Special Topic Courses
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Permanent Course Descriptions and Outlines
ECE Culminating Design Project I
First semester of ECE culminating design sequence. Design tools, financial principles, project management, probabilistic and statistical techniques, team forming. Requires formal reports and group presentations.
ECE Culminating Design Project II
Second semester of ECE culminating design sequence. Team project in ECE incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints. Requires formal reports and group presentations.
Senior Analog Electronics Laboratory
Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of advanced analog electronic circuits using discrete devices (diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs).
Advanced Computer Architecture
Comprehensive coverage of the architecture and system issues that confront
the design of high performance workstation/PC computer architectures with
emphasis on quantitative evaluation. Credit is not allowed for both ECE
4100 and any of the following courses: ECE 6100, CS 4290, CS 6290.
the design of high performance workstation/PC computer architectures with
emphasis on quantitative evaluation. Credit is not allowed for both ECE
4100 and any of the following courses: ECE 6100, CS 4290, CS 6290.
Internetwork Security
Hands on experimentation and evaluation of Internet Security theory, principles, and practices. Laboratory component involves implementing both defensive and offensive security techniques.
Introduction to Computer Security
Introductory topics in computer security are presented with an emphasis on fundamental security primitives and current security challenges facing society.
Advanced Programming Techniques for Engineering Applications
Course covers a number of programming techniques for distributed and parallel computing and other advanced methods, such as multiprecision arithmetic and nonblocking I/O.
Advanced VLSI Systems
An advanced treatment of VLSI systems analysis, design, and testing with
emphasis on complex systems and how they are incorporated into a silicon
environment. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 4130 and ECE 6130.
emphasis on complex systems and how they are incorporated into a silicon
environment. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 4130 and ECE 6130.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing technologies, computation models, and applications; design methodologies for cloud applications; use of cloud-based languages and tools in developing advanced applications.
Embedded Systems Design
Processors, chipsets, busses, and I/O devices for high-end embedded
systems. Embedded operating systems; device drivers and applications for
embedded systems.
systems. Embedded operating systems; device drivers and applications for
embedded systems.
Embedded Computing Systems
Algorithms and methodologies for the design of real-time, low-power embedded computing systems.
Random Signals and Applications
Introduction to random signals and processes with emphasis on applications in ECE. Includes basic estimation theory, linear prediction, and statistical modeling.
Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing. Sampling Theorem,Discrete-time
Fourier transform,power spectrum,discrete Fourier transform and the FFT
algorithm,z-Transform, digital filter design and implementation.
Fourier transform,power spectrum,discrete Fourier transform and the FFT
algorithm,z-Transform, digital filter design and implementation.
Applications of Digital Signal Processing
Applications of DSP in speech, image processing, radar, pattern
recognition, and adaptive filtering requiring working software
implementations applied to the analysis of real signals.
recognition, and adaptive filtering requiring working software
implementations applied to the analysis of real signals.
Power System Analysis & Control
Introduces basic concepts in electric power generation, distribution,system
control and economic operation.
control and economic operation.
Power System Engineering
To introduce basic concepts of electric power system design, encompassing
protection, stability and control.
protection, stability and control.
Electric Power Quality
Transients and harmonics in power systems, analysis methods and mitigation practices. Causes of power quality problems and relationship to equipment susceptibility.
Power Electronics
Introduces power semiconductor devices and power electronic converters,
including single-phase and three-phase ac/dc rectifiers, ac voltage
controllers, dc/dc converters and dc/ac inverters.
including single-phase and three-phase ac/dc rectifiers, ac voltage
controllers, dc/dc converters and dc/ac inverters.
Electric Machinery Analysis
Advanced theory of AC machines, including AC motor winding design, finite element analysis, induction motor design, permanent magnet machine design, and synchronous machine dynamics. Credit not allowed for both ECE 4335 and ECE 6335.
Electromagnetic and Microwave Applications
presents concepts of electromagnetics applied to the design of microwave/RF circuits, modules, and systems encompassing transmission and radiation for applications up to optical frequencies
Antenna Engineering Laboratory
Experimentation to develop a practical understanding of antennas and their properties.
Introduction to Radar and Electromagnetic Sensing
Radar transmission, scattering, detection. Air traffic control, meteorological, others. Signal processing, doppler shifts, tracking, estimation, rain and clutter, atmospheric propagation, antennas. Remote sensing, LIDAR, SONAR.
Electromagnetic Compatibility
To study electromagnetic interference and susceptibility of electrical
systems, with application to analog and digital circuits.
systems, with application to analog and digital circuits.
RF Engineering I
Radio frequency (RF) electronics concentrating on receiver components and architecture from 1 MHz to 1 GHz, including Smith charts, low noise amplifiers, and mixers.
RF Engineering II
Radio frequency (RF) electronics concentrating on transmitter components and architecture from 1 MHz to 1 GHz, including power amplifiers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, and transmitters.
Digital Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of MOS digital integrated circuit families
and their applications in modern electronic systems.
and their applications in modern electronic systems.
Analog Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of analog ICs using analytic techniques and CAD tools.
Topics include amplifiers, current sources, output circuits and other
analog building blocks.
Topics include amplifiers, current sources, output circuits and other
analog building blocks.
Operational Amplifier Design
Analysis and design techniques for the utilization of integrated circuit
operational amplifiers for applications in electronic systems.
operational amplifiers for applications in electronic systems.
Audio Engineering
Concepts of acoustics and electroacoustic modeling for the analysis and design of microphones, loudspeakers, and crossover networks. Methods of analysis and design of audio power amplifiers.
Audio Engineering Laboratory
A companion laboratory to ECE 4445. Design, analysis, construction, modeling, and testing of circuits and systems pertaining to audio engineering.
Analog Circuits for Music Synthesis
Circuits from classic analog synthesizers: voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers; nonlinear waveshapers. Operational transconductance amplifiers. Exploitation of dynamic resistance of semiconductors. Hands-on projects.
Integrated Circuit Fabrication
Introduction to microelectronic processing technologies and CMOS. Includes a laboratory for fabrication/testing of MOS transistors, basic CMOS circuits, integrated resistors and capacitors.
Introduction to Electronic Systems Packaging
Introduction to packaging technologies, technology drivers, electrical
performance, thermal management, materials, optoelectronics, RF
integration, reliability, system issues, assembly, and testing.
performance, thermal management, materials, optoelectronics, RF
integration, reliability, system issues, assembly, and testing.
Optical Engineering
Introduction to applications of geometric & physical optics to
engineering, including optical measurements, matrix methods,
instruments, interference, holography, beam optics, Fourier
optics & diffraction.
engineering, including optical measurements, matrix methods,
instruments, interference, holography, beam optics, Fourier
optics & diffraction.
Optical Fiber Communications
Combined lecture-laboratory exploration of the technology of fiber optics, with emphasis on optical fiber communication systems.
Control System Design
Design of control algorithms using state-space methods, microcontroller implementation of control algorithms, and laboratory projects emphasizing motion control applications.
Introduction to Automation and Robotics
Fundamental disciplines of modern robotics: mechanics, control, and computing. Analysis, design, and control of mobile robots and manipulators. Course may contain team projects and hands-on labs.
System Theory for Communication and Control
Study of the basic concepts in linear system theory and numerical linear
algebra with applications to communication, compution, control and signal
processing. A unified treatment.
algebra with applications to communication, compution, control and signal
processing. A unified treatment.
Numerical Methods for Optimization and Optimal Control
Algorithms for numerical optimization and optimal control, Gradient-descent techniques, linear programming, numerical linear system solvers, second-order methods for optimizing performance of dynamical systems.