ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE)

ECE 2000. Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering. Lec. 1. Lab. 3. Credit 2.
Prerequisite: MATH 1920. Corequisite: ECE 2010. Principles and practices of various areas of electrical and computer engineering. Introduction to matrices, and complex numbers. MATLAB software, and other elementary topics relevant to electrical engineering. Introduction to electrical system design.

ECE 2010. Electric Circuits I. Lec. 3. Rec. 1. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 1920 and either departmental standing or consent of chairperson. Corequisites: ECE 2000 and MATH 2120. Introduction to electric circuit quantities and components, systematic application of Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws, superposition, Thévenin and Norton theorems, operational amplifiers, RL and RC transients, and circuit simulation with SPICE.

ECE 2020. Electric Circuits II. Lec. 3. Rec. 1. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 2000, ECE 2010, MATH 2120. Laplace transform methods for electric circuit analysis. Sinusoidal steady-state and power, mutual inductance, 3-phase circuits, frequency response, Bode plots, resonance and filters. Circuit simulation with SPICE.

ECE 2060. Measurements Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Corequisite: ECE 2020. Basic instrumentation and component laboratory. Use of instruments in dc and ac measurements. Demonstration of circuit concepts. Characteristics of diodes and transistors.

ECE 2110. Introduction to Digital Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Basic concepts in the design and analysis of digital systems. Number systems and codes. Combinational circuit analysis and design using Boolean algebra. Sequential logic circuit analysis and design.

ECE 3010. Signals and Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 2020 and MATH 2120. Signal representation, applications of Fourier series, Fourier transform, Laplace transform and Z-transform in the analysis of circuits and systems.

ECE 3020. Discrete-Time Signals and Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3010. Signal sampling and reconstruction. Difference equations, Z-transforms, and the discrete Fourier transform. Fundamentals of digital filters.

ECE 3120. Microcomputer Systems. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 2110 and CSC 2100. Architecture and programming of microcomputer systems and interfacing with peripherals.

ECE 3160. Digital Systems Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ECE 2060 and ECE 2110. Hardware considerations and performance of combinational and sequential digital devices including gates, flip-flops, multiplexers, and decoders.

ECE 3210. Control System Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3010 and CEE 2100. Modern and classical methods of control system analysis of continuous-time systems. Introduction to design tools.

ECE 3260. Control System Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ECE 2060. Corequisite: ECE 3210. Simulation of dynamic systems. Demonstration of control system analysis and design techniques using hardware experiments.

ECE 3300. Electronics I. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 2020. Introduction to semiconductor junction devices, their physical operation and low frequency equivalent circuits, and single and multi-stage amplifiers, including differential amplifiers.

ECE 3310. Electronics II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3300. Power amplifiers, frequency response of amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, oscillators, and selected analog building blocks.

ECE 3320.  Digital Electronics.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 2110 and ECE 3300. Analysis and design of discrete and integrated digital electronic gates and circuits at the transistor level in MOS and bipolar technologies. Introduction to layout and fabrication of digital circuits. Circuit simulation using CAD tools.

ECE 3360. Electronics Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ECE 2060. Corequisite: ECE 3300. Diodes, BJTs, FETs, and amplifier circuits.

ECE 3510. Electromagnetic Fields I. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: MATH 2110 and PHYS 2120. Development of Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic properties of Materials. Wave equation, plane waves, and Lorentz force law.

ECE 3520. Electromagnetic Fields II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3510. Polarization, Poynting's vector, transmission lines, waveguides, and radiation.

ECE 3540. Physical Electronics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2120. Quantum and wave theory in metals and semiconductors, carrier density, and current relations. Models for basic semiconductor devices.

ECE 3560. EM Simulation Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ECE 2060 and ECE 3510. Simulation and design of phenomena and devices with EM fields and waves.

ECE 3610. Introduction to Power Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 2020 and PHYS 2120. Overview of electric power systems, magnetic circuits and transformers, electromechanical energy conversion, rotating machines, power system operation and control, and current issues in power systems.

ECE 3660. Electric Power Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ECE 2060 and ECE 3610. Operation of various power system components, design tests of transformers, speed control characteristics of various types of motors and generators, and computer simulation of power system operation.

ECE 3710. Introduction to Telecommunications. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3010. Corequisite:  ECE 3910. Introduction to Digital Telecommunications, including coding, communication networks, spectral analysis, and digital modulation and demodulation.

ECE 3760. Telecommunications Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisites: ECE 2060 and ECE 3710. Telecommunication system measurements.

ECE 3810. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: MATH 1920. Not open to electrical engineering majors. An introduction to fundamental principles of electrical circuits, basic theorems, ac analysis, transient analysis, circuit components, diodes, transistor amplifiers, and operational amplifiers.

ECE 3835. Computers and Peripherals. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2020 or 2120 and some programming experience. Overview of computers and peripherals, their characteristics and operation. Will not count for credit for electrical engineering or computer engineering majors.

ECE 3860. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering Laboratory. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Corequisite: ECE 3810. Basic instrumentation and component laboratory. Use of instruments in dc and ac measurements. Demonstration of circuit concepts. Characteristics of diodes. operational amplifiers and ac filters. Simple digital logic circuits.

ECE 3910. Probability and Random Variables in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite: MATH 2110 and ECE 2010. Introduction to statistical analysis of engineering data. Random experiments, probability and reliability. Random variables, distributions, densities, expectation, and transformations. Applications to Electrical and Computer Engineering.

ECE 4020 (5020). Digital Signal Processing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3020 and ECE 3120.  Introduction to the theory and practice of digital signal processing: z transform, discrete-time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversion, filter design, DSP architecture and implementation, programming, DSP applications.

ECE 4030 (5030). Analog Signal Processing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3010, ECE 3310, and ECE 3360. Characteristics of operational amplifiers. Introduction to active filters including sensitivity analysis. Some non-linear applications of operational amplifiers.

ECE 4110 (5110). Sequential Logic Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 2110 and ECE 3160.  Introduction to sequential digital logic analysis, design and applications, utilizing both standard digital components, and programmable logic devices.

ECE 4120 (5120). Fundamentals of Computer Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3120 and ECE 4110.  Continuation of digital system design concepts and applications with emphasis on computer hardware design: CPU sequencers, arithmetic/logic units, fixed and floating point arithmetic implementations, and computer peripheral interfacing, utilizing programmable logic.

ECE 4130 (5130). Introduction to Digital VLSI.  Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3320 and ECE 4110. Analysis, design and layout of complex digital integrated circuits in MOS technology. The course emphasizes design through projects and requires extensive use of simulation and layout VLSI CAD tools.

ECE 4210 (5210). Control System Design I. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3210 and ECE 3260. Design of compensators using frequency domain techniques; Design projects with hardware implementation.

ECE 4220 (5220). Control System Design II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 4210. Discrete-time systems theory and analysis and design of discrete-time control systems.

ECE 4230 (5230). Computer-based Measurement and Control Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 4210 or consent of instructor. Computer-based control systems, analysis, and design of computer-based measurement and data acquisition systems and virtual instrumentation.

ECE 4310 (5310). Analog VLSI Design. Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3310. Design, layout generation, simulation and verification of CMOS analog building blocks, such as operational amplifiers, operational transconductance amplifiers, current conveyers, and mixed signal circuits; system design using building blocks.

ECE (ME) 4370 (5370). Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines Engineering. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3120 and ECE 3160. Mechatronics; number systems; microcontroller technology and architecture of 8-bit microcontrollers (e.g. Motorola MC68HC110); assembly language programming; A/D and D/A conversion; parallel I/O; programmable timer operation; interfacing sensors and actuators; applications; and team project on design and implementation of a mechatronic system.

ECE 4520 (5520). Optoelectronic Engineering. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3540.  Device theory for optical communication and instrumentation systems.

ECE 4570 (5570). Introduction to Gaseous Electronics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3540.  Physical and mathematical concepts of gas discharge devices like phototubes, gas lasers, switchgear, and MHD. Discussion of different criteria for a self-sustaining electrical discharge in a gas.

ECE 4610 (5610). Power System Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 3610. Power system components modeling in steady state, per unit calculations, power flow analysis, applications of commercial software.

ECE 4620 (5620). Power System Operation and Control. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 4610. Symmetrical components, fault analysis, system protection, power system controls including: automatic generation control, voltage regulation, and economic dispatch, switching transient, transient stability.

ECE 4630 (5630). Power Electronics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3300 and ECE 3610.  Uncontrolled and controlled rectifiers, voltage controllers, chopper, dc motor control, pulse-width modulation inverters, induction motor control, and power supplies.

ECE 4710 (5710). Principles of Telecommunications. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ECE 3710 and ECE 3910. Performance of analog and digital communication systems in the presence of noise.

ECE 4720 (5720). Telecommunication Systems Design. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECE 4710. Project-based course consisting of theory, analysis, design, and fabrication of communication systems or subsystems.

ECE 4930. Research and Design. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: Senior ECE standing and consent of instructor. Problems in the field of electrical engineering having considerable scope as a research and design problem. (Because of the impossibility of duplicating the conditions on special research and design problem(s), this course may not be repeated for improvement of a grade.)

ECE (CHE) (ME) 4950 (5950).  Introduction to MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS).  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  Senior standing in engineering or consent of instructor.  Introduce the design, fabrication and performance of MEMS devices.  Topics include bulk and surface micromachining, photolithography, sensors, actuation systems, optical MEMS, and microcantilever-based systems.

ECE 4960.  Senior Capstone Design I.  Lec. 1.  Lab. 3. Credit 2.
Prerequisite:  ECE 2060, ECE 3010, ECE 3300, ISE 3920 and senior standing in ECE.  The first in a sequence of two senior capstone design project courses. Student teams will complete an industry client-driven system design project. Teamwork, leadership, project planning and management, specification, budgeting, design review, implementation, testing, weekly reporting, documentation, and oral presentation.

ECE 4970.  Senior Capstone Design II.  Lec. 1. Lab. 3.  Credit 2.
Prerequisite:  ECE 4960.  The second in a sequence of two senior capstone design project courses. Student teams will complete an industry client-driven system design project. Teamwork, leadership, project planning and management, specification, budgeting, design review, implementation, testing, weekly reporting, documentation, and oral presentation.

ECE 4990 (5990). Special Problems. Credit 1-6 Per Semester, Maximum 12.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Current topics in electrical engineering in the form of reading course or an experimental lecture course. (Because of the impossibility of duplicating the conditions of a special topic(s), this course may not be repeated for the improvement of a grade.)

Course descriptions for 6000 and 7000-level courses are contained in the Graduate Catalog.