Doctoral programs
The six PhD programs and the Engineer in IT degree programs are briefly described below.
Ph.D in Bioengineering
Four concentration areas are currently offered:
Biomedical Imaging; Data-driven Biomechanical Modeling; Nano-scale Bioengineering and NeuroEngineering
Ph.D. in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Students may elect to study in the areas of: environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, construction engineering and management, infrastructure systems engineering, structural engineering, or transportation engineering.
Ph.D. in Computer Science
This nationally ranked program is run by the Computer Science[7] department and offers research opportunities in many different areas including Algorithms and Theory of Computation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Science Education, Databases, Data Mining, Graphics and Image Processing, Information Systems, Languages, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Security, and Systems and Networking.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
This program is run by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).[8] There are currently five areas of active research in the ECE Department: communications and computer networks, computer engineering, control systems and robotics, signal processing, and microelectronics.
This program is run by the office of the Senior Associate Dean. Students may conduct their doctoral research under the supervision of any eligible faculty member of any of the school's departments. A student may select to obtain this degree without a specific concentration or in one of the following concentrations: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Information Security, Information Systems, and Software Engineering. Choosing a concentration may impose additional requirements and may reduce the program flexibility.
Ph.D. in Statistical Science
This program is run by the Department of Statistics. Research areas of key departmental faculty in the program include statistical signal processing, biostatistics, statistical genetics, statistical graphics, and data exploration.
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research
This newly approved program is offered by the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research.
This program is run by the office of the Senior Associate Dean. This is not a doctoral degree, but it allows students to combine advanced course work of the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology with an applied project. Students may conduct their project under the supervision of any eligible faculty member of any of the school's departments.