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Undergraduate Courses | Electrical Engineering

EE
213

Course Number:
0610213
Operational amplifier, balanced three-phase circuits, circuit response using Laplace transform frequency selective circuits, Fourier series, Fourier transform, two-port networks.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0600205,0600207

EE
233

Course Number:
0610233
Basic semiconductor properties. Electrons and holes. Continuity and currents equations: Generation recombination, drift & diffusion. The PN junction diode: Structure and I-V characteristics. Bipolar junction transistor: Structure and I-V characteristics. MOS transistor: Structure and C-V characteristics. DC analysis of BJT and MOSFET transistors.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0600205,0600207
Corequisites:
0610234

EE
234

Course Number:
0610234
Laboratory experiments related to 0610233 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0600207
Corequisites:
0610233

EE
297

Course Number:
0610297
Introduction to design process, creativity in design, development of skills needed for design including project specifications, planning and scheduling, circuits/components selection, circuit simulation using computer tools, circuits construction and testing. Effective application of communication skills and teamwork. Considerations are given to realistic constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, and ethics. Students are expected to work on multiple hands-on engineering projects.
(3-2-3)
Prerequisites:
0600209,0612262
Corequisites:
0610333

EE
312

Course Number:
0610312
Introduction to signals and systems, continuous and discrete, differential and difference equations, solution of differential and difference equations using Laplace and Z-transforms, convolution and its properties, frequency domain analysis of linear systems, transfer functions, BIBO Stability, introduction to state space analysis.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213,9988221

EE
320

Course Number:
0610320
Plane waves in lossless and lossy media plane waves in good conductors, Poynting's theorem, Reflection and transmission of plane waves at planar interfaces, total internal reflection and zero reflection, transmission lines and matching schemes using Smith chart, Waveguides and resonators, topics of waves with applications, introduction to antennas.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610212,0610213

EE
333

Course Number:
0610333
Single stage amplifier circuits. Integrated circuit biasing and current mirrors. Multistage amplifiers. Frequency responses of single and multistage amplifiers. Differential amplifier. Feedback. Oscillators.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213,0610233
Corequisites:
0610334

EE
334

Course Number:
0610334
Laboratory experiments related to 0610333 course content.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610234
Corequisites:
0610333

EE
343

Course Number:
0610343
Magnetic circuits, mutual inductance, single-phase power transformers, synchronous generators, induction motor, and DC motors.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213

EE
345

Course Number:
0610345
Laboratory experiments related to 0610343 course content.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610343

EE
350

Course Number:
0610350
AC power and the per unit system, determination of transmission line parameters, transmission line models in the transient and the steady state, power system modeling, power system Admittance matrix and network calculations, load flow solutions and control.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0600307 or 0600308,0610343
Corequisites:
0610345

EE
370

Course Number:
0610370
Features of feedback control systems, modeling of specific control systems examples, transfer functions, block diagram and signal flow graph, time domain analysis of control systems, stability of linear systems, basic control actions and response of control systems, root locus analysis and design, frequency domain analysis and design of control systems.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312
Corequisites:
0610374

EE
374

Course Number:
0610374
Laboratory experiments related to 0610370 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610370

EE
381

Course Number:
0610381
Introduction to communication Systems, signal spectral analysis, signal transmission and channel characterization, amplitude modulation (Analog), angle modulation (Analog), behavior of analog communication systems in the presence of noise, PCM and delta modulation schemes, introduction to digital communication systems.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312,0600304

EE
384

Course Number:
0610384
Laboratory experiments related to 0610381 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610381

EE
385

Course Number:
0610385
Discrete-time signals and systems. Sampling theorem. A/D and D/A conversions. Z-transform and LTI system analysis. Discrete Fourier Transform and Fast Fourier Transform (DFT, FFT). Circular convolution. Introduction to digital filters.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213

EE
410

Course Number:
0610410
The approximation theory, Passive Butterworth LP filter design, frequency band transformation and the design of Passive HP, BP and BE Butterworth filters, design of Passive Chebyshev LP, HP, BP and BE filters, design of inverse Chebyshev LP and HP filters, delay equalization, sensitivity analysis, active Filter Design with Operational amplifiers and their finite gain effects, bilinear and biquadratic transfer functions and their RC-op amp realizations, cascade realization of higher-order filters- Leap frog filters, synthetic L and FDNR Simulations.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610233,0610234,0610312

EE
414

Course Number:
0610414
Laboratory experiments related to 0610475 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610370,0610374
Corequisites:
0610475

EE
415

Course Number:
0610415
Laboratory experiments related to 0610416 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610416

EE
416

Course Number:
0610416
Digital signal processing of data - Data acquisition systems - Electrical sensors and transducers -- Analog and digital signal conditioning techniques - A/D and D/A converters - Signal multiplexing - Microprocessor based instrumentation - Noise sources.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610333,0610334

EE
417

Course Number:
0610417
Properties of positive real functions, Foster's and Cauer's methods for LC-RC and RL networks, Brunei's impedance synthesis method, lossless two-port networks, Cauer's two-port method, transfer function, partial pole removal, zero shifting, the synthesis of doubly terminated reactance two-port network, transducer parameter H(s), relations between H(s) and Z or Y parameters, reactance ladder realization, approximation theory, Butterworth and Chebyshev approximations, design of filters.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213

EE
420

Course Number:
0610420
Retarded potentials, radiation from a short current element and linear wire antenna, antenna parameters, radiation from arbitrary current distribution, antenna impedance, arrays: uniform, binomial, Chebyshev, aperture-type antenna, receiving antenna, line of sight propagation, ground-wave propagation, ionospheric propagation.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610- 320

EE
421

Course Number:
0610421
Passive microwave circuit components, reciprocal and nonreciprocal, CAD tools, scattering matrix representation of microwave circuit, microstrip line circuits, microwave measurements, active Microwave sources and amplifiers.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610320

EE
422

Course Number:
0610422
Theory of light guidance on planar dielectric sheets and on dielectric rods, signal loss and dispersions on fibers, attenuation and dispersion measurements, principles of optical sources and detectors, system design, lab work on OTDR and dispersion measurement sets.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610320,0610381

EE
423

Course Number:
0610423
Numerical Techniques for solving electromagnetic problems: Finite Differences, Richardson's Extrapolation, Relaxation Method, Finite Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method, Variational Methods, Finite Element Method (FEM), Method of Moments (MoM), Transmission-Line Matrix (TLM) Method.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610320

EE
424

Course Number:
0610424
Laboratory experiments related to 0610421 course contents
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610320
Corequisites:
0610421

EE
425

Course Number:
0610425
Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields, sources of electromagnetic interference, conducted and radiated interference, grounding and shielding, electromagnetic interference filtering, electromagnetic compatibility standards, compatibility measurements and Testing.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610320

EE
426

Course Number:
0610426
Radiation Characteristics, airborne and space-born sensors and instruments, satellite systems, ultispectral/Hyperspectral Data Compression, transmission, archiving, and distribution, spectral signature characteristics of soil, vegetation, water, and cloud, Multispectral/Hyperspectral Data Processing, analysis, and classification, active radar and microwave remote sensing, applications of remotely sensed data in reconnaissance, agriculture, geology, hydrology, forestry, oceanography, meteorology, & ecosystem studies
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610381

EE
428

Course Number:
0610428
Introduction to wireless communication principles, the cellular concept-system design issues, signal propagation and link budgets for wireless links, communication over fading channels, modulation, multiplexing, and multiple access techniques, channel coding for wireless systems, speech coding for wireless networks, and wireless communication networks.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610381

EE
430

Course Number:
0610430
Review of solid state physics fundamentals, solid state energy band structure, electron and hole statistics, theory of electric conduction in semiconductors, generation recombination phenomena, PN junction static and dynamic behavior, non-ideal PN junction behavior, operation at microwave frequencies, the PIN diode, metal semiconductor contacts, the MOS capacitor, the MOSFET transistor, ideal and non-ideal behavior of the MOSFET transistor, short channel effects in MOSFETs, hot electron effects in MOSFETs, the Bipolar Junction Transistor, long base and short base BJT: ideal and non-ideal behavior, the Early effect, the Kirk effect, operation at microwave frequencies, hetero-junction devices, photonic devices, semiconductor device processing, novel processing techniques, new applications of semiconductor materials and devices.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
(0610230 or 0610233),0610234

EE
432

Course Number:
0610432
Types of signals and systems, thin and thick film (hybrid) technology, MOS and Bipolar technology and modeling, switched capacitor (SC) resistor simulation, MOS SC integrators, first order SC building blocks, SC biquads, basic analog building blocks, current mirrors, comparators , Transconductance and Operational amplifiers , realization and design, examples of Non-Linear Circuits.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312,0610333,0610334

EE
433

Course Number:
0610433
Overview of digital circuit design, CMOS inverter, CMOS logic gate circuits, Pseudo-NMOS logic circuits, pass transistor logic circuits, dynamic logic circuits, latches and flip-flops, multivibrator circuits, semiconductor memories (RAM and ROM), Bipolar Transistor Transistor Logic (TTL), Bipolar Emitter coupled logic circuits (ECL), BiCMOS digital circuits.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610233,0610234,0612262

EE
434

Course Number:
0610434
Laboratory experiments related to 0610433 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610433

EE
436

Course Number:
0610436
Laboratory experiments related to 0610437 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610233,0610234
Corequisites:
0610437

EE
437

Course Number:
0610437
Introduction to MOS technology, gate level minimization, scaling of MOS technology and circuits, layout algorithms and techniques, combinational CMOS digital blocks, aspects of system timing, synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic, register transfer level, programmable logic and FPGA's, introduction to HDL, design project.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610233,0610234,0612262

EE
438

Course Number:
0610438
Implementation strategies for digital IC's, interconnects, more on timing issues in digital circuits, design of arithmetic building blocks, finite state machines, design of memories and array structures, introduction to digital circuit simulation, placement and routing and synthesis design tools, configuration and implementation of designs on FPGA's, Testing and Verification techniques of digital circuits, design project.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0612262,(0610433 or 610-437)

EE
439

Course Number:
0610439
Overview on the nature of light using both the classical and the modern approach. Light generation, propagation and interaction with matter. Optical waveguides and optical cavities. Lasers: Basic structure and operation. Examples of solid state lasers. Semiconductor device fundamentals, the PN junction. Light emitting diodes: Basic structure, materials, characteristics, circuits and applications. Semiconductor lasers: Basic structure, materials, characteristics, circuits and applications. Photodiodes: Basic structure, materials, characteristics, circuits and applications. Photovoltaic devices.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610233

EE
443

Course Number:
0610443
Special Types of Electrical Machines, Reluctance Motors, Hysteresis Motor, Variable-Reluctance Stepper Motor, Permanent-Magnet Stepper Motor, Linear Induction Motor, Universal Motor, Transients and Dynamics of AC Machines, Direct Current Machine Dynamics, Power Electronics-controlled Drives.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610343,0610345

EE
444

Course Number:
0610444
Laboratory experiments related to 0610443 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610443

EE
446

Course Number:
0610446
Specifications of Diodes, Thyristors and Transistors, switches and switch matrix, Diodes and Thyristor rectifiers with AC and DC source excitation, AC voltage controllers, single, and three-phase controlled rectifier circuits, DC-DC converters (Choppers), DC-AC inverters, switching losses and snubber circuits.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610233,610-312

EE
447

Course Number:
0610447
Laboratory experiments related to 0610446 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Prerequisites:
0610333,0610343
Corequisites:
0610446

EE
452

Course Number:
0610452
Economic dispatch operation of power system, Bus impedance model, Symmetrical three-phase fault, calculation of symmetrical components for Unsymmetrical faults, Unsymmetrical faults, power system stability, steady state and transient stability.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610350

EE
454

Course Number:
0610454
Laboratory experiments related to the contents of 0610452: Electrical Power systems II.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610- 452

EE
455

Course Number:
0610455
Network models and matrices, Z-Bus algorithms, table-of-factors and sparcity programming, three-phase networks, untransposed lines, symmetrical components, 3-phase network matrices, fault studies, Numerical methods, load flow studies, transient stability studies, swing and machine equations, load network representation, Multimachine transient, Stability programs.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610452

EE
456

Course Number:
0610456
Power network protection, circuit breakers, electromagnetic transients, economics of power supply.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610350

EE
458

Course Number:
0610458
Power distribution, load characteristics, distribution transformers, subtransmission networks, design of primary and secondary systems, voltage drop and loss calculations, capacitor applications, distribution system voltage regulation.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610350

EE
460

Course Number:
0610460
Introduction to networking, network Protocols & Architecture, LAN/WAN, Circuit Switching and Packet Switching Networks, Network Design, Network Resource management, Networks\' performance evaluation, and Network's security.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610213,0612262,Completion of 100 credits

EE
462

Course Number:
0610462
Networking overview. Protocols. Multimedia issues. Packet switching networks. Intelligent Networks. Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks. Mobile Networking and current trends in high speed networking.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
(0610460 or Consent of the Electrical Engineering Department)

EE
470

Course Number:
0610470
Laboratory experiments related to 0610472 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610473

EE
472

Course Number:
0610472
Matrix Theory, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonal form representation, jordan form matrix representation, state variables and state diagrams, solution of linear time, invariant state equations, controllability and observability, feedback design: state and output feedback design, observer design and observer-based control schemes, separation principle, case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610370,0610374

EE
473

Course Number:
0610473
Sampling and reconstruction -- D/A and A/D converters -- Open loop discrete- time control systems - Closed loop discrete-time control systems -- Stability of discrete-time control systems -- Design of digital controllers -- Design of estimators for discrete time control systems -- Case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610370,(0610318 or 0610385)
Corequisites:
0610374

EE
475

Course Number:
0610475
Basic components of industrial control systems, design and Tuning of feedback controllers for industrial systems, advanced control techniques for industrial systems, multivariable industrial control, case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610370,0610374
Corequisites:
0610414

EE
476

Course Number:
0610476
Introduction and fundamentals of nonlinear systems, phase plane analysis, Lyapunov stability, feedback linearization, sliding mode control, output feedback control, back stepping control, case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610472

EE
477

Course Number:
0610477
Introduction to optimization and Mathematical review, formulation of optimization problems, linear programming: the simplex method, duality, applications of linear programming, nonlinear programming: unconstrained single variable and multivariable optimization, constrained single variable and multivariable optimization, case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312

EE
478

Course Number:
0610478
Mathematics of fuzzy sets and logic, fuzzy rule based and fuzzy inference engines, Fuzzifiers and defuzzifiers, fuzzy systems and their properties, design of fuzzy controllers using clustering and table look-up scheme, introduction to other AI techniques.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610370,0610374

EE
479

Course Number:
0610479
Introduction to adaptive control, parameter estimation/identification, self-tuning regulators, model-reference adaptive control, properties of Adaptive systems: stability, averaging, robustness, adaptive control using different control methodologies, case studies.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610472

EE
480

Course Number:
0610480
Source models?Basic concepts of information theory?Variable- length coding, Huffman codes, Colomb codes, Tunstall codes?Universal source coding, Arithmetic coding, Dictionary coding?Context-based coding, ppm coding, Burrows-Wheeler transform ? Lossless image coding, Predictive coding, Progressive transmission, Run-length coding, Facsimile coding ? Quantization?Transform coding, Walsh-Hadamard transform, Haar transform, Discrete-Cosine transform?JPEG image coding standard?Overview of audio and video coding.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0600304,0610381,(0610318 or 0610385)

EE
482

Course Number:
0610482
Digital signaling formats and Power Spectra, Random Process, transmission of Random Processes and White Gaussian Noise (WGN) through Linear Systems, Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) at the Input and Output of Low Pass Filter (LPF) and Matched Filter (MF), Information Theory, Entropy, Channel Capacity, Shannon Theorem and Applications, performance of Digital Communications Systems, Baseband Binary and Coherent and Non-coherent Communication Systems.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610381,(0610318 or 0610385)

EE
483

Course Number:
0610483
Laboratory experiments related to 0610482 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610482

EE
485

Course Number:
0610485
Digital filters design: IIR and FIR. Windowing, frequency sampling, S-to-Z methods, frequency-transformation methods. Advanced digital signal processing topics: flow graphs, realizations, quantization effects, linear prediction, statistical and deterministic least squares filter design, finite length register effects and their optimization in digital filters, introduction to adaptive filtering. 2-dimensional filter design.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0600304,0610385

EE
486

Course Number:
0610486
Laboratory experiments related to 0610385 course contents.
(0-3-1)
Corequisites:
0610485

EE
487

Course Number:
0610487
Various Radar Systems and Range Measurements, Doppler (Velocity) Measurements, Range-cross Range (Angular) Resolution, Doppler Resolution, Monostatic Radar Equation, Bistatic Radar Equation, Beacon and Jammer Radar Equation, Continuous Wave (CW), Frequency Modulated (FM) Radar System, Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Radar System, Target Detection, Waveform Design and the Ambiguity Function, Phased Array Antennas, Ultra-Wideband Impulse Radar Technology and its Applications
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610381

EE
488

Course Number:
0610488
An image model, sampling and quantization and basic relationships between pixels, Imaging geometry, two dimensional Fourier transforms, image enhancement: spatial, domain and frequency-domain methods, image restoration, image segmentation.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312

EE
489

Course Number:
0610489
Artificial neural system: preliminaries, fundamental concepts and models of artificial neural system, single layer preceptor classifiers, multi-layer feed forward networks, single layer feedback networks, associative memories, matching and self organizing networks, applications of neural algorithms and systems, neural network implementation.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
0610312

EE
490

Course Number:
0610490
Formal classroom instruction of a new topic.
(3-0-3)
Prerequisites:
Completion of 110 Credits and only for Electrical Engineering students

EE
495

Course Number:
0610495
The student undertakes an independent project (theoretical, and/or, practical, and/or research topics) under the supervision of a faculty advisor. The objective is to provide the student with an opportunity to integrate and apply the knowledge gained throughout his course in an actual problem. The student must document his study in a technical report and give an oral presentation.
(0-9-3)
Prerequisites:
Consent of the Department