UC Santa Barbara's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has gained international recognition for award-winning faculty members and innovative research efforts. The talented students in the Department are engaged in research at the forefront of many areas of ECE, including Communications & Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, Control Systems, and Electronics & Photonics. Gifts to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering provide students and researchers with resources they need to learn, develop technology, and contribute to the field.