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ARTIFICIAL RETINA IN THE WORKS
Another ground-breaking research project - this one led by Dr. Gianluca Lazzi - continues to improve on a microchip that could one day restore sight to the blind. This implantable artificial retina device - a two-millimeter-square silicon microchip imbedded with photosensor cells and electrodes - translates light and images to electrical impulses. It could restore vision to many of the 10 million people nationwide who suffer from retinal diseases such as retinal pigmentosa and macular degeneration. ...
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Do Students Choose Us?
The Top 10 reasons to attend NCSU Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Department Profile
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is an
internationally known department that offers Master of Science
(M.S.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Computer
Engineering or Electrical Engineering, and a Master of Science
degree in Computer Networking. The Department offers the opportunity
for study in a large variety of ECE specialties as well as
for cross-disciplinary research in areas such as biomedical
engineering, textile engineering, genomics, materials science
and engineering, mathematics and statistics.
Approximately 500 students are enrolled in graduate studies.
This large enrollment allows the Department to provide a rich
offering of graduate-level courses and research topics, and
over the past five years more than 30 graduate-level courses
have been offered each term. In addition, there are many opportunities
for interaction with industry in research centers including:
Besides these focused centers, the department hosts a myriad of research groups and laboratories. |
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