ELE 100 - ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONICS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Basic principles used to explain the
operation of electrical and electronic devices such as radios, stereos,
televisions, radars, computers, microwave ovens, and other common
electronic equipment.. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
ELE 210 - ENGINEERING CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Properties of electric circuit
elements, Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws; node and loop equations; AC
sources and impedance; time domain transient and frequency domain; and
steady state analysis. Three lectures and one recitation per week. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 230 and PHYS 273 with a grade of C or better |
ELE 210U - ENGINEERING CIRCUIT LABORATORY PROJECT
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Laboratory to design and build
electrical circuit projects. Team project must be designed and
implemented by the end of the semester. Meets two hours a week. |
| CREDITS: | 1 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 |
| COREQUISITE: | ELE 210 |
ELE 215 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Concepts and principles of analog
and digital transducers, amplifiers, and instrumentation. Emphasis on
use of electronic laboratory equipment and experimental instrumentation.
Not available for credit to electrical engineering majors. Two one-hour
lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 210 |
ELE 250 - COMPUTER ENGINEERING I
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design of digital circuits using SSI,
LSI, and VLSI components. Combinational design techniques as well as
sequential design techniques presented with the use of Boolean algebra,
map method, tabulation method, and state transition diagrams. Lecture,
discussion three periods per week; laboratory, problem session two
periods per week. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 155 |
ELE 315 - SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis of RLC circuits with
applications to filters; Bode Plot; Fourier transforms, Laplace
transforms, introduction to discrete time systems; 2 -port network. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 210 with a grade of a C or better and MATH 336. |
ELE 330 - ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Unified treatment of the
applications of semiconductor devices, including p-n junctions, bipolar
transistors, and field effect devices. Topics include device modeling,
biasing, input impedance, output impedance, voltage gain, current gain,
and power gain and Op. Amp. Design and analysis of single and multiple
stage amplifiers. Lecture, discussion three periods per week; laboratory
session two periods per week. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| COREQUISITE: | ELE 210U and MATH 336. |
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ELE 335 - THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES I
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Unified treatment of the theory of
operation of semiconductor devices, including p-n junctions, bipolar
transistors, and field effect transistors. Topics include doping, band
gap, mobility, carrier lifetime, photolithographic techniques,
passivation, chemical etching, metallization, and device testing. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | CHEM 210T and CHEM 212 with a grade of C or better, ELE 210, and PHYS 283. |
ELE 340 - ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of the fundamentals of
magnetic circuits and Faraday’s law to create electrical or mechanical
energy. Study of transformers, mutual inductance, 3-phase power systems,
induction motors, synchronous machines, and DC machines, with emphasis
on the applications in engineering practice. Lecture, discussion three
periods per week; laboratory, problem session two periods per week. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 210 with a grade of C or better and PHYS 273. |
ELE 356 - COMPUTER ENGINEERING II
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis of microprocessors with
emphasis on architecture, bus cycle, internal registers, addressing
modes, and instruction sets. Memory and I/O interface techniques.
Lecture, discussion three periods per week; laboratory, problem session
two periods per week. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 |
ELE 360 - COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
.Introduction to communication
system analysis. Analysis and design of radio frequency electronic
circuits; building blocks of radio transmitters and receivers; circuit
conditions required to produce oscillation, frequency translation,
modulation, and detection. Introduction to phase lockedloop circuit
design. Lecture, discussion three periods per week; laboratory, problem
session two periods per week. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 315, ELE 330, and IENG 335 or STAT 350. |
ELE 370 - ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamentals of electromagnetic field theory; concepts of force, energy, potential, capacitance, and inductance in electromagnetic fields; analytical and experimental solutions of Laplace’s equation; Maxwell’s equations in differential and integral form. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 210, MATH 232, and MATH 336 |
ELE 380 - CONTROL SYSTEMS I
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Control system modeling for
electromechanical systems using block diagram, flow chart, flow graphs,
and derivation of transfer function using Laplace transforms. Time
and frequency domain analysis and controller design using root-locus,
Routh- Hurwitz stability method, and Bode Plots. Software for control
system used as an aid in the control system analysis and design process. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 315 and ELE 330 or ELE 215 and MEE 321. |
ELE 421 - BIOMEDICAL SENSOR ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory, analysis, and design of
biomedical sensors. Topics include biological elements; immobilization
of biological components; medical, biological, and chemical sensors; and
transducers based on electrochemistry, optics, and solidstate devices. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Grade of C or better in CHEM 210T and CHEM 212, ELE 215, ELE 330, ELE 335, and PHYS 273; or consent of department. |
ELE 430 - DESIGN WITH FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design of high performance logic
designs utilizing programmable logic gates. Design of finite state
machines and introduction to latest computer-aided tools. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 or consent of department. |
ELE 431 - THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES II
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Continuation of ELE 335 dealing with
complex semiconductor devices. Theory of operation of integrated
circuits, solid state lasers, switching devices, and negative
conductance microwave devices. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 |
ELE 432 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION LABORATORY
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design and fabrication of active
semiconductor devices. Laboratory exercises include artwork and pattern
generation, mask making, oxidation, photolithographic processing,
diffusion, metallization, and device testing. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| COREQUISITE: | ELE 335 or consent of department |
ELE 433 - DESIGN OF GALLIUM ARSENIDE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamentals of GaAs devices and
logic families; fabrication processes; physical layout for VLSI
circuits; interconnection and testing of high speed systems. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 |
ELE 434 - SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of fundamentals and principles
of semiconductor material properties with applications to device
characterization. Modern measurement techniques of semiconductor industry including electrical,
optical, chemical, and physical methods. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 or consent of department. |
ELE 435 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Basic theory of integrated circuits
including MOS processing technology. Principles of layout design,
simulation, and design rule checking of large-scale integrated circuits.
Introduction to design tools and techniques including utilization of
available design software packages. Requirements include the design,
simulation and layout of an integrated circuit to the point of mask
generation. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 and ELE 330. |
ELE 436 - ANALOG MOS VLSI ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Introduction to analog MOS (nMOS and
CMOS) circuits. MOS transistor as both a switch and a linear device.
Different MOS circuits such as amplifiers, switches, comparators,
sensors, D/A-A/D converters, multipliers, and neural networks are
investigated. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 330 or consent of department. |
ELE 437 - HYBRID CIRCUIT DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Lecture/laboratory course covering
thick film processing techniques as they apply to the design and
fabrication of miniature electronic circuits. Topics include minimum
design rules, design of electronic components, artwork generation,
screen preparation, screen printing, drying and firing profiles, and
trimming. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 360 |
ELE 438 - THIN FILM ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Lecture/laboratory course designed
to demonstrate theory and principles of thin film processing including
vacuum processing and deposition techniques. Topics include resistive
evaporation, DC sputtering, RF sputtering, ion beam sputtering, electron
beam evaporation, methods of achieving vacuum, and measurement
techniques. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 |
ELE 440 - POWER ELECTRONICS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Introduction to concepts involved
with switch mode power electronic circuits. Analysis of basic circuit
topologies including AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC converters.
Discussion of the desired outputs of these circuits as well as undesired
components such as harmonies and ripple. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 330 and ELE 340 |
ELE 441 - ELECTRIC DRIVES
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Advanced discussion of different
types of electric motors under various load conditions. Application of
power electronic drives to electric motors. Topics include DC drives, AC
induction motor drive, and AC synchronous motor drives. Efficiency and
harmonic effects discussed for each drive system. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 330 and ELE 340. |
ELE 450 - DIGITAL DESIGN WITH HDL
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design, simulation, and synthesis of
digital circuits and systems using Verilog HDL or VHDL. Topics
include digital design methodologies, finite state automata, behavioral
models, structural design, finite state machines and datapath
controllers, and algorithms and architectures for digital signal
processors. Includes term project to design, simulate, and synthesize a
digital circuit/system. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 and CSCI 240, or consent of department. |
ELE 451 - DIGITAL FILTER DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Difference equations, z-transform,
Fourier representation of sequences, discrete-time system transfer
functions, and infinite impulse response discrete-time filters design.
Includes implementation considerations and computer aided filter design.
Practical examples and computer simulations. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 315 |
ELE 452 - REAL-TIME DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
In-depth presentation of the use of single-chip programmable signal processors. Hardware design aspects of digital signal processing (DSP) systems, architectural issues, and fixed versus floating pointing representations for implementing DSP algorithms. Applications to speech processing, adaptive filtering, and telecommunications. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 356 and ELE 451, or consent of department. |
ELE 454 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Principles, techniques, and
algorithms for enhancements of degraded images, compression of pictorial
information, recognition of patterns in scenes, reconstruction of a
picture from projections, and descriptions of objects in a scene. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Senior standing, CSCI 240, and consent of department. |
ELE 455 - COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Register transfer and
micro-operation, basic computer organization and design; central
processing unit; micro-programmed control; pipeline and vector
processing; computer arithmetic; input/output organization, and memory
organization. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 250 |
ELE 456 - INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN RECOGNITION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory and design of pattern
recognition systems. Topics include pattern recognition and perception,
non-parametric decision theoretical classification, statistical
discriminant functions, Fisher’s approach, unsupervised learning systems
(clustering) and their performance, and neural networks for pattern
recognition. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | CSCI 240 or CSCI 241, ELE 350, and STAT 350 or IENG 335, or consent of department. |
ELE 457 - MICROPROCESSOR
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis of computer logic systems.
Topics include parallel and serial I/O ports; memory interface, I/O
interface, and interrupt interface. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| COREQUISITE: | ELE 356 |
ELE 461 - SYNTHESIS OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FILTERS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Principles of network synthesis are
introduced. Synthesis techniques are used to design active and passive
filters. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 360 |
ELE 464 - SYSTEM DESIGN UTILIZING ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Basic theory for the utilization of
special purpose integrated circuit amplifiers in application specific to
circuit designs, including special differential and operational
amplifier circuits. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 330 |
ELE 470 - MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Wave equation; microwave waveguides
and components; solid-state devices and circuits; microwave integrated
circuits; microwave test equipment and laboratory measurements. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 370 |
ELE 471 - LIGHTWAVE ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory, analysis, and design of opto
electronic communication techniques. Multi-mode and monomode optical
fibers examined for loss, dispersion, and practical considerations.
Optical receiver, transmitter, and repeaters presented with an
introduction to optical signal processing. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335, ELE 360, and ELE 370, or consent of department. |
ELE 474 - TRANSMISSION LINE MEDIA AND WAVE PROPAGATION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory and applications of various transmission line media such as two-wire, coaxial, stripline, and microstrip lines. Principles of wave propagation in freespace and waveguides. Distributed circuits and impedance matching using the Smith chart approach. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 370 |
ELE 475 - ANTENNA THEORY AND DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamentals of electromagnetic
radiation from wire and aperture-type antennas; applications of field
equivalence principles to aperture radiation; receiving antennas and
noise evaluation of communication systems; antenna test equipment and
measurement techniques. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 370 |
ELE 477 - ADVANCED MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVE ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis of various
transmission-line media, including rectangular and circular waveguides,
dielectric waveguides, finlines, and microstrip transmission lines;
microwave/millimeter wave passive and active components; theory and
design of integrated circuits, such as receiver front-ends; application
of microwave systems and measurement techniques. |
| CREDITS: | 4 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 370 |
ELE 480 - CONTROL SYSTEMS II
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design and compensation of feedback
control systems. State-variable approach to the analysis and design of
feedback control systems. Use of digital controllers in modern control
systems. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 380 or MEE 322. |
ELE 481 - DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Introduction to digital and
sampled-data control systems. Analysis and design of digital systems
using z-transform and state-space methods. Study of the effects of
quantization and sampling upon stability and performance. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 480 |
ELE 491 - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROPOSAL
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Discussion of educational programs,
career opportunities, and modern topics in electrical engineering.
Select and write proposal for senior design project. For electrical
engineering students only. Team project required. |
| CREDITS: | 1 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 492 - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Students use their engineering
design concepts and analytical and computer tools, in conjunction with
their own ingenuity, to create a new solution to a specified engineering
design problem. Team project required. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 491. |
ELE 497 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Independent pursuit of problems in
electrical engineering under faculty supervision. Written report
required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 498 - SPECIAL TOPICS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Regularly scheduled courses in
advanced topics in electrical engineering. Biomedical Engineering,
Microelectronics, Power Electronics, Computer Engineering,
Communications Engineering, Electromagnetics, Control Systems, Digital
Signal Processing. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester
hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 499H - HONORS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Pursuit of an undergraduate research
topic in electrical engineering under faculty supervision. Written
report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours over
two or three semesters. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 530 - ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Design of large integrated circuits
explored at transistor, gate, and register subsystem level. Mathematical
abstractions related to parasitic effects and discussion of physics
layout complications. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 435 or consent of department. |
ELE 531 - VLSI ENGINEERING: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Creative use of design aids in parameter extraction, schematic capture, chip layout, channel routing, and maze routing multilevel simulation. Artwork generation and verification. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 435 or consent of department. |
ELE 532 - VLSI ENGINEERING: DEVICE DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Special design considerations of
NMOS, COMS, and bipolar technologies. Topics include device simulation,
application of graph theory to chip layout, design rules and validation
techniques, and strategies for layout of microcells and macrocells. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 530 or consent of department. |
ELE 533 - VLSI ENGINEERING: CHIP DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Complete design of integrated circuits in MOS and bipolar technologies. Designs evaluated by computer simulation with the computer results utilized in an iterative manner to optimize circuit design prior to mask generation. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 532 or consent of department. |
ELE 534 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Current methodologies and techniques
for design of VLSI systems are introduced. Topics include the
introduction to integrated circuit design; modeling integrated circuits
at functional, structural, and physical levels; fault modeling and fault
detection; testing; design for testability; built-in self test; and test
pattern generation. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 435 or consent of department. |
ELE 535 - ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory, analysis, and design of
advanced electronic devices such as metal semiconductor field effect
transistors, modulation doped field effect transistors, heterojunction
bipolar transistors, and quantum well devices. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 or consent of department. |
ELE 536 - DESIGN OF MICROSYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory, analysis, and design of
micro-electro-mechanical systems. Topics include fabrication process of
micro and nano-devices; electrical, mechanical, magnetic and thermal
properties of micro and nanostructures; and analysis of newly developed
nanostructures. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 and ELE 330, or consent of department. |
ELE 537 - THIN FILM RESISTIVE SENSORS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis and design of resistive sensors and capacitive sensors. Includes anisotropic magnetoresistors (AMR), giant magnetoresistors (GMR), thermistors, humidity sensors, and mass flow sensors. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 and ELE 370; or consent of department. |
ELE 540 - ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Discussion of advanced topics involved with switch mode power electronic circuits. Topics include switching characteristics of power semiconductor devices, resonant converters, and soft-switching converters. Advanced techniques for the modeling and control of power electronic circuits. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 440. |
ELE 550 - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory and computer realization of digital signal processing. Fourier and z-transform hardware and software implementation of digital filters. Discrete Butterworth and Chebyshev filters. FIR, IIR, and linear phase filters. Effects of finite word length in fixed and floating-point arithmetic. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 315 or consent of department. |
ELE 551 - RANDOM SIGNAL PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Statistical description of discrete and continuous signals in communication. Power spectrum analysis. Applications to filtering and interpolation problems. Detection and extraction of signals in noise background based on statistical decision theory. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 360 or ELE 550, or consent of department. |
ELE 553 - DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Principles, techniques, and algorithms for speech signals. Emphasis on the representation of speech signals in digital form, the implementation of sophisticated processing techniques, and the classes of applications which rely heavily on digital processing. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 551 or consent of department. |
ELE 554 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Advanced treatment of image processing techniques; linear and nonlinear image restoration, image segmentation, image enhancement, image encoding, feature description, and image understanding; and related computer projects. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 454 or consent of department. |
ELE 555 - MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM DESIGN
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Principles and techniques required to design a microprocessor-based electronic system by treating the microprocessor as a component of the overall system. Hardware design aspects of systems including buses, memory system design, I/O, interrupts, DMA, and memory management will be examined. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 457 or consent of department. |
ELE 556 - PATTERN RECOGNITION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Principles of approaches currently employed in pattern recognition; nonparametric classification, clustering analysis, nonsupervised learning, dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, shape recognition, curve fitting, polygon clipping, and graphic display generation. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | CSCI 230 or consent of department. |
ELE 557 - PARALLEL PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamental concepts of parallel processor organization. Development of basic algorithms suitable for such systems. Parallel sorting and interconnection networks. Applications and discussion of specific processors. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 558 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Methodology in the design of a knowledge-based system using LISP or other appropriate computer language. Subjects and strategies including information base, forward chaining, testing and debugging, and dedicated hardware. Stages from initial problem definition to system implementation will be discussed. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 559 - ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
The adaptive transversal filter with
least mean square algorithm introduced and compared with
frequency-domain and lattice algorithms. Applications to modeling and
system identification, inverse modeling, deconvolution, equalization,
adaptive noise canceling, and adaptive array. Practical examples and
computer simulations. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 551 or consent of department. |
ELE 560 - DIGITAL AND ANALOG COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory of digital communication systems including digital transmission of analog systems. Digital communication in the presence of noise and the use of error correcting codes. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 360 or consent of department. |
ELE 561 - ERROR CONTROL CODING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamentals of coding theory
digital communications. Topics include finite fields, linear block
codes, convolutional codes, and parallel concatenated codes. Design and
implementation for a digital communication system. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 360 or consent of department. |
ELE 562 - OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Fundamentals of the propagation of optical beams in various media. Theory and applications of optical resonators. Laser oscillation and modulation techniques of laser beams. Optical detection and noise in optical systems. Twolaser optical systems and phase conjugate optics. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 335 and ELE 360, or consent of department. |
ELE 564 - SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Concepts of spread spectrum digital
communication and frequency hopped communication systems, including code
tracking loops, synchronization of the receiver spreading code, and
binary shift register sequence. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 560 or consent of department. |
ELE 571 - MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Analysis and design of
microwave/millimeter wave integrated circuits using various
transmission-line media, such as microstrips, finlines, and dielectric
waveguides. “Supercompact” will be used as a design tool. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 572 - MICROWAVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Theory of operation of passive and
active microwave devices including beamlead detector and mixer diodes,
switching and varactor diodes, Gunn and IMPATT diodes; use of these
devices in various microwave circuits, such as receiver front-ends, Gunn
and IMPATT oscillators, and voltage-controlled oscillators. Design of
practical microwave/millimeter wave circuits. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 580 - MICROPROCESSOR SENSORS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Application of microprocessors to
various sensors including temperature, pressure, flow, and moisture
measurements.
Development of microprocessor based control systems. Includes laboratory
experiments in microprocessor interface techniques. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department. |
ELE 581 - STATE SPACE ANALYSIS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of linear systems emphasizing
state space analysis. Topics include signals and signal representation,
mathematic description of continuous and discrete systems, matrices and
linear spaces, state variables and linear continuous systems, state
variables and linear discrete systems, system controllability and
observability, and introduction to stability theory. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 480 or consent of department |
ELE 582 - NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of the methods used for the
analysis and design of nonlinear feedback control systems. Emphasis on
the phase-plane method, numerical techniques, describing functions, and
the methods of Lyapunov. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 480 or consent of department. |
ELE 583 - COMPUTERIZED CONTROL AND MODELING OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of computerized control in
automated systems for industries, emphasizing digital controllers and
linear quadratic
controllers (LQC). Topics include introduction to computer control,
digital controller design, command generation for process control,
process modeling, optimal design methods, finite-wordlength effects, and
case studies. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 480 or consent of department. |
ELE 584 - OPTIMUM CONTROL SYSTEMS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Introduction to the basic theory and
methods for the optimization of control system problems. Topics include
matrix calculus, optimization with and without constraints, calculus of
variations, dynamic programming with applications, optimal control of
continuous and discrete systems, state estimation, and Kalman filters
with electrical engineering applications. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 481 or consent of department. |
ELE 585 - CONTROL LAWS AND STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-LINK MANIPULATORS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of servo control for
manipulators, emphasizing various control schemes currently active in
the robotic field. Topics include single-link control, kinematics and
dynamics of multi-link manipulators, computed torque technique,
variable-structure control, nonlinear feedback control, resolved motion
control, adaptive control, and force control. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 480 or consent of department. |
ELE 587 - FUZZY LOGIC IN ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of fuzzy logic with emphasis
on its engineering applications. Topics include classical and fuzzy
sets, classical and fuzzy relations, membership functions, fuzzyto-crisp
conversions, fuzzy arithmetic, classical and fuzzy logic, fuzzy
rule-based systems, fuzzy control systems, and other engineering
applications. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 589 - INTRODUCTION TO NEURAL NETWORKS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of neural networks with an
engineering application emphasis. Topics include feedforward neural
networks, single layer feedback neural networks, supervised and
unsupervised learning, and associative memories, as well as topics
related to intelligent systems such as genetic algorithms. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
ELE 597 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Independent pursuit of advanced
problems in electrical engineering under faculty supervision. Written
report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 590 or consent of department. |
ELE 598 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Biomedical Engineering,
Microelectronics, Power Electronics, Computer Engineering,
Communications Engineering, Electromagnetics, Control Systems, Digital
Signal Processing Advanced study of electrical engineering topics
offered in a regular
class format. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours in each
topic, but combined semester hours taken in all 400-level courses, ELE
597, and ELE 598 may not exceed 12 semester hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 599A - MASTER'S THESIS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
May be repeated to a maximum of 6
semester hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-6 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 599B - MASTER'S PROJECT
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
May be repeated to a maximum of 3
semester hours. |
| CREDITS: | 1-3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | Consent of department. |
ELE 650 - MODERN SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Study of modern signal processing
algorithms and their applications. Algorithms to be investigated include
fast signal processing algorithms, neural networks, higher-order
spectrum analysis, wavelet analysis, and other emerging signal
processing techniques. Example application areas are biomedical signal
processing, signal representation and data compression,
telecommunications, and speech processing. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 550 and ELE 551, or consent of department. |
ELE 656 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN PATTERN RECOGNITION
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Advanced treatment of pattern
recognition techniques; clustering analysis and nonsupervised learning,
symbolic representation, pictorial shape analysis and recognition,
graphics and image understanding. |
| CREDITS: | 3 |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELE 556 or consent of department. |