EE 20500: Linear Systems Analysis I
First and second order circuits, Laplace Transform, s-domain circuit analysis, network functions. Fourier series and Fourier Transform. Parceval Theorem. Prereq.: Engr 10300, Engr 20400; pre- or coreq.: Math 39100 (min. C grade). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 21000: Switching Systems
Analysis and synthesis of combinatorial circuits. Karnaugh maps. Analysis and design of sequential circuits. Digital computer and industrial applications. Prereq.: Math 20200 (or Math 20202) (min. C grade). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 21200: Circuits and Systems
Analysis (for Computer Science students) Introduction to basic circuit analysis. Signal waveforms, capacitance and inductance, Laplace Transform, A-domain circuit analysis, network functions, frequency response, resonant circuits, Fourier series and transforms. Prereq.: Math 20300 (min. C grade), Phys 20700 (min. C grade). 3 HR./WK.; 4 CR.

EE 22100, EE 32200, EE 32300, EE 42400: Electrical Engineering Laboratory I, II, III
Experiments and design problems on material drawn from the electrical engineering curriculum. (ENGR 20400, EE 2100, EE 24100, EE34200). Test and measurement instruments, Virtual instruments and computer instrumentation, Electric and electronic circuits. Transient and frequency response, Logic circuits, Discrete circuits, Operational amplifiers. Prereq.: Engr 20400, EE 21000; 32200: prereq EE 22100, EE 24100; 32300: prereq EE 32200, EE 34200. 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 24100: Electronics I
Electronic devices and their use in analog circuits. Prereq.: Phys 20800 (min. C grade); pre- or coreq.: EE 20500 and EE 21000. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 25900: Programming for Electrical Engineering
Part I. UNIX and C: UNIX preliminaries, C program format, data types, conditional statements, formatted I/O, functions, arrays, structures and pointers.
Part II. Electrical Engineering Applications: Projects on numerical solutions of linear systems, numerical differentiation/integration, least square approximations, etc. Prereq.: CSc 10200, Engr 10300; pre- or coreq.: Math 39100 (min. C grade), Math 39200 (min. C grade). 4 HR./WK., 4 CR.

EE 30600: Linear Systems Analysis II
Discrete-time signals. Discrete-time systems. Linear, shift-invariant discrete-time systems. Convolution. The Z-transform. Transfer functions. The Fourier transform. Fourier analysis of discrete-time systems. Sampling in the time and frequency domains. Prereq.: Engr 20400; pre- or coreq.: EE 20500. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 31100: Probability and Statistics
Sample space and probability theory. Density and distribution functions of single and multiple discrete and continuous random variables. Functions of random variables. Expectation,variance and transforms. Independence, covariance and correlation. Central limit theorem, weak/strong law of large numbers. Introduction to Random Processes. Confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression techniques, chi-square minimization methods. Prereq.: Math 203. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 31200: Communication Theory
Noise in amplitude and frequency modulation systems. Digital modulation techniques, baseband signal receiver, matched filter, probability of error. Prereq.: EE 31100. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 33000: Electromagnetics
Complex vectors. Maxwell’s Equations. Boundary conditions. Wave equation. Uniform plane waves. Polarization. Propagation in lossless and lossy media. Poyting Vector. Reflection and transmission of waves at normal and oblique incidence. Transmission lines (propagation, Smith Chart, transients). Topics in waves. Prereq.: Phys 20800, Math 39100 and 39200 (min. C grade). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 33300: Introduction to Antennas, Microwaves and Fiber Optics
Antennas, antenna arrays, and applications. Propagation in free space, Microwave waveguides and resonators. Fiber-optic wave guides. Wave optics. Light sources and detectors. Prereq.: EE 33000 (or 33100). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 33900: Semiconductor Materials and Devices
The crystal structure of solids. Introduction to quantum mechanics and quantum theory of solids. Charge carriers in semiconductors. Carrier transport phenomena. Carrier generation and recombination. Mathematical analysis of diffusion phenomena. Ambipolar transport. Surface effects. Basic structure of the pn junction. Prereq.: EE 33000 (or 33100). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 34200: Electronics II
Electronic devices and circuits. Feedback amplifiers, regulated power supplies, oscillators. Comparators and Schmitt triggers. Logic gates and logic families. Flip-flops. Semiconductor memories. A/D and D/A conversion. Timing circuits. Prereq.: EE 24100. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 35700: Electric Power Engineering
Analysis of magnetic circuits. Equivalent circuits and operations of power transformers, autotransformers, three-phase transformers. Basic principles of electromechanical energy conversion, single and double excitation. Elementary power systems and per-unit calculations. Power transmission, distribution, three-phase induction machines. Prereq.: EE 20500, EE 33000 (or 33100). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 37100: Linear Feedback Systems
Analysis of feedback systems including block diagrams, signal flow graphs, time domain specifications, Routh’s stability criterion, root locus, Bode and Nyquist diagrams, and state feedback. Prereq.: EE 20500. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 42100: Local Area Network Laboratory
Introduction to computer networks: local area network, wide-area network and interconnected network; packet switching and circuit switching. Design and simulation of various networks. Measurements and control of performance parameters such as throughput, delay and call blocking rate. Networks and services for simulations include datagram and virtual circuit (WAN), Ethernet and Token Bus (LAN). Protocol Analyzer for protocol simulation and monitoring. Pre- or coreq.: EE 46000. 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42200: Analog Communication Laboratory
Analog communication systems, including frequency translation, AM signal generation and reaction, double and single sideband modulation, FM signal bandwidth, narrow and wide angle modulation, FM signal generation and reception, frequency division multiplexing, and noise in FM. Prereq.: EE 31200. 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42500: Computer Engineering Laboratory
Introduction to the operation and applications of microcomputers and design experiments in computer interface engineering utilizing a microprocessor-based computer. Design projects include computer inputoutput device selection, program interrupt, on-line control, direct memory access, and circular input-output buffer. Prereq.: EE 44400 (or CSc 21000 and 34200). 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42600: Control Laboratory
Control of an analog servomechanism including velocity feedback, system following error, speed control, 3-term control, and frequency response. Prereq.: EE 37100. 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42700: Digital Systems Laboratory
Design of digital systems using integrated circuit modules. Combinational and sequential systems, arithmetic systems. Registers, counters, word generator, sequence detector, parity bit generator. Prereq.: EE 44400 (or CSc 21000 and 34200). 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42800: Photonics Engineering Laboratory
Interferometers. Characteristics of CW laser. Diffraction through slits, gratings, pinholes, and sharp edges. Spatial filtering and holography. Radiometry and photometry. Polarization and wave plates. Pre- or coreq: EE 33000 (or 33100). 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 42900: Solid State Devices Laboratory
Designed to complement the lectures presented in EE 44100 through device testing and measurement. Observations of semiconductor materials properties through experiments involving the Hall effect, photo generation/recombination, and anisotropic etching. Semiconductor PN junctions, uni- and bipolar device characterization through C-V plotting, DC and AC measurements of devices in packages and on wafers and subsequent development of device model parameters. Optional special project opportunity. Laboratory notebook required. Pre- or coreq.: EE 44100. 3 LAB HR./WK.; 1 CR.

EE 43800: Management Concepts for Engineers
The principles and techniques of team management in a high-technology environment. Concepts in developing leadership and entrepreneurial skills as well as communication skills in a business context. A term paper will be required. Prereq.: at least upper junior status. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 44100: Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Materials
Fundamental properties of semiconductors. Device fabrication, the PN junction, metalsemiconductor junction, the bipolar transistor, the field effect transistor, the MOS transistor. Prereq.: EE 33900. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 44400: Digital Computer Systems
Digital system description. Algorithmic processor design. Organization of a simple digital computer. Control unit design, microprogramming. Elements of programming. General CPU, memory, and input/output organization. Microcomputer organization. Prereq: EE 21000, pre or coreq.: EE25900. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45000: Microwave Networks
Waveguides and resonators; losses and mode analysis. Transmission line equivalent networks. Scattering matrix. Reactive waveguide elements. Techniques for dielectric and boundary perturbations. Strip line. Microwave filters and couplers. Periodic circuits and slow waveguides. Prereq.: EE 33200 (or 33300). 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45100: Communication Electronics
Components of end-to-end communications systems. Noise in circuits and systems. Behavior of wideband and tuned amplifiers; limits on small signal operation. Gain controlled amplifiers, limiters, frequency multipliers, oscillators, coupling networks. Nonlinear elements, distortion, amplitude, frequency, and phase modulators, transmitters and low-noise receivers. Prereq.: EE 31200. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45200: Fiber Optic Communications
This course is intended to provide the basic materials for an introductory senior or first-year graduate course in the theory and application of optical fiber communication technology with emphasis on both digital and analog point-to-point veryhigh-bit-rate long haul optical transmission systems. Topics covered include: an overview of the fundamental components of advantages of optical fibers relative to other transmission media; basic laws and definitions of optics that are relevant to optical fibers; degradation of light signals arising from attenuation and distortion mechanisms; main devices encountered in a fiber optic system, light sources, light detectors. Analog and digital modulation formats at the transmitter: theory and design of receivers, noise and detection for optical fiber links; performance analysis and design of both digital and analog point-to-point very high bit-rate long-haul optical transmission systems. Prereq.: EE 31200, EE 33200 (or 33300), EE 44100. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45300: Digital Signal Processing
Introduction to basic digital signal processing concepts; the finite Fourier transform, cyclic convolution, digital filters, Z-transform. Design of algorithms computing the finite Fourier transform and cyclic convulsion. Cooley-Tukey and Winograd algorithms. Prereq.: EE 30600. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45400: Physical Electronics
Statistical distributions in physics. Metals. Band theory. Semiconductors. Phonons. Transport coefficients. Prereq.: EE 33900. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45500: Elements of Power Systems
Analysis of transmission lines, transformers, and electric machines as the elements of power systems. Prereq.: EE 35700. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45600: Elements of Control Theory
Design of classical and state space controllers for continuous time and sampled data systems. Lead, log, and lag-lead compensation. State feedback, separation theorem, reduced order estimators. Lead compensation using w-plane. Discrete equivalent state space models. Deadbeat response. Prereq.: EE 37100. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45700: Digital Integrated Circuits
Design of logic circuits; TTL, MOS, ECL. Design of flip-flops and memories at the transistor level. Design of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, sample and hold circuits, and timing circuits. Interconnecting logic gates using transmission lines. Prereq.: EE 24100. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45800: Introduction to Lasers
Resonant optical cavities. Interaction of radiation with matter. Gas, solid-state, and injection lasers. Light modulation (internal and external). Prereq.: EE 33200 (or 33300), EE 33900. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 45900: Microprocessors
Introduction to stored program computers and microcomputers. Review of number systems, binary arithmetic, register transfer language, and micro-operations. Digital computer and microcomputer functional elements, input-output devices, system organization and control. Accumulatorbased processors, general register processors. Micro-processor case study. LSI peripheral support chips. Prereq.: EE 44400. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 46000: Computer Communication Systems
Queuing theory, Markovian networks, packet, message and circuit switching networks, assignment of link capacities and flows, routing algorithms, stability, flow control and error control, packet radio networks, multiple access schemes and network protocols. Prereq.: EE 31200. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 46200: Photonic Engineering
Study of basic optics and computer-aided design for optics. Application of study to solve engineering problems and design photonic devices. Topics will be selected from: ray tracing; lens design; interferometry; analysis of optical systems; spectroscopic techniques; Fourier optics; fibers, Electrical Engineering 236 waveguides, integrated optics; video disk; optical detectors. Prereq.: EE 33200 (or 33300).3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 46300: Wireless Communications
Introduction to wireless/mobile communications systems. Cellular systems concept: frequency reuse, co-channel and adjacent channel interference, capacity improvement. Wireless channel characteristics: long-term fading, short-term fading. Diversity techniques: DPSK, QPSK, 4QPOSK, QAM, GMSK. Multiple access techniques for wireless communications: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA. Personal communications services. Current standards of PCS and cellular systems. Prereq.: EE 31200. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 51000: Independent Study
The student pursues a program of independent study under the direction of a faculty mentor. Open only to students who have shown exceptional ability (minimum GPA 3.5). Students desiring to register in this course should apply by Dec. 1 for the spring term and by May 1 for the fall term. A final report is required. Prereq.: departmental approval. 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.

EE 59866, 59867: Senior Design Project
This is a two-semester capstone design course. The student is required to design and implement a solution to an engineering problem. Topics include introduction to engineering design, identification of a problem, background research, social, environmental, ethical and economic considerations, intellectual property and patents and proposal writing, including methods of engineering analysis and theoretical modeling. A detailed concept and design proposal is completed during the first semester and the implementation phase may also begin. A functional physical prototype or computer model is completed and tested in the second semester. Each student is required to write an in depth engineering report and to make an oral presentation to the faculty. Prereq.: Senior year students status, EE 32300. 3 HR./WK. AND 3 DESIGN HR./WK; 3 CR. EACH SEMESTER.