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Courses

The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Electrical and Computer Engineering
  

  • ECE 61000 - Energy Conversion

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles of static and electromechanical energy conversion. Control of static power converters. Reference frame theory applied to the analysis of rotating devices. Analysis and dynamic characteristics of induction and synchronous machines. State variable analysis of electromechanical devices and converter supplied electromechanical drive systems. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 61200 - Advanced VLSI Devices

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Device physics of advanced transistors. Process, device, circuit, and systems considerations affecting development of new integrated circuit technologies. Review of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) fundamentals along with key process and circuit concepts. Short channel effects in sub-micron channel length metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) including device scaling considerations. Device physics and technology issues for sub-100 nm (nanoscale) MOSFETs. Limits of silicon device technology and key issues in the continuing miniaturization of devices. Alternative device structures to replace bulk MOSFET. Computer simulation employed throughout the course to examine device issues and prototype new device technologies. Offerd in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60600 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 61500 - Nonlinear Optics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth study of nonlinear optics. After a review of linear effects, several nonlinear optical processes and applications are discussed. These include electro-optic switches and modulators, harmonic light generators, sum and difference frequency mixing, parametric amplifiers and oscillators, and phase conjugate mirrors. Discussions of nonlinear spectroscopy include topics such as two-photon absorption, saturation spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and double-optical resonance measurements. Photonechoes and other transient effects, and surface effects are also discussed. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 55200 , ECE 60400 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 61600 - Ultrafast Optics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the physics, technology, and applications of ultrashort laser pulses. Topics covered include the following: methods for generating and measuring ultrafast laser pulses; basic physical processes affecting ultrashort pulses; devices for manipulating ultrashort pulses; ultrafast nonlinear optics, including nonlinear optics in fibers, nonlinear refractive index effects, pulse compression, solitons, and all-optical switching; time-resolved spectroscopy of ultrafast materials processes; and applications to ultrafast optoelectronics. In addition, each student will select a specific topic for in-depth study. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 55200 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 61700 - Antennas: Design And Applications

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrically small antennas; arrays; wire antennas and feeding arrangements; aperture antennas such as slots, horns, and parabolic reflectors; antennas for multiple frequencies including log-periodic and other frequency independent types; receiving antennas and the concept of antenna temperature; antenna measurements and evaluation. Prerequisite: ECE 44100  and concurrent prerequisite: ECE 60400 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 61800 - Numerical Electromagnetics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The numerical solution of Maxwell’s equations is studied. Numerical methods such as the Finite Element Method and the Finite Difference Method are presented for the solution of both differential and integral equations. Applications studied include: waveguides (microstrip, VLSI interconnects, optical, discontinuities), scattering (frequency selective surfaces, arbitrary scatterers), antennas, magnetics, semiconductor devices, and inverse scattering. Papers in the current literature are used. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: ECE 60400 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 62000 - Introduction To Biomedical Imaging Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. (BME 63000 ) Overview of biomedical imaging systems and analysis. Examination of various imaging modalities, including X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear, and MRI. Microscopy including how images are formed and what types of information they provide. Image analysis techniques, including analysis of cardiac ultrasound, mammography, and MRI functional imagery. Offered in alternate years. Concurrent prerequisite: ECE 63700 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 62400 - Multimedia Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides a general coverage of three major areas that include multimedia data management (logical and physical modeling), broadband network architectures and protocols for distributed multimedia communication, and user interface environments. Various models and specification methodologies in these areas are introduced. The discussion is augmented with various case studies. Prerequisite: ECE 54700 , ECE 56200 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 62500 - Analysis Of Electromechanical Systems II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Extension of ECE 525. Electric propulsion systems including presentation of cycloconverter and rectifier-inverter drive systems. Dynamic and steady-state analysis of machine performance with series controlled rectifiers in the stator or rotor phases. MMF space harmonic analysis. Prerequisite: ECE 62500. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 62700 - Introduction To Cryptography And Secure Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduces the basic concepts of cryptography. Various cipher systems are presented, including transposition and substitution systems, Block ciphers, RSA, and Knapsack. Methods used to attack ciphers are discussed with emphasis on complexity. Case studies of the use of cryptographic methods in communication systems are presented with some consideration given to privacy issues. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 62900 - Introduction To Neural Networks

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Information processing with neural networks, biological and engineering implications, learning algorithms, current neural network models and architectures, implementational topics, applications in areas such as signal/image processing, pattern recognition, optimization, simulation, system identification, nonlinear prediction, communications, and control. Concurrent prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 63300 - Modeling And Simulation Of Power System Components

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Recommended for those interested in learning to use computer simulation to investigate the dynamic and controlled behavior of electrical power components. Beginning with an introduction to MATLAB/SIMULINK, the course goes through the key steps of modeling, implementing and verifying the simulation of single and three-phase transformers, single and three-phase induction machines, three-phase wound field synchronous machines and permanent magnet machines useful in power applications, each case amply illustrated in projects around some interesting topics. Students are expected to implement and verify about 10 simulation projects and also discuss observed behaviors on topics such as inrush current in transformers, motoring, generating and braking operation of machines, and pulsating torque from subsynchronous resonance. Prerequisite: ECE 42500  or ECE 43200 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 63400 - Digital Video Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Digital video systems. Characteristics of basic analog video systems, including bandwidth constraints, color encoding, and composite signal formation. Digital video concepts with emphasis on processing of time-varying images. Topics include: filtering, enhancement, restoration, and motion estimation and prediction. Digital video compression techniques, including intraframe coding approaches, with particular emphasis on JPEG. MPEG1 and MPEG2 video compression standards. Low bit rate approaches, including H.261, H.263, and MPEG4. Applications include: video servers, transmission systems, high definition television, multimedia systems, and videoconferencing systems. Offered in alternate years. Concurrent prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 63700 - Digital Image Processing I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to digital image processing techniques for enhancement, compression, restoration, reconstruction, and analysis. Lecture and experiments covering a wide range of topics. 2-D signals and systems, image analysis, and image segmentation. Achromatic vision, color image processing, color imaging systems, image sharpening, interpolation, decimation, linear and nonlinear filtering, printing and display of images. Image compression, image restoration, and tomography. Offered every third semester. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 63800 - Principles Of Digital Color Imaging Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles of color science: physiology of the human eye, trichromatic and color opponent models for color, and uniform color spaces. Color reproduction in electronic imaging systems: color models for input and output devices, color imaging system calibration, color quantization and halftoning, and color printing. Color appearance and computational color: color appearance models, models for color constancy, and physics-based models for color. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: MA 51100  and Master’s student standing or higher. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 63900 - Error Control Coding

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The theory and practice of error control coding is examined. The study includes the arithmetic of Galois fields as well as linear block, cyclic, and convolutional codes. Some applications of codes in digital communication systems and in computer systems are presented. Offered every third semester. Concurrent prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 64100 - Digital Image Processing II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced treatment of selected topics in digital image processing. Image models, color, digital video, synthetic aperture radar, magnetic resonance imaging, stack filters, morphological filters, in-verse problems in computational vision, multiscale techniques. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 , ECE 63700 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 64200 - Information Theory And Source Coding

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A treatment of the basic concepts of information theory. Determination of channel capacity and its relation to actual communication systems. Rate distortion theory is introduced, and the performance of various source codes is presented. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 64500 - Estimation Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents the basics of estimation and detection theory that are commonly applied in communications and signal processing systems. Applications in communications and signal processing will be considered throughout. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 64700 - Performance Modeling Of Computer Communication Networks

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The mathematical background needed for the performance and stability analysis of computer communication networks is developed. Point processes, Markov processes, and queuing processes are used in the modeling and analysis of queues, interconnected queues such as ARPANET, and random multiple access networks such as Xerox’s ETHERNET. Distributed control of random access networks and centralized control of queuing networks is considered. The techniques developed are useful in the design of computer systems as well as computer networks. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 64800 - Wavelet, Time-Frequency, And Multirate Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced topics in signal processing, including time-frequency analysis, multiscale edge detection, wavelet bases and filter banks, and techniques for approximation, estimation, and compression using wavelets. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 53800 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 65000 - Topics In Solid-State Devices And Materials

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. An introductory treatment of selected device and materials related topics. Topics will change from semester to semester and will be announced in advance. The list of possible topics includes solid state microwave devices, optoelectronics, laser-quantum electronics, magnetics, noise in semiconductor devices, acoustic wave devices, energy conversion, device fabrication, electroceramics, MOS devices, thin-film devices, and memory devices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 65400 - Solid State Devices II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to advanced concepts in semiconductor devices as an extension and continuation of ECE 60600 . Topics include charge storage and transfer in deep depletion MOS devices (CCDs and DRAMs); negative differential mobility and transit time effects in microwave oscillators (Gunn and IMPATT diodes); spontaneous and stimulated emission, quantum efficiency, and charge confinement in photonic devices (LEDs and double heterojunction lasers); and quantum efficiency and spectral response in conventional and avalanche photodiodes. Prerequisite: ECE 60600 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 65600 - Electronic Transport In Semiconductors

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A treatment of the microscopic and phenomenological physics of carrier transport in bulk semiconductors and in semiconductor devices. The Boltzmann transport equation is introduced as are techniques for solving it analytically and numerically. The physics of carrier scattering in common semiconductors is explored. Theoretical treatments of low and high field transport are compared with measured results. Balance equations are derived as moments of the Boltzmann Transport Equation and are applied to the analysis of sub-micron semiconductor devices. Students are expected to be able to apply elementary concepts of quantum mechanics and solid state physics. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: ECE 60600 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 65800 - Semiconductor Material And Device Characterization

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A comprehensive survey of modern characterization techniques routinely used to determine solid-state material and device parameters. Concepts and theory underlying the techniques are examined, and sample experimental results are presented. The coverage includes electrical, optical, chemical, and physical characterization methods. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60600 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 65900 - Quantum Phenomena In Semiconductors

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed for graduate students familiar with semiconductor fundamentals, with engineering electromagnetics and with linear algebra, but having no significant acquaintance with either quantum mechanics or statistical mechanics. The purpose of the course is to introduce the relevant concepts of quantum mechanics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics as possible using device-related examples. Topics include: preliminary concepts, equilibrium, restoration of equilibrium, transport, effective mass equation, optical properties, advanced concepts. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: ECE 60600 , MA 51100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 66100 - Computer Vision

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course deals with how an autonomous or a semi-autonomous system can be endowed with visual perception. The issues discussed include: sampling from a topological standpoint; grouping processes; data structures, especially hierarchical types such as pyramids, quadtrees, octrees, etc.; graphic theoretic methods for structural description and consistent labeling; issues in 3-D vision such as object representation by Gaussian spheres, generalized cylinders, etc. Prerequisite: ECE 57000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 66200 - Pattern Recognition And Decision-Making Processes

    Credit Hours: 3.00. (CS 66200 ) Introduction to the basic concepts and various approaches of pattern recognition and decision-making processes. The topics include various classifier designs, evaluation of classifiability, learning machines, feature extraction and modeling. Prerequisite: ECE 30200 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 66300 - Compiler Code Generation, Optimization, And Parallelization

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents the concepts needed to design and implement production quality code generators for any of the more popular languages and families of computer architecture (including various pipelined, superscalar, and macro-parallel machines). Flow analysis and concurrency detection, as well as optimizations and loop and irregular code parallelizations, are covered in detail. Using C on ECN UNIX, each student will complete a project implementing a simple optimizer/parallelizer. Prerequisite: ECE 56500 , CS 50200  or ECE 46800  or ECE 57300 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 66400 - Formal Languages, Computability, And Complexity

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics in computability theory and formal languages include recursive function theory, the equivalence of various generic programming languages for numeric calculations and string manipulations, regular languages and finite state automata, and context-free and context-sensitive languages. In complexity theory, emphasis is on the theory of NP-completeness, including proof methods, the distinctions between strong- and weak-sense NP-completeness, NP-hardness, and performance-guaranteed approximation algorithms. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60800 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 66600 - Advanced Computer Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of theoretical aspects of advanced computer systems where multiprocessing is used. Topics include the design, architecture, and performance evaluation of multiprocessor memories, interconnection networks, and computational pipelines. Also included are the topics of scheduling, synchronization, resource allocation, load-balancing, partitioning and deadlock avoidance in multiprocessors. Also covered are the design and analysis of parallel algorithms, programming languages and automatic approaches to parallelism detection/exploitation for concurrent computation. Prerequisite: ECE 56500 , ECE 60800 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 67000 - Modeling And Optimization Of High-Performance Interconnects

    Credit Hours: 3.00. RLC extraction of VLSI interconnects. Modeling of interconnects as RLC trees or networks. Elmore delay model. Reduced-order modeling: moment matching, Pade approximation, and Krylov-subspace methods. Device modeling with consideration of resistive shielding in the interconnection load. Delay calculation with consideration of devices and interconnects. Repeater insertion and planning at floorplanning. Timing-driven placement: zero-slack algorithm for delay budgeting, net-based placement, and path-based placement. High-performance clock synthesis: zero-skew routing, bounded-skew routing, and useful-skew routing. Term projects investigating interconnect-related issues are assigned. Prerequisite: ECE 55900 . Typically offered Fall (even years).
  

  • ECE 67300 - Distributed Computing Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussions of the design issues of distributed computing systems (DCS). The general theory of distributed transaction management, reliability, and resource management is discussed. Various algorithms and specification methodologies for DCS are introduced. A general coverage of the three major areas of DCS, namely: distributed operating systems, distributed databases, and distributed AI is provided. The discussion is augmented with various case studies. Prerequisite: ECE 46900  or introductory course in operating systems. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 67500 - Introduction To Analysis Of Nonlinear Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to modeling of dynamic control systems. State plane and numerical methods for solving modeling equations. Linearization and describing function techniques. Stability concepts. Controller and state estimator design for nonlinear systems. Variable structure sliding mode control. Vector field techniques. Introduction to chaos. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60200 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 67600 - Academic Oral Communication For International Research Students

    Credit Hours: 0.00. Discussions of and activities related to such topics as appropriate nonverbal communication; learning styles; strategies for effective speech and listening; and speech acts for the classroom, office, and laboratory. Individual weekly tutoring sessions to improve speech comprehension. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and Electrical & Computer Engineering majors only. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 67700 - Communication Aspects Of Academic Research

    Credit Hours: 0.00. Topics relevant to oral and written communication needs of Ph.D. students. Three papers are written: a journal article review, a literature review, and the choice of a thesis proposal, conference paper, or a journal article. Library and Internet research strategies and resources; research/writing ethics; citing sources; citation styles; and academic language. Oral presentations based on the written projects. Extensive peer revision and editing and out-of-class writing conferences with the instructor. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and Electrical & Computer Engineering majors only. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 67800 - Radar Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the system aspects of modern radar engineering. The theoretical basis for radar performance analysis is developed and applied to radars designed for a variety of different applications. Consideration is given to system parameters such as receiver noise, antenna characteristics, operating frequency, target characteristics, transmitted signal modulation, and methods of detection. Attention is given to radars for special purposes, such as automatic range and angle tracking, moving target indication, and resolution enhancement through synthetic aperture techniques. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 67900 - Advanced Digital Communications

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides a detailed examination of optimum digital communication principles and introduces three advanced topics critical to the design of digital communication systems: system synchronization; techniques for communication in nonideal channels (equalization); and communication over fading/multipath channels. Theoretical principles and practical implementations are considered. Prerequisite: ECE 54400 , ECE 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECE 68000 - Modern Automatic Control

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Theoretical methods in optimal control theory. Topics include the calculus of variations and the Pontryagin minimum principle with applications to minimum energy problems. Geometric methods will be applied to the solution of minimum time problems. Computational methods, singular problems, observer theory, and sufficient conditions for existence of solutions are also discussed. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ECE 60200 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECE 68800 - VLSI Testing And Verification

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Discusses different aspects of VLSI testing and formal verification of designs. Design and manufacturing defect models are introduced along with test generation and fault simulation algorithms targeting the different fault models. Both combinational and sequential logic testing are covered, and different synthesis for testability schemes such as BIST (Built-In-Self-Test), scan path design, etc., are introduced. Other new and emerging test and verification techniques also are discussed. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: ECE 55900 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 69300 - Advanced Intern Project

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Graduate-level project course in ECE based on off-campus intern position. Individual research projects are approved by the supervising Purdue ECE faculty member before registering for the course. An approved written report must be filed before credit is accepted. This course cannot be used to satisfy the minimum course requirements for the master’s or Ph.D. degrees. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 69400 - Electrical And Computer Engineering Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0.00. Seminar presentations by representatives from industry, members of the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and other staff and faculty of Purdue University. The presentations introduce the student to a wide variety of current topics relevant to the technical and career aspects of electrical and computer engineering. Technical topics span the entire spectrum of electrical and computer engineering. Career topics include the importance of interpersonal communications, opportunities beyond graduate school, interviewing techniques, and descriptions of non-typical jobs. Required of electrical and computer engineering graduate students at Purdue during one of their first two semesters in residence. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECE 69500 - Advanced Topics In Electrical And Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Formal classroom or individualized instruction on advanced topics of current interest. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECE 69600 - Advanced Electrical Engineering Projects

    Arrange Hours and Credit. Individual research projects to be approved by the supervising faculty member before registering for the course. An approved written report must be filed before credit is accepted. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECE 69700 - Directed Reading In Electrical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individualized reading course supervised by an appropriate faculty member and pertaining to a topic not intended for a subsequent project or thesis done by that student. Approval for each reading course must be obtained from the department prior to registration. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECE 69800 - Research MS Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECE 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
  

  • ECET 10300 - Topics In Electrical Technology

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course includes specialized topics and skills associated with electrical technology. The level of coverage varies according to the audience. Since various electrical/electronics topics may be offered under this title. Does not carry credit toward degree requirements in Electrical Engineering Technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 10700 - Introduction To Circuit Analysis

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws, resistance combinations, and The’venin’s, Norton’s and superposition theorems are studied and applied. DC and AC circuits are studied and utilized, with basic AC terminology described. Ideal RC coupling and filter circuits and RC switching circuits are introduced. Fundamental analog circuits with ideal or near-ideal electronic devices are utilized in the lecture and laboratory to enhance the understanding of basic circuit laws and theorems. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 10900 - Digital Fundamentals

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces basic gate and flip-flop logic devices and their application in combinational and sequential digital circuits. Topics include decoders, displays, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, registers, and counters. Logic circuit analysis, implementation of circuits using standard IC chips or programmable logic devices, circuit testing, and troubleshooting are emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 11700 - Circuits Problem Solution Methods

    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course provides students with structured assistance in developing problem-solving skills in circuit fundamentals. Students work together in small groups to complete class assignments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 11900 - Digital Problem Solution Methods

    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course provides students with structured assistance in developing problem-solving skills in digital fundamentals. Students work together in small groups to complete class assignments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 12000 - Gateway To Electrical Engineering Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to the academic and professional field of electrical and computer engineering technology. Familiar applications of technology that impact today’s and tomorrow’s society are blended with foundational electrical and electronics principles. Practical systems are examined to illustrate the diverse knowledge required to design, analyze, and solve problems in multifaceted systems. Skills needed to explore electronic systems using standard laboratory instrumentation and methods of measurement are introduced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 15700 - Electronics Circuit Analysis

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Capacitors, inductors, switching circuits, transformers, rectifiers, linear regulators, dependent sources, operational amplifiers, BJT- & MOSFET-based small-signal amplifiers, waveform generation, and programmable analog devices are studied. Circuit fundamentals such as Kirchhoff’s laws are utilized in analysis and design of circuits. Computer simulation is used. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 15900 - Digital Applications

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course continues the study of combinational and sequential digital applications using programmable logic devices and standard logic devices. The input and output characteristics of the various common logic families, the appropriate signal conditioning techniques for on/off power interfacing, digital and analog signal interfacing techniques, and memory devices and systems are discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 17700 - Data Acquisition And Systems Control

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental electrical parameters and measurement techniques are introduced. These are then applied to implementing power interfaces, actuators and sensors. Modules that provide signal conditioning, data conversion, filtering and controllers are evaluated. A full, closed loop control system is built and evaluated. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 17900 - Introduction To Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces computing systems and defines the major classes of computing devices. Sequential and concurrent operations, along with logic and control structures, are covered. Knowledge of fundamental computing principles is discovered. Common software tools are used to create, test, and debug systems. Systems are constructed from standard blocks with a focus on subsystem operation and performance, troubleshooting/debugging and testing. Common applications of embedded systems are introduced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 19600 - Introduction To EET And Projects

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course introduces ECET projects and the ECET program. Included are topices about ECET projects, options and electives in the ECET curriculum, university services, study techniques and student employment and career opportunities. Also introduced are techniques for proper and safe use of basic hand and machine tools, and the processes of fabricating, assembling and testing printed circuit boards. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 20700 - AC Electronics Circuit Analysis

    Credit Hours: 4.00. AC circuits including the j operator, phasors, reactance and impedance are studied. Circuit laws, network theorems, and the fundamental concepts of Fourier analysis are applied and used in the study of topics such as passive filters, IC filters, amplifiers, resonant circuits, single-phase and three-phase circuits. Computer aided analysis of circuits is used. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 20900 - Introduction To Microcontrollers

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course is an introduction to microcontroller hardware and software, focusing on embedded control applications. Interconnections of components, peripheral devices, bus timing relationships, structured C-language programming, debugging, input/output techniques, and use of PC based software development tools are studied. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 21400 - Electricity Fundamentals

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to elemental electrical components and their characteristics, basic electrical circuit theory, and use of basic laboratory test equipment, electrical motors, and industrial motor controls. Not open to EET students. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 22000 - Professional Career Development

    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course expands the student’s knowledge about the EET program. Included are topics such as: options and electives in the EET curriculum; the EET plan of study; student activities, including professional practice and organizations; international opportunities; employment and career opportunities; plant tours; and guest lectures, featuring EET alumni. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 22001 - Academic Success Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0.00. This course expands the student’s knowledge about the EET program. Included are topics such as: options and electives in the EET curriculum; the EET plan of study; student activities, including professional practice and organizations; international opportunities; employment and career opportunities; plant tours; and guest lectures, featuring EET alumni. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 22400 - Electronic Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a survey of key electrical and electronics systems, their basic performance and applications. DC fundamentals include sources, resistance, Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws with simple circuits. AC systems include transformers and reactive elements, power production and distribution, filtering, motors and relays. Computer systems are presented with a microprocessor and provide the ability to write and read both digital and analog data. Analog systems include diodes, transistors, IC amplifiers, and analog-digital and digital to analog conversions. The semester closes by combining all of the topics presented in the control of motor speed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 22700 - DC And Pulse Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Capacitors, inductors, oscillators, rectifiers, bipolar and MOSFET power switches, switching power supplies, half-and full-H bridges, switching audio power amplifiers, op amp differential, composite and single supply operation, and linear regulators are studied. Computer-aided analysis of circuits is utilized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 22900 - Concurrent Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course establishes a foundation for concurrent digital systems. Common methods of describing digital circuit operation are studied along with the techniques for translation between any two methods. Basic building blocks of digital systems are defined and applied. Analysis techniques for combinational and sequential logic circuits or subsystems are covered. Computer-based development tools, programmable logic devices, and technical reference sources are used to build, test, and evaluate digital systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 23100 - Electrical Power And Controls

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course introduces magnetic materials and properties followed by analysis of transformers and power conditioning equipment, induction motors, and single-phase and three-phase power systems. Motor control devices, programmable logic controllers, PLC input and output devices, and power systems communications and monitoring are introduced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 23300 - Electronics And Industrial Controls

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Familiarization with electronics as applied to industry. Basic theory and application of electronics to controls for industrial equipment and data processing. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • ECET 25700 - Consumer Power Electronics

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course is a study of the application of circuit techniques to amplifiers used in power and RF electronics, including bipolar junction transistors, power MOSFETs, thyristors, RF amplifiers, switching power supplies, and appropriate applications. Computer-aided analysis of circuits is used. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 27000 - Electronics Prototype Development And Construction

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces project planning and basic concepts in electronic design automation (EDA). The student develops a portion of an electronic system using EDA, design for testing (DFT), surface mount technology (SMT), design for manufacturability (DFM), and component characteristic selection techniques. New construction and testing techniques are introduced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 27300 - Modern Energy Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to modern energy system technologies. Topics include energy conversion fundamentals, efficiency, and renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar, and geothermal. Other topics include central and distributed generation, and power plant fundamentals. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 27400 - Wireless Communications

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The theory and techniques of wirelessly sending information (voice, music, data) from one location to another is studies from a systems point of view. This includes a signal analysis, modulation techniques, transmitters, receivers, low noise amplifiers, and filters in the RF frequency spectrum. In addition, special topics of current interest are introduced. This course incorporated a student-based communication design and analysis laboratory. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 27700 - AC And Power Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. AC Circuits including the j operator, phasors, reactance and impedance are studies. Circuit laws, network theorems, and the application of circuit analysis techniques to amplifiers used in power electronics, including power MOS devices, thyristors, and other appropriate applications. Computer-aided analysis of circuits is used. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 27900 - Embedded Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course emphasizing the advanced applications of embedded digital systems. Topics include embedded system architecture, use of advanced programmable counter/timer arrays, analog interfaces, serial communication, and interrupts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 29000 - International Experience

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This variable-title, variable-credit course establishes student credit for ECET department approved international activities such as study abroad or industrial internships in foreign countries. Permission of department is required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 29700 - Electronic Prototype Development

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course introduces basic concepts in the development of an electronic product prototype. The student develops an electronic device by utilization of: electronic design automation (EDA), design for testing (DFT), surface mount technology (SMT), design for manufacturability (DFM), component characteristic selection techniques, and basic failure predictions. New construction and testing techniques are introduced. The final prototype is presented in a written and/or oral report. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 29900 - Selected Electrical Engineering Technology Subjects

    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by staff. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 30200 - Introduction To Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This first course in industrial controls is applications oriented and includes on-off type open- and closed-loop control systems, and analog-based systems. Major topics include relay and programmable controller-based systems. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECET 30201 - Introduction To Industrial Controls

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the concepts, devices and common practices associated with control systems with a primary focus on industrial implementations. Additionally, the course provides a hierarchical examination of the implantation of control theory. Programmable logic controllers serve as the primary platform for presenting applications in interfacing and control of electromechanical and pneumatic devices. Electrical industrial safety standards are presented and emphasized throughout the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 30400 - Introduction To Communication Systems

    Credit Hours: 4.00. The theory and techniques of sending information (voice, music, data, etc.) from one location to another is studied from a systems point of view. This includes signal analysis, various modulation techniques, transmitters, receivers, video, impedance matching networks and filters through the VHF frequency spectrum. In addition, wireless communication, digital communication and special topics of current interest are introduced. This course also incorporates a student-based communication design and analysis laboratory. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 30700 - Analog Network Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This is an advanced course in network analysis that stresses network theorems and solutions of time- and frequency-domain problems. Transform circuit and signal analysis using Laplace and Fourier techniques are developed, culmination in active filter design applications. Software techniques, such as MATLAB(r) and LabVIEW(tm), to solve mathematical problems are employed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 30900 - Advanced Embedded Microcontrollers

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A course emphasizing the advanced applications of embedded microcontrollers. Included are microcontroller architecture, use of advanced programmable counter/timer arrays, analog interfaces, serial communication, and other peripherals. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 31100 - Electrical Systems And Signals In Healthcare

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course offers an overview of electrical systems in the healthcare industry and the human physical parameters which can be electrically measured. Electrical biosignals and their associated issues are introduced. Measurements techniques are studied and implemented in the laboratory. Healthcare electrical systems are investigated including diagnostic, therapeutic, monitoring, and research based equipment. Electrical safety issues are identified. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 31410 - Military RF Electronic Applications

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The theory and techniques of using RF transmissions to support military operations are studied from a systems point of view. This includes functions such as identification, location and tracking, communications, jamming, and deception. Many of the technologies studied are also widely used in civilian applications, such as air traffic control, satellite communications, navigation, and homeland defense. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 32100 - Introduction To Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the downsizing of electronic devices and introduces the field of nanotechnology. The downscaling to nanoelectronics, properties of nanomaterials and the tools of nanotechnology are studied. Interdisciplinary research and commercial applications are reviewed. The course involves participation in research seminars and hands-on laboratory experiences with nanotechnology instrumentation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 32300 - Introduction To Electric Vehicle Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course is an introduction to electric vehicle (EV) technology analysis and configuration. The course explores the integrated mechanical and electrical power and control systems including the management of integrated power and control systems within an electric vehicle. Students perform detailed analysis of and develop design approaches for electrically powered vehicles. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 32400 - Fundamentals Of Electromagnetics

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course introduces the fundamentals of electromagnetics in both theory and application. In the course wave propagation, transmission lines, antenna theory, and antenna design are studied. Other topics include Maxwell’s equations, planewave propagation, reflection, refraction, diffraction, propagation losses, RF signal measurement, impedance matching, and Smith chart applications. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECET 32500 - Computer Architecture, Modeling And Performance Analysis

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A study of the architecture, hardware, and system software of computers. Fundamental principles associated with the operation of computers are introduced and studied. Modeling and analysis of computer subsystems, their performance, and interactions are also studied. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • ECET 32700 - Instrumentation And Data Acquisition Design

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course builds upon the prerequisite knowledge and covers implementation of electric systems to measure and record mechanical, electrical, and biological parameters. Signal characteristics, transducer specification and selection, signal conditioning and transmission design, data conversion, software, and an overall system error budget are developed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 32900 - Advanced Embedded Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the study and application of real-time embedded systems. Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are introduced and applied. Students learn and use programming and scripting languages to discover the advantages and limitations of RTOS application in the lab. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 33100 - Generation And Transmission Of Electrical Power

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A study of the generation and transmission of electrical energy. Includes modeling and analysis of synchronous alternators, transformers, and transmission lines, plus analytical and computer methods of solving load flow and fault conditions on balanced and unbalanced three-phase systems. Introduces techniques used by utilities for protection and economic operation of power systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 33300 - Power Electronics In Energy Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of fundamentals and applications of switch-mode DC-DC and DC-AC power electronic converters. The emphasis is given to hardware development aspects. Students will learn how to safely work with high power and high voltage circuits. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 33500 - Computer Architecture And Performance Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course focuses on the application and evaluation of computers. The architecture of modern computer CPUs and their peripheral subsystems are presented. Analytic performance evaluation techniques are introduced and developed. Common benchmarking tools for quantifying performance are used. Students also apply performance evaluation algorithms of their own creation to evaluate CPU and subsystem performance. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 33700 - Analog Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This advanced course in analog circuit analysis stresses network theorems and solutions of time and frequency domain problems. Transform circuit and signal analyses, using Laplace and Fourier techniques, are applied in active filter design. Software tools are employed to solve mathematical problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 33900 - Digital Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course introduces students to the fundamental principles associated with processing discrete time signals. The architecture, instruction set and hardware and software development tools associated with a fixed point general purpose VLSI digital signal processor are examined. Some common real-time applications are implemented such as digital filters and DFT-based spectral estimation on a typical fixed point digital signal processor. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 34101 - Biocompatability And Bio-Issues

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces specific techniques and methodologies of electrical instrumentation applications to healthcare systems. Biocompatibility of materials and mechanisms of material modification are studied. Biosafety and regulations are introduced. Bioethical discussions bring current and global aspects to the course. Career paths for ECET students in Healthcare are identified. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 34500 - Advanced Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Digital system design with an emphasis on Application Specific Integrated Circuits is studied. System considerations, including design entry, simulation, and testing; selection of ASIC methodology, process technology, and packaging; and IC fabrication are addressed. Hierarchical circuit designs are implemented with CPLDs or FPGAs using a Hardware Description Language. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • ECET 34900 - Advanced Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course investigates complex digital systems that are implemented with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) using concurrent and sequential digital design techniques. Applications will include interfacing with analog signals and memory systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 35700 - Real-Time Digital Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A study of the architecture, instruction set and hardware and software development tools associated with a fixed-point general purpose DSP VLSI processor. Fundamental principles associated with the processing of discrete time signals are also introduced along with the implementation of some common applications such as waveform generation, audio affects, FIR and IIR digital filtering and DFT and FFT based spectral estimation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • ECET 35900 - PC Interfacing And Applications

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A course emphasizing PC Systems and the techniques to create PC interfacing systems to solve real-world control and data collection problems. Graphical user-interfaces and driver software for custom applications are emphasized. Typically offered Fall.
 

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