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ELE 521 - Biomedical Sensor Engineering
Theory, analysis, and design of biomedical sensors. Topics include biological elements; immobilization of biological components; medical, biological, and chemical sensors; and transducers based on electrochemistry, optics, and solidstate devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 and ELE 335, or MEE 390, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 525 - Biomedical Signal Processing
Modeling of biomedical signals and analysis of biomedical systems using both time-domain and frequency-domain techniques. Design of linear and nonlinear filters for biomedical applications and medical imaging. Practical applications in cardiac and neurological signal processing. Not available for credit to students with credit in ELE 551.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 530 - Design with Field Programmable Logic Devices
Design of high performance logic designs utilizing programmable logic gates. Design of finite state machines and introduction to latest computer-aided tools.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 531 - Theory of Semiconductor Devices II
Continuation of ELE 335 dealing with complex semiconductor devices. Theory of operation of integrated circuits, solid state lasers, switching devices, and negative conductance microwave devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 532 - Semiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory
Design and fabrication of active semiconductor devices. Laboratory exercises include artwork and pattern generation, mask making, oxidation, photolithographic processing, diffusion, metallization, and device testing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 533 - Design of Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuits
Fundamentals of GaAs devices and logic families; fabrication processes; physical layout for VLSI circuits; interconnection and testing of high speed systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 534 - Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization
Study of fundamentals and principles of semiconductor material properties with applications to device characterization. Modern measurement techniques of semiconductor industry including electrical, optical, chemical, and physical methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 535 - Integrated Circuit Engineering
Basic theory of integrated circuits including MOS processing technology. Principles of layout design, simulation, and design rule checking of large-scale integrated circuits. Introduction to design tools and techniques including utilization of available design software packages. Requirements include the design, simulation, and layout of an integrated circuit to the point of mask generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 and ELE 330, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 536 - Analog MOS VLSI Engineering
Introduction to analog CMOS circuits. Introduction to physical layout of VLSI circuits and SPICE modeling of MOS transistors for analog circuits. Introduction to design methodologies and advances in analog designs. Design of different MOS circuits such as current mirrors, voltage references, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, and OTAs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 537 - Hybrid Circuit Design
Lecture/laboratory course covering thick film processing techniques as they apply to the design and fabrication of miniature electronic circuits. Topics include minimum design rules, design of electronic components, artwork generation, screen preparation, screen printing, drying and firing profiles, and trimming.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 538 - Thin Film Engineering
Lecture/laboratory course designed to demonstrate theory and principles of thin film processing including vacuum processing and deposition techniques. Topics include resistive evaporation, DC sputtering, RF sputtering, ion beam sputtering, electron beam evaporation, methods of achieving vacuum, and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 540 - Power Electronics
Introduction to concepts involved with switch mode power electronic circuits. Analysis of basic circuit topologies including AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC converters. Discussion of desired outputs of these circuits, as well as undesired components such as harmonies and ripple.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 and ELE 330 and ELE 340, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 541 - Electric Drives
Advanced discussion of different types of electric motors under various load conditions. Application of power electronic drives to electric motors. Topics include DC drives, AC induction motor drive, and AC synchronous motor drives. Efficiency and harmonic effects discussed for each drive system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 and ELE 330 and ELE 340, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 550 - Digital Design with HDL
Design, simulation, and synthesis of digital circuits and systems using Verilog HDL or VHDL. Topics include digital design methodologies, finite state automata, behavioral models, structural design, finite state machines and datapath controllers, and algorithms and architectures for digital signal processors. Includes a term project to design, simulate, and synthesize a digital circuit/system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 and CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 551 - Digital Filter Design
Difference equations, z-transform, Fourier representation of sequences, discrete-time system transfer functions, infinite impulse response discrete-time filters design. Includes implementation considerations and computer aided filter design. Practical examples and computer simulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 552 - Real-Time Digital Signal Processing
In-depth presentation of the use of single-chip programmable signal processors. Hardware design aspects of digital signal processing (DSP) systems, architectural issues, and fixed versus floating pointing representations for implementing DSP algorithms. Applications to speech processing, adaptive filtering, and telecommunications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 and ELE 356, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 554 - Introduction to Digital Image Processing
Principles, techniques, and algorithms for enhancements of degraded images, compression of pictorial information, recognition of patterns in scenes, reconstruction of a picture from projections, and descriptions of objects in a scene.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 and consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 555 - Computer System Architecture
Register transfer and micro-operation, basic computer organization and design; central processing unit; micro-programmed control; pipeline and vector processing; computer arithmetic; input/output organization, and memory organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 556 - Introduction to Pattern Recognition
Theory and design of pattern recognition systems. Topics include pattern recognition and perception, nonparametric decision theoretical classification, statistical discriminant functions, Fisher’s approach, unsupervised learning systems (clustering) and their performance, and neural networks for pattern recognition.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or CSCI 241, ELE 250, and STAT 350 or IENG 335, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 557 - Processor-based Systems
Analysis of contemporary processor/core based systems including desktop, laptop, tablet computers, smart phones, MP3 players, Smart TVs. Emphasis on components such as memory, display, I/O, touch screen, USB, HDMI, Wi-Fi, BT, and GPS.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 356 and ELE 360; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 559 - Signal Processing Detection Theory
Hypothesis Testing; Neyman-Pearson detector; Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve; Bayesian detector; Composite Hypothesis Testing; Multiple Hypothesis Testing (Classification problems); detection of deterministic and random signals; detection of signals with unknown model parameters and the GLRT detector; detectors based on machine learning approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 561 - Synthesis of Active and Passive Filters
Principles of network synthesis are introduced. Synthesis techniques are used to design active and passive filters.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 564 - System Design Utilizing Analog Integrated Circuits
Basic theory for the utilization of special purpose integrated circuit amplifiers in application specific to circuit designs, including special differential and operational amplifier circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 571 - Lightwave Engineering
Theory, analysis, and design of opto electronic communication techniques. Multimode and monomode optical fibers examined for loss, dispersion, and practical considerations. Optical receiver, transmitter, and repeaters presented with an introduction to optical signal processing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335, ELE 360, and ELE 370, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 574 - Transmission Line Media and Wave Propagation
Theory and applications of various transmission line media such as twowire, coaxial, stripline, and microstrip lines. Principles of wave propagation in freespace and waveguides. Distributed circuits and impedance matching using the Smith chart approach.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 575 - Antenna Theory and Design
Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation from wire and aperture-type antennas; applications of field equivalence principles to aperture radiation; receiving antennas and noise evaluation of communication systems; antenna test equipment and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 580 - Control Systems II
Design and compensation of feedback control systems. State-variable approach to the analysis and design of feedback control systems. Use of digital controllers in modern control systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 581 - Digital Control Systems
Introduction to digital and sampled-data control systems. Analysis and design of digital systems using z-transform and state-space methods. Study of the effects of quantization and sampling on stability and performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 597 - Independent Study
Independent pursuit of advanced problems in electrical engineering under faculty supervision. Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ELE 598 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
A. Biomedical Engineering
B. Microelectronics
C. Power Electronics
D. Computer Engineering
E. Communications Engineering
G. Electromagnetics
J. Control Systems
K. Digital Signal Processing
Advanced study of electrical engineering topics offered in a regular class format. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours in each topic, but combined semester hours taken in all 500-level courses, ELE 597, and ELE 598 may not exceed 12 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ELE 630 - Advanced Integrated Circuit Engineering
Design of large integrated circuits explored at transistor, gate, and register subsystem level. Mathematical abstractions related to parasitic effects and discussion of physics layout complications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 631 - VLSI Engineering: Computer-Aided Design
Creative use of design aids in parameter extraction, schematic capture, chip layout, channel routing, and maze routing multilevel simulation. Artwork generation and verification.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 632 - VLSI Engineering: Device Design
Special design considerations of NMOS, COMS, and bipolar technologies. Topics include device simulation, application of graph theory to chip layout, design rules and validation techniques, and strategies for layout of microcells and macrocells.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 630 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 633 - VLSI Engineering: Chip Design
Complete design of integrated circuits in MOS and bipolar technologies. Designs evaluated by computer simulation with the computer results utilized in an iterative manner to optimize circuit design prior to mask generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 632 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 634 - Integrated Circuit Design for Testability
Current methodologies and techniques for design of VLSI systems are introduced. Topics include the introduction to integrated circuit design; modeling integrated circuits at functional, structural, and physical levels; fault modeling and fault detection; testing; design for testability; built-in self test; and test pattern generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 635 - Advanced Electronic Devices
Theory, analysis, and design of advanced electronic devices such as metal semiconductor field effect transistors, modulation doped field effect transistors, heterojunction bipolar transistors, and quantum well devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 636 - Design of Microsystems
Theory, analysis, and design of micro-electro-mechanical systems. Topics include fabrication process of micro and nanodevices; electrical, mechanical, magnetic and thermal properties of micro and nanostructures; and analysis of newly developed nanostructures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 330, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 637 - Thin Film Resistive Sensors
Analysis and design of resistive sensors and capacitive sensors. Includes anisotropic magnetoresistors (AMR), giant magnetoresistors (GMR), thermistors, humidity sensors, and mass flow sensors.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 370; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 640 - Advanced Power Electronics
Discussion of advanced topics involved with switch mode power electronic circuits. Topics include switching characteristics of power semiconductor devices, resonant converters, and soft-switching converters. Advanced techniques for the modeling and control of power electronic circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 540.
Credits: 3
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ELE 650 - Digital Signal Processing
Theory and computer realization of digital signal processing. Fourier and z-transform hardware and software implementation of digital filters. Discrete Butterworth and Chebyshev filters. FIR, IIR, and linear phase filters. Effects of finite word length in fixed and floating-point arithmetic.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 651 - Random Signal Processing
Statistical description of discrete and continuous signals in communication. Power spectrum analysis. Applications to filtering and interpolation problems. Detection and extraction of signals in noise background based on statistical decision theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or ELE 650, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 653 - Digital Speech Processing
Principles, techniques, and algorithms for speech signals. Emphasis on the representation of speech signals in digital form, the implementation of sophisticated processing techniques, and the classes of applications which rely heavily on digital processing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 651 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 654 - Advanced Topics in Digital Image Processing
Advanced treatment of image processing techniques; linear and nonlinear image restoration, image segmentation, image enhancement, image encoding, feature description, and image understanding; and related computer projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 554 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 655 - Microprocessor System Design
Principles and techniques required to design a microprocessor-based electronic system by treating the microprocessor as a component of the overall system. Hardware design aspects of systems including buses, memory system design, I/O, interrupts, DMA, and memory management will be examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 557 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 656 - Pattern Recognition
Principles of approaches currently employed in pattern recognition; nonparametric classification, clustering analysis, nonsupervised learning, dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, shape recognition, curve fitting, polygon clipping, and graphic display generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 230 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 657 - Parallel Processing
Fundamental concepts of parallel processor organization. Development of basic algorithms suitable for such systems. Parallel sorting and interconnection networks. Applications and discussion of specific processors.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 658 - Artificial Intelligence
Methodology in the design of a knowledge-based system using LISP or other appropriate computer language. Subjects and strategies including information base, forward chaining, testing and debugging, and dedicated hardware. Stages from initial problem definition to system implementation will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 659 - Adaptive Signal Processing
The adaptive transversal filter with least mean square algorithm introduced and compared with frequency-domain and lattice algorithms. Applications to modeling and system identification, inverse modeling, deconvolution, equalization, adaptive noise canceling, and adaptive array. Practical examples and computer simulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 651 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 660 - Digital and Analog Communication Systems
Theory of digital communication systems including digital transmission of analog systems. Digital communication in the presence of noise and the use of error correcting codes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 661 - Error Control Coding
Fundamentals of coding theory digital communications. Topics include finite fields, linear block codes, convolutional codes, and parallel concatenated codes. Design and implementation for a digital communication system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 662 - Optical Communication
Fundamentals of the propagation of optical beams in various media. Theory and applications of optical resonators. Laser oscillation and modulation techniques of laser beams. Optical detection and noise in optical systems. Two-laser optical systems and phase conjugate optics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 360, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 664 - Spread Spectrum Communication Systems
Concepts of spread spectrum digital communication and frequency hopped communication systems, including code tracking loops, synchronization of the receiver spreading code, and binary shift register sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 660 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 665 - Satellite Communications
Space vehicle overall design for communications. Orbital mechanics and the space environment presented along with station keeping, modulation methods, antenna and coding. Intended for engineers seeking entry into the satellite communications industry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360, ELE 575, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 670 - Microwave Circuits and Devices
Wave equation; microwave waveguides and components; solid-state devices and circuits; microwave integrated circuits; microwave test equipment and laboratory measurements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 671 - Microwave Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of microwave/millimeter wave integrated circuits using various transmissionline media, such as microstrips, finlines, and dielectric waveguides. “Supercompact” will be used as a design tool.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 672 - Microwave Solid-State Devices and Circuits
Theory of operation of passive and active microwave devices including beamlead detector and mixer diodes, switching and varactor diodes, Gunn and IMPATT diodes; use of these devices in various microwave circuits, such as receiver front-ends, Gunn and IMPATT oscillators, and voltage-controlled oscillators. Design of practical microwave/millimeter wave circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 673 - Time Harmonics Electromagnetic Fields
Builds on advanced electromagnetic concepts to study wave propagation, resonators, and launching methods. Rigorous mathematical methods establish understanding for plane waves, cylindrical waves, and spherical waves. Body scattering, aperture principles, and perturbation methods are examined with specific focus on design, measurement, and formulation methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 and ELE 575 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 674 - Microwave Measurement and Beam Instrumentation Laboratory
Topics include (1) Microwave measurements in the time and frequency domains, basics of spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and time domain reflectometers; (2) Transmission lines, complex impedance, reflection coefficients; (3) Microwave measurements with a vector network analyzer; basics of vector network analyzers; (4) Microwave components and devices, splitters, circulators, directional couplers, filters, etc.; (5) Beam signals for circular accelerators, beam spectrums, power spectral density, betatron and synchrotron signals; (6) Signals, noise and dynamic range, basic noise performance of devices and systems; (7) Impedance matching, basics of matching devices; (8) RF cavity measurements, cavity basics, bead pull, coupling, cavity bandwidth.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 561 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 677 - Advanced Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering
Analysis of various transmission-line media, including rectangular and circular waveguides, dielectric waveguides, finlines, and microstrip transmission lines; microwave/millimeter wave passive and active components; theory and design of integrated circuits, such as receiver front-ends; application of microwave systems and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 680 - Microprocessor Sensors and Control Systems
Application of microprocessors to various sensors including temperature, pressure, flow, and moisture measurements. Development of microprocessor based control systems. Includes laboratory experiments in microprocessor interface techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 681 - State Space Analysis
Study of linear systems emphasizing state space analysis. Topics include signals and signal representation, mathematic description of continuous and discrete systems, matrices and linear spaces, state variables and linear continuous systems, state variables and linear discrete systems, system controllability and observability, and introduction to stability theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 682 - Nonlinear Control Systems
Study of the methods used for the analysis and design of nonlinear feedback control systems. Emphasis on the phase-plane method, numerical techniques, describing functions, and the methods of Lyapunov.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 683 - Computerized Control and Modeling of Automated Systems
Study of computerized control in automated systems for industries, emphasizing digital controllers and linear quadratic controllers (LQC). Topics include introduction to computer control, digital controller design, command generation for process control, process modeling, optimal design methods, finite-wordlength effects, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 684 - Optimum Control Systems
Introduction to the basic theory and methods for the optimization of control system problems. Topics include matrix calculus, optimization with and without constraints, calculus of variations, dynamic programming with applications, optimal control of continuous and discrete systems, state estimation, and Kalman filters with electrical engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 581 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 685 - Control Laws and Strategies for Multilink Manipulators
Study of servo control for manipulators, emphasizing various control schemes currently active in the robotic field. Topics include single-link control, kinematics and dynamics of multilink manipulators, computed torque technique, variable-structure control, nonlinear feedback control, resolved motion control, adaptive control, and force control.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 687 - Fuzzy Logic in Engineering
Study of fuzzy logic with emphasis on its engineering applications. Topics include classical and fuzzy sets, classical and fuzzy relations, membership functions, fuzzy-to-crisp conversions, fuzzy arithmetic, classical and fuzzy logic, fuzzy rulebased systems, fuzzy control systems, and other engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 689 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Study of neural networks with an engineering application emphasis. Topics include feedforward neural networks, single layer feedback neural networks, supervised and unsupervised learning, and associative memories, as well as topics related to intelligent systems such as genetic algorithms.
Credits: 3
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ELE 690 - Master’s Proposal
Conducting literature search and preliminary studies about the M.S. thesis or project topic. Students must submit a report about the proposed work and defend it in front of the student’s graduate committee. Proposal should clearly show that the proposed work is original and potentially leading to journal articles or patents. Must be passed with a grade of B or better. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ELE 695 - Research in Electrical Engineering
Continuing research based upon topics proposed in ELE 690.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690, or consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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ELE 699A - Master’s Thesis
May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 semester hours will count towards the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690 or consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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ELE 699B - Master’s Project
May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690 or consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 600 - Internship in the College Teaching of English
For teaching interns only. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours, all of which may be counted toward program requirements for the doctoral degree and for track II of the master’s degree. Only 3 semester hours may be applied toward track I of the master’s degree. S/U grading.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 601 - Bibliography and Methods of Research
Introduction to the philosophy and methods of literary research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 602 - Literary Theory and Criticism
A. History of Literary Theory
B. Contemporary Literary Theory
C. Interpretation of Literary Texts
D. Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism
Study of the history, movements, and applications of literary criticism and theory. Each lettered topic may be taken only once.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 603 - Traditions in Written Rhetoric
Survey of major rhetoricians, theories, and movements from antiquity through present day. Focuses on defining rhetoric, tracing its changes throughout history, and considering its connections to writing studies and literary theory.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 604 - Topics in Materials for the English Language Arts Classroom
Analysis of new curriculum materials in English, with focus on language, literature, or composition. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 606 - Morphology
Investigation of linguistic processes of word structure; the nature of morphological systems; what morphology consists of; basic skills for analyzing word structure; awareness of morphological properties of English and other languages.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 607 - Topics in Literature
Study of special topics and periods of literature. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 608 - Research Methods in Linguistics
Introduction to doing and interpreting research in linguistics. Discussion and application of theory in both qualitative and quantitative research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 609 - Creative Writing
A workshop/pedagogy course in poetry or fiction for students who wish to further their knowledge of literature through practice of the art, and for those who intend to become practicing writers and critics. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours as the topic changes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 610 - Rhetoric of Prose Composition
Introduction to contemporary rhetorical theories and composition theory and research. Focuses on reading words of leading theorists and researchers and exploring implications for writing, teaching, and research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 611 - History of the English Language
Linguistic analysis and description of the development of English from its earliest Anglo-Saxon stages to present-day British and American English.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 612 - Old English
Introduction to English at the earliest period of its history (i.e., before the Norman Conquest in 1066) with focus on the grammatical analysis of short prose works and the careful reading of several important poems.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 613 - Middle English
Analysis and description of the process by which Old English lost most of its Germanic inflections and gained an enormous Romance vocabulary in the wake of the Norman Conquest, with special attention to the persistence of dialectal variety as well as to the rise of a London standard.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 614 - Introduction to Linguistics
Survey of language and language study: elements of language, language change, language universals, first and second language acquisition, dialects, language and the brain, development of writing and contemporary writing systems, nonhuman communication, language change. Recommended as a preliminary course for students with little linguistic background.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 615 - Descriptive English Linguistics
Survey of analytical techniques and methods of describing phonological, morphological, and syntactic systems of language.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 616 - Pedagogical Grammar
Analysis and exemplification of the grammatical structures of English with particular attention paid to developing meta-language and explanatory adequacy for presenting grammatical concepts.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 617 - Phonology
Introduction to the sound systems of language: phones, allophones, and the nature of phonological systems; segments and natural classes of sounds; allophonic and process rules.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 618 - Syntax
Investigation of linguistic processes of word order and sentence structure; the nature of syntactic systems; what syntax consists of; basic skills for analyzing sentence structure; awareness of syntactic properties of English and other languages.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 619 - Varieties of English
Survey of methods and materials for analyzing the major varieties of English: regional, social, ethnic, gender, and situational varieties. Standard language and dialects. Attitudes toward varieties of language. World Englishes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 620 - Semantics
Survey of linguistic approaches to word and sentence meaning. Types and sources of meaning, current theories of semantics and semantic relationships, representation of semantic meaning, tracking of meaning through extended discourse, and links between semantics and pragmatics.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 621 - Topics in Linguistics
Focus on specific topics in theoretical or applied linguistics, usually not explored in depth in more general language/linguistics courses. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours when the topic changes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 622 - Theories and Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Survey of theoretical principles, interdisciplinary approaches, methodology, and practical applications essential for teaching English as a second/foreign language or as a second dialect. Emphasis on linguistic, psychological, and social backgrounds of language learning in a bilingual or multilingual setting.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 623 - Second Language Acquisition
Overview of the major theories and processes of second language acquisition including analyses of current empirical research in learner language and language-learning processes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 624 - Professional Writing Institute
Studies in selected topics of special interest to students, teachers, and practitioners of written technical communication. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours as topic changes. May not be included in a program of courses for a graduate degree in English except upon approval of the director of graduate studies in English.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Permission of director of graduate studies in English.
Credits: 1-6
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ENGL 625 - Methods of Research in Professional Writing
Survey of theoretic, quantitative, and qualitative methods used by academic scholars and workplace professionals to conduct written technical communication research. Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies and their appropriateness for particular research goals and inquiries.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 626 - Technical Writing
Principles and strategies of planning, writing, and revising technical documents common in business and industry. Application in case studies and practical projects.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 627 - Technical Editing
Principles and strategies of preparing technical documents for publication, including editing for content, organization, style, and layout. Application in case studies and practical projects.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 628 - Internship in Technical Writing or Editing
Job-related experience involving primarily writing or editing and supervised cooperatively by the department’s internship coordinator and by the sponsoring company or organization. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours, but only 3 semester hours may be applied toward a graduate degree in English. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department internship coordinator.
Credits: 1-12
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ENGL 629 - Topics in Rhetoric
Topics in rhetorical theory and analysis. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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