory defense of Project/Thesis.
The student will register for the research thesis or project (to be carried out in industry, enterprise or public/private organization involving design/development/analysis work) of 6 credit hours with a supervisor from within the department or someone suitable outside the department approved by the Departmental Graduate Committee. The MS thesis or project, after submission, shall be defended by the student before a panel of examiners consisting of the Head of the concerned department, research supervisor and at least one external examiner, who should be on the list of external examiners. The examiners shall assess the student's performance, identifying both the strengths and weaknesses. The written thesis shall be graded as approved, deferred or not acceptable. If the submitted thesis is graded not acceptable (i.e., requires major revision), the student shall be considered to have failed. In the case of failure, the examining committee shall recommend if resubmission after major revision is allowed, or research on a different topic is to be undertaken, or the candidate has terminally failed. If the examining committee recommends minor changes to the written thesis, the supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring that these revisions are incorporated and for informing the Dean of the concerned Faculty and Dean GSRP in writing. The examining committee shall record its decision for every student examined, which shall be signed by all members of the committee. Note: Information regarding required oral and written examinations and detailed rules and regulation as specified in the latest CUI Graduate Handbook will be considered final.