Missouri S&T Electrical & Computer Engineering

08/26/2026

🤖 **New Course for Fall 2026: Explainable Machine Learning (XAI)**

How can we understand — and trust — the decisions made by AI?

**CpE 5001 – Explainable Machine Learning (XAI)**, taught by Dr. Mohamed Nafea, will explore interpretable machine learning, post-hoc explanations, mechanistic interpretability, XAI for large language models and more.

📅 Thursdays, 4–6:30 p.m.
💻 In-person + online flexible
🎓 3 credits

Learn more: https://sites.mst.edu/nafea/

08/17/2026

More great news from Missouri S&T’s EMC researchers! 🏆

ECE faculty, students and researchers recently earned multiple IEEE honors, including Best EMC Paper, Best Student EMC Paper, Best Student SIPI Paper and the Motohisa Kanda Award for Most Cited Transactions on EMC Paper.

Dr. Daryl Beetner was also recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation for his outstanding contributions to the IEEE EMC Society.

Congratulations to all! 👏
👉Read more:

Missouri S&T electrical and computer engineering faculty, students and researchers received several honors from the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society and at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal and Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI). The awards recogniz...

08/13/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Missouri S&T ECE graduate students Cody Goins, Sathvika Bandi, Yejun Kim, Hariharan Prabakar and Ahyeon Lee for taking first place in the 2026 IEEE EMC Student Hardware Design Competition!

Great work, team! 👏

👉Read more: https://sites.mst.edu/ecenewsmstedu/awards/ece-graduate-students-win-ieee-emc-hardware-design-competition/

Missouri S&T’s winning IEEE EMC Student Hardware Design Competition team, from left: Cody Goins, Sathvika Bandi, Yejun Kim, Hariharan Prabakar and Ahyeon Lee. Dr. Daryl Beetner, director of the EMC Laboratory, is pictured at far right. A team of Missouri S&T electrical and computer enginee...

07/29/2026

Behind every breakthrough is a passionate educator, researcher and mentor.

Get to know the incredible faculty of Missouri S&T's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Their dedication to innovation, discovery and student success inspires the next generation of engineers.

Watch the video and meet the faces behind ECE!

07/27/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Lijun Jiang!

Congratulations to Dr. Lijun Jiang, professor in Missouri S&T's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose co-authored paper has received the 2026 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques.

The award recognizes the paper, "Electromagnetic-Circuital-Thermal-Mechanical Multiphysics Numerical Simulation Method for Microwave Circuits," for its outstanding contribution to multiphysics modeling and simulation of microwave circuits.

🔗 Read more: https://sites.mst.edu/ecenewsmstedu/awards/dr-lijun-jiang-receives-ieee-best-paper-award/

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06/22/2026

⚠️ EECH Building Closure

To support ongoing network upgrades by Missouri S&T IT, the EECH Building will be closed from June 22 through June 26.

We appreciate your understanding as these improvements are completed. Additional updates will be provided as needed.

06/16/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jag Sarangapani, who recently delivered a keynote address at the 11th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management and received an award recognizing his outstanding contributions to research in intelligent maintenance, prognostics, big data, autonomous systems and robotics.
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Dr. Jagannathan (Jag) Sarangapani, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Rutledge-Emerson Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, recently delivered a keynote address at the 11th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineerin...

05/27/2026

Congratulations to our ECE graduate students on receiving College of Engineering and Computing dean’s honors at Missouri S&T! 🎉

🏆 Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar Award
• Ruimin Jie

🏆 Dean’s Graduate Educator Award
• Nawfal Guefrachi
• Keith Miller

We are proud of your outstanding achievements in research, teaching and academic excellence.
https://news.mst.edu/2026/05/st-college-of-engineering-and-computing-honors-9-high-achieving-ph-d-students/

Nine Missouri S&T graduate students received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a ceremony held earlier this month.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Mallory North on receiving the 2026 Primary Academic Advising Award from Missouri S&T’s Division of Student Success!

North, who works closely with students in Missouri S&T’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recognized for her outstanding commitment to student success, advising excellence and meaningful support of students. We are proud to celebrate her dedication and impact on our students. 👏

Mallory North, academic advisor in Missouri S&T’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received the 2026 Primary Academic Advising Award from the university’s Division of Student Success. The award recognizes outstanding commitment to student success, advising excellence an...

05/19/2026

Congratulations to the eight Missouri S&T electrical engineering students and recent graduates who received Grainger awards during Saturday’s ceremony. Each recipient received a $6,000 award recognizing academic achievement and contributions to power engineering and related fields.🎉

This year’s recipients were Jordan Slusser, Lauryn “Ryn” Morris, Carmen Gassaway, Carson Case, Kristin Burdine, Edward Barsumyan, Olumide Akin-Deko and Dylan VanBuskirk.