| ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING (EE) |
| |
| EE 223 |
Network
Analysis |
3 cr |
|
Transient
analysis of RLC circuits. AC network analysis. Complex
power. Three-phase systems. Measurement of average
power and power-factor correction in single-phase
and three-phase power systems. Magnetically coupled
networks. Network frequency response functions and
resonance. Networking scaling. Two-port networks.
Fourier series. Prerequisites: EG 220, MA 227 and
credit for or concurrent registration MA 238. Fee. |
| |
| EE 227 |
Circuits
and Devices Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Introduction
to electrical laboratory equipment and instrumentation:
analog and digital meters, oscilloscopes, bridges,
power supplies, function generators. Measurement
of voltage, current, and power in DC networks
and in single-phase and three-phase AC networks.
Verification of Kirchoff's laws. Measurement of
resistance, capacitance, and inductance. Prerequisites:
EG 220 and credit for or concurrent registration
in EH102. Fee. |
| |
| EE 263
|
Digital
Systems Design I |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to basic logic circuits. Number systems and design
of combinational and sequential logic circuits.
Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent registration
in EG 220. Fee. |
| |
| EE 264 |
Digital
Systems Design II |
3 cr |
|
| Small
computer organization and programming. Assembly
level programming. Microprocessor and micro-controller
system design. Prerequisite: EE 263. Fee. |
| |
| EE 268 |
Digital
Systems Design Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Digital
system test instrumentation. Design projects using
standard SSI and MSI digital circuits. Integration
of microprocessor software and hardware. Assembly
level programming and hardware interfaces for
control and instrumentation. Prerequisites: Credit
for or concurrent registration in EE 227 and EE
264. Fee. |
| |
| EE 301
|
Professionalism
and Ethics in EE/CpE |
1 cr |
|
| Topics
in engineering ethics and professionalism using
case studies, video tapes and invited speakers
from the profession and related fields. Electrical
Engineering students are required to become student
members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (I.E.E.E.) and attend both Student Chapter
and Mobile Section meetings as part of the course
requirements. Computer Engineering students have
identical requirements to the above, unless, as
an alternative, they opt to join the Association
for Computing Machinery (A.C.M.). Prerequisite:
Professional Component Standing. Fee. |
| |
| EE 302 |
Computer
Methods in EE/CpE |
1 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the use of computer softwares such as MATHCAD/MATLAB
and PSPICE/ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH for the analysis
of engineering related problems and the solution
of electrical/electronic circuits. Prerequisites:
EE 223 and EE 263. Fee. |
| |
| EE 321 |
Transform
Theory of Linear Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Continuous
and discrete time systems. Fourier transforms.
Laplace transforms. Bode plots. State variables.
Z-transforms. Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion.
Prerequisite: Professional Component Standing.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 322 |
Random
Signals in Linear Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Probability
introduced through sets. Bayes' Therorem. Bernoulli
Trials. The random variable. Operations on a random
variable. Multiple random variables. Operations
on multiple random variables. Random processes.
Spectral characteristics. Random signals in linear
systems. Modeling of practical noisy networks.
Optimum signal-to-noise ratio. Practical applications.
Prerequisites: EE 321 and ST 315. Fee. |
| |
| EE 331
|
Physical
Electronics |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
quantum concepts. Introduction to band structure.
Semiconductors. Modeling of charge carriers. Bipolar
junctions; depletion layer. Metal-semiconductor
interface; Schottky barrier. Minority carrier
diffusion. Semiconductor devices. Prerequisite:
Professional Component Standing. Fee. |
| |
| EE 332
|
Digital
Electronics |
3 cr |
|
Diode
and bipolar junction transistor digital circuits;
resistor-transistor logic; diode-transistor logic;
transistor-transistor logic; fanout analysis;
power dissipation; metal oxide semiconductor (MOS)
field effect transistors (FET) digital circuits;
NMOS, PMOS and CMOS inverters; CMOS combinational
logic gates; dynamic CMOS; and semiconductor read-only
memories and random-access memories. Prerequisite:
EE 331. Fee. |
| |
| EE 333 |
Analog
Electronics |
3 cr |
|
| The
Ebers-Moll representation of bipolar junction
transistors and transistor amplifiers including
common-base and common-emitter configurations;
junction field effect transistor amplifier circuits
and small-signal models; basic amplifier stages
at low frequencies; mid-frequency and high-frequency
amplifier analysis; feed back analysis and differential
and operational amplifiers. Prerequisite: EE 331.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 337 |
Electronic
Circuits Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Computer
analysis and measurement of the characteristics
and parameters of solid-state devices and transfer
characteristics and parameters of power supplies;
operational amplifiers; voltage and power amplifiers;
oscillators and active filters. Prerequisites:
Credit for or concurrent registration in EE 332
and 333. Fee. |
| |
| EE 354 |
Electromagnetics
I |
3 cr |
|
| Static
electric and magnetic fields including the experimental
laws of Coulomb, Gauss, Biot-Savart and Ampere.
Time varying electromagnetic fields and potentials.
Faraday's Law, Poynting's theorem and Maxwell's
equations. Propagation in conducting and dielectric
media. Scattering of plane waves at conducting
and dielectric boundaries. Prerequisite: Professional
Component Standing. Fee. |
| |
| EE 355 |
Electromagnetics
II |
3 cr |
|
| Solutions
of the wave equation in unbounded simple media.
Electromagnetic waves in parallel-wire transmission
lines, metallic waveguides, resonant cavities,
and optical fibers. Radiation by electric and
magnetic dipoles. Antenna arrays. Characteristics
of microwave klystron amplifiers and oscillators.
Prerequisite: EE 354. Fee. |
| |
| EE 356 |
Electromagnetics
Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Computer-aided
and experimental field mapping; shielding techniques;
field measurement of elementary radiating structures
and waveguide circuits; terminal characteristics
of klystrons and space wave propagation losses.
Prerequisites: Credit for or concurrent registration
in EE 355. Fee. |
| |
| EE 357 |
Transmission
Lines Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Theory
of uniform two-wire transmission lines and use
of the Smith chart. Measurement of transient and
standing waves on a transmission line with and
without tuning elements. Characterization and
measurement of interference in computer networks.
Prerequisites: EE 223 and MA 238. Fee. |
| |
| EE 381 |
Electromechanical
Energy Conversion |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the principles of electromechanical energy
conversion. Energy balance, force, and torque
of electrostatic and electromagnetic systems;
magnetic circuits and ferromagnetic losses; transformers
and their connections; three-phase induction motors;
synchronous generators and motors; salient and
non-salient machines. Parallel operation of synchronous
generators. Dynamics of electric machines. Prerequisite:
Credit for or concurrent registration in EE 354.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 385 |
Energy
Conversion Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Laboratory
experiments based on: Faraday's Law and magnetic
coupling; magnetic circuits; transformers (single
and three phase) their connections and tests.
Three phase induction motors-tests and performance
characteristics; synchronous generators and motors.
Machine data acquisition methods and processing
using a computer. Prerequisite: EE 302, credit
for or concurrent registration in EE 381. Fee. |
| |
| EE 401 |
Introduction
to Electrical and Computer |
1 cr |
|
| Specification
of design criteria. Written and oral presentations
of design proposals Prerequisites: Professional
Component Standing and EE 332 and 268. Credit
for or concurrent registration in EE 301. Fee. |
| |
| EE 404 |
Electrical
and Computer Engineering Design (W) |
3 cr |
|
| Implementation
of a design project from the field of Electrical
or Computer Engineering in the broadest sense
and under the guidance of a project director from
the electrical and computer engineering faculty.
Written and oral presentations of project proposals,
interim and final reports. Prerequisite: EE 401
and the instructor's permission for admission.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 421 |
Control
Theory I |
3 cr |
|
| Review
of Laplace and z-transforms; matrix algebra. Transfer
functions; block diagrams and signal-flow graphs;
transfer functions of continuous and discrete
data systems. Sensors and encoders. DC motors
in control systems. State variable analysis and
state equations of linear continuous and discrete
data systems. Prerequisite: EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 422 |
Control
Theory II |
3 cr |
|
| Stability
of control systems; Routh-Hurwitz criterion; stability
of continuous and discrete data systems. Steady-state
errors. Analysis of a second order system. Root-locus
technique. Frequency domain analysis; Nyquist
stability criterion; gain and phase margins; design
of PD, PI and PID controllers for continuous and
discrete systems. Prerequisite: EE 421. Fee. |
| |
| EE 423
|
Modern
Control Theory |
3 cr |
|
| Simulation
and modeling; introduction to linear system theory;
concepts of controllability and observability;
specifications, structures and limitations; review
of classical design methods; state feedback design
methods; multivariable control; robust stability
and sampled data implementation. Introduction
to the use of MATLAB for design. This course is
dually listed with an equivalent graduate-level
course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the
instructor's permission for admission. Prerequisite:
EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 424 |
Nonlinear
Control System |
3 cr |
|
| State
space description; methods of linearization; isoclines;
stability of nonlinear systems; Lyapunov's direct
method; harmonic linearization; describing functions;
dual input describing functions; Popov's method;
circle criterion and computer aided analysis.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate-level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisite: EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE
425 |
Programmable
Logic Controller Lab |
1
cr |
|
| PLC
overview; ladder logic programming; programming
of timers and counters; programming control; data
manipulation and math; instructions; sequencers
and shift registrar instructors; data acquisition
methods. Prerequisite: EE 332. Fee. |
| |
| EE 427
|
Digital
Control Systems |
3 cr |
|
| State
space and transfer function description of discrete-time
systems; solution of discrete state equation;
discrete-time model of analog plants; frequency
domain analysis; design of discrete state-feedback
regulators; observers and tracking systems. This
course is dually listed with an equivalent graduate
level course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75
for admission. Prerequisite: EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 430 |
Power
Semiconductor Devices |
3 cr |
|
| Characteristics
of power devices; physics of transport phenomena;
breakdown voltage; power rectifiers; bipolar transistors;
power MOSFET; insulated-gate bipolar transistor
and MOs-gated thyristors. Prerequisite: EE 331.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 431 |
Advanced
Electronic Devices |
3 cr |
|
| Semiconductor
electronics; semiconductor diode circuit analysis;
bipolar and field effect transistors; analog-to-digital
and digital-to-analog circuits and active filters.
This course dually listed with an equivalent graduate-level
course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the
instructor's permission for admission. Prerequisite:
EE 333. Fee. |
| |
| EE 432
|
Microelectronic
Devices |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to semiconductor material properties; semiconductor
diodes; structure and operation; diode circuit
applications; bipolar transistor: structure and
operation; junction field effect transistors (JFETs);
metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs);
fabrication technology and construction of semiconductor
devices; biasing and stability of amplifiers.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate-level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisite: EE 333. Fee. |
| |
| EE 438
|
Electronic
Instrumentation |
3 cr |
|
| Transducers;
measurement techniques; measurement errors; operational
amplifiers and applications; digital signal processing;
noise sources and reduction; digital image processing;
computer aided electronic instrument design and
experimentation. Prerequisites: EE 332 and 333.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 439 |
VLSI Technology
and Fabrication |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to semiconductor devices; crystal growth and wafer
preparation; chemical and physical vapor deposition;
oxidation; diffusion; ion implantation; lithography;
etching; metallization; process integration of
CMOS and bipolar technologies; diagnostic techniques
and measurements; packaging; yield and reliability.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate-level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisite: EE 331. Fee. |
| |
| EE 440 |
Introduction
to VHDL |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the syntax and elements of the basic VHDL language
such as entities and architectures; creating combinational,
synchronous logic and state machines using both
structural and behavioral VHDL; using hierarchy
in large designs; synthesizing and implementing
designs. This course is dually listed with an
equivalent graduate-level course and requires
a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's permission
for admission. Prerequisites: EE 264 and 268.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 441
|
Computer
Networking |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to design and analysis of computer networks. Polling
networks and ring networks. This course is dually
listed with an equivalent graduate level course
and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's
permission for admission. Prerequisites: EE 264
and EE 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 443
|
Introduction
to Verilog |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the syntax and elements of the basic Verilog
language such as modules and ports; hierarchical
modeling; gate-level modeling; dataflow modeling;
behavioral modeling, switch-level modeling; tasks
and functions; timing and delays; user-defined
primitives synthesizing and implementing designs.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisites EE 264 and 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 444 |
Wireless
Networks |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to wireless data transmission principles and practices.
Spectrum administration and standards. Digital
cellular communications systems. Mobile data networks.
Wireless PBXs and wireless LANs. This course is
dually listed with an equivalent graduate-level
course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the
instructor's permission for admission. Prerequisite:
EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 445 |
Microprocessor
Based System Design |
3 cr |
|
| Architecture
and software of 16-bit and 32-bit microprocessor
hardware and software; interface design to memory
and peripheral devices; multiprocessing. Prerequisites:
EE 264 and EE 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 446 |
Microprocessor
Based System Laboratory |
1 cr |
|
| Design
projects utilizing 16-bit and 32-bit microprocessor
hardware and software; interfaces to memory and
peripheral devices. Prerequisite: Credit for or
concurrent registration in EE 445. Fee. |
| |
| EE 447 |
Programmable
Logic Devices Lab |
1 cr
|
|
| Digital
design projects utilizing simulation and synthesis
CAD tools and targeting programmable logic devices.
Prerequisites: EE 264 and EE 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 450 |
Fundamentals
of Fourier Optics |
3 cr |
|
| Two-dimensional
Fourier analysis; linear systems; sampling theory;
scalar diffraction theory. Fourier transform imaging
properties of lenses; frequency analyses of diffraction-limited
coherent and incoherent imaging systems; aberrations
and resolution analysis; Vander Lugt filters and
frequency domain analysis and synthesis; SAR and
pattern recognition applications. Prerequisites:
EE 331 and 355. Fee. |
| |
| EE 452
|
Microwave
Engineering |
3 cr |
|
| Generation
and transmission of high frequency electromagnetic
energy; magnetrons, klystrons masers, parametric
amplifiers, traveling wave tubes and solid-state
devices; waveguides and resonators. This course
is dually listed with an equivalent graduate level
course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the
instructor's permission for admission. Prerequisites:
EE 355, EE 356 and EE 357. Fee. |
| |
| EE 453 |
Antenna
Design I |
3 cr |
|
| Classification
and fundamental parameters of antennas; linear
antennas; loop antennas; arrays; broadband antennas
and matching techniques. Computer-aided design
for antenna systems. Prerequisites: EE 355, 356
and 357. Fee. |
| |
| EE 454 |
Antenna
Design II |
3 cr |
|
| Aperture
antennas; array synthesis and frequency independent
antennas. Computer-aided design of antenna systems.
Prerequisite: EE 453. Fee. |
| |
| EE 455
|
Optoelectronics
|
3 cr |
|
| Wave
propagation in free-space and in wave guides;
optical resonators; interaction of radiation and
atomic systems; laser oscillation; solid-state
lasers. He-Ne and Argonion lasers, integrated
optics including integration of emitters and detectors;
optical interconnects; spatial light modulators;
optoelectronic materials and devices; and applications
of optoelectronics. This course is dually listed
with an equivalent graduate level EE course and
requires a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's
permission for admission. Prerequisites: EE 355,
EE 356 and EE 357. Fee. |
| |
|
|
| Review
of optics; dielectric waveguides; fabrication
of optical fibers; fiber manufacturing, packaging
and interconnection devices; light sources; photodetectors;
fiber measurements and fiber optic communication
systems. Prerequisites: EE 355, EE 356 and EE
357. Fee. |
| |
| EE 457 |
Photonics
Design Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Energy
band structure in semiconductors; optical absorption
and refraction; radiative transitions; non-radiative
recombination; p-n junctions; stimulated emission;
semiconductor lasers; photodetectors; multiple-quantum-well
devices; electro-optical, magneto-optical, acousto-optical
effects; frequency doubling; frequency mixing;
optical bi-stable switches; optical limiters;
optical modulators, photo-refractive materials;
liquid crystals; photo-active organic and biologic
materials. Prerequisite: EE 331. Fee. |
| |
| EE 458 |
Radar
Analysis |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to signal processing. Radar fundamentals, continuous
wave and pulsed radars, clutter and radar wave
propagation. Moving target indicator, target tracking
radar systems and synthetic aperture radars. This
course is dually listed with an equivalent graduate
level course and requires a minimum GPA of 2.75
or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisites: EE 355, EE 356, EE 357 and EE 321.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 465 |
Digital
Signal Processing |
3 cr |
|
| Review
of discrete Fourier and Z-transforms. Review of
analog filter design. Canonical digital filter
forms. Design of IIR and FIR digital filters.
Fast Fourier transform (FFT) and applications.
Hardware implementation and quantization effects.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisites: EE 264, EE 268 and EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 468
|
Digital
Computer System Design |
3 cr |
|
| Machine
organization; hardware programming languages;
data selection design; ALU design; control unit
design; I/O and interrupt designs; memory organization;
DMA; microprogramming; multi-processor and time-sharing.
Prerequisites: EE 264 and EE 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 469 |
Advanced
Digital Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Design
Specification and implementation of combinational
sequential modular systems and networks; iterative
and tree structures; hardware and firmware algorithms;
hardwired and programmable control and subsystems;
computer-aided design. This course is dually listed
with an equivalent graduate level course and requires
a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's permission
admission. Prerequisites: EE 264 and EE 268. Fee. |
| |
| EE 470 |
Synthesis
of Active and Passive Networks |
3 cr |
|
| Reliability
of network functions (high-pass, band-pass, low-pass,
band-reject and equalizing filters); approximation
techniques; sensitivity analysis; passive and
active synthesis; positive and negative feedback
and biquads. Computer techniques for the realization
of standard filter forms (Butterworth, Chebyshev,
Bessel, Sallen and Key, and other forms). Prerequisite:
EE 321. Fee. |
| |
| EE 471 |
Wireless
Communication |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
wireless communication theory; cellular concepts;
mobile radio propagation; modulation techniques;
wireless networks; wireless systems and standards.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisite: EE 322. Fee. |
| |
| EE 472 |
Communication
Theory I |
3 cr |
|
| Spectral
analysis; amplitude/frequency/ phase modulation;
quantization; companding, and digital modulation
techniques. This course is dually listed with
an equivalent graduate level course and requires
a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's permission
for admission. Prerequisite: EE 322. Fee. |
| |
| EE 473 |
Communication
Theory II |
3 cr |
|
| Random
signal theory, noise in communication systems,
data transmission, information theory and coding.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisite: EE 472. Fee. |
| |
| EE 481 |
Electrical Machines
|
3 cr |
|
| DC
machines - motors and generators. Single-phase
motors; unbalanced two-phase motors; servo-motors;
commutator motors; stepper motors; synchros; shaded
pole motors; reluctance and hysteresis motors
and brushless DC motors. Dynamic circuit analysis
of rotating machines. Prerequisite: EE 381. Fee. |
| |
| EE 482 |
Switch
Mode Power |
3 cr |
|
| Conversion
Design and analysis of switch mode power converters;
design of magnetic components; stability considerations;
input filter interactions; performance measurements
and evaluations. This course is dually listed
with an equivalent graduate level course and requires
a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's permission
for admission. Prerequisites: EE 332 and EE 381.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 483
|
Power
Systems I |
3 cr |
|
| Principles
of power system analysis. Synchronous machines,
transformers and loads; transmission line parameters
and analysis. Power flow analysis; economic analysis;
symmetrical fault studies and protective devices.
Prerequisites: EE 381 and credit for or concurrent
registration in EE 385. Fee. |
| |
| EE 484 |
Power
Systems II |
3 cr |
|
| Symmetrical
components and sequence networks; computer studies
of transmission lines; fault studies using a computer;
state estimation of power system and power system
stability. Prerequisite: EE 483. Fee. |
| |
| EE 485
|
Power
Distribution and Utilization |
3 cr
|
|
| Principles
and characteristics of generating stations; transformers;
conversion equipment; primary and secondary distribution
systems; short-circuit calculations; selection
of protective devices; system grounding and over
current protection; voltage control; power factor
control and correction; load and cost estimating.
Prerequisite: EE 483. Fee. |
| |
| EE 486 |
Power
Converter and Inverter Design |
3 cr |
|
| Power
semiconductor diodes and thyristors; commutation
techniques; rectification circuits -uncontrolled
and controlled; AC voltage controllers; DC chopper;
pulse-width modulated inverters and resonant pulse
inverters. This course is dually listed with an
equivalent graduate level course and requires
a minimum GPA of 2.75 or the instructor's permission
for admission. Prerequisite: EE 381. Fee. |
| |
| EE 488
|
Illumination
Engineering |
3 cr |
|
| Photometric
units and definitions; light sources and luminaires;
interior lighting and artificial illumination
design techniques; daylight lighting design; exterior
lighting design and the theory of color. Optics
and control of lighting. Prerequisites: PCS and
instructor's permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 489
|
Direct
Energy Conversion |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
principles of direct energy conversion. Thermoelectric,
photovoltaic, thermionic, magnetohydrodynamic,
fuel cell and nuclear (fission and fusion) methods.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
graduate level course and requires a minimum GPA
of 2.75 or the instructor's permission for admission.
Prerequisites: EE 331, EE 381 and credit for or
concurrent registration in EE 385. Fee. |
| |
| EE 490
|
Special
Topics |
1-3 cr |
|
| Topics
of current electrical and computer engineering
interests. This course requires permission of
the Department Chair and a minimum GPA of 2.75
for admission. Prerequisites: PCs and instructor's
permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 494
|
Directed Independent Study
|
1-3 cr |
|
| Directed
study under the guidance of a faculty advisor,
of a topic from the field of electrical and/or
computer engineering, not offered in a regularly
scheduled course. This course requires permission
of the Department Chair and a minimum GPA of 2.75
for admission. Prerequisites: PCs and instructor's
permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 499 |
EE/CpE
Senior Honors Project (H) |
4 cr |
|
| Under
the advice and guidance of a faculty mentor, honors
students will identify and carry out a research/design
project, relevant to the field of EE/CpE study,
which will lead to a formal presentation at the
annual Honors Student Colloquium. The senior project
will be judged and graded by three faculty chaired
by the honors mentor. This course is required
for Honors recognition. Prerequisites: EE 268,
EE 332, EE 301, and an approved project prospectus.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 523
|
Modern
Control Theory |
3 cr |
|
| Simulation
and modeling; introduction to linear system theory;
concepts of controllability and observability;
specifications, structures and limitations; review
of classical design methods; state feedback design
methods; multivariable control; robust stability;
and sampled data implementation; introduction
to the use of MATLAB for design. This course is
dually listed with an equivalent 400-level EE
course. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 524
|
Nonlinear
Control Systems |
3 cr |
|
| State
space description; methods of linearization; isoclines;
stability of nonlinear systems; Lyapunov's direct
method; harmonic linearization; describing functions;
dual input describing functions; Popov's method;
circle criterion; computer aided analysis. This
course is dually listed with an equivalent 400-level
EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 525
|
Optimal
Control Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Static
optimization; method of Lagrange multipliers;
adaptive controllers; dynamic optimization; calculus
of variations; the principle of optimality and
dynamic programming, Pontryagin's maximum principle;
quadratic optimal control. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 526 |
Introduction
to Control of Robotic Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
mathematics of robotic control; homogeneous transformation;
kinematics and kinematic solutions; differential
relationships; dynamics; motion trajectory; robotic
control systems and programming. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 527
|
Digital
Control Systems |
3 cr |
|
| State
space and transfer function description of discrete-time
systems; solution of the discrete state equation;
discrete-time model of analog plants; frequency
domain analysis; design of discrete state-feedback
regulators; observers and tracking systems. This
course is dually listed with an equivalent 400-level
EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 528 |
Advanced
System Theory |
3 cr |
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| Review
of linear spaces and operators; state variable
description of time varying and time invariant
linear systems. Controllability and observability
of linear dynamical systems, state feedback and
state estimators; stability of linear systems;
arbitrary pole assignment for multivariable case.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 531
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Advanced
Electronic Devices |
3 cr |
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| Semiconductor
electronics; semiconductor diode circuit analysis;
bipolar and field effect transistors; analog-to-digital
and digital-to-analog circuits and active filters.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 532 |
Microelectronic
Devices |
3 cr |
|
Introduction
to semiconductor material properties; semiconductor
diodes: structure and operation; diode circuit
applications; bipolar transistor: structure and
operation; junction field effect transistors (JFETs);
metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs);
fabrication technology and construction of semiconductor
devices; biasing and stability of amplifiers.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 534
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VLSI Design
Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Review
of fabrication of microelectronic devices; introduction
to MOs technology; basic physical and electrical
properties of field effect transistors; CMOS fabrication;
layout of CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFETs; concepts
of VLSI chip design; physical design of CMOS integrated
circuit using L-EDIT. Prerequisite: EE 539 or
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 535 |
Electronics
Materials: Properties and Applications |
3 cr |
|
| Schrödinger's
equation, potential wells and barriers; crystallographic
geometry; Kronig-Penny model; energy bands in
crystalline solids; density of states - Fermi
statistics; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors;
conductivity and Hall effects; interfaces; magnetic
materials; superconducting materials; optical
materials. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 536 |
Introduction
to Superconductivity |
3 cr |
|
| Microscopic
theory of superconductivity-BCS theory; superconduction
tunneling phenomena; superconducting device; superconducting
materials; High-Tc superconductors. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 537
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Advanced
Plasma Processing of |
3 cr |
|
| Analysis,
design and application of DC, RF and microwave
plasma in microelectronic material processing;
sputtering; etching; deposition - surface modification;
diagnostic and characterization techniques. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 538 |
Magnetic
Recording Media |
3 cr |
|
| Magnetostatic
fields: magnetization processes-demagnetizing
factors; magnetic circuits; hard disk/tape media;
inductive and MR heads; magnetic data storage
systems. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 539 |
VLSI Technology
and Fabrication |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to semiconductor devices; crystal growth and wafer
preparation; chemical and physical vapor deposition;
oxidation; diffusion; ion implantation; lithography;
etching; metallization; process integration of
CMOS and bipolar technologies; diagnostic techniques
and measurements; packaging; yield and reliability.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 540 |
Introduction
to VHDL |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the syntax and elements of the basic VHDL language
such as entities and architectures; creating combinational,
synchronous logic and state machines using both
structural and behavioral VHDL; using hierarchy
in large designs; synthesizing and implementing
deigns. This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 541 |
Computer
Networking |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to design and analysis of computer networks. Polling
networks and ring networks. Networking Applications.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisites: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 542
|
Advanced
Topics in Digital Design and HDLs |
3 cr |
|
| Current
topics of interest in digital design. State-of-the-art
software tools used in digital design. Advanced
topics in HDLs. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 543
|
Introduction
to Verilog |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to the syntax and elements of the basic Verilog
language such as modules and ports; hierarchical
modeling; gate-level modeling; dataflow modeling;
behavioral modeling, switch-level modeling, tasks
and functions; timing and delays; user-defined
primitives; synthesizing and implementing designs.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 544 |
Wireless
Networks |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to wireless data transmission principles and practices.
Spectrum administration and standards. Digital
cellular communications systems. Mobile data networks.
Wireless PBXs and wireless LANs. This course is
dually listed with a 400-level course. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 552
|
Microwave
Engineering |
3 cr |
|
| Generation
and transmission of high frequency electromagnetic
energy-magnetrons, klystrons, masers, parametric
amplifiers, traveling wave tubes and solid-state
devices. This course is dually listed with an
equivalent 400-level EE course. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 553 |
Advanced
Electromagnetic |
3 cr |
|
| Theory
Solution of the wave equation; special theorems
and concepts; analytical, asymptotic and numerical
methods of solution of electromagnetic problems.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 554 |
Electromagnetic
Scattering and Diffraction |
3 cr |
|
| Formulation
and analysis of scattering problems; radar cross-section
of smooth bodies by classical and ray-optical
techniques; extension to multiple bodies and impedance
boundaries; introduction to inverse scattering;
diffraction problems; analysis by rigorous, ray
optical, and numerical methods; applications to
diffraction by discontinuities, apertures and
multiple bodies; introduction to inverse diffraction.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 555 |
Optoelectronics |
3 cr |
|
| Wave
propagation in free-space and in wave guides;
optical resonators, interaction of radiation and
atomic systems; laser oscillation; solid-state
lasers. He-NE and Argon ion lasers, integrated
optics including integration of emitters and detectors;
optical interconnects; spatial light modulators;
optoelectronic materials and devices; and applications
of optoelectronics. This course is dually listed
with an equivalent 400-level EE course. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 556 |
Microwave
Antennas |
3 cr |
|
| Mathematical
analysis of common reflector antennas including
effects of various types of feed structures and
fabrication techniques. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 557
|
Experimental
Techniques in |
3 cr |
|
| Experimental
methods to determine scattering parameters, insertion
loss, mismatch and return loss, cavity parameters;
detector and mixer performance characteristics;
power measurements; system noise determination;
antenna radiation pattern and gain measurements.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 558
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Radar
Analysis |
3 cr |
|
| Introduction
to signal processing. Radar Fundamentals, continuous
wave and pulsed radars, clutter and radar wave
propagation. Moving target indicator, target tracking
radar systems and synthetic aperture radars. This
course is dually listed with an equivalent 400-level
Electrical/Computer Engineering course. Prerequisites:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 559
|
Optical
Information Processing and Holography |
3 cr |
|
| Parallel
optical information processing in Fourier transform
systems; nonlinear optical image processing in
a linear optical processing; optical image equidensity
and pseudo-color using techniques; wave-front
reconstruction; on-axis and off-axis holography,
effects of film MTF and nonlinearities; holographic
memory, display and non-destructive testing; and
optical computing. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 560 |
RISC Microprocessor
Architecture |
3 cr |
|
| Overview
of RISC microprocessors; hardware architecture
of some selected RISC microprocessors and their
instruction sets. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 565
|
Digital
Signal Processing |
3 cr |
|
| Review
of discrete Fourier and z-transforms; review of
analog filter design; canonical digital filter
forms; design of IIR and FIR digital filters.
Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) and their applications;
hardware implementation and quantization effects.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 566
|
Digital
Image Processing |
3 cr |
|
| Review
of digital image fundamentals; different image
transforms; image enhancement techniques; image
restoration methods; detection of discontinuities
and thresholding. Prerequisite: EE 465 or EE 565.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 569 |
Advanced
Digital Systems Designs |
3 cr |
|
| Specifications
and implementation of combinational and sequential
modular systems and networks; iterative and tree
structures; hardware and firmware algorithms;
hardwired and programmable control and subsystems;
computer aided design. This course is dually listed
with an equivalent 400-level EE course. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 571 |
Wireless
Communications |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
wireless communication theory; cellular concepts;
mobile radio propagation; modulation techniques;
wireless networks; wireless systems and standards.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 572
|
Communication
Theory I |
3 cr |
|
| Spectral
analysis; amplitude/frequency/ phase modulation;
quantization; companding, and digital modulation
techniques. This course is dually listed with
an equivalent 400-level Electrical/Computer Engineering
course. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 573
|
Communication
Theory II |
3 cr
|
|
| Random
signal theory; noise in communication systems;
data transmission; information theory and coding.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level Electrical/ Computer Engineering course.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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EE 574
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Statistical
Communication Theory |
3 cr |
|
| Generalized
harmonic analysis. Correlation, convolution, power
density spectra; probability and statistics. Correlation
detection; optimum linear filtering and prediction.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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EE 575
|
Signal
Detection & Estimation Theory |
3 cr |
|
| Simple-hypothesis
detection; detection of signals with unknown parameters;
Bay's maximum likelihood estimation; estimation
of signal parameters; detection of stochastic
signals; nonparametric detection and estimation.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 576
|
Optical
Communication |
3 cr |
|
| Light
sources, detectors, fiber components and optical
systems for fiber communication; free-space inter-satellite
optical networks for high-speed global communication;
coding problems in optical fiber data transmission;
three-dimensional optical data storage for database
processing; propagation losses and fiber amplifiers;
and optical free-space interconnections in future
computers. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 577 |
Information
Theory |
3 cr |
|
| Self-information;
entropy; mutual information and channel capacity;
encoding; error detecting and correcting codes.
Sampling theorem. Discrete and continuous channels.
Band-limited channels. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 582 |
Switch
Mode Power Conversion |
3 cr |
|
| Design
and analysis of switch mode power converters -
design of magnetic components; stability considerations;
input filter interactions; performance, measurements
and evaluation. This course is dually listed with
an equivalent 400-level EE course. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 585 |
Advanced
Power Systems |
3 cr |
|
| Special
topics that are not covered in traditional power
systems courses, such as: Optimization techniques,
computer methods, unified fault (short circuit)
analysis, protection and control of power systems.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
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| EE 586
|
Power
Converter and Inverter Design |
3 cr |
|
| Power
semiconductor diodes and thyristors, thyristor
commutation techniques, uncontrolled and controlled
rectification circuits; AC voltage controllers;
DC choppers; pulse-width modulated inverters;
resonant pulse inverters. This course is dually
listed with an equivalent 400-level EE course.
Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 588 |
Power
Semiconductor Drives |
3 cr |
|
| Rectifier
control of DC motors; chopper control of DC drives;
closed-loop control of DC drives; induction motor
speed control and multiquadrant control; control
of induction motors by AC controllers and frequency-controlled
drives; slip power control of induction motors;
synchronous motor drives - brushless DC and AC
motor drives. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
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| EE 589
|
Direct
Energy Conversion |
3 cr |
|
| Basic
principles of direct energy conversion. Thermoelectric,
photovoltaic, thermionic, magnetohydrodynamic,
fuel cell, and fission and fusion nuclear methods.
This course is dually listed with an equivalent
400-level EE course. Prerequisite: Instructor's
permission. Fee. |
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| EE 590 |
Special
Topics |
1-3 cr |
|
| Topics
of current electrical engineering interest. Prerequisite:
Instructor's permission. Fee. |
| |
| EE 592
|
Directed
Independent Study |
1-3 cr |
|
| Directed
study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor,
of a topic from the field of Electrical and Computer
Engineering not offered in a regularly scheduled
course. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Fee. |
| |
| EE 594 |
Project
in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
1-3 cr |
|
| An
investigation of an original problem in electrical
and computer engineering under the guidance of
the student's major professor. Prerequisite: Approval
of the project prospectus by the student's Advisory
Committee, and consent of Director of Engineering
Graduate Studies. Fee. |
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An investigation of an original problem in
electrical and/or computer engineering under
the guidance of the student's major professor.
Prerequisite: Approval of the thesis prospectus
by the student's Advisory Committee, and the
Graduate School, and consent of Director of
Engineering Graduate Studies. Fee.
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