1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at and its Center of Rail Safety-Critical Excellence Ted Giras, Professor Zongli Lin, Associate Professor

2 University of Virginia (UVa) Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 Ranked in the top 1-2 public universities & top dozen overall 9 colleges / 2 professional schools (Law and Medicine) 12,040 undergraduate students 4,220 graduate students/ 1,700 first-professional students 2496 faculty / ~$114M annual research program

3 Schools and Colleges at UVa School of Architecture College of Arts and Sciences School of Continuing and Professional Studies Curry School of Education Darden Graduate School of Business Administration School of Engineering and Applied Sciences School of Law McIntire School of Commerce School of Medicine School of Nursing University of Virginia’s College at Wise

4 An Impression of UVa

5 School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) 9 Departments 150 faculty 1,735 undergraduate students — top 1-2 entering SATs of any public engineering school 564 graduate students — top 2-3 entering GREs of any public engineering school exceptional commitment to teaching $30M annual research program

6 Departments in SEAS Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science Electrical and Computer Engineering Material Science and Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Systems and Information Engineering Division of Technology, Culture and Communication

7 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ~ 27 faculty (plus two openings) ~ 210 undergraduate students (2-4 year) ~ 115 graduate students (57/58 Masters/PhD) ~ 60 EE undergraduate and 35 graduate degrees/yr ~ $10M external research support Research Programs: Applied Electrophysics Communications, Control and Signal Processing Computer Engineering

8 27 faculty members Five IEEE Fellows Major professional society involvement (2 IEEE society presidents, boards of directors, editorial boards, etc.) Four new NSF CAREER ONR Young Investigator Awards Two women faculty Two faculty receiving major UVa and State Teaching Awards Several NSF/ONR Young Investigator Awards Key Departmental Statistics Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

9 Center of Rail Safety-Critical Excellence (CRSCE) Electrical and Computer Engineering Systems and Information Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Civil Engineering CRSCE