Schedule of Classes

Introduction to fundamental concepts in electrical and computer engineering.

Full-time cooperative education assignment for electrical engineering students who alternate periods of full-time school with periods of full-time academic or career-related work in industry. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

The study of signals and systems using the continuous-time approach. Topics covered: Modeling of continuous time physical systems, sampling, transformation of continuous-time signals, Fourier series, Fourier transform, energy and power density spectra, filter design, stability, state variables for continuous-time systems, feedback, bandwidth, modulation. Simulation and analysis of systems using MATLAB and Simulink.

Time-harmonic steady-state and transient analysis of radio frequency (RF) transmission lines (T Lines); impedance matching; the Smith chart and its applications; vector analysis; static electric fields and capacitance; steady currents and resistance; static magnetic fields and inductance; electrical and magnetic properties of materials; electric and magnetic boundary conditions; electric and magnetic energies.

The study of linear circuits analysis and design. DC and AC circuits. Basic circuit laws and circuit theorems. Characteristics of circuit elements (Resistor, Capacitor, Inductor, Signal Sources, Op-Amps). Signal waveforms, Phasors, Impedance. Thevenin and Norton equivalents. Time domain circuit analysis and design. Phasor domain circuit analysis and design. Laplace transform. S-domain circuit analysis and design. Frequency response. AC power systems. Transformers, average power, reactive power, and complex power. Simulation and analysis of linear circuits using SPICE and MATLAB. Circuit analysis and design hands-on labs and projects.

Introduce fundamentals of electrical engineering principles. Basic circuit theory, Operational Amplifiers, First and second order passive circuits, AC sinusoidal analysis, Frequency Responses, Digital logic circuits, DC motors and generators, and accompanying laboratory experiments and projects. Open to non-electrical engineering majors only.

Function and applications of diodes, transistors and operational amplifiers. Simulations of electronic devices and circuits using SPICE.

Introduction to microcontroller architecture and programming. Topics include microcontroller architecture, fundamentals of assembly language, common microcontroller peripherals, and developing microcontroller-based applications in a relevant high-level procedural programming language. Students develop hardware and software troubleshooting and testing skills. The design experience culminates in a specification-driven project.

It provides the time and context necessary for students to learn and practice many different professional skills, make substantial contributions to a project, and experience many different roles in a team. Under the approval of department and advisors, up to 1 credit hour per semester for first and second year students; up to 2 credit hours per semester for third year students; not open to graduating senior students in ECE department.

Multidisciplinary team effort to identify a market need based on realistic constraints; propose an electrical or electronic product to meet the need; prepare a feasibility study assessing economic and technical viability of the product.

Analysis and design of linear automatic control systems for continuous-time systems using classical control theory. Root locus and Bode methods. Modeling of physical systems. Introduction to digital control. Computer-aided design and simulation.

Fundamentals of power electronics. Covered topics: DC/DC converters, DC/AC converters (inverters), and AC/DC rectifiers, analysis, design, simulation and application of power electronic based systems. Cross-listed as ECE 545.

Design of digital filters and multirate systems. Topics include: review of discrete-time signals and systems, generalized linear phase, all-pass filters, minimum phase systems, inverse systems, FIR filter design, IIR filter design, resampling in time and frequency domain, half-band filters, polyphase filters, quadrature mirror filters and wavelets. Cross-listed as ECE 560.

Introduction to image processing. Topics covered: digital image fundamentals, image enhancements in spatial domain, image restoration, color image processing, wavelets and multiresolution, image compression, morphological image processing, image segmentation, pattern recognition. Cross-listed as ECE 562.

Introduction to mechatronics: mechatronics overview, sensors and actuators modeling, interfacing sensors and actuators with digital systems.

Introduction to data structures, object-oriented programming, memory management, problems of efficiency and complexity of algorithms applicable to embedded systems. Cross-listed as ECE 570.

The primary goal of this course is to have the student (and partner) choose a senior project and use a top-down design approach prior to implementation in senior lab. In addition, the student will serve on a Design Review Team (DRT) that will analyze other senior projects.

Design and implementation of senior design capstone project. Requires an oral progress presentation.

Analysis and design of linear automatic control systems for continuous-time dynamic systems using classical control theory. Fundamentals on feedback control theory. Root locus and Bode methods. Modeling and control of physical systems. Introduction to digital control. Computer-aided design and simulation. Cross listed as ECE 441. Not open to students with credits in ECE 441.

Fundamentals of power electronics. Covered topics: DC/DC converters, DC/AC converters (inverters), and AC/DC rectifiers, analysis, design, simulation and application of power electronic based systems. Cross-listed as ECE 445. Not open to students with credit in ECE 445.

Design of digital filters and multirate systems. Topics include: review of discrete-time signals and systems, generalized linear phase, all-pass filters, minimum phase systems, inverse systems, FIR filter design, IIR filter design, resampling in time and frequency domain, half-band filters, polyphase filters, quadrature mirror filters and wavelets. Cross-listed as ECE 460.

Introduction to image processing. Topics covered: digital image fundamentals, image enhancements in spatial domain, image restoration, color image processing, wavelets and multiresolution, image compression, morphological image processing, image segmentation, pattern recognition. Cross-listed as ECE 462.

Introduction to mechatronics: mechatronics overview, sensors and actuators modeling, interfacing sensors and actuators with digital systems. Cross-listed as ECE 468. Not open to students with credit in ECE 468.

Introduction to data structures, object-oriented programming, memory management, problems of efficiency and complexity of algorithms applicable to embedded systems. Cross-listed as ECE 470.

Advanced electrical and computer engineering research or design under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Required of students choosing thesis option. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 semester hours.