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An asterisk (*) following the four-digit number indicates the course is approved for graduate credit.
Graduate College
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECEN)
ECEN 2011
Experimental Methods I. Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2114; Co-requisite(s): ENSC 2613. Basic electrical measurements and instrumentation techniques and devices. Use of voltmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, impedance bridges to study resistive, inductive, and capacitive circuit elements in steady state and transient operation. Reinforces ENSC 2613 and introduces design of instrumentation networks. Serves as introduction for non-majors.
ECEN 3020
Supervised Research Project. 1-3 credits, max 3. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and ECEN department head. Supervised research project for qualified students. May be repeated no more than three times for a total of three credit hours.
ECEN 3113
Energy Conversion. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 3021, 3713 or 3714; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment.Physical principles of electromagnetic and electromechanical energy conversion devices and their application to conventional transformers and rotating machines. Network and phasor models; steady-state performance.
ECEN 3233
Digital Logic Design. Lab 2. Boolean algebra, optimization of logic networks. Design using SSI, and MSI, LSI components. ROM and PLA applications. Analysis and design of clock sequential logic networks. Flip-flops, counters, registers. Asynchronos circuit design and analysis. Laboratory experience in implementing combinational and sequential logic devices.
ECEN 3314
Electronic Devices and Applications. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 2011, 3714; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Semiconductor electronic components including MOSFETs, BJTs, JFETs, and OpAmps. Emphasis on device models and use of solid state electronic devices to analyze, synthesize and design amplifiers and switching circuits. SPICE simulations are extensively utilized. Basic building blocks for analog and digital applications. Theoretical concepts and methods are demonstrated and reinforced through laboratory exercises.
ECEN 3513
Signal Analysis. Prerequisite(s): 3021, 3713 or 3714; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Deterministic signals. Fourier series and Fourier transforms. Impulse response, convolution and correlation. Sampling theorem. Analog modulation techniques.
ECEN 3613
Electromagnetic Fields. Prerequisite(s): ENSC 2613, MATH 2163 and MATH 2233. Time-harmonic and transient response of transmission lines. Maxwells equations and their applications to engineering problems in electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-harmonic fields and plane wave propagation.
ECEN 3623
Mathematical Foundations of Electromagnetics and Photonics. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 3613; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Mathematical and computational treatment of fundamental electromagnetic theory, with applications to microwave engineering, photonics and semiconductor design. Energy and power; Laplace and Poisson equations; wave equation, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction; and classical electromagnetic radiation at macroscopic and microscopic levels.
ECEN 3714
Network Analysis. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 2011, ENSC 2613, MATH 2233. Laplace transform, transfer functions, magnetically coupled circuits and two-port networks. Theoretical concepts and methods are demonstrated and reinforced through laboratory exercises.
ECEN 3723
Systems I. Prerequisite(s): ENSC 2113, 2613, MATH 2233. Physical and mathematical modeling of electrical and mechanical dynamic systems. Transient response of first and second order systems. Laplace transform techniques for solving differential equations, transfer functions, frequency response and resonance.
ECEN 3903
Introduction to Semiconductor Devices. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2114 or equivalent. Crystal structure, the quantum theory of solids. The physics of semiconductor materials and the projunction, with an emphasis on applications to semiconductor devices. (Same course as PHYS 3313)
ECEN 3913
Solid State Electronic Devices. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3313 or ECEN 3903. Solid state physics basis of modern electronic devices. Introductory quantum mechanics. Energy bands in solids. Electronic properties of semiconductors. Junction diodes. Bipolar transistors. Field effect transistor.
ECEN 4010*
Technical Problems and Engineering Design. 1-12 credits, max 12. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Individual independent study projects selected in consultation with the instructor; analysis or design problems, literature searches and computer simulations may be involved.
ECEN 4013
Design of Engineering Systems. Lab 4. Prerequisite(s): 2011, 3714, 3314, 3233 and ENSC 3323 and ENGL 3323 as a co-requisite. Complete design cycle for several small design projects, each including establishing objectives, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation. Use of modern lab equipment and fabrication techniques. Development of communication skills.
ECEN 4024
Capstone Design. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): ECEN 4013; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Continuation of ECEN 4013. Student project teams design, build, test and present results for realistic projects from university and industrial sponsors. Formulation of specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility considerations, detailed system descriptions, economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics and social impact.
ECEN 4030
Undergraduate Professional Practice. 1-8 credits, max 8. Prerequisite(s): Approval of ECEN department head. Experience in application of electrical engineering principles to typical problems encountered in industry. Solutions to the problems by student participation in the role of engineer or engineering intern.
ECEN 4133*
Power Electronics. Prerequisite(s): Degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Power electronic devices, components, and their characteristics; DC to AC conversion; fundamentals of inverters and waveshaping devices; application aspects; control aspects; characteristics and state-of-the-art of advanced power inverter and power conditioning topologies.
ECEN 4153*
Power System Analysis and Design. Prerequisite(s): Degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Power system component models from circuit theory. Formulation and design of the load flow model and the optimum economic generator allocation problem utilizing computer methods.
ECEN 4213*
Embedded Computer Systems Design. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 3213 or ENSC 3213 and CS 1113; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Design of microprocessor-based systems through proper integration of hardware and software. Serial and parallel communications, sensor interfacing, computer control of external devices, and color graphics hardware. Design of PASCAL and assembly language modules for optimum real-time system performance.
ECEN 4233*
High Speed Computer Arithmetic. Prerequisite(s): 3233; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Course covers computer arithmetic as applied to general purpose and application-specific processors. Focus is on developing high-speed arithmetic algorithms and understanding their implementation in VLSI technology at the gate level.
ECEN 4243*
Computer Architecture. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 3213 or ENSC 3213 and ECEN 3233; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Functional organization and hardware design of digital computer systems with emphasis on microprocessor-based systems. CPU organization, features of microprocessors including advanced 32-bit CPU’s, memory system design including cache, virtual memory, error detection and correction, I/O operations, including direct memory access and peripheral interface design.
ECEN 4273*
Software Engineering. Prerequisite(s): 3213 or ENSC 3213 or CS 1113, CS 3443; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Fundamental characteristics of the software life cycle. Tools, techniques, and management controls for development and maintenance of large software systems. Software metrics and models. Human factors and experimental design. (Same course as CS 4273)
ECEN 4283*
Computer Networks. Prerequisite(s): 3213 or ENSC 3213 or CS 3443; UNIX knowledge; degree program requires admission to Professional School. Computer networks, distributed systems and their systematic design. Introduction to the use, structure, and architecture of computer networks. Networking experiments to describe network topology. ISO reference model. (Same course as CS 4283)
ECEN 4303*
Digital Electronics Circuit Design. Prerequisite(s): 3233 and 3314; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Theory of digital and electronics circuits. Digital logic families TTL, IIL, ECL, NMOS, CMOS, GaAs. Large signal models for transistors. Implementation at RAM and ROM. Circuit design for LSI and VLSI.
ECEN 4313*
Linear Electronics Circuit Design. Prerequisite(s): 3314; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Class A and B small-signal, push-pull power, complementary symmetry, differential and operational amplifiers, utilizing field-effect transistors, bipolar transistors, tunnel diodes and integrated circuits. Emphasis on amplification in electronic devices, design and analysis of wide-band amplifier circuitry.
ECEN 4353*
Communication Electronics. Prerequisite(s): 3314; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Design of tuned voltage and power amplifiers, oscillators and mixers, modulation and detection, and parametric amplifiers.
ECEN 4413*
Automatic Control Systems. Prerequisite(s): 3723 or MAE 3723; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Properties of feedback control systems, mathematical models of basic components, state-variable models of feedback systems, time-domain analysis, stability, transform analysis, frequency domain techniques, root-locus design of single input single output systems and simple compensation techniques. (Same course as MAE 4053)
ECEN 4503*
Random Signals and Noise. Prerequisite(s): 3513, 3714; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Analysis of electrical systems using elementary concepts of probability, random variables and random processes. Frequency and time domain response of linear systems driven by random inputs. Statistical properties of electrical noise. Analysis and design of optimum linear systems.
ECEN 4523*
Communication Theory. Prerequisite(s): 3513; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Noise in modulation systems. Digital data transmission. Design of optimal receivers. Introduction to information theory.
ECEN 4533*
Data Communications. Prerequisite(s): 4503; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Signal detection in noise. Tradeoffs between bandwidth signal-to-noise ratio and rate of information transfer. Transmission multiplexing and error handling. Elements of computer network design. Data link protocols.
ECEN 4613*
Microwave Engineering. Prerequisite(s): 3613; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Aspects of propagation, transmission, and radiation of microwave energy. Plane wave propagation; lossless and lossy media, reflection, refraction, and polarization. Transmission line theory; lumped element model, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, and transient response. Theory of waveguides and cavity resonators. Microwave network theory and S-parameters. Introduction to radiating systems.
ECEN 4703*
Active Filter Design. Prerequisite(s): 3613; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Introduction to passive filters; operational amplifiers as network elements; filter specifications; design of active filters. Laboratory design projects and computer simulations.
ECEN 4743*
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Modeling and Systems. Prerequisite(s): 3714, 4763; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. An overview of the field of biomedical engineering and an introduction of the modeling approaches implemented in biomedical engineering. Topics include bio-electronics, biomechanics, compartmental modeling, bio-signal processing, biomedical optics, etc. The course will demonstrate a few of major fields of activity in which biomedical engineers are engaged and modeling approaches are implemented.
ECEN 4763*
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing. Prerequisite(s): 3513; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Introduction to discrete linear systems using difference equations and z-transforms. Discrete Fourier analysis. Design of digital filters. Sampling theorem. Applications of digital signal processing.
ECEN 4773*
Real Time Digital Signal Processing. Prerequisite(s): 4763 or equivalent; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. DSP Processor architectures and programming. A/D, D/A, polled and interrupt-driven I/O. Realtime implementation of FIR/IIR filters, the FFT, and other DSP algorithms on special purpose DSP hardware from Motorola, Texas Instruments and others. Link between DSP theory and practical implementation.
ECEN 4823*
Design of Optical Systems. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2114; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Introduction to optics through the design, construction, and characterization of optical systems. Emphasis on geometrical optics and spectroscopy.
ECEN 4843*
Design of Lasers and Systems. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 3613; degree program requires admission to Professional School prior to enrollment. Introduction of the design of lasers and optical systems based on lasers including the design, construction, and characterization of lasers. Gaussian beams and optics, laser gain materials, laser cavities, advanced topics.
ECEN 5000*
Thesis or Report. 1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): Approval of major professor. A student studying for the master’s degree will enroll in this course for a maximum of six credit hours.
ECEN 5030*
Professional Practice. 1-8 credits, max 8. Experience in application of electrical engineering principles to typical problems encountered in industry and government engineering design and development projects. Solutions to the problems require participation by the student in the role of junior engineer or engineer-intern. Problem solutions involve economics and ecological considerations as well as technology and must be adequately documented.
ECEN 5060*
Special Topics. 1-6 credits, max 30. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Engineering topics not normally included in existing courses. Repeat credit may be earned with different course subtitles assigned.
ECEN 5070*
Directed Studies. 1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Investigation outside of the classroom of topics not normally covered in lecture courses.
ECEN 5113*
Power Systems Analysis by Computer Methods. Quasi-static control of power systems and analysis of power systems under abnormal operating conditions. Transient stability studies. Models formulated and solutions outlined for implementation on the computer.
ECEN 5123*
Engineering Systems Reliability Evaluation. Techniques and concepts needed for evaluating the long-term and short-term reliability of a system. Topics include static and spinning generation capacity; transmission, composite, interconnected, and dc system reliability evaluations; and power system security. Applications to systems other than power systems included. For students with little or no background in probability or statistics.
ECEN 5153*
Direct Energy Conversion. Energy conversion techniques and applications; thermo-electrics, thermionics, fuel cells, MHD and other processes involving electrical, mechanical and thermal energies. State-of-the-art developments in direct energy conversion using selected papers from journals and other publications. Gives the student a proper perspective of the possibilities and problems associated with satisfying future energy requirements.
ECEN 5193*
Power Economics and Regulation. Prerequisite(s): Vector calculus, familiarity with complex numbers. Natural monopoly, regulated mono-polities. Power pricing. Deregulation and the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Bulk power markets, transmission access and wheeling. Economic dispatch and system operations. Security and reliability. Environmental externalities and Clean Air Act compliance. Procurement of new capacity and integrated resource planning. Co-generators and independent power producers.
ECEN 5223*
Digital Systems Testing. Prerequisite(s): 3233. Testing of combinational and sequential circuits. Test generation techniques. Design of reliable and testable circuits and systems. Testing for LSI and VLSI.
ECEN 5233*
Embedded Sensor Networks. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Analysis and design of wireless networks, including the integration of sensing, computation, and wireless communication within an embedded system. Mobile sensor networks and body sensor networks. Real world application and new innovations.
ECEN 5253*
Digital Computer Design. Prerequisite(s): 4243 or graduate standing. Analysis and design of digital computers. Arithmetic algorithms and the design of the arithmetic/logic unit (ALU). Serial and parallel data processing; control and timing systems; microprogramming; memory organization alternatives; input/output interfaces. (Same course as CS 5253)
ECEN 5263*
VLSI Digital Systems Design. Prerequisite(s): 4303; 5253 recommended or graduate standing. Design of very large-scale digital systems on a single chip. Review of MOS technology. Design rules imposed by fabrication techniques. Systematic structures for control and data flow; system timing; highly concurrent systems. Experimental opportunities available.
ECEN 5283*
Computer Vision. The development of machine vision and advanced image understanding techniques for robotics, automated inspection, biomedicine. Object recognition, motion analysis, object tracking, segmentation, representation, and 3-D analysis.
ECEN 5313*
Solid-State Electronics I. An advanced study of electronic networks. Application of solid-state devices to the medium- and low-frequency regions. Integrated networks as replacements for discrete-component networks. Discrete and integrated operational amplifiers. Broad-band and tuned amplifiers.
ECEN 5333*
Semiconductor Devices. Prerequisite(s): 3314 and PHYS 3313 or equivalent. Semiconductor crystal structure and device fabrication, carrier distribution and transport, pn junction and diode, metal-semiconductor heterojunction, MOSFET, BJT and optoelectronic devices.
ECEN 5353*
Advanced Power Electronics. Prerequisite(s): 4133. Characteristics of high power semiconductor devices and the application of such devices to power conditioning, inversion and wave shaping at high power levels.
ECEN 5363*
CMOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design. Prerequisite(s): 4313. Advanced study of solid state CMOS linear integrated circuits. Topics include: Op Amps, comparators, multipliers, D/A and A/D converters and Op Amp building blocks. Op Amp building blocks include, differential pairs, current mirrors, gain, output stages, and references. VLSI layout and circuit simulation using SPICE.
ECEN 5373*
RF Microwave Circuit Design. Prerequisite(s): 3314 , 4613 and 5333 or equivalent. Smith chart, single- and multi-port network, filter design, RF/microwave components and modeling, matching and biasing network, amplifier, oscillators and mixers.
ECEN 5413*
Optimal Control. Prerequisite(s): 5713 or MAE 5713. Optimal control theory for modern systems design. Specification of optimum performance indices. Dynamic programming, calculus of variations and Pontryagin’s minimum principle. Iterative numerical techniques for trajectory optimization. (Same course as MAE 5413)
ECEN 5423*
Control of Hybrid Systems. Prerequisite(s): 5713 Linear Systems or consent of instructor. Introduction and definitions. Modeling of hybrid systems. Analysis of hybrid systems. Stability analysis. Switched control systems. Hybrid control design. Applications in power systems, robotics, transportation and multivehicle systems.
ECEN 5433*
Robotics Kinematics, Dynamics and Control. Prerequisite(s): 4413 or MAE 4053 or consent of instructor. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of robot manipulators. Inverse kinematics, motion planning and trajectory generation. Industrial practice in robot servo control. Dynamics and control in the presence of constraints. Actuators and sensors. Force sensors and vision systems. Robotic force control and its applications in industry. Passivity-based control algorithms. Advanced control techniques for motion and force control. (Same course as MAE 5433)
ECEN 5463*
Nonlinear System Analysis and Control. Prerequisite(s): 4413 or MAE 4053. Failure of superposition of effects; phase-plane analysis; limit-cycles; Lyapunov stability; hyperstability and input-output stability; controllability and observability of nonlinear systems; feedback linearization; robust nonlinear control system design. (Same course as MAE 5463)
ECEN 5473*
Digital Control Systems. Prerequisite(s): 4413 or MAE 4053. Input-output and state-space representation of linear discrete-time systems. Approximate methods in discrete-time representation. Stability methods. Controllability, observability, state estimation, and parameter identification. Design and analysis of feedback control system using frequency-domain and state-space methods. Introduction to optimal control. (Same course as MAE 5473)
ECEN 5483*
Digital Data Acquisition and Control. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate course in programming. Use of microcomputers operating in real-time applied to engineering systems for data acquisition and control, use of analog to digital, digital to analog, and digital input/output, synchronous and asynchronous programming. Competence in the engineering use of microcomputers through lectures and laboratory applications. (Same course as MAE 5483)
ECEN 5493*
Software Design for Real-Time Distributed Systems. Prerequisite(s): 5483 or MAE 5483 or consent of the instructor. Fundamental concepts associated with the design of software for implementation on distributed computer systems using real-time operating systems. Parallel computing in a real-time environment and control algorithm design. State-of-the-art boards including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog equipment and newest computer-aided software engineering tools.
ECEN 5513*
Stochastic Systems. Prerequisite(s): 3513 and 4503 or STAT 4033. Theory and applications involving probability, random variables, functions of random variables, and stochastic processes, including Gaussian and Markov processes. Correlation, power spectral density, and non-stationary random processes. Response of linear systems to stochastic processes. State-space formulation and covariance analysis. (Same course as MAE 5513)
ECEN 5523*
Estimation Theory. Prerequisite(s): 5513 or MAE 5513. Optimal estimation theory including linear and nonlinear estimation of discrete and continuous random functions. Wiener and Kalman filter theory included. (Same course as MAE 5523)
ECEN 5533*
Modern Communication Theory. Prerequisite(s): 5513. Noise as a random process, analog and digital signal detection in the presence of noise, optimum receiver design using signal space concepts and introduction to information theory. Trade-offs between bandwidth, signal-to-noise ratio and the rate of information transfer. Example system designs include earth satellite, deep space and terrestrial communication systems and computer communication networks.
ECEN 5543*
Data Transportation and Protection. Data and its representation; finite field matrices, pseudorandom sequences; information protection; space division networks; synchronization; and channel and error control.
ECEN 5553*
Telecommunications Systems. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Surveys the ways and means that voice, data and video are moved long distances. Covers computer networks (Ethernet LAN’s, Internet WAN’s); telephone systems (PSTN, VolP and cellular telephony); video (MPEG, H.323, and IPTV); and last mile delivery systems.
ECEN 5563*
Principles of Wireless Networks. Prerequisite(s): 4283 or CS 4283. Wireless network operation, planning, mobility management, cellular and mobile data networks based on CDMA, TDMA, GSM; IEEE 802-11 WLANS, Adhoc networks, Bluetooth, power management, wireless geolocation and indoor positioning technique. (Same course as CS 5813)
ECEN 5613*
Electromagnetic Theory. Prerequisite(s): 3613. First graduate level treatment of classical electromagnetic theory. Wave equation, potential theory, boundary conditions. Rectangular, cylindrical and spherical wave functions. Conducting and dielectric guiding structures. Scattering and radiation. Introduction to numerical techniques.
ECEN 5623*
Antenna Theory. Prerequisite(s): 3613. Fundamental antenna parameters, including directivity, efficiency, radiation resistance, and pattern. Analysis of dipole, loop, aperture, broad- band, and traveling wave antennas. Array theory. Introduction to numerical techniques used in modern antenna design.
ECEN 5633*
Radar Theory. Prerequisite(s): 3613; 4503 or 5513. Theoretical treatment of radar principles. Overview of radar systems and techniques, radar equation, integration of signals. Radar cross-section of single and multiple targets. Waveform design, resolution, ambiguities and accuracy. Range, speed and angular measurements. Detection of targets in noise. Statistical description of clutter. Signal processing techniques.
ECEN 5643*
Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communications. Prerequisite(s): 3613, 4503. Aspects of radiowave propagation for fixed and mobile communication systems. Review of Maxwell’s equations and plane wave propagation, antenna principles. Reflection, refraction, diffraction, fading and scintillation, attenuation, ducting, diversity. Propagation in a cellular environment. Satellite communications.
ECEN 5703*
Optimization Applications. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. A survey of various methods of unconstrained and constrained linear and non-linear optimization. Applications of these methodologies using hand-worked examples and available software packages. This applications oriented course is intended for engineering and science students. (Same course as CHE 5703, IEM 5023 & MAE 5703)
ECEN 5713*
Linear Systems. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to the fundamental theory of finite-dimensional linear systems with emphasis on the state-space representation. Mathematical representations of systems; linear dynamic solutions; controllability, observability, and stability; linearization and realization theory; and state feedback and state observer. (Same course as MAE 5713)
ECEN 5733*
Neural Networks. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Introduction to mathematical analysis of networks and learning rules, and on the application of neural networks to certain engineering problems in image and signal processing and control systems. (Same course as CHE 5733 & MAE 5733)
ECEN 5753*
Digital Processing of Speech Signals. Prerequisite(s): 4763 or 5763. Digital signal processing; speech production; digital modeling of speech; short time analysis and synthesis; the short time Fourier transform, linear predictive coding and solution of the normal equations; vocal tract spectrum calculation; speech coding; homomorphic processing; applications of speech processing. Introduction to more advanced topics as time permits.
ECEN 5763*
Digital Signal Processing. Introduction to discrete linear systems; frequency-domain design of digital filters; quantization effects in digital filters; digital filter hardware, discrete Fourier transforms; high-speed convolution and correlation with application to digital filtering; introduction to Walsh-Fourier theory.
ECEN 5773*
Intelligent Systems. Prerequisite(s): 5733. Introduction to the state-of-the art intelligent control and system successfully deployed to industrial and defense applications. Emerging intelligent algorithms (e.g., NN, FS, GA, EP, DES); intelligent control architecture (e.g., bottom-up, top-down, seminotics); reinforcement learning and hybrid systems; and case studies and design projects. (Same course as MAE 5773)
ECEN 5783*
Medical Imaging. A comprehensive introduction to the standard medical imaging modalities used today. Topics include radiation, radiation-interaction with matter, X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computer topography, image reconstruction and analysis, MRI, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy. The fundamental mathematics underlying each imaging modality is reviewed and the hardware needed to implement each system is examined.
ECEN 5793*
Digital Image Processing. Prerequisite(s): 4763 or 5763. Digital image processing including image acquisition and characterization, transforms, coding and compression, enhancement, restoration and segmentation. Use of modern image processing software on Sun and IBM work stations.
ECEN 5803*
Geometrical Optics. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3213 or consent of instructor. Foundations of geometrical optics, geometrical theory of optical imaging, geometrical theory aberrations, image forming instruments. (Same course as PHYS 5123*)
ECEN 5823*
Physical Optics. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3213 or consent of instructor. Multiple beam interference, diffractions, imaging, near field optical probes of matter, surface plasmons, light scattering from random media, optical coherence tomography- biomedical applications, negative materials, perfect lenses and super resolution. (Same course as PHYS 5303)
ECEN 5833*
Fiber-Optic Communication Systems. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Five generations of fiber-optic communication systems described in detail. Technical advances and increased capability of each system. Historical framework of how technical capability at the time forced technical decisions. A systems engineering point of view, emphasizing optimization of all components of the optical fiber link.
ECEN 5843*
Microelectronic Fabrication. Lab 1. Prerequisite(s): 3314. Contamination control and clean-room, vacuum systems, wafer manufacturing. Photolithography and alternative lithographic techniques. Physical and chemical vapor deposition, oxidation, etching, doping, packaging, formation of semiconductor devices and circuits. A series of Fabrication lab projects is conducted starting from bare silicon wafers to fabricate Optoelectronic circuits.
ECEN 5853*
Ultrafast Optoelectronics. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Combining ultra fast laser pulses with electronic circuitry. Increased device performance. Optoelectronic/electrical pulses as short as 0.2 psec. High performance areas illustrating the power of advanced techniques in applications.
ECEN 5923*
Introduction to MEMS. Prerequisite(s): 5843 or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of Microsystems. Topics include: energy transduction mechanisms, energy dissipation modeling, energy methods, mechanics of small scale, fabrication process design, micromachining, electronic interface.
ECEN 6000*
Research. 1-16 credits, max 36. Prerequisite(s): Consent of major professor. Independent research for students continuing graduate study beyond the level of the MS degree.
ECEN 6001*
PhD Seminar Series. Prerequisite(s): Approval of ECEN department head. Seminar series for PhD studies and research.
ECEN 6050
Preliminary PhD Research and Proposal. 3 credits, max 3. Prerequisite(s): Consent of adviser. Independent research and report of an advanced electrical engineering problem. Work performed serves as foundation of the oral PhD preliminary exam.
ECEN 6060*
Advanced Special Topics. 1-6 credits, max 30. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Advanced engineering topics not normally included in existing courses. Repeat credit may be earned with different course subtitles assigned.
ECEN 6070*
Advanced Directed Studies. 1-6 credits, max 12. Prerequisite(s): Admission into PhD program and consent of instructor. Investigation outside of the classroom of topics not normally covered in lecture courses.
ECEN 6123*
Special Topics in Power Systems. Prerequisite(s): 5113. Selected relevant current topics related to power system operation and planning.
ECEN 6253*
Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture. Prerequisite(s): 5253 or CS 5253. Innovations in the architecture and organization of computers, with an emphasis on parallelism. Topics may include pipelining, multiprocessors, data flow, and reduction machines. (Same course as CS 6253)
ECEN 6263*
Advanced VLSI Design and Applications. Prerequisite(s): 5223 and 5263. System timing. Designing testable integrated circuits. Specialized parallel processing architectures. Application examples.
ECEN 6363*
Analog VLSI for Signal Processing. Lab 2. Prerequisite(s): 4273. Continuation of 5363. Advanced theory and practice of analog VLSI design methodology. Very large scale design and implementation of signal processing solutions, including over sampled A/Ds, neural networks and filters.
ECEN 6423*
System Identification. Prerequisite(s): 5473 or 5713 or MAE 5473 or MAE 5713. Linear and nonlinear system modeling of random systems. Models of linear time-invariant systems, nonparametric methods and preliminary model development, parameter estimation methods, convergence and consistency, asymptotic distributions of parameter estimates. Nonlinear modeling. (Same course as MAE 6423)
ECEN 6453*
Adaptive Control. Prerequisite(s): 5473 or 5713 or MAE 5473 or MAE 5713. Analysis and design of control techniques that modify their performance to adapt to changes in system operation. Review of systems analysis techniques, including state variable representations, linearization, discretization, covariance analysis, stability, and linear quadratic Gaussian design. On-line parameter estimation, model reference adaptive systems, self-tuning regulators, stable adaptive systems. (Same course as MAE 6453)
ECEN 6483*
Robust Multivariate Control Systems. Prerequisite(s): 5713 or MAE 5713. Introduction to multivariable systems: SISO robustness vs. MIMO robustness; multivariable system poles and zeros; MIMO transfer functions; multivariable frequency response analysis; multivariable Nyquist theorem; performance specifications; stability of feedback systems; linear fractional transformations (LFT’s); parameterization of all stabilizing controllers; structured singular value; algebraic ricatti equations; H2 optimal control; H-infinity controller design. (Same course as MAE 6483)
ECEN 6523*
Information Theory. Prerequisite(s): 5513 or consent of instructor. Mathematical theory of information (Shannon theory) including information measure and transmission rates and capacities. Source coding theory including algebraic and error-correcting codes. Design of waiver-forms for noise immunity. Information transfer in learning systems.
ECEN 6803*
Photonics I: Advanced Optics. Lab 9. Prerequisite(s): 3813 or PHYS 3213 or consent of instructor. Advanced optics including spectral and time characteristics of detectors, characteristics of lasers, time, spectral and spatial parameters of laser emission, interferometric techniques, and nonlinear effects such as two-photon absorption and second and third harmonic generations. Emphasis on ultrashort laser pulses. (Same course as CHEM 6803 & PHYS 6803)
ECEN 6810*
Photonics II: THz Photonics and THz-TD. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803. THz photonics and THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). Concepts and techniques of driving electronic circuitry with ultra short laser pulses to generate and detect freely propagating pulses of THz electromagnetic radiation using several operational research systems. (Same course as CHEM 6810 & PHYS 6810)
ECEN 6820*
Photonics II: Spectroscopy II. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803. Operating principles and applications of laser spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, solids and complex fluids. Absorption, emission, photon correlation, coherence, time resolved Fourier transform. Raman spectroscopy and non-linear optical. (Same course as CHEM 6820 & PHYS 6820)
ECEN 6823*
Advanced Optical Techniques. Prerequisite(s): 5853. State-of-the-art optical devices and research methodologies. Investigation and discussion of contemporary developments in non-linear optical devices and laser applications. Includes both analytical and experimental techniques.
ECEN 6830*
Photonics II: Spectroscopy III. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803. Advanced spectroscopic instruments and methods used for investigation of semi-conductors and solid state material. Stimulated emission characterized both in wavelength and in time. Time-resolved fluorescence measurements. Multiphotonic excitations. Fast measuring techniques, including subnanosecond detectors, picosecond streak cameras, and ultra fast four-wave mixing and correlation techniques. Time-dependent photoconductivity measurements. (Same course as CHEM 6830 & PHYS 6830)
ECEN 6840*
Photonics III: Microscopy I. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3553 or consent of instructor. The structure and imaging of solid surfaces. Basics of scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Contact and non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM). Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in air. (Same course as CHEM 6840 & PHYS 6840)
ECEN 6843*
Advanced Microelectronic Fabrication. Prerequisite(s): 5843. Photolithography, wet and dry etching, thermal and electron beam evaporation, photomask design using L-Edit, silicon devices processing, quartz devices processing, silicon-on-sapphire devices processing. GaAs devices processing and MEMS devices processing.
ECEN 6850*
Photonics III: Microscopy II. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3553 or consent of instructor. Advanced techniques of scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Magnetic force microscopy, Kelvin force microscopy, scanning probe microscopy (STM) in vacuum. Characterization of materials with SPM. Nanolithography with SPM. Device manufacturing and analysis. (Same course as CHEM 6850 & PHYS 6850)
ECEN 6860*
Photonics III: Microscopy III and Image Processing. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 5793. Digital image processing, including projects. Image acquisition and display, image enhancement, geometric operations, linear and nonlinear filtering, image restoration, edge detection, image analysis, morphology, segmentation, recognition, and coding/compression. (Same course as CHEM 6860 & PHYS 6860)
ECEN 6870*
Photonics IV: Synthesis and Devices I. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803 and 6840. Preparation of functional nanostructures and related optical/electronic devices. Physical and chemical methods of thin film deposition. Engineering of prototypes of light emitting diodes, sensors, optical limiting coatings, lithographic patterns. (Same course as CHEM 6870 & PHYS 6870)
ECEN 6880*
Photonics IV: Semiconductor Devices, Testing and Characterization. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803, 6840. Test and characterization of semiconductor and optoelectronic devices. Hall effect, four point probe, CV and IV measurements, optical pump-probe, photoluminescence and electro-optics sampling. (Same course as CHEM 6880 & PHYS 6880)
ECEN 6890*
Photonics IV: Semiconductor Synthesis and Devices III. 1 credit, max 4, Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): 6803. Processing, fabrication and characterization of semiconductor optoelectronic devices in class 100/10000 cleanrooms. Cleanroom operation including general procedure for material processing and device fabrication. Device processing using a variety of processing such as mask aligner, vacuum evaporators and rapid thermal annealer. Testing using optical and electrical testing apparatus such as I-V, C-V, Hall, and optical spectral measurement systems. (Same course as CHEM 6890 & PHYS 6890)
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