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ECE 401 - Perspectives in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits:
4.00
An introductory course for electrical and computer
engineering majors that introduces incoming students to
the fundamental concepts of analysis and design. Concepts
are presented through an examination of real-world
problems. Students are introduced to electrical and
computer engineering problem solving and design through
active learning techniques in lecture and in a laboratory
setting. Provides a context for the electrical engineering
and computer engineering curriculum and introduces the
profession and activities of electrical and computer
engineering. Lab.
ECE 444 - Bionics: Technology from Nature
Credits:
4.00
Bionics is the study of living systems with the intention
of applying their principles to the design of useful
technology for mankind. Students learn strategies to
discover bio-inspired technology. The student investigates
the fields of bio-inspired cyborgs, defense and attack
mechanisms in biology leading to military applications
including non-lethal weapons, bio-inspired sensors
including brain-computer interfaces, bio-inspired robots,
and animal and plants that generate energy for technology.
Writing Intensive. Lab.
ECE 537 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Fundamentals of electrical engineering. Topics are circuit
elements; signal waveforms; circuit laws and theorems;
transfer functions; free, forced, and steady state
responses; power calculations; amplifiers; and magnetic
circuits. Non-ECE majors only. Prereq: PHYS 408. Pre- or
Coreq: MATH 527. Lab.
Co-requisites:
ECE 541 - Electric Circuits
Credits:
4.00
Linear passive circuits beginning with resistive circuits,
power and energy relations, mesh and node analysis.
Transient and steady-state behavior of simple circuits
containing energy storage elements (capacitors, inductors).
Introduction to linear active circuits using dependent
source models and ideal op amps. Introduction to transfer
function and frequency response concepts. For ECE majors
only. Pre- or Coreq: MATH 426; PHYS 408. Lab.
ECE 543 - Introduction to Digital Systems
Credits:
4.00
Fundamental analysis and design principles. Number
systems, codes, Boolean algebra, and combinational and
sequential digital circuits. Lab: student-built systems
using modern integrated circuit technology and an
introductory design session on a CAD workstation. Lab.
ECE 548 - Electronic Design I
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to electronic design for analog signal
processing. Linear op amp circuits for amplification and
filtering. Use of Laplace techniques for filter
specification; simple passive and op amp filter
realizations. Discrete active devices (FET and BJT):
operating characteristics, biasing considerations,
canonical amplifier configurations including differential
amplifiers. Prereq: ECE 541. Lab.
ECE 562 - Computer Organization
Credits:
4.00
Basic computer structure, including arithmetic, memory,
control, and input/output units; the trade-offs between
hardware, instruction sets, speed, and cost. Laboratory
experiments involving machine language programming and I/O
interfacing using microcomputers. Prereq: CS 410 or CS 415;
ECE 543. Lab.
ECE 583 - Designing with Programmable Logic
Credits:
4.00
Design methodologies for implementing digital systems in
programmable logic. Covers topics related to the design,
implementation, and testing of programmable logic devices.
Students are introduced to the Very-High-Speed Hardware
Description Language (VHDL) entry language and simulation
procedures, along with common logic synthesis tools.
Programmable logic families, device architectures, and
testing procedures are covered in detail. Laboratory
exercises lead the student through the complete
programmable logic design cycle. Each student is required
to prototype a digital system starting with VHDL entry,
functional and timing simulations, logic synthesis, device
programming, logic probing, and systems verification.
Prereq: ECE 562. Lab.
ECE 602 - Engineering Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Analyze and solve engineering problems using linear
algebra and integral and differential calculus of
functions of several variables. Boundary-value problems in
mechanics, fluid dynamics, and electrostatics. Examination
of electrostatics, magnetostatics, and fluid and wave
mechanics using vector differential and integral calculus.
Introduction of approximation and error analysis methods as
fundamental engineering tools. Prereq: MATH 527.
ECE 603 - Electromagnetic Fields and Waves I
Credits:
4.00
Maxwell's equations in integral and differential form with
applications to static and dynamic fields. Uniform plane
waves in free space and material media. Boundary
conditions; simple transmission line theory; parallel plate
and rectangular waveguides; simple radiating systems.
Prereq: PHYS 408; ECE 602.
ECE 617 - Junior Laboratory I
Credits:
4.00
Application of laboratory instrumentation to the
investigation of active and passive circuit
characteristics; introduction to computer-aided design,
analysis, and testing; development of report writing and
oral presentation skills. Pre- or Coreq: ECE 633; ECE 651.
Writing intensive.
Co-requisites:
ECE 618 - Junior Laboratory II
Credits:
4.00
Laboratory exercises in the design and analysis of active
circuits, techniques of signal processing, and the
properties of distributed circuits. Continued development
of report writing and oral presentation skills. Prereq: ECE
617. Pre- or Coreq: ECE 603. Writing intensive.
Co-requisites:
ECE 633 - Signals and Systems I
Credits:
3.00
Mathematical characterization of continuous-time systems
using time- and frequency-domain concepts. Properties of
linear systems described by ordinary differential
equations. Fourier analysis of signals and system frequency
response functions. Applications to communication and
control systems. Introduction to system simulation using
computer methods. Prereq: MATH 527.
Co-requisites:
ECE 633H - Signals and Systems I/Honors
Credits:
4.00
Mathematical characterization of continuous-time systems
using time- and frequency-domain concepts. Properties of
linear systems described by ordinary differential
equations. Fourier analysis of signals and system frequency
response functions. Applications to communication and
control systems. Introduction to system simulation using
computer methods. Honors students will attend an additional
one-hour meeting each week. Prereq: MATH 527, permission
required.
Co-requisites:
ECE 634 - Signals and Systems II
Credits:
3.00
Transient response analysis of linear systems using
Laplace transforms, application to feedback control
systems. Introduction to discrete-time linear systems;
system response determination using Z-transform; elementary
design of digital filters and controllers. State variable
formulation of dynamical systems. Prereq: ECE 633.
ECE 647 - Random Processes and Signals in Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Emphasis on applied engineering concepts such as component
failure, quality control, noise propagation. Topics
include random variables, probability distributions, mean
and variance, conditional probability, correlation, power
spectral density. Prereq: MATH 426; ECE 602.
ECE 647H - Random Processes and Signals/Honors
Credits:
4.00
Emphasis on applied engineering concepts such as component
failure, quality control, noise propagation. Topics
include random variables, probability distributions, mean
and variance, conditional probability, correlation, power
spectral density. Honors students attend an additional
one-hour meeting each week. Prereq: MATH 426; ECE 602,
permission required.
ECE 649 - Embedded Microcomputer Based Design
Credits:
4.00
An in-depth treatment of the design of embedded
microcomputer systems. Topics include advanced
architectures for embedded processors, hardware and
software aspects of interfacing, handling interrupts,
advanced programming including debugging of real time
systems, embedded application implementations. Laboratory
studies are required to reinforce theoretical and applied
concepts in an actual embedded architecture. Prereq: ECE
562. Lab.
ECE 651 - Electronic Design II
Credits:
4.00
Design of fundamental circuit blocks in electronic
systems. Multistage amplifiers; feedback systems and
stability; power amplifiers. Nonlinear electronic circuits:
oscillators, function generators; clippers and peak
detectors; A/D and D/A conversion. Switching mode and logic
circuits. Prereq: ECE 548.
ECE 681 - Teaching Experience
Credits:
1.00
Credit for assisting in the instruction of undergraduate
laboratories. Available on a limited basis to students
selected by the department chairperson. May be repeated for
credit up to a total of 4 credits.
ECE 694 - Professional Principles of Engineering
Credits:
1.00
Provides background for the capstone design experience (ECE
791/792). Topics include creativity, design methodology,
specification development, project management, ethics,
safety, reliability and preparation for oral and written
reports. Includes initial capstone project selection.
Prereq: ECE junior standing. Cr/F.
ECE 704 - Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
Credits:
4.00
Loop antennas; aperture and cylindrical antennas; self and
mutual impedance; receiving antennas and antenna arrays;
bounded plane waves; rectangular and cylindrical
waveguides; waveguide discontinuities and impedance
matching; solid state microwave sources. Prereq: ECE 603.
ECE 711 - Digital Systems
Credits:
4.00
Principles, procedures and tools related to the design,
implementation and testing of microprocessor-based
embedded systems. Students prototype a complete embedded
system using CAD tools, application specific integrated
circuits, printed circuit board technology, and modern
diagnostic/testing procedures and tools. Projects are
designed to introduce diverse digital technologies. Lab.
ECE 714 - Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to digital signal processing theory and
practice, including coverage of discrete time signals and
systems, frequency domain transforms and practical spectral
analysis, digital filter terminology and design, and
sampling and reconstruction of continuous time signals.
Laboratory component providing an introduction to DSP
design tools and real-time algorithm implementation.
Prereq: ECE 633. Lab.
ECE 715 - Introduction to VLSI
Credits:
4.00
Principles of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) systems
at the physical level. CMOS circuit and logic design, CAD
tools, CMOS system case studies. Students exercise the
whole development cycle of a VLSI chip: design and layout
performed during semester I. The chips are fabricated off
campus and returned during semester II, when they are
tested by students. An IA (continuous grading) grade is
given at the end of semester I. Lab.
ECE 717 - Introduction to Digital Image Processing
Credits:
4.00
Digital image representation; elements of digital
processing systems; multidimensional sampling and
quantization; image perception by humans, image
transformations including the Fourier, the Walsh, and the
Hough Transforms; image enhancement techniques including
image smoothing, sharpening, histogram equalization, and
pseudo color processing; image restoration fundamentals;
image compression techniques, image segmentation and use of
descriptors for image representation and classification.
Prereq: ECE 633; ECE 647. Lab.
ECE 724 - Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals
Credits:
4.00
Ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp, explores embedded,
interconnected computing devices that are part of everyday
objects and activities. This course takes an
interdisciplinary look at the foundations of ubiquitous
computing. Topics include software and hardware for
ubicomp, human-computer interaction in ubicomp, and issues
related to privacy and security in ubicomp. Students
undertake a research project inspired by the material.
Registration by permission only.
ECE #734 - Network Data Communications
Credits:
4.00
Introduces basic concepts related to data transmission
equipment and physical interfaces, data communication
protocols, and the Open System Interconnection (OSI)
Reference Model. Includes physical layer hardware,
signaling schemes, protocol packets, computer interfaces,
error detection, signal integrity, and data transmission
protocols relative to both wired and wireless networks.
Introduces both logical and wide-area networks, and how a
networking system is constructed, tested, and managed.
Network design and testing exercises. Prereq: ECE 633; ECE
649. Lab. Electrical Engineering majors only.
ECE 757 - Fundamentals of Communication Systems
Credits:
4.00
Spectra of deterministic and random signals; baseband and
bandpass digital and analog signaling techniques;
transmitter and receiver architectures; performance
analysis of digital and analog signaling in additive noise
channels; carrier and symbol timing synchronization
methods. Prereq: ECE 633; ECE 647. Lab.
ECE 758 - Communication System Design
Credits:
4.00
System- and circuit-level design and implementation of
communication hardware including: mixers, RF amplifiers,
filters, oscillators and frequency synthesizers, modulators
and detectors, carrier and symbol timing recovery
subsystems. Issues in software-defined radio transmitter
and receiver implementation. Communication link engineering
including antenna selection and channel impairment effects.
Prereq: ECE 651; ECE 757. Lab.
ECE 760 - Introduction to Fiber Optics
Credits:
4.00
Basic physical and geometric optics; solution of Maxwell's
equations for slab waveguides and cylindrical waveguides,
of both step index and graded index profiles; modes of
propagation and cutoff; polarization effects; ground and
phase velocity; ray analysis; losses; fabrication; sources;
detectors; couplers; splicing; cabling; applications;
system design. Prereq: ECE 603. Lab.
ECE 772 - Control Systems
Credits:
4.00
Development of advanced control system design concepts
such as Nyquist analysis; lead-lag compensation; state
feedback; parameter sensitivity; controllability;
observability; introduction to non-linear and modern
control. Includes interactive computer-aided design and
real-time digital control. Prereq: ECE 634. Lab. (Also
offered as ME 772.)
ECE 775 - Applications of Integrated Circuits
Credits:
4.00
Design and construction of linear and nonlinear electronic
circuits using existing integrated circuits. Limitations
and use of operational amplifiers. Laboratory course in
practical applications of non-digital integrated circuit
devices. Prereq: ECE 651. Lab.
ECE 777 - Collaborative Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Study of processes in which engineers from diverse
disciplines cooperate to specify, design, manufacture,
test, market, and maintain a product. Classes are organized
in both technical and nontechnical flexible modules.
Technical topics are advanced and relevant to project being
developed, such as related research, technology, design
methodology, and CAD tools. Nontechnical topics include ISO
9000 quality system, engineering management, budget
considerations, building, communication and leadership
skills, and concurrent engineering principles. The course
utilizes collaborative engineering by team development of
an engineering project, often a research oriented
proof-of-concept prototype. Prereq: permission. Lab. Also
listed as TECH 750.
ECE 784 - Biomedical Instrumentation
Credits:
4.00
Principles of physiological and biological instrumentation
design including transducers, signal conditioning,
recording equipment, and patient safety. Laboratory
includes the design and use of instrumentation for
monitoring of electrocardiogram, electromyogram,
electroencephalogram, pulse, and temperature. Current
research topics, such as biotelemetry, ultrasonic
diagnosis, and computer applications. Prereq: ECE 651. Lab.
ECE 791 - Senior Project I
Credits:
2.00
First semester of the capstone design experience. Students
develop project plans, and prepare and present written and
oral project proposals. The project plans must include
aspects of design, implementation and evaluation. At the
end of the semester, students prepare a written progress
report. Prereq: ECE 694; ECE senior standing. Writing
intensive.
ECE 791H - Senior Honors Project I
Credits:
4.00
First semester of the capstone honors senior thesis
research. Students develop research plans, prepare and
present written and oral research proposals. The research
plans must include aspects of design, implementation and
evaluation, similar to ECE 791. However, honors thesis
research must also include independent research beyond the
normal scope of ECE 791. At the end of the semester
students prepare a written progress report. Prereq: ECE
694; ECE senior standing, permission required. Writing
intensive.
ECE 792 - Senior Project II
Credits:
2.00
This course requires the completion of the capstone design
experience begun in ECE 791. At the end of the semester
students prepare written final project reports, and present
their results in a research poster session. Prereq: ECE
791. Writing intensive.
ECE 792H - Senior Honors Project II
Credits:
4.00
This course requires the completion of the capstone honors
thesis research begun in ECE 791H. At the end of the
semester students prepare honors theses, and present their
research results in a research poster session. ECE
791H/792H fulfills the requirement of one professional
elective. Prereq: ECE 791H, permission required. Writing
intensive.
ECE 795 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Projects
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Laboratory course. Student undertakes a project of mutual
interest with an ECE faculty advisor. A written final
report must be filed with the ECE Department. Prereq:
permission.
ECE 796 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
New or specialized courses and/or independent study.
Prereq: permission. 1 to 4 credits some sections may use
credit/fail grading.