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After success leading an engineering design team as a students, Madison Dillenberger, BSME '19, stays connected to Baylor's School of Engineering and Computer Science through relationships with faculty, Career Day, and student projects sponsored by her company.

“Events like this are a great way to get students engaged and excited about the opportunities and challenges involved in spectrum science," says John Chapin, NSF's Special Advisor for Spectrum. “The demand for trained spectrum experts in the U.S. is only growing and it's a rewarding career path for students who want to work on important and interdisciplinary topics.”

Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science was well represented at the 31st American Society for Nondestructive Testing Research Symposium, the nation’s premier non-destructive evaluation conference, June 26-30 in Columbus, Ohio.

Central Texas Cyber Range, a $3.5 million partnership between Baylor University and McLennan Community College, is designed to address current and future cybersecurity needs

Nissan executive weaves faith, knowledge enriched at Baylor through productive career

Dr. Pack joins Baylor after seven and a half years as Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Previously, he was Mary Clarke department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA). He became a full professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds electrical engineering and engineering science degrees from Purdue, Harvard, and Arizona State.

Researcher helped start Bioinformatics major, served as Professor of Bioinformatics and Chair of Computer Science Department, then as Interim Dean during the 2022-23 school year. Baker also was a faculty member in Baylor’s Institute of Biomedical Studies. He and his wife, Dr. Lori Baker, served on the National Campaign Steering Committee for Baylor University’s Give Light Campaign.

In March 2023, student organizations Women in Computer Science (WiCS) and Society for Women Engineers (SWE) hosted a Women In Stem panel discussion to commemorate Women’s History Month. Students enjoyed a rousing conversation, with the panel sharing wisdom including insights on their areas of focus, career paths, workplace dynamics, and mentor relationships.

On March 30, 2023, one of Baylor's finest professors, Ken Van Treuren, Ph.D., delivered his 2022 Baylor University Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year lecture. Dr. Van Treuren shares his remarkable life journey that includes Oxford, Princeton, and the U.S. Air Force Academy before explaining his motivation for spending the last 24 years teaching and researching in Baylor's Mechanical Engineering Department.

Michael Dooley has been named business officer at Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), effective May 15, 2023. He has 25 years of experience as a financial administrator and accounting manager in higher education.

Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science today announced the appointment of Jeong Bong (JB) Lee, Ph.D., as chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, effective August 1, 2023.

Baylor University hosted more than 125 attendees at the Southwest Data Science Conference (SDSC) on March 24, 2023. The purpose of the conference – in its second year at Hankamer Academic Center, home of Baylor’s Department of Computer Science – is to promote trans-disciplinary interactions among data scientists from diverse fields.

Baylor University hosted more than 125 attendees at the Southwest Data Science Conference (SDSC) on March 24, 2023. The purpose of the conference – in its second year at Hankamer Academic Center, home of Baylor’s Department of Computer Science – is to promote trans-disciplinary interactions among data scientists from diverse fields.

For the third consecutive year, the Baylor Cybersecurity team advanced to Regionals in the Southwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SWCCDC) after placing in the Top 8 at the Qualifier round on February 18. The first-place team from Regionals being held March 17 – 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will advance to the National CCDC being held April 28-30.

A multi-disciplinary collaboration led by mechanical engineering faculty Paul Allison and Brian Jordon from the Baylor Point-of-Need Innovations Center authored the cover story of the Jan/Feb 2023 issue of Advanced Materials and Processes, published by ASM International.

Baylor students competing in National Cyber League competitions ranked 18th in the nation in Fall 2022 and 25th in Spring 2023. 

Long-serving dean at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will join Baylor ECS June 1

Engineering Researcher Studies Frost for Flight Safety

From STEM kits to helping high school students choose a major, recent Engineering alumnus continues entrepreneurial pursuits

Baylor Researchers Uncovering Improved Approach to Treat Internal Injury

Faith always material to the work of Mechanical Engineering assistant professor

Young alumnus received NASA Space Flight Awareness Trailblazer Award

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport is partnering with Baylor Electrical and Computer Engineering on a Naval Engineering Education Consortium project to improve the autonomous capabilities of robots.

Assistant Professor Trevor Fleck one of 21 Fellows named by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

Meet Courtney, a Data Science and Secondary Spanish major (with a history minor) from Newport News, Virginia

Dipta Das, MSCS ’21, provides an international perspective on Baylor Computer Science and entering the U.S. workplace.

Annika Moser's infectious enthusiasm for aerospace helped grow her student organization from 8 to 150 while balancing coursework and working in a research lab at the BRIC. Now she's landed a coveted SpaceX summer internship.

See how ECS has resumed engaging with the community this Spring after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Baylor University ECS and RCHHS deans bring professors together across disciplines to build new research partnerships

Henry Han, Ph.D., to serve as Inaugural McCollum Family Chair in Data Sciences

Baylor University announced over the summer the hiring of Alan X. Wang, Ph.D. as the inaugural holder of The Mearse Chair in Biological and Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Mack Grady, professor of electrical and computer engineering, couldn’t predict that his expertise in electrical power would lead to him being involved in science-fiction worthy research. However, that’s exactly where he ended up when he found himself being recruited for national defense efforts against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

Mario Lopez, a senior computer science major, took a long and winding road to Baylor. Moving away from a small town in Mexico to Houston as a kid, graduating high school and enrolling in community college classes, transferring to UTSA and finally arriving at Baylor, Lopez has a remarkable story that is rooted in a search for community that he found within his Baylor family in Waco.

Most adults have experienced what it's like to apply for credit, whether through a bank or credit card company. What many may have not considered is the work that goes on behind the scenes to make an approval decision within minutes. That work is done by computer scientists who have studied in the field of deep learning.

I knew I wanted to be an engineer in the eighth grade, mainly because of my love for aviation. I applied to Baylor at the urging of my high school best friend who had come to Baylor the year before. When I first visited the campus, I didn’t even know it had an engineering program because the program was still in its infancy when I arrived in 1987.

Heather Benoit graduated from Baylor's School of Engineering and Computer Science with a bachelor's degree in engineering in 2009 and her master's in biomedical engineering in 2011. Today, she is a senior mechanical engineer and program manager at M3 Design, Inc., a leading product development and technology consulting firm that specializes in building the future.

This year, Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) celebrates 25 years! Baylor chose to shine the light on our engineering and computer science programs in 1995 when the University created the School, and our work continues to be an important part of Baylor's strategic plan, Illuminate. As a result, we are geared up and ready to help Baylor become a Research 1 (R1) university in the coming years.

Thanks to the healthy building movement, it is more common for building designs to promote employee health, but there is a gap between theory and application. One Baylor research team sought to bridge that gap, and they needed a computer scientist to accomplish the task.