Gary Christensen

Gary Christensen

Departmental Executive Officer

Welcome to the University of Iowa Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering!

We are proud to have among our faculty a National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow, two National Science Foundation CAREER awardees, a Fellow and a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors, several Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Optical Society of America, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.  

Available facilities support interdisciplinary research and include individual laboratories as well as access to specialized facilities of the Iowa Technology Institute, Driving Safety Research Institute, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging, and more.

Undergraduate program Graduate program U2G program
ECE classroom with students on computers

$ 155,020

Computer Hardware Engineer Median Salary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/computer-hardware-engineers.htm

ECE Department Senior Design Fair Spring 2026

$ 118,780

Electrical Engineer Median Salary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineers.htm

Five students stand beside a tall, tripod-mounted engineering device with exposed wiring and a cylindrical tube, in a wood-paneled room with international flags displayed overhead.

$ 123,000

Software Engineer Median Salary

Source: CareerExplorer, https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/software-engineer/salary/

Two students in the electronics lab for the Digital Design class

$ 131,450

Software developer Median Salary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm

A person wearing a virtual reality headset

40 %

of the ECE faculty have won teaching awards at the college and university level

https://engineering.uiowa.edu/news-and-events/awards-and-honors/excellence-awards#accordion-item-30056-2

Fatima Toor works with students in her lab

25 %

of the ECE faculty are IEEE Fellows

https://www.ieee.org/communities-connection/awards-recognition/ieee-fellows

97 %

of our graduates are employed, continuing their education, or not seeking work within six months of graduation

ECE events

Sony Interactive Entertainment | Playstation: Summer 2027 Internship Info Session promotional image

Sony Interactive Entertainment | Playstation: Summer 2027 Internship Info Session

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Seamans Center
Learn about and apply for internship opportunities at Sony Interactive Entertainment | Playstation!
CS Colloquium - Groundwork for Open Speech Foundation Models: Data, Recipes, and Task-Specific Models promotional image

CS Colloquium - Groundwork for Open Speech Foundation Models: Data, Recipes, and Task-Specific Models

Friday, October 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Building speech foundation models is no longer the exclusive domain of large companies. Task-specific models are not a stepping stone to be replaced by foundation models; task-specific linguistic and phonetic tools are the key to the groundwork.

College events

Graduate & Professional Students: Let's Do Lunch!

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Sciences Library
Bring your academic interests to the table and engage with fellow graduate and professional students in a casual, supportive environment.
Stanley Award for International Research - Information Session promotional image

Stanley Award for International Research - Information Session

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Virtual
The Stanley Award for International Research gives UI students up to $2,500 to design and carry out international research or fieldwork projects.

Fall 2026 CoE Improv

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Seamans Center
Fall 2026 College of Engineering Improv
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