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EE 101 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS LAB
EE 206 CIRCUITS I
EE 207 CIRCUITS II
EE 250 CIRCUITS, DEVICES, AND MOTORS
EE 261 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC CIRCUITS
EE 262 LOGIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY
EE 270 INDEPENDENT STUDY
EE 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
EE 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
EE 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
EE 301 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SEMINARS
EE 308 SIGNAL AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS
EE 317 ELECTRONICS
EE 321 INTRODUCTION TO CONTROLS
EE 334 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY I
EE 335 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY II
EE 353 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
EE 354 ELECTRIC POWER APPLICATIONS
EE 355 ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES
EE 367 LOGIC DESIGN
EE 371 MICROPROCESSOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM
EE 400 SEMINAR
EE 407 INTRODUCTION TO MICROFABRICATION
EE 409 MATERIAL SCIENCE
EE 411 ADVANCED ANALOG ELECTRONICS
EE 412 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION DESIGN
EE 414 INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN
EE 415 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN
EE 417 ACOUSTICS AND AUDIO ENGINEERING
EE 422 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN CONTROL
EE 423 CONTROL SYSTEMS LAB
EE 433 PLANAR MICROWAVE CIRCUIT DESIGN
EE 445 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
EE 446 TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAB
EE 447 MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
EE 451 POWER ELECTRONICS
EE 454 ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
EE 461 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN
EE 465 REAL TIME MICROCONTROLLER APPLICATIONS
EE 466 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
EE 467 ADVANCED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LAB
EE 470 INDEPENDENT STUDY
EE 475 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
EE 476 INTERNSHIP
EE 477 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
EE 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
EE 482 ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS
EE 483 FIBER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
EE 484 LASER ENGINEERING
EE 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
EE 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
EE 492R ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II
EE 495 PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES
EE 498 CO-OP EXPERIENCE
EE 503 ADVANCED ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN
EE 505 MEMS SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
EE 522 ADAPTIVE CONTROL
EE 525 SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
EE 526 SEQUENTIAL STATE ESTIMATION
EE 528 ADVANCED TOPICS - CONTROLS & SIGNALS
EE 533 ANTENNA ENGINEERING
EE 538 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS AND OPTICS
EE 541 ADVANCED COMMUNICATION THEORY
EE 543 ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
EE 547 AD HOC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
EE 548 ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
EE 552 ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & CONTROL
EE 555 ALTERNATE ENERGY DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEMS
EE 556 ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
EE 558 ADVANCED TOPICS - ELECTRICAL POWER
EE 565 PARALLEL PROCESSING
EE 570 INDEPENDENT STUDY
EE 575 RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL PAPER/PROJECT
EE 577 ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
EE 578 SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING
EE 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
EE 581 FOURIER OPTICS AND IMAGING THEORY
EE 582 OPTICAL DESIGN
EE 583 REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS
EE 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION
EE 590 MASTER'S THESIS
EE 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
EE 101 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS
F,S 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: MATH 160 or equivalent.
-- Lecture/laboratory introduction to electrical fundamentals including Kirchhoff's and Ohm's Laws, using meters and oscilloscopes, time-varying signals in electric circuits, inductors and capacitors, series and parallel circuits, introduction to digital circuits, problem solving including computer applications, technical communications, team work.
EE 206 CIRCUITS I
F,S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 101, MATH 182.
COREQUISITE: PHYSICS 212.
-- Introduction to circuit analysis including Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws, nodal and mesh methods; network theorems; resistors, capacitors, inductors, independent and dependent sources, diodes; ideal OP-AMP and transistor circuits; R-L, R-C, and R-L-C responses; complex frequency and phasors; steady-state AC circuits.
EE 207 CIRCUITS II
S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 206, MATH 225.
-- Complete response of R-L-C circuits to step and harmonic excitations, coupled inductors and ideal transformers, two port networks, network functions and Bode plots, frequency response of circuits with non-ideal OP-AMP and transistor based amplifiers, Laplace Transform and Fourier series.
EE 250 CIRCUITS, DEVICES, AND MOTORS
F,S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: MATH 182 or MATH 176.
COREQUISITE: PHYS 212 or PHYS 206.
-- Introduction for non-majors to electrical circuit principles, voltage and current laws, frequency response; introduction to electronic circuits including transistors, operational amplifiers, and power electronics; digital logic; introduction to electromechanical energy conversion devices, DC and AC machines, special purpose machines.
EE 261 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC CIRCUITS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
COREQUISITE: MATH 181.
-- An introductory course in the fundamental concepts of classical digital design. Course covers design and implementation of combinational logic circuits, synchronous sequential circuits and information storage circuits. Basic concepts of programmable logic devices and computer-aided design tools are presented.
EE 262 LOGIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY
F,S 1 cr. LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 261.
-- Application of digital circuit theory and logic circuit design, utilizing both discrete and programmable logic. Design of IC timing circuits for digital clock applications.
EE 270 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 2 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor and approval of department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EE 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined necessary by each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EE 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
F,S 1-3 cr. RCT may be repeated
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
EE 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
F,S 1-6 cr. IND may be repeated
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a written work or other creative project.
EE 301 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SEMINARS
F,S 1 cr SEM 1
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing.
-- Students attend seminars presented by a variety of departments and disciplines to gain an appreciation of multidisciplinary environments leading to a greater understanding of the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
EE 308 SIGNAL AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 207, MATH 224.
-- Discrete and continuous time signals and systems. Properties, application, synthesis and analysis for the CT and DT Fourier Series, the Fourier transform, the DTFT, z and Laplace transform. Applications in differential and difference equations, sampling, feedback, and communications. Introduction to the DFT.
EE 317 ELECTRONICS
F 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 207.
-- This is an introductory course in electronics. It introduces diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors and bipolar and MOS analog and digital circuits.
EE 321 INTRODUCTION TO CONTROLS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 308.
-- Classical continuous-time, transfer function approach to control systems engineering. Approximations, linearization, and time response. Design and analysis via root-locus, Nyquist, and Bode methods. Proportional, dominant pole, lead, lag, PID, and minor loop compensation. Describing functions for nonlinear system limit-cycle analysis.
EE 334 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY I
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 212, MATH 224.
-- Basic electric and magnetic fields including transmission lines. The materials covered will include both static and dynamic fields, traveling waves, and transmission line concepts such as impedance, reflection coefficient, and transient response.
EE 335 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY II
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 334.
-- This course provides students the opportunity to gain more depth in EM fields topics such as Maxwell's equations, plane wave propagation, radiation and antennas, and the use of the Smith Chart.
EE 353 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 212 or PHYS 206 and MATH 182 or MATH 176.
-- Electric industrial system overview and requirements, selection of electric industrial drives and associated power converters, industrial power systems, illumination, load estimation and feeder design, power quality and system security.
EE 354 ELECTRIC POWER APPLICATIONS
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: MATH 176 or MATH 181 and PHYS 206 or PHYS 212.
-- An applied study of electricity and electrical power circuits, with laboratory experience, for that person not expected to deal with electronics or advanced circuit techniques. Topics covered include electrical circuit laws; power and energy; alternating current circuits; residential, commercial and industrial wiring; wire sizing, three-phase circuits; and application of transformers and electric motors.
EE 355 ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES
S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 207.
-- Introduction to electrical energy conversion devices such as DC and AC generators and motors, transformers, single phase and special purpose motors, and power electronic converters; three-phase circuits; introduction to power systems. Laboratory experience includes construction and demonstration of energy conversion circuits.
EE 367 LOGIC DESIGN
S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 262, EE 371.
-- Advanced combinational, synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic system design including hardware descriptive languages. Laboratory experience in advanced logic circuit design using FPGAs.
EE 371 MICROPROCESSOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM
F 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 261 and knowledge of a programming language or consent of instructor.
-- Introduction to the structure of microprocessors, arithmetic and logic units, processor control, interrupts, memories, and input/output. Laboratory experience in assembly level programming of microprocessor applications.
EE 400 SEMINAR
On Demand 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 1 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing.
-- Engineers from industry and others present weekly seminars about new developments in EE, research at MSU, law and the EE, starting companies, etc. The course is designed to expose students to different career options and present background in related areas.
EE 407 INTRODUCTION TO MICROFABRICATION
S 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and PHYS 212 or PHYS 206.
-- Provide an introduction to clean room safety protocol and micro fabrication. Lectures will introduce micro fabrication methods, models and equipment. Laboratories will perform the steps to produce and characterize a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor.
EE 409 MATERIAL SCIENCE
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 317.
-- Basic material properties of dielectrics, magnetic materials, conductors, and semiconductors. Practical applications of materials to semiconductor devices.
EE 411 ADVANCED ANALOG ELECTRONICS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 317.
-- This course covers differential and multistage amplifiers, frequency response, feedback, analog integrated circuits, filters, and tuned circuits, analog to digital and digital to analog conversion, noise in electronics, current topics.
EE 412 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION DESIGN
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 317.
-- Applications of integrated instrumentation amplifiers, comparators, sample and hold devices, and A-D and D-A converters. Design using electrical transducers, signal conditioning and filtering circuits, passive elements, and ground-loop considerations. Lab experience in graphical programming applications for data acquisition and instrument control. Analog and digital I/O considerations to control processes and generate patterns for testing and communication with peripheral equipment.
EE 414 INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN
F 3 cr. LEC 3.
PREREQUISITE: EE 262, EE 317.
-- Introduction to the fundamentals of CMOS VLSI circuit design. This course covers CMOS device characteristics and timing, CMOS fabrication, CAD tools, design rules, simulation and layout, CMOS combinational and sequential logic, SRAM and DRAM memory, and dynamic logic design.
EE 415 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN
S 3 cr. LEC 3.
PREREQUISITE: EE 414.
-- Topics include passive components, parasite elements, component matching, IC layout techniques, computer simulations, amplifiers, current sources, comparators, op amps, noise, switched capacitor circuits.
EE 417 ACOUSTICS AND AUDIO ENGINEERING
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3.
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 212.
-- Introduction to the principles of acoustics, audio engineering, and audio signal processing. Propagation of sound enclosures. Engineering analysis of loudspeakers, microphones, and recording devices. Human psychoacoustics.
EE 422 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN CONTROL
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 321.
-- Introduction to techniques of modern control with emphasis on discrete time, including matrices, norms, state-space, and stochastic processes. Stability, Lyapunov functions, Lyapunov stability. Observability, controllability, reachability. State feedback and observers. Model based control. Performance and robustness.
EE 423 CONTROL SYSTEMS LAB
On Demand 1 cr. LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 321.
-- Identification of characteristics and parameters of physical systems, hardware implementation of various modes of feedback control on physical systems, simulation and control application design.
EE 433 PLANAR MICROWAVE CIRCUIT DESIGN
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 334.
-- An introductory course on microwave circuits emphasizing the design, fabrication and measurement of planar circuits (matching networks, filters, couplers, mixers, etc.) for frequencies above 1 GHz. Students will learn to use state-of-the-art CAD tools and a vector network analyzer.
EE 445 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 308, EE 317.
-- Analog and digital communication systems performance in noisy environments; noise characterizations; bandwidth considerations; probability of error; analog and digital modulation; frequency domain analysis; matched filter applications.
EE 446 TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAB
S 1 cr. LAB 1
COREQUISITE: EE 445.
-- Fourier analysis and use of spectrum analyzers. Experiment involving modulation and demodulation of analog and digital signals, sampling theory, and aliasing.
EE 447 MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 445.
-- Characteristics of the radio environment, propagation, cellular concepts, channel allocation, modulation techniques, multiple access techniques, Shannon's Capacity Theorem, error-correcting codes, data compression, spread spectrum modulation, current wireless communication systems.
EE 451 POWER ELECTRONICS
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 317, EE 321, EE 355.
-- Solid-state power devices; topologies, operating principles, and control methods of solid-state power converters; applications of solid-state power converters in different electric systems.
EE 454 ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 355.
-- Power system components, transmission system design, power flow studies, automatic generation control, symmetrical components, faulted power systems, protection, introduction to transient stability.
EE 461 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN
S, alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 308 and EE 334 and EE 371.
-- Analysis and design of high speed digital systems including chip-to chip signal propagation, transmission lines, IC package interconnect, printed circuit board design, state-of-the-art simulation tools, and measurement techniques using Time Domain Reflectrometry (TDR).
EE 465 REAL TIME MICROCONTROLLER APPLICATIONS
S 4 cr. LEC 2 LAB 2
PREREQUISITE: EE 371.
-- Lecture/laboratory exposure to micro controller hardware and software applications, serial and parallel I/O, timing, interrupts LCDs, keypads, A to D conversion, and a project realizing a real time control problem.
EE 466 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 371.
-- Design of computer system instruction sets, data path, storage, and memory systems. Cost and speed relations, tradeoffs between hardware and software architectures including CISCs and RISCs, multiprocessors, and distributed processors. Control and implementation tradeoffs.
EE 467 ADVANCED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LAB
S 1 cr. LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 367, CS 201.
COREQUISITE: EE 466.
-- Principles and applications of embedded systems using FPGAs. Students will implement micro controllers, soft processors, and custom logic in FPGAs.
EE 470 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 2 cr. IND Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EE 475 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 371 and CS 201.
-- Topics in embedded system design, real-time operating systems, high level language programming of embedded systems, software and hardware tradeoffs, and laboratory experience with embedded systems.
EE 476 INTERNSHIP
F,S,Su 1-2 cr. IND Maximum 3 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.
-- On-site, one semester practicum under guidance of employer designated mentor.
EE 477 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 308.
-- Analysis and design of discrete-time systems, including frequency response. Sampling and reconstruction of continuous signals. Analysis, design, and applications of FIR and IIR digital filters. Properties and applications of the discrete Fourier transform. Laboratory experience implementing off-line and real time digital signal processing algorithms.
EE 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EE 482 ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 334 or PHYS 317 or equivalent.
-- Provides an overview of electro-optic systems and components. Lectures cover ray optics, scalar wave optics, laser and Gaussian beam optics, optical polarization and polarization devices, light sources, detectors, and electro-optic and acoustic-optic photonic devices. Laboratory experiments introduce basic photonic instrumentation and measurement techniques.
EE 483 FIBER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1.
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 213 AND EE 334 or PHYS 318.
-- This introduction to fiber and integrated optics components for telecommunications systems includes: ray tracing, graded index lenses, single mode and multimode optical fiber, fiber Bragg gratings, wave guides, WDM components, light sources and detectors, optical link design, link budgets and optical system architectures.
EE 484 LASER ENGINEERING
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3.
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 212.
-- The laser engineering course provides a basic understanding of the design and operational principles of lasers. Discussions of design and operation of several types of lasers will be covered including solid state lasers, gas lasers, and semiconductor lasers.
EE 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
F,S,Su 1 - 2 cr. RCT May be repeated. Max 4 cr.
COREQUISITE: EE 490.
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
EE 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
F,S,Su 1-6 cr. IND May be repeated. Max 6 cr.
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a research paper, journal article, or undergraduate thesis.
EE 492R ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II
F,S 3 cr. SEM 1 LAB 2
PREREQUISITE: ENGR 310.
-- Senior capstone course. A design project culminates with the actual construction and demonstration of the results. Design teams report progress to the design supervisor periodically. Students are required to write a technical paper, participate in a Design Fair, and generate complete technical documentation for the project.
EE 495 PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES
S 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing.
-- Engineers from industry and others give presentations on professionalism, ethics, and engineering practices. Included are specific well-known, historical engineering ethics cases and professional practices of engineering, intellectual property issues, and new developments.
EE 498 CO-OP EXPERIENCE
F,S,Su 3 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, GPA of 3.00 or better.
-- On-site cooperative work experience for electrical engineering co-op students.
EE 503 ADVANCED ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 317.
--Solid state device models, p-spice and other computer simulations, single and multiple state amplifier design, current sources, operation amplification design, frequency response, feedback and feed forward amplifier analysis, noise and distortion in electronics.
EE 505 MEMS SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EE 409.
-- Micro fabrication of electrical and mechanical devices. Theory of various mechanical transducers and physical sensors including optical MEMS, RF MEMS, and Bio/Chemical MEMS.
EE 522 ADAPTIVE CONTROL
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 422.
-- On-line parameter estimation, self tuning regulators, model reference adaptive controls. Robust control.
EE 525 SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 422.
-- System identification with emphasis on off-line techniques. Stability of matrix decompositions used for identification. Recursive least squares, auto regressive techniques, hypothesis testing. Geometrical and statistical interpretations of least squares, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian estimation. Derivative and derivative-free iterative solutions. Modeling and model order selection. Analytical techniques including Lagrange multipliers.
EE 526 SEQUENTIAL STATE ESTIMATION
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 422.
-- Sequential state estimation, with emphasis on Kalman filtering and smoothing. Continuous and discrete time.
EE 528 ADVANCED TOPICS - CONTROLS & SIGNALS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3 Max 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: EE 422 or equivalent.
-- Reading, discussion and exploration of original source material on advanced control systems and signal processing. Topics selected to compliment current interest and existing courses; for example, computational statistical methods, estimation, modeling, compression, advanced analytical techniques, multi-dimensional systems, spectral analysis, and implementation.
EE 533 ANTENNA ENGINEERING
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 334 or equivalent.
-- Introduction to the electromagnetic theory and practice of antenna design and analysis. Common antenna structures are studied, including dipoles, arrays, horns, and reflectors. Applications will be explored in wireless communication, remote sensing, and related fields. Numerical electromagnetic simulation techniques are used for antenna modeling.
EE 538 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS AND OPTICS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3 MAX 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None.
-- Advanced topics in applied electromagnetics and optics, chosen to represent current research in this field.
EE 541 ADVANCED COMMUNICATION THEORY
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 445.
-- Signal spectrum analysis, random processes, correlation functions, functional transformations of random variables, optimal linear filtering and estimation, statistical analysis of digital and analog modulation systems, orthogonality and related signals: time, bandwidth, and dimensionality.
EE 543 ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 445.
-- Digital and analog switching systems, packet and circuit telecommunication transmission networking and media selection (fiber optics, cable, microwave and satellite), network configuration, network technologies, equipment selection, system design examples and project.
EE 547 AD HOC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 447 and EE 543.
-- Stationary and mobile sensor network topologies, RF technologies, frequency selection, link layer and media access protocols, energy management techniques, mobility management, standards and applications.
EE 548 ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. SEM 3 Max 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: EE 543 or equivalent.
-- Reading and discussion of original source material on advanced communications systems topics including digital communications systems, optical technologies and systems, packet networks, IP networking, wireless systems, ad hoc networks.
EE 552 ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & CONTROL
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 454.
-- Representation of power system elements, fast-decoupled power flow, optimal power flow, voltage control, load-frequency control, control of active and reactive power flow, application of FACTS devices in power flow control, electrical faults and contingency calculations, transient stability, dynamic stability.
EE 555 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEMS
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 355.
-- Exploration and analysis of alternative power generation sources and systems such as wind, solar, microturbine, and fuel cells, combined sources and their design, power electronic interfacing, and energy storage systems.
EE 556 ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 451.
-- Mathematical modeling of switching power converters, advanced power converter topologies, design constraints and control methods, design-oriented analysis techniques for applications in electro-mechanical systems, power systems, transportation systems, etc.
EE 558 ADVANCED TOPICS - ELECTRICAL POWER
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3 Max 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: EE 454 or equivalent.
-- Reading, discussion and exploration of advanced electrical power topics including power system operation and control, power dynamics, power markets, protection, electric drives, or power electronics.
EE 565 PARALLEL PROCESSING
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 466.
-- Architecture and applications of parallel processors, major design issues, fault tolerant computing, performance measures of parallel systems, and issues in concurrent programming.
EE 570 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of department head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EE 575 RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL PAPER/PROJECT
F,S,Su 3 cr. IND 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- A research or professional paper dealing with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee. This course is required for students in the Electrical Engineering non-thesis (plan B) master's degree program.
EE 577 ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 477.
-- Advanced topics in digital signal processing. Review of LTI discrete-time systems; signal and coefficient quantization; sample rate conversion and multirate filter structures; time-varying and adaptive systems; fast algorithms; system implementation alternatives; DSP applications in current research.
EE 578 SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3.
PREREQUISITE: EE 477.
-- Digital signal processing techniques that are used to analyze, code, and manipulate speech signals will be covered. Topics include modification, coding, enhancement, and recognition of speech signals.
EE 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EE 581 FOURIER OPTICS AND IMAGING THEORY
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 334 or consent of instructor.
-- Optical propagation and diffraction using scalar wave approach and Fourier Theory of imaging. Introduces concepts of pupil function, point and line spread function and optical transfer function, image formation with coherent and incoherent light, holography and diffractive optical elements.
EE 582 OPTICAL DESIGN
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 482 or PHYS 426.
-- Optical design using geometric optics and computer ray-tracing software. Introduces ray and wave front aberrations, control of aberrations in optical systems, designing for system requirements, and analytic tools including the modulation transfer function for describing the imaging and beam-conditioning properties of typical optical systems, including lenses, mirrors, cameras, and telescopes.
EE 583 REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EE 334 or PHYS 317 or equivalent.
-- Design, analysis, and calibration of electromagnetic remote sensing systems. Combines an introduction to atmospheric radiative transfer and wave propagation principles with detailed coverage of radiometry and optical detectors to analyze remote sensing systems. The course considers the full electromagnetic spectrum, but emphasizes optical systems at ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths, including cameras, spectrometers, radiometers, polarimeters, multispectral and hyperspectral imagers, laser radars, etc.
EE 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION
F,S,Su 1 - 3 cr. TUT
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing and approval of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- This course may be used only by students who have completed all of their course work (and thesis if on a thesis plan) but who need additional faculty or staff time or help.
EE 590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND Maximum credits unlimited.
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
EE 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND Maximum credits unlimited.
PREREQUISITE: Doctoral standing.
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