Electrical Engineering Department

Contact Information

Thomas P Montoya
Interim EE Department Head and Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering/Physics 311/325
Phone: (605) 394-1219 or (605) 394-2459;
Email: Thomas.Montoya@sdsmt.edu

Faculty

Associate Professor Montoya; Assistant Professors Ragi and Roy.

MS in Electrical Engineering

The MS in Electrical Engineering program is ranked in TOP 25 Masters Programs in the Nation (Raked 24th) by College Choice ranking. The MS in Electrical Engineering is a strong and vibrant graduate program with numerous opportunities for innovative scholarly research, projects, and state of the art graduate courses.

Research Areas

The MSEE degree offers emphases in the areas of autonomous systems, robotics, computer vision, control theory, stochastic control, decision theory, multi-agent decision making, and optimization, with applications to active sensing, radar waveform design, sensor resource utilization, sensor fusion, system identification, autonomous vehicles (e.g AUV, UGV, UAV), laser breakdown plasma, laser optics, non-thermal plasmas, biomedical application of plasmas, nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, wireless communications and networking, antenna communications, and applied electromagnetics.

Degree Options

A student may pursue the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) via

Thesis option
Non-thesis option (coursework only or including a project)

Accelerated MS Program

The Accelerated Masters MSEE program is available only to SD Mines students to complete their BS and MS degree requirements in 5 years. Interested SD Mines students can apply to the Accelerated MSEE program at the beginning of their junior year. Students admitted to the Accelerated MS program may apply up to 12 credits of 500/600 level courses taken as an undergraduate to satisfy the required 30 credits of the MSEE degree. The Accelerated MS program is available for both the thesis and the non-thesis option. It is encouraged that the student aligns their BS senior design project with the eventual graduate thesis or project. Contact the department head and/or the graduate program coordinator for assistance.

Additional policies concerning accelerated MS degrees can be found in the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education.

Outcomes

Graduates of the MS in Electrical Engineering program are expected to:

Demonstrate technical knowledge of the concepts and terminology of electrical engineering.
Analyze, interpret, and evaluate scientific and/or engineering data and methods associated with this field of study.
Explore and evaluate scientific and technical literature relative to the discipline of electrical engineering.
Communicate effectively in both written and oral form.

Financial support

A limited number of fellowships and assistantships are available to qualified students. All applicants are automatically considered for assistantships.

Background requirements

Students applying for the MSEE program are generally expected to have a baccalaureate degree in electrical or computer engineering or in related fields. Students with other engineering or science backgrounds are encouraged to discuss their interest and background with the department head or graduate coordinator for assistance in developing an appropriate plan.

Admission requirements

The GRE is waived for (1) Mines students and alumni, (2) graduates of ABET accredited institutions, and (3) non-thesis Master’s applicants. The third party transcript evaluation is waived for international transcripts. Contact the department head and/or the graduate program coordinator for assistance.

Transfer credits

Policies for transferring credits from outside institutions can be found in the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education. All transfers are subject to approval by the student’s advisor or advisory committee.