General Information

Admissions/Qualifying Examinations

Course Requirements

Major and Minor Areas

Guidance Committee

Area Examination

Registration for Ph.D Dissertation Credits

Submission of the Thesis and Final Examination

Publication Requirement

Full-time Study

Time Limit for the Degree

Leave of Absence

Other Rules

Special Notices

The format of the 2006 Ph.D. Qualifying Written Examination is as follows:

Part I – Fundamentals

Nine questions will be offered. The questions will be both Electrophysics and Systems in content at Fundamental levels. Possible coverage includes, as before: communications, computer fundamentals, controls, electric networks, electronic circuits, electromagnetics, power/power electronics, signal processing and solid state.

Part II – Advanced Section
Two questions will be offered from all of the following seven areas of interest:

Communications
Controls
Computer Engineering and Networking
Networks
Power/Power Electronics
Signal Processing
Electromagnetics

The Written Examination requires answering seven (7) questions overall, to be completed within a five (5) hour period, similarly as in last year. At least two (2) questions out of the total seven must be from the Fundamentals part and at least three (3) questions out of the total seven must be from the Advanced Section. The remaining two (2) questions may be selected from either part of the Examination. At least one (1) question from the Advanced Section must be in the student’s chosen area of interest.

The recommended preparation for the 2006 Examination will be similar to that for those of recent years. Lists of recommended topic coverage for each of the areas named above for both Fundamentals and Advanced Parts have been issued similar to the lists issued for the 2004 Examinations.

The Written Examination will be offered on Thursday, August 24, 2006 and the Oral Examinations during the last week of August before the start of the Fall 2006 semester.

For questions related to qualifying exam, please contact Prof. Spencer Kuo at 718-260-3143 or email him at spkuo@duke.poly.edu.

ECE Graduate Committee, February, 2006

b. GRADUATE STUDENTS GOING FOR THE PH.D. DEGREE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Applications for permission to take the 2006 Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in Electrical Engineering will be accepted in, Room LC 205. Application forms are available from ECE office LC 200. The deadline date for applications is July 1, 2006. A grade point average of 3.5 or better, obtained in five or more Polytechnic Graduate EE courses is the general requirement for permission to take the Qualifying Examination. Exceptions to this rule must be approved by the Chair of the ECE Graduate Committee.

The Written Examination will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2006.

ECE Graduate Committee, May, 2006