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2010-2011 General Catalog 
    
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Course Descriptions


 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  
  • ECE 2250 - Electrical Circuits


    4

    Introduction to electrical circuits and basic circuit elements. Circuit theory, analysis techniques, and introduction to design. DC analysis. First-order inductive and capacitive circuits. Operational amplifiers. AC steady-state analysis. Introduction to computer-aided design and analysis. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 2280  (may be taken concurrently).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
4
  
  • ECE 2700 - Digital Circuits


    4

    Design of combinational and sequential logic circuits with discrete and programmable logic devices. Simulations and timing analysis. Use of CAD tools. Design of digital systems. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Minimum grade of C- in CS 1400 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
4
  
  • ECE 3410 - Microelectronics I


    4

    Fundamentals of transistors, operational amplifiers, and other integrated circuits, along with their utilization in amplifiers, switches, and other applications. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2250  and ECE 3620  (may be taken concurrently).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 3620 - Circuits and Signals


    3

    Continuation of basic circuit concepts. Second-order response, time-domain analysis of higher-order systems. Impulse response and convolution. Transform domain analysis of circuits and other systems. Some lab and computational work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 2270 , MATH 2280 , ECE 2250 , CS 1410 , PHYS 2220  (may be taken concurrently).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 3640 - Signals and Systems


    3

    Systems realizations. Time and transform domain analysis of discrete-time systems. Vector-space concepts and Fourier series. Fourier transforms in continuous and discrete time. Some lab and computational work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3620 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 3710 - Microcontroller Hardware and Software


    4

    Synthesis of microcontroller systems, including hardware, programming, and interfacing. Covers architecture basics, instruction set, assembly language programming, I/O, timing, and interrupts. Includes hands-on implementation. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2250 , ECE 2700 , CS 1410 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
4
  
  • ECE 3810 - Engineering Professionalism


    1

    Introduces students to life as an engineer, including: the design process, working in teams, understanding professional and ethical responsibility, the impact of engineering on society, and the need for continued professional development. Also includes discussion of how engineering meets the contemporary needs of society.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGL 3080  (may be taken concurrently).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1
  
  • ECE 3860 - Transmission Lines


    1

    Covers transmission line analysis and high frequency effects, including reflections, standing waves and interference, VSWR, crosstalk, and coupling. Intended to be taken by computer engineers. Meets simultaneously with ECE 3870  during the first five weeks of the semester.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2250 , PHYS 2220 , MATH 2250 .

1
  
  • ECE 3870 - Electromagnetics I


    4

    Discussion of Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, power and energy, reflection and refraction processes, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas. Explores electrostatic and magnetostatic fields produced by charge and current distributions, as well as electromagnetic forces and materials.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2250 , MATH 2210 , MATH 2270 , MATH 2280 , PHYS 2220 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 4250 - Internship/Co-op


    3

    Planned, career-related work experience in industry. Students must register with USU Co-op Office and have program approved by the ECE co-op advisor. Written report required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Professional standing.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ECE 4650 - OPTICS I


    3

    Topics include mathematics of wave motion, electromagnetic theory of light, light propagation, geometrical optics, and superposition of waves. For graduate (6000-level) credit, additional reading, recitation, use of optical-design software, and/or writing will be required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: PHYS 2710 , MATH 2210 , MATH 2250 ; or ECE 3870 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 6650  and PHYS 4650 /PHYS 6650 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 4680 - OPTICS II


    3

    Topics include polarization, interference, diffraction, Fourier optics, coherence theory, and the quantum nature of light. For graduate (6000-level) credit, additional reading, recitation, use of optical-design software, and/or writing will be required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: PHYS 4650 /ECE 4650  or PHYS 6650 /ECE 6650 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 6680  and PHYS 4680 /PHYS 6680 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 4740 - Computer and Data Communications


    3

    Systems approach to computer and data communications. Includes transmission lines, hardware controllers, computer interfaces, and protocols relating to local and wide area networks.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 4840 - Engineering Design (CI)

    CICommunications Intensive
    3

    Individual or team engineering project, including design, development, and testing. Interdisciplinary projects strongly encouraged. Design reviews and written progress reports required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3810 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ECE 4850 - Engineering Communications (CI)

    CICommunications Intensive
    2

    Includes a written proposal and project report, oral design reviews, presentation graphics, and project presentation. Must be taken concurrently with a senior-level capstone design course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3810 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
2
  
  • ECE 4930 - Special Studies for Undergraduates


    1-3

    Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3
  
  • ECE 5220 - Electro-optical Engineering


    3

    Explores optical principles; image formation; electro-optical materials and components; electro-optical detectors, radiometry, and photometry; electro-optical devices and instruments; and electro-optical systems analysis and design. Designed for senior-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3870  or PHYS 3600 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5230 - Spacecraft Systems Engineering


    3

    Spacecraft communications, telemetry systems, and command and data handling. Introduction to astrodynamics and orbit design. Electrical power generation and storage. Spacecraft subsystems (e.g., guidance, navigation, and control).

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 2270 , MATH 2280 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5240 - Space System Design


    3

    Students in teams perform a space system design involving all aspects, including technical, cost, and schedule. Class is linked to national design competitions and/or current USU spacecraft design projects.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5230  or MAE 5520 .

    Cross-listed as: MAE 5530 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5310 - Control Systems


    3

    Study of analog and computer controlled systems, classical and modern control system design methods, s-domain and z-domain transfer function models, state space, dynamics of linear systems, and frequency domain analysis and design techniques. Introduction to controllability and observability, and full-state pole placement controller design. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5320 - Mechatronics


    4

    Principles, modeling, interfacing, and signal conditioning of motion sensors and actuators. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation and rapid prototyping of real-time closed-loop computer control of electromechanical systems. Modeling, analysis, and identification of discrete-time or sampled-data dynamic systems. Commonly used digital controller design methods. Introduction to nonlinear effects and their compensation in mechatronic systems. Laboratory work and a design project required. Three lectures and one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5310 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 5340 - Mobile Robots


    4

    Hardware, including embedded processors, sensors, DC motors, interface electronics, wheeled platforms, and battery power. Software, including low-level device drivers and mobile rocket simulation. Algorithms, including reactive and planning approaches. Advanced sensors. Mobile robot kinematics, dynamics, and control. A project is required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
4
  
  • ECE 5410 - Semiconductor Devices


    3

    Introduction to semiconductor physics and devices. Students receive an introduction to the operation of the most important devices used in integrated circuit technology. Emphasis placed on understanding device operation.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3410 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5420 - Microelectronics II


    3

    Design of electronic circuits for applications in instrumentation, communication, control, and power systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3410 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5430 - Applied CMOS Electronics


    3

    Analysis, design, and application of digital and analog MOS integrated circuits in electronic systems. Includes device-lever VLSI, fabrication technology, and semiconductor device physics.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2700  and ECE 3410 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 6430 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5440 - Analog VLSI I


    3

    Introduces design principles and techniques for fully-integrated CMOS analog circuits. Topics include advanced MOSFET device modeling, design and verification of operational amplifiers, and switched-capacitor circuits.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5420 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5460 - VLSI Design Automation


    3

    Introduces students to basic algorithms and methodologies used for automating the design of modern VLSI circuits. Emphasizes physical design problems, including partitioning, floorplanning, and placement and routing of VLSI circuits. Students learn to identify and formulate CAD design problems using algorithmic paradigms, such as simulated annealing, dynamic programming, and mathematical programming. Students will also gain experience in the development of VLSI-CAD tools.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5530 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 6560 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5470 - VLSI Design


    3

    Introduces the standard cell library-based design flow in VLSI, including design methodology and IP design, CMOS circuit design styles, and design technology for low power and thermal aware designs.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5460 /ECE 6460  and ECE 5530  or equivalent.

    Cross-listed as: ECE 6470 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5530 - Digital System Design


    3

    Presents modern top-down, bottom-up approach to design of digital systems, emphasizing programmable devices. Extensive use of CAD tools. Designing with ABEL, and introduction to designing with Verilog HDL. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2700 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5630 - Introduction to Digital Signal Processing


    3

    Theory and principles of digital signal processing, including discrete-time signals and systems, Z-Transforms, Fourier analysis, FIR and IIR digital filter design, discrete Fourier transforms, and multi-rate processing. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5640 - Real-Time Processors


    4

    Real-time processor architectures and methods used for digital signal processing. Includes C and assembly language programming, modern DSP architectures, tools for real-time system development, and finite word-length effects. Laboratory includes implementation of hardware-based real-time systems. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640  and ECE 3710 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 5660 - Communication Systems I


    3

    Explores fundamentals of analog and digital communication systems. Focuses on modulation, demodulation, detection, and synchronization.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640  and MATH 5710 ; or graduate standing.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5720 - Computer Systems Programming and Architecture


    3

    Advanced assembly language and systems programming concerned with performance. Study of modern computer architecture issues, such as caching, pipelining, concurrent instruction execution, and virtual memory.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3710 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5740 - Concurrent Programming


    3

    Analysis of problems associated with the use of multiple threads and processes (e.g., deadlock, livelock, and starvation) and methods for avoiding them. Proper usage of synchronization operations (mutual exclusion, critical sections, semaphores, and monitors) and communication operations (message passing, remote procedure calls, remote method invocation, and rendezvous). Extensive programming exercises in C and JAVA.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 5750 - Computer Architecture


    3

    Modern architecture fundamentals, instruction set analysis and design, pipelined and superscalar architectures, software-hardware interaction, memory hierarchy, virtual memory stresses, and evaluation of multi-level systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5720  or equivalent.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5770 - Microcomputer Interfacing


    4

    Design of hardware and software interfaces to microcomputers for instrumentation and control applications. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3710 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 5780 - Real-Time Systems


    4

    Real-time system design and implementation of basic concepts, including interrupts and controllers, context switch, concurrent processes, semaphores, message passing, rate monotonic and deadline scheduling, hardware system design and test issues, and typical engineering practice. Includes hands-on implementation. Three lectures, one lab.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5720 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 5800 - Electromagnetics II


    3

    General plane wave solution of Maxwell’s equations, potential functions, radiation, 2-D solution to Laplace’s equation, and fundamental electromagnetic theory.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3870 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5810 - Microwaves I


    3

    Impedance matching, microwave network anaysis, waveguides, nonlinear elements, analysis and design of power dividers, filters, and ferromagnetic circuits. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3870 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 5850 - Antennas I


    3

    Theory and application of electromagnetic radiation and radiating structures. Emphasis on antenna designs for modern wireless communications and radar systems. P.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3870 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5870 - Wireless Communications


    3

    Characteristics of the physical channel, fading and multipath, frequency reuse, interference, and system capacity. Equalization, diversity, and channel coding. Laboratory experiments focus on design issues and tradeoffs in a wireless communication system.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3870 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 5930 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering


    1-4

    Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4
  
  • ECE 6010 - Stochastic Processes in Electronic Systems


    3

    Introduction to stochastic processes in communications, signal processing, digital and computer systems, and control. Topics include continuous and discrete random processes, correlation and power spectral density, optimal filtering, Markov chains, and queuing theory.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6030 - Mathematical Methods for Signals and Systems


    3

    Signal representation using vector spaces. Linear algebraic techniques for signal modeling and estimation. Optimal detection and estimation algorithms, with applications.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate status.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6240 - Space Environment and Engineering


    3

    Study of space environment and models used for engineering analysis. Topics include considerations for engineering in the space environment, such as plasma interactions, debris, chemical reactions, radiation effects, and thermal issues.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 2270 , MATH 2280 .

    Corequisite: ECE 5230 .

    Cross-listed as: PHYS 6240 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6250 - Graduate Internship/Coop


    1-3

    Planned work experience in industry. Detailed program; must have prior approval. Written report required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.

    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3
  
  • ECE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control


    3

    Modeling, analysis, and design of multi-input, multi-output control systems, including both state space and transfer matrix approaches, with an emphasis on stability.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5310  or MAE 5310 .

    Cross-listed as: MAE 6320 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6340 - Spacecraft Attitude Control


    3

    Spacecraft attitude dynamics and controls. Spin stabilized, three axis, and dual spin modes. Attitude determination techniques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5310 or MAE 5310

    Cross-listed as: MAE 6340

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6350 - Robotics


    3

    Fundamentals of robotic systems, including kinetics, kinematics, sensors, actuators, control algorithms, motion planning, and computer systems. Integration of critical design components to develop complete systems. Robotic manipulator analysis and design. Applications in manufacturing. Mobile robots, including wheeled, legged, and alternative locomotion robots.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320  or permission of instructor.

    Cross-listed as: MAE 6350 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6430 - Applied CMOS Electronics


    3

    Analysis, design, and application of digital and analog MOS integrated circuits in electronic systems. Includes device-lever VLSI, fabrication technology, and semiconductor device physics.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 2700  and ECE 3410 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 5430 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6460 - VLSI Design Automation


    3

    Introduces students to basic algorithms and methodologies used for automating the design of modern VLSI circuits. Emphasizes physical design problems, including partitioning, floorplanning, and placement and routing of VLSI circuits. Students learn to identify and formulate CAD design problems using algorithmic paradigms, such as simulated annealing, dynamic programming, and mathematical programming. Students will also gain experience in the development of VLSI-CAD tools.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5530 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 5460 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6470 - Digital VLSI System Design II


    3

    Introduces the standard cell library-based design flow in VLSI, including design methodology and IP design, CMOS circuit design styles, and design technology for low power and thermal aware designs.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5460 /ECE 6460  and ECE 5530  or equivalent.

    Cross-listed as: ECE 5470 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6490 - Radar I


    3

    Emphasizes the system aspects of radar. After introducing the basic concepts of radar, methods for the prediction of radar performance are developed and the principles of CW, FM, MTI, and tracking radars are presented.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 3640  and ECE 5800  or equivalent.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 6560 - Spacecraft Navigation


    3

    Fundamentals of aircraft and spacecraft navigation systems. Techniques in celestial and inertial navigation. Global Positioning System (GPS) principles. Least squares estimation and Kalman filtering for optimal estimation of stochastic systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5310  or ECE 5310  or equivalent.

    Cross-listed as: MAE 6560 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6600 - Computer Networking I


    3

    Topics include network topology, flow, capacity and queuing analysis, detailed description of the standard layers, and specific networking systems, including local area networks. Some lab work included.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6620 - Introduction to Digital Image Processing


    3

    Digital processing theory and techniques for two-dimensional signals. Topics include two-dimensional transforms, image perception, sampling, modeling, enhancement, and data compression.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5630  and ECE 6010 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6650 - Optics I


    3

    Topics include mathematics of wave motion, electromagnetic theory of light, light propagation, geometrical optics, and superposition of waves. For graduate (6000-level) credit, additional reading, recitation, use of optical-design software, and/or writing will be required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: PHYS 2710 , MATH 2210 , MATH 2250 ; or ECE 3870 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 4650  and PHYS 6650 /PHYS 4650 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6670 - Communication Systems II


    3

    Communication over bandlimited channels, equalization, multiple antenna systems, space-time codes, spread spectrum, CDMA, OFDM.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5660 , ECE 6010 , ECE 6030 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6680 - Optics II


    3

    Topics include polarization, interference, diffraction, Fourier optics, coherence theory, and the quantum nature of light. For graduate (6000-level) credit, additional reading, recitation, use of optical-design software, and/or writing will be required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: PHYS 4650 /ECE 4650  or PHYS 6650 /ECE 6650 .

    Cross-listed as: ECE 4680  and PHYS 6680 /PHYS 4680 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 6750 - Concurrent Systems Engineering I


    3

    Reliable and efficient software design for multiprocessor and multithreaded applications on real-time or embedded systems. Use of CASE tools to develop substantial concurrent programs for single and multiprocessor systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 6760 - Fault-Tolerant Systems


    3

    Methods for design and implementation of fault-tolerant computer systems, emphasizing small real-time and embedded applications. Detection, assessment, confinement, and treatment of faults. Checkpointing, rollback, and secure protocols. Fault-tolerance on distributed systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 6780 - Device Drivers


    3

    Design and implementation of UNIX and Windows device drivers. Includes hardware/software design tradeoffs in light of modern operating systems. Students implement working device drivers.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5780 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 6800 - Electrical Engineering Colloquium


    0.5

    Weekly seminars or colloquia. Students are normally required to enroll for two semesters.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
0.5
  
  • ECE 6830 - Microwaves II


    3

    Microwave amplifier design for noise, gain, and power match; microwave semiconductor and vacuum-tube devices; microwave oscillators; and microwave system performance characterization. Laboratory work required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5800 , ECE 5810 , or equivalent.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 6930 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    1-6

    Independent or group study in electrical engineering topics, such as automated systems, optics and laser engineering, electro-acoustics, solid-state materials, devices, and intelligent systems engineering.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6
  
  • ECE 6950 - Design Project


    3

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ECE 6970 - Thesis Research, MS


    1-6

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6
  
  • ECE 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement


    1-6

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6
  
  • ECE 7030 - Detection and Estimation Theory


    3

    Foundations of detection theory, including Neyman-Pearson, Bayes, and Minimax Bayes detection. Maximum likelihood and Bayes estimation theory. Recursive estimation and Kalman filtering and smoothing. Expectation maximization and hidden Markov models.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6010 , ECE 6030 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7210 - Spacecraft Instrumentation


    3

    Theory, engineering, and data reduction techniques of spacecraft instrumentation for space science and spacecraft systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6240 /PHYS 6240 .

    Cross-listed as: PHYS 7210 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7330 - Nonlinear and Adaptive Control


    3

    Methods of nonlinear and adaptive control system design and analysis. Includes qualitative and quantitative theories, graphical methods, frequency domain methods, sliding surface design, linear parameter estimation methods, and direct and indirect adaptive control techniques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 .

    Cross-listed as: MAE 7330 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7350 - Intelligent Control Systems


    3

    Intelligent control strategies, including neural network, fuzzy logic, associated memory networks, and rule-based control systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320  or permission of instructor.

    Cross-listed as: MAE 7350 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control


    3

    Advanced methods of control system analysis and design. Operator approaches to optimal control, including LQR, LQG, and L1 optimization techniques. Robust control theory, including QFT, H-infinity, and interval polynomial approaches.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320  or permission of instructor.

    Cross-listed as: MAE 7360 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7390 - Topics in Controls


    3

    Topics selected from advanced control theory.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7430 - VLSI Projects


    3

    Team-oriented design of large VLSI systems using a combination of CAD tools. Projects include mixed signal circuits incorporating custom and standard cell VLSI and analog VLSI.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5430 /ECE 6430 , ECE 5440 , or ECE 5470 /ECE 6470 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7440 - Mixed-Signal VLSI Systems


    3

    Covers specification, design, and verification of integrated systems with both analog and digital components. Particular emphasis given to data converter circuits (ADC and DAC), focusing on current research problems in the field.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5440 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7610 - Computer Networking II


    4

    Advanced TCP/IP protocols, routing strategies, major applications. Details of Unix systems for advanced use of BSD sockets and TLI/Streams.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6600 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4
  
  • ECE 7620 - Advanced Digital Imange Processing


    3

    Advanced digital processing theory and techniques. Topics include image restoration, image reconstruction from projections (computed tomography), and data compression.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6010 , ECE 6620 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7630 - Advanced Digital Signal Processing


    3

    Advanced digital signal processing theory and methods. Topics include optimal filter design (Wiener and Kalman filters), adaptive filtering, spectral estimation, and beamforming.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5630 , ECE 6010 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7640 - Topics in Signal Processing


    3

    Topics in advanced signal or image processing.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7670 - Coding Theory and Practice in Communication


    3

    Examination of codes employed in digital communications, including discussion of error correction codes over finite fields. Reed-Solomon, convolutional, and trellis coding. Advanced coding techniques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6010  or ECE 6030  and ECE 5660  (may be taken concurrently).

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7690 - Topics in Communication Theory


    3

    Topics selected from advanced communication theory.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7720 - Parallel Computer Architecture


    3

    Covers parallelism and the design of parallel computer architectures. Explores various hardware techniques designed to support parallel execution across a range of real-world applications. Examines various components of parallel computer systems and design trade-offs in the light of underlying circuit characteristcs.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5750 or equivalent or permission of instructor

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7730 - Reconfigurable Computing


    3

    Advanced study of reconfigurable computing fabrics, design automation algorithms related to FPGAs, and embedded hardware-software co-designed on FPGAs. Topics discussed and project implementations teach students state-of-the-art skills in digital, embedded hybrid processor design.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5530 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECE 7750 - Distributed Control Systems


    3

    Design and implementation issues concerning distributed control systems. Real-time processing, distributed stability methods, network techniques and standards, system development and management, smart sensors, and control actuators. Survey of current literature.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6320 /MAE 6320 .

    Cross-listed as: MAE 7750 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7760 - Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems


    3

    Advanced topics in parallel and distributed computing, emphasizing small-scale real-time and embedded systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 6750 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7770 - Advanced Topics in Real-Time Systems


    3

    Topics in real-time systems, such as scheduling analysis, adaptive scheduling, multiprocessor systems, fault tolerance, etc. Also design and implementation of real-time operating systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5780 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7780 - Model-Based Embedded Software


    3

    Topics include: Modeling, model-based tool development, examination of current embedded systems design tools, real-time operating systems, and formal methods for embedded system analysis. Surveys current literature in embedded systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5780  or permission of instructor.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7850 - Antennas II


    3

    Topics include: apertures, reflectors and lens, finite and infinite arrays, broadband antennas, Fresnel Fraunhofer regions, and Huygens’ principle. Concepts for synthetic aperture radar and radar cross section.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5800  and ECE 5850 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7860 - Computational Electromagnetics


    3

    Topics selected from advanced numerical methods including: finite element, finite difference, and mement method for solving differential and integral equations of electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. Programming in C/C++ or MatLab required.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECE 5800 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECE 7890 - Topics in Electromagnetics


    3

    Topics selected from advanced electromagnetics, microwave, and radar fields.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught on demand
3
  
  • ECE 7930 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    1-6

    Independent or group study in electrical engineering topics, such as automated systems, laser engineering, electroacoustics, solid-state materials, devices, and intelligent systems engineering.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6
  
  • ECE 7970 - Dissertation Research


    1-12

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12
  
  • ECE 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement


    1-9

    Prerequisite: Permission of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9

Economics

  
  • ECN 1500 - Introduction to Economic Instititutions, History, and Principles (BAI)

    BAIBreadth American Institutions
    3

    Designed to build an understanding of economic institutions, history, and principles. Relationship between private and public sectors of U.S. economy. Analysis of major economic institutions, such as property rights, markets, business organizations, labor unions, money and banking, trade, and taxation.

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ECN 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics (BSS)

    BSSBreadth Social Sciences
    3

    Designed to build an understanding of the economics of the marketplace from the perspectives of individual consumer and producer or business. Development and application of microeconomic principles to demonstrate the role and limitations of competitive markets in motivating socially efficient consumer, business, and public sector choices.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 1500 .

    Cross-listed as: APEC 2010 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
  
  • ECN 3010 - Managerial Economics (DSS)

    DSSDepth Social Sciences
    3

    Microeconomic principles applied to economic decision-making and policy formulation, with emphasis at the level of business firm and the individual consumer. Designed for undergraduate business and accounting majors. Credit will not be given for both ECN 3010 and ECN 4010 /APEC 4010 .

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 2010 /APEC 2010 , MATH 1100 , STAT 2300 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3
  
  • ECN 3170 - Law and Economics


    3

    Explains legal and political rules, the organization of government, and other institutional processes. Uses standard microeconomic tools and concepts, such as scarcity, choice, preferences, incentives, and supply and demand.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: POLS 1100 .

    Cross-listed as: POLS 3170 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3
  
  • ECN 3300 - Contemporary Issues in International Trade


    3

    Examines interrelated economic, political, and social issues faced by institutions and individuals at various points in the trade process.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Huntsman Scholars Junior Year Program.

    Cross-listed as: MGT 3300 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3
  
  • ECN 3400 - Introduction to Global Economic Institutions and Business Environment (DSS)

    DSSDepth Social Sciences
    3

    Designed for future business leaders who want an understanding of the global economic environment in which businesses operate. Topics include global regulatory and political institutions, trade policy, and international capital and currency markets.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 2010 /APEC 2010 .

    Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3
 

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