ELEG 501. Graduate Seminar I and II. 0 cr. Presentation of current engineering topics by faculty, students, and invited guest speakers.
ELEG 502. Engineering Analysis A. 3 crs. Ordinary differential equations, finite differences and their applications to engineering problems. Fourier Series and integrals, Laplace transform, partial differential equations, Bessel & Legendre polynomials.
ELEG 503. Engineering Analysis B. 3 crs. Vector calculus, vector fields, dyadics, tensors, boundary value problems, solutions to linear homogeneous boundary value problems, separation of variables method, Bessel function, Legendre polynomials, Hankel functions in homogeneous boundary conditions and Green's functions, two-dimensional potential problems and conformal mapping, introduction to non-linear differential equations, variational and perturbation methods.
ELEG 504. Advanced Power Electronics. 3 crs. Course emphasizes inverters, applications and design: line frequency, switch-mode and resonant converters, power supply applications: de motors, induction motors, synchronous motors and stepper motor drives, residential and industrial applications, optimal utility interface, power semiconductor devices and practical converter design applications, emerging devices and circuits, flexible ac transmission line, computer applications in power electronics.
ELEG 505. Power System Control. 3 crs. Elementary constrained optimization, optimum operating strategies, control systems structure, megawatt frequency control, megavar voltage control, optimum system control, power/pool control, and power systems state estimation.
ELEG 506. Advanced Power System Analysis. 3 crs. Power system modeling, stability methods in power system analysis, energy functions for power systems, voltage control and voltage stability, application of neural networks and expert systems, application of parallel processing to power systems, reliability theory and applications.
ELEG 507. Computer-Aided Power Systems Control. 3 crs. Computer application to operation, control and analysis of power systems. Topics include load flow forecasting and scheduling, unit commitment, network modeling, fault study, transient stability analysis, reliability, future expansion of systems, security and contingency analysis, on-line dispatch techniques and state estimation in power systems.
ELEG 508. Intelligent Systems Engineering Applications. 3 crs. Overview of artificial intelligence, representation of knowledge rule based expert systems, introduction to expert system languages such as Lisp, Prolog and Production Languages. Introduction to basic concepts of the fuzzy theory, fuzzy logic, fuzzy rule generation, defuzzyfication, temporal fuzzy logic, and applications. Artificial neural networks concepts (modeling, learning, characteristics of ANN topologies), neural network paradigms (ART, Hope field, Back propagation, Cluster). Application of signal processing, communication, intelligent optimization and power and control adjustment.
ELEG 509. Linear Digital Control Systems 1. 3 crs. Writing systems equations, system representation, control system characteristics, root locus, frequency response. Closed loop performance, root locus compensation, and cascade and feedback compensation.
ELEG 510. Linear Digital Control Systems II. 3 crs. Closed loop pole-zero assignment, parameter sensitivity, Liapunov's Method, introduction to modern control, optimal design by use of quadratic performance, multivariable control observers and trackers, and digital control systems.
ELEG 520. Electromagnetic Theory. 3 crs. Plane, cylindrical, and spherical wave functions, reflection, refraction, scattering, radiation and radiating systems, interference phenomena, relativistic electrodynamics, and some special topics.
ELEG 525. Microwave Transmission and Radiation 3 crs. Various microwave transmission structures, linear passive devices, solid-state and electron-beam devices and microwave processing networks leading to the state-of-art in microwaves and radiation.
ELEG 526. Antenna Theory. 3 crs. Aperture and frequency independent antennas, performance and parameters, arraying analysis and synthesis, and applications.
ELEG 531. Solid-State Physics I. 3 crs. An introduction to the quantum mechanics of crystalline solids. Topics include: classical Drude theory and quantum mechanical Sommerfeld models of electrons in metals, crystal lattices and the concept of the Bravais lattice, determination of crystal structures by X-ray diffraction, electrons in a periodic potential, Bloch's Theorem, the quantum mechanics of electrons in a weak periodic potential, band structures of elected metals and semiconductors, and elementary transport phenomena in metals and semiconductors. Prereq.: Working knowledge of introductory quantum mechanics and intermediate electromagnetic theory.
ELEG 532. Solid-State Physics II. 3 crs. A continuation of the discussion of the quantum mechanics of crystalline solids with an emphasis on the physics of semiconductors. Topics include: an introduction to lattice vibrations and phonons in crystalline solids; introduction to the physics of semiconductors, the concept of effective mass in semiconductors, electrons and holes in semiconductors, carrier statistics, optical properties of semiconductors and metals, and an introduction to the quantum mechanics of superlattices and quantum well structures. Prereq.: Working knowledge of introductory quantum mechanics and intermediate electromagnetic theory.
ELEG 533. Microelectronics. 3 crs. Analysis of modern processing methods and technology in the manufacture of microelectronic devices. Topics include a device structure, diffusion theory, dynamics of oxide growth, effects of charge and contamination levels on device parameters, ion implantation, measurement techniques, elipsometry and future process technology.
ELEG 534. Electro-Optics. 3 crs. Covers lasers-- from physical phenomena to applications.
ELEG 535. Solid State Devices I. 3 crs. Course applies the concepts of solid state physics to electronic devices. Concepts of doping, electron transport and junction formation are discussed. Emphasis placed on understanding semiconductor junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions and metal oxide semiconductor junctions; discusses relative merits of each type of junction.
ELEG 536. Solid-State Microwave Devices. 3 crs. Theories of solid- state devices at microwave frequencies. Transfer-electron and avalanche diodes, transistors, device-circuit interactions.
ELEG 537. Solid State Devices II. 3 crs. Expands on ELEG 535. Covers basic device structures of junction diodes, bipolar transistors (BJTs), field effect transistors (FETs), Schottky diodes and metal oxide transistors (MOS) will be reviewed. As time permits, advanced structures, such as resonant funneling, microwave diodes and high-speed transistors will be presented. Where possible, course will be geared to device issues graduate students are investigating in the laboratory.
ELEG 541. Probability and Random Variables. 3 crs. Axioms of probability measure, random variables, functions of random variables, stochastic processes, stationary and ergodic processes, correlation and power spectrum, linear mean-square estimation, applications.
ELEG 542. Communication Theory I. 3 crs. Statistical decision theory; optimum receiver principles for vector channels with additive white Gaussian noise; performance of various digital modulation techniques; binary and M-ary orthogonal signals for coherent and noncoherent communication systems; communications in fading media.
ELEG 543. Communication Theory II. 3 crs. Bounds on performance of communication systems, union bounds and Chernoff bounds; analysis of convolutional codes, Viterbi algorithm and sequential decoders; quantization effects; performance of communication systems with combined modulation and coding over Gaussian and fading dispersive channels.
ELEG 544. Introduction to Coding Theory. 3 crs. Design and characterization of error correction and detection codes, encoder design, and forward and ARQ error correction concepts.
ELEG 545. Introduction to Detection and Estimation Theory. 3 crs. Statistical detection theory and signal and parameter estimation theory; likelihood-ratio decision rules; Bayes, maximum-likelihood, maximum-a-posterior, Neyman-Pearson, and minimum-error criteria; Cramer-Rao Bound; unbiased estimators; Kalman and Weiner filters, estimators; simple and composite hypothesis testing.
ELEG 547. Telecommunications I. 3 crs. Review of probability, random variables, random processes, and queuing theory with applications to telecommunication networking and traffic engineering (i.e. arrival processes, ccs, erlangs, etc.). Introduction to fundamental telecommunication networks and channel models, including satellites, microwave, coaxial cable and fiber-optical channels. Fundamentals of telephony, switching and networking, including message, circuit and packet switching; digital-switching theory and techniques; wide-area networks (WAN), public-data networks, local-area network (LAN), layered network architecture, protocols, and ISO reference.
ELEG 548. Telecommunications II. 3 crs. Detailed treatment of advanced topics in telecommunication systems engineering. Topics include formal protocol specification and verification techniques, protocol designs, including virtual terminal and file-transfer protocols; packet-switching concepts and standards, including APARNET, x25, x75 and packet assembly dissemble (PAD) standards (i.e., x3, x28, x29); advance networking concepts, including routing, congestion, and flow control; local area networking topics, such as topologies, protocols, and design and implementation issues.
ELEG 551. Network Theory I. 3 crs. Fundamental concepts of network analysis synthesis of real functions, characteristics of real functions, properties of 2-port networks, synthesis of voltage transfer functions and transfer matrix synthesis of grounded multiports.
ELEG 552. Advanced Network Theory II. 3 crs. Immittance of RLC networks, series-parallel realization, Darlington synthesis, cascade 1-port synthesis, even port synthesis, and three-terminal RC networks with arbitrary gain.
ELEG 561. Signal Processing I. 3 crs. Continuous-time and discrete-time, linear-time invariant systems; Fourier series and transforms, Z-transforms; DFT & FET's, finite impulse response and infinite impulse response, digital filter windowing and digital filter characterization, design and analysis; window functions, quantization and finite word-length effects.
ELEG 562. Signal Processing II. 3 crs. Adaptive signal processing concepts. Wiener filters and normal equations; forward and backward linear prediction, Levinson-Durbin recursion, and lattice predictors; adaptive transversal filters and algorithms (steepest-descent, LMS, LS, RLS, FLS, etc.); adaptive lattice filters and algorithms (BURG, GAL, LSL, FAST, etc.); joint process estimation and adaptive arrays.
ELEG 564. Communications and Signal Processing Lab. 3 crs. Practical and hands-on experience in fundamental concepts of communications and signal processing geared to help develop tools and techniques for research and practice. Focus on simulation methodologies and techniques, system modeling for design and performance analysis, and use of modern laboratory equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, array processors, personal computers, and related software.
ELEG 591. Engineering Project. 3 crs. Engineering design and analysis investigation at the master's level. Topic to be decided between the student and adviser and should be relevant to student's specialty area. The project and the comprehensive examination are to demonstrate the student's mastery of theory and laboratory skills.
ELEG 599. Thesis. Credit Varies.
ELEG 603. Control Theory. 3 crs. State variable description of dynamic systems, solutions of differential and difference equations by transition matrix, controllability and observability of linear systems, perturbation for nonlinear systems, stability of nonlinear systems, Liapunov's direct method, realization of transfer matrices by state equations, state and output feedbacks, pole assignment using state and output feedbacks, reconstruction of state from output.
ELEG 604. Optimization Theory. 3 crs. Theorems on extremum, applications of the theorems, illustrative problems, theorems on necessary conditions for extremum of functions and functionals. Theorems on sufficient conditions for extremum of functions and functionals, simplex method for solving linear programming problems, dynamic programming and decomposition theorem, iterative method for optimization, interior point methods optimization, application of optimization to engineering problems.
ELEG 605. Optimal Control. 3 crs. An optimal principle, special cases of the optimal principle, illustrative problems, linear regulator and Riccati equation, discrete optimal principle, power spectrum density. Theorem on the necessary and sufficient condition for an optimal filter, design of the optimal filter, illustrative problems.
ELEG 611. Detection Theory. 3 crs. Statistical detection theory, hypothesis testing, Optimum decision rule, Bayes criterion, Neyman-Pearson criterion, minmax testing, multiple observation, Composite hypothesis testing, Sequential detection, Robust and nonparametric detection.
ELEG 612. Estimation and Filtering. 3 crs. Gaussian and Markov processes, stochastic differential equations, single and multiple-observation decision theory, Bayesian estimation theory, maximum likelihood estimation, optimum linear filtering, smoothing and prediction and nonlinear estimation.
ELEG 613. Information and Coding Theory. 3 crs. Measures of information, Shannon theorems for noiseless and noisy channel coding; channel capacity; techniques for block coding and decoding, Hamming codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes and Berlekamp-Massey decoding algorithm.
ELEG 635. Quantum Electronics. 3 crs. Interaction of atomic systems with high frequency radiation fields, utilization of these phenomena for coherent amplification and generation of radiation, nonlinear phenomena involving radiation fields, and principles of operation of lasers and masers.
ELEG 637. Superconductivity and Super conducting Devices. 3 crs. Applied analysis of super conducting devices. Prereq: PHYS 221.
ELEG 680. Special Topics in Power Systems A. 3 crs.
ELEG 681. Special Topics in Power Systems B. 3 crs
ELEG 688. Special Topics in Signal Processing A. 3 crs.
ELEG 689. Special Topics in Signal Processing B. 3 crs.
ELEG 691. Special Topics in Controls A. 3 crs.
ELEG 692. Special Topics in Controls B. 3 crs.
ELEG 693. Special Topics in Communications B. 3 crs.
ELEG 694. Special Topics in Communications B. 3 crs.
ELEG 695. Special Topics in Microwaves A. 3 crs.
ELEG 696. Special Topics in Microwaves B. 3 crs.
ELEG 697. Special Topics in Semiconductors A. 3 crs. Advanced topics in semiconductor materials/characterization Prereq.: ELEG 532.
ELEG 698. Special Topics in Semiconductors B. 3 crs. Advanced topics in devices and circuits. Prereq.: ELEG 532.
ELEG 699. Ph.D. Dissertation.
The following courses which have been excluded from the bulletin (Advanced Digital Networks:
ELEG 555, Array Theory:
ELEG 527, Stochastic Control:
ELEG 606, Radar Systems:
ELEG 628, Numerical Techniques for Electromagnetics:
ELEG 629, Reliability and Failure Analysis of Semiconductor Devices:
ELEG 636) are offered but not on a yearly basis.
Graduate student enrollment and the interest of both graduate faculty and students influence the frequency in which these courses are offered. |
