Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering, also known as EE; Double E, is one of nine engineering departments that comprise Stanford University School of Engineering.
History
F.A.C. Perrine, in 1893, made an acknowledgement of gifts to Stanford's Electrical Engineering Department in The Stanford Daily. Professor F.A.C. Perrine was the first faculty to teach the subject of electrical engineering at Stanford.In 1894, the first undergraduate degree in electrical engineering was awarded. Lucien Howard Gilmore of Capron, Illinois was the recipient.
Prior to 1894, electrical engineering had been taught as part of the Physics and Mechanical Engineering curriculum.
With the advancement of electricity, industry and employment opportunities were plentiful for those with knowledge in the subject.
In 1899, Standard Electrical Company completed one of the world's longest transmission lines. Professor FAC Perrine was the engineer, and the following year, he left academia for industry.
In 1919, Leonard F. Fuller earned the first PhD degree at Stanford's Electrical Engineering Department. Fuller was Stanford's first PhD in any engineering discipline. Fuller helped advance the west coast's electric power industry, as well as communications lines. After managing the Federal Telegraph Company's plant in Palo Alto, he became professor, and chair, of the electrical engineering department at University of California, Berkeley.
The Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering offers bachelor of science, master of science, and doctoral of philosophy degrees. Degree programs offer some flexible options, such as:
- coterminal BS and MS degrees completed in 5 years.
- Joint programs: EE MS/MBA and EE MS/JD
- online graduate certificates
- and non-degree options.
Research areas
- Information Systems & Science
- Hardware/Software Systems
- Physical Technology & Science
- Energy
- Biomedical
Notable faculty and alumni
| Name | BS; MS; PhD | Notability |
| Stephen P. Boyd | professor | IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, 2017 |
| John Cioffi | professor | Marconi Award, 2006; IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 2010 |
| Thomas Cover | professor | IEEE Shannon Award, 1990; IEEE Hamming Award, 1997 |
| Abbas El Gamal | professor | IEEE Shannon Award, 2012; IEEE Hamming Award, 2016 |
| James F. Gibbons | professor | IEEE Founders Medal, 2011; IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, 1985 |
| Robert M. Gray | professor | IEEE Shannon Award, 2008; IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, 2008 |
| Pat Hanrahan | professor | Academy Award, Scientific and Technical, 2013, 2003, 1992 |
| Martin Hellman | professor | Turing Award, 2015; Marconi Award, 2000; IEEE Hamming Award, 2010; National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2011 |
| John L. Hennessy | professor; president emeritus | Turing Award, 2018; IEEE Medal of Honor, 2012; IEEE John von Neumann Medal, 2000. |
| Thomas Kailath | professor | National Medal of Science, 2014; MIMO wireless technology; IEEE Shannon Award, 2000 |
| Thomas H. Lee | professor | The Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, 2011 |
| John Linvill | professor | IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, 1976; |
| Teresa Meng | professor | IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 2019 |
| Arogyaswami Paulraj | professor | MIMO wireless technology; National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2008; Marconi Award, 2014; IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, 2011 |
| Gerald Pearson | professor | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2008 |
| Jim Plummer | professor | IEEE Founders Medal, 2015 |
| William Shockley | professor | Nobel Prize in Physics, 1956; IEEE Medal of Honor, 1980; National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2016 |
| Frederick E. Terman | professor | IEEE Founders Medal, 1963; IEEE Medal of Honor, 1950; IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, 1956 |
| David Tse | professor | IEEE Hamming Award, 2019; IEEE Shannon Award, 2017 |
| Ellen Ochoa | MS '81; PhD '85 | American engineer, former astronaut and former Director of the Johnson Space Center |
| Acha Leke | MS; PhD | founder African Leadership Academy |
| Rahul Panicker | MS '04; PhD '08 | social enterprise entrepreneur |
| Marcian Hoff | MS '53; PhD '62 | Intel 4004 - invention of microprocessors; National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1996 |
| Stan Honey | MS | Emmys for technical and engineering innovations in sports TV broadcasts. 1998 with ESPN football; 2013 America's Cup LiveLine System won 2 Emmy's. Emmy with America's Cup. |
| Ray Dolby | BS; MS | National Medal of Technology, 1997; Academy Award, Scientific and Technical, 1979, and 1989; National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984 |
| Kristina M. Johnson | BS; PhD | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2015 |
| Ralph Merkle | PhD | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2011 |
| Mark Dean | PhD | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1997 |
| William R. Hewlett | BS | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1992 |
| Joseph Jacobson | post-doc researcher | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2006 |
| Vinton Cerf | BS | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2004 |
| Bernard M. Oliver | BS | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2004 |
| Stanley Mazor | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1996 | |
| Stan Honey | MS | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2018 |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | MS; PhD | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2012 |