Rick Cox, M.S.

Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rick was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Washington University where he received B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Systems Science and Mathematics in 1977. He then attended Stanford University where he received an M.Sc. degree in...

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Cox

Contact Information

  • Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 12-1 p.m.
    (Spring 2025)

  • (509) 313-5726

Education & Curriculum Vitae

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1978 

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977

B.Sc. Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977

Courses Taught

EENG 201 Circuit Analysis I

EENG 201L Circuit Analysis I Lab

EENG 428 Wireless Systems II

Past Semesters

CPSC 410 Information Theory and Coding

EENG 202 Circuit Analysis II

EENG 322 Probabilistic Mtds Elect Eng

EENG 410 Information Theory and Coding

EENG 421 Intro Communication Systems

EENG 427 Wireless Systems
Rick was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Washington University where he received B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Systems Science and Mathematics in 1977.  He then attended Stanford University where he received an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1978.  Rick joined Hewlett-Packard Company in 1978 where he worked first as a Radio Frequency/Microwave Circuit Designer.  As an R&D Engineer he coauthored in 1983 a paper on the design of a noise figure meter published in the Hewlett-Packard Journal.  His subsequent management career at HewlettPackard and later at Agilent Technologies included Program Manager for the cellular phone one-box test system and Worldwide R&D Manager for the cellular phone test business.  Rick’s professional interests include high-frequency analog circuit and system design.