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Caltech
Electrical Engineering Division of Engineering and Applied Science

Established in 1910, Electrical Engineering (EE) at Caltech has an extended record of excellence and innovation. EE at Caltech emphasizes not only the fundamentals of physical (devices) and mathematical (systems) sides of EE, but also the multi-disciplinary nature of the field. It offers both undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity for study and research, both theoretical and experimental, in a wide variety of subjects.

Academic Programs

Events

All Events
November 8, 2025 11:30 am

Science Journeys Saturday - Flight School for Robots

Beckman Auditorium
November 10, 2025 9:00 am

Due Date for Midterm Grades

November 12, 2025 4:00 pm

EE Devices Seminar

Moore B280
Body Area Network – Connecting and Powering Things Together Around the Body
November 13, 2025 11:00 am

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Chaos in "Confinement: Using Polymers to Mix Fluids and Speed Up Chemical Reactions in Porous Media"
November 14, 2025 3:00 pm

EE Devices Seminar- Nader Engheta, U of Pennsylvania

Moore B270
Near-Zero-Index Optics

News

All News
October 24, 2025
Pietro Perona's Vision: Visipedia and Its Lasting Impact on Computer Vision
October 20, 2025
Lihong Wang Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 15, 2025
Georgia Gkioxari Wins Packard Fellowship
September 12, 2025
Uniting the Light Spectrum on a Chip
August 18, 2025
How Caltech Launched a Leading AI Conference
August 13, 2025
Using Sound to Remember Quantum Information

Research Areas

Bio-Electronics, Bio-Optics, and Medical Imaging
Biological Information Science
Circuits and VLSI
Control and Learning
Devices
Electromagnetics, RF, Microwave Circuits, and Antennas
Energy and Sustainability
Information and Data Science
Information Theory
Learning, Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networks
MEMS and Micromachining
Networks and Wireless Communication
Optimization
Quantum Science and Engineering
Signal Processing
Vision