Admissions

Application Deadlines

• University of Delaware’s Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (apply early; February 1 is the deadline to be considered for departmental funding.)
• University of Delaware’s Undergraduate Summer Scholars (Please contact me ASAP as deadlines are usually Feb. or Mar.)
• University of Delaware’s Latin and South America Summer Program for Visiting Researchers (Deadline TBD for 2023)

It is unlikely that I can respond to email requests regarding positions in my group. Instead, please apply to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and/or the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) and designate me as a potential advisor. Both departments are in the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware.

Starting Fall 2022, we are also specifically looking for students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. traineeship focused on data science and computing applied to polymer design and innovation.

For those more interested in applications of data science to health, I am now an Affiliated Faculty in the Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Data Science Program.

Additionally, UD is recruiting for its interdisciplinary neuroscience graduate (ING) program that spans many colleges including College of Engineering. Applicants with backgrounds in computational and analytic fields who are interested in advancing data science tools for understanding the brain are encouraged to apply. The application deadline for 2022 was December 1.

In CIS, the admission review is performed by a committee. Applicants are encouraged to have a focused statement describing their research pursuits and their skills and experiences.

In ECE, the admission review also involves the associate chair of graduate studies. The process has many stages:

Applications received by Feb. 1 or earlier will receive primary consideration for funding. The research statement is important during the evaluation.

Applications are reviewed along with those for other suitable advisors.

• (January) Exceptional candidates may be contacted.
• (Early February) An assessment of the applications is made and a subset of the qualified applicants may be short-listed.
• (Feb–March) I typically schedule and hold short interviews with short-listed candidates on video teleconferencing along with current members of my group. I encourage applicants to contact and discuss the research and lab culture with current students.
• (March) Depending on funding, I along with the associate chair of graduate studies make the final determination to offer funding for a certain duration.
• (April 15th) Applicants should review the offer and accept it, or decline it if they choose to take another option. The deadline for accepting an offer of financial support from a graduate school in the US is April 15th. (PDF)