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2022-23 Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: Content may no longer be accurate.
Course Descriptions - ECE and EET
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Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
BME 1000 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: An introductory course to Biomedical Engineering topics including electronic terms, numbering systems, software tools, and documentation practices.
Suggested Requisite(s): MATH 1050 or MATH 1060 or MATH 1080 .
BME 2000 - BME Sophomore Seminar Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: An engineering seminar designed to help students plan their education and career trajectories by introducing modern topics in biomedical research and available careers. Students will be introduced to both academic and industry-oriented career fields, options for undergraduate research and the challenges of working in interdisciplinary career fields.
Pre-requisite(s): BME 1000 or ECE 1000 .
BME 2240 - Dynamic Systems Engineering Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: An introduction to the modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems. Models of electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, and mass-transport systems in state-variable, input-output, and transfer function form. Topics include linear approximations of nonlinear systems, time domain and Laplace transform solutions, Block diagrams, feedback systems and large-scale linear systems analysis.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1270 and ECE 1400 and MATH 1210 .
BME 3000 - Engineering Seminar Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Description: An engineering seminar course designed to prepare the student for professional engineering employment. Topics include resumes, hiring criteria, interviewing techniques, engineering ethics, professional and societal responsibilities, lifelong learning, diversity, creative problem solving, goals, quality, timeliness and continuous improvement. Students will research related topics and write a paper.
Pre-requisite(s): BME 2000 .
BME 3090 - Project Management Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: An introduction to project management. The course prepares students for Senior Projects. The course will include the writing of contracts, goal setting, project leadership and team-building principles of engineering economics, teamwork, quality, statistics, and continuous improvement. Other topics include project life cycles, organization, and risk management. Project scheduling and performance will be discussed. The course will be taught as a seminar.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
BME 3130 - Microelectronics for Biomedical Engineers Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $25.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: Topics covered are related to microelectronics including bipolar and field-effect transistors, frequency response, feedback systems, filters, signal generation, and applications of op-amp circuits.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities include the design, construction, computer simulation, and analysis of filters and advanced circuits.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2260 .
BME 3210 - Signals & Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: Topics covered are related to the analysis of linear time-invariant continuous and discrete systems and signal transformations, convolution, frequency spectra, Laplace transforms, Z transforms, and fast Fourier transforms. Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities include the computer simulation, analysis, and numerical modeling of biological signals and systems.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2260 and BME 2240 .
BME 3600 - Biomedical Design and Standards Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $100.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) design and the engineering design cycle. Students will learn basic CAD skills and apply them to designing a simple biomedical device as a group. Important points on standards and considerations for devices that are used by and interface with humans will also be covered.
Pre-requisite(s): PHYS 2220 and BME 2000 .
BME 4010 - Senior Project I Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: Students will be required to complete a 300-hour engineering project (over two semesters) in a team environment. Project management and problem-solving techniques will be emphasized. Topics include goal setting, developing milestone charts, writing contracts, conducting research, project design and construction, testing and analysis, project documentation, and design review presentations.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department. Before seeking departmental approval, students should be currently enrolled in BME 3090 and should have taken at least four 3000-level core ECE or BME courses, MATH 3410 or ECE 3430, and either ENGL 3100 or PS 3250 . Exceptions to this rule are made only if a student’s graduation would otherwise be delayed.
Suggested Requisite(s): BME 3090 and MATH 3410 and ENGL 3100 .
BME 4020 - Senior Project II Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: This course has a fee attached. Course fees are established in order to benefit the students in this course and may, among other things, be used to cover the costs of equipment replacement and maintenance, and consumable materials.
Description: A continuation of Senior Project I. Students will be required to complete a significant engineering project in a team environment. Project management and problem solving techniques will be emphasized. Topics to include goal setting, developing milestone charts, writing contracts, conducting research, project design and construction, testing and analysis, project documentation, and design review presentations.
Pre-requisite(s): BME 4010 .
ECE 1000 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: An introductory course to Electrical & Computer Engineering topics including electronic terms, numbering systems, software tools, and documentation practices.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: MATH 1060 or MATH 1080 or equivalent.
Suggested Requisite(s): College algebra and trigonometry are strongly recommended.
ECE 1270 - Introduction to Electrical Circuits Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: The basics of analog circuits as an introduction to Electrical Engineering. Concepts of voltage, current, power, resistance capacitance and inductance. Circuit analysis techniques such as Kirchhoff’s Laws, node voltages, and mesh currents. Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent circuits, sinusoidal steady state and phasors.
Lecture and lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1210 and MATH 1220 (1220 may be taken concurrently).
 
ECE 1400 - Fundamentals of Engineering Computing Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description:
Computer programming and computational tools applied to electrical and computer engineering problems. Topics include coding fundamentals, numeric libraries and debugging techniques. Lecture and lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1210 .
ECE 2210 - Electrical Engineering for Non-majors Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $0.00
Description: Combined lecture/laboratory course as an introduction to electrical engineering for non-electrical engineers. Fundamentals of DC and AC circuits, digital circuits, and power circuits.
Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1210 .
ECE 2260 - Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Fundamental electric-circuit techniques including: time domain transient responses for 1st and 2nd order circuits, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, and filters.
Lecture and lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1270 and MATH 1220 .
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: ECE 1400 and either MATH 2250 or MATH 2280 .
ECE 2700 - Digital Circuits Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $25.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: An introduction to digital electronics, integrated circuits, numbering systems, Boolean algebra, gates, flip-flops, multiplexers, sequential circuits, combinational circuits, and computer architecture. Introduction to hardware description language and programmable logic devices.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the design, construction, analysis, and measurement of basic digital systems.
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: ECE 1000 or ENGR 1000 .
ECE 3000 - Engineering Seminar Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Description: An engineering seminar course designed to prepare the student for professional engineering employment. Topics to include resumes, hiring criteria, interviewing techniques, engineering ethics, professional and societal responsibilities, lifelong learning, diversity, creative problem solving, goals, quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. The students will research related topics and write a paper.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1270 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3090 - Project Management Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Project Management course is designed to prepare students for the senior capstone project. The course will include development of a contract, goal setting, time management, budgeting, project funding, project leadership and team building principles. Engineering economics, team work, quality statistics and continuous improvement will also be discussed. Other topics include project life cycles, organization and risk management. Students should take this course the semester before taking ECE 4010 .
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3110 - Microelectronics I Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Fundamental semiconductor device characteristics including diodes, MOSFETs and bipolar transistors; small and large signal characteristics and design of linear circuits.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the design, construction, computer simulation, and analysis of semiconductor circuits, amplifiers and power supplies.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1270 and MATH 1220 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3120 - Microelectronics II Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Intermediate topics related to microelectronics including differential and multistage amplifiers, frequency response, feedback systems, power amplifiers, filters, and signal generation.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the design, construction, computer simulation, and analysis of filters and advanced circuits.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2260 and ECE 3110 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3210 - Signals and Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Topics related to the analysis of linear time invariant continuous and discrete systems and signal transformations, convolution, frequency spectra, Laplace transforms, Z transforms, and fast Fourier transforms.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the computer simulation, analysis, and numerical modeling of signals and systems.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2260 and MATH 2250 or MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3310 - Electromagnetics I Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: An introduction to electrostatics, magnetostatics and Maxwell’s equations with specific applications to wave propagation and transmission line theory.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the design, construction, and analysis of RF radar subsystems.
Pre-requisite(s): MATH 2210 , PHYS 2220 , and ECE 2260 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3430 - Engineering Probability and Statistics Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course covers basic concepts and techniques of probability theory with applications to statistics, machine learning, and signal processing. Topics include probabilistic modeling and analysis, confidence intervals, and statistical inference. Example problems are drawn from engineering applications and include both analytic and computational solutions.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1400 and MATH 1220 .
ECE 3510 - Power Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A study of AC and DC power systems and machines, including single and 3-phase power, power factor and correction, transformers, synchronous and induction machines, DC motors, power transmission lines, and analysis of power flow and faults. Lecture and Lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2260 or ECE 2210 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 3610 - Digital Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Introduction to microprocessor architecture, arithmetic logic units, memory systems, input/output interfaces, peripheral devices, and communication.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities to include the programming and operation of microprocessor circuits.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2700 and (CS 2250 or CS 1410 or ECE 1400 ).
ECE 3710 - Embedded Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Design and implementation of a microcontroller or microprocessor embedded system including assembly language programming, interfacing to peripherals, interrupt handling and debugging techniques.
Lecture and Lab. Laboratory exercises build toward a final embedded systems project.
Pre-requisite(s): (ECE 2700 or CS 2810 ) and (ECE 1400 or CS 2250 or CS 1410 ).
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: ENGL 3100 or PS 3250 .
ECE 3890 INT - Internship Credits: (1)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This is a core course that is required for the BS Engineering degree. The student will need department approval before being allowed to register.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
ECE 3890 can be taken a maximum of three times for a total of three credits, but only one credit counts toward the major.
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 4010 CEL - Senior Project I Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Students will be required to complete a 300-hour engineering project (over two semesters) in a team environment. Project management and problem solving techniques will be emphasized. Topics to include goal setting, developing milestone charts, writing contracts, conducting research, project design and construction, testing and analysis, project documentation, and design review presentations. Before seeking departmental approval, students should be currently enrolled in ECE 3090 and should have taken at least four 3000-level core ECE courses, MATH 3410 , and either ENGL 3100 or PS 3250 . Exceptions to this rule are made only if a student’s graduation would otherwise be delayed.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 4020 CEL - Senior Project II Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A continuation of Senior Project I. Students will be required to complete a significant engineering project in a team environment. Project management and problem solving techniques will be emphasized. Topics to include goal setting, developing milestone charts, writing contracts, conducting research, project design and construction, testing and analysis, project documentation, and design review presentations.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 4010 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 4100 - Control Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Topics related to control theory, analysis, and testing of systems in the time domain, frequency domain and state space.
Lecture and lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3110 and ECE 3210 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5110 - Digital VLSI Design Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $100.00
Course Fee Purpose: Software licensing and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Introduction to Digital VLSI design. Includes the development of standard cell library of common CMOS circuits. Use of hardware description language and CAD tools for the design and simulation of custom large-scale digital systems. Students will understand the impacts and tradeoffs from speed, power consumption, and thermal properties of large-scale custom ICs.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3110 and ECE 3610 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5120 - Analog VLSI Design Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $100.00
Course Fee Purpose: Software licensing and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Design of analog VLSI systems. Course includes design, modeling, and verification of analog circuits in large-scale systems. Students will develop custom analog system designs utilizing CAD programs.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3120 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5130 - Advanced Semiconductor Devices Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Introduction to advanced semiconductor physics and devices. Topics include carrier transport theory, energy band diagrams, PN junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions, BJTs and MOSFETs. Study of current semiconductor process technologies and discussion of off-roadmap technologies.
Pre-requisite(s): PHYS 2220 and ECE 3110 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5140 - Sensors and Instrumentation Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course introduces a host of sensor technologies from both theoretical and practical perspectives. A study of the electronics for sensor signal conditioning will be complemented by lectures on the principles and operation of various sensor modalities including pressure, thermal, strain, displacement, inertial, magnetic field, optical, coustic, and/or bio-medical. Students will be introduced to precision analog circuit architectures, noise analysis, and signal processing algorithms commonly used in data acquisition systems.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3110 and PHYS 2220 .
ECE 5210 - Digital Signal Processing Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Theory, application, and implementation of digital signal processing (DSP) concepts, from the design and implementation perspective. Topics include: Fast Fourier transforms, adaptive filters, state-space algorithms, random signals, and spectral estimation.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5220 - Image Processing Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Advanced image processing theory and methods. Topics include digital image formation, transformation, filtering, enhancements, segmentation and morphological processing. Lectures, computer assignments and project (including term paper).
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5230 - Engineering Applications in Deep Learning Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course covers deep learning architectures with a focus on learning end-to-end models for these tasks, particularly image and signal processing. Students will learn to implement, train and debug their own deep neural networks and gain a detailed understanding of cutting-edge research in this field. Strong emphasis will be placed on real-world applications for both solving engineering problems using these methods as well as practical techniques for training and fine-tuning the networks. Case studies will be drawn from medical imaging, semiconductors, and audio signal processing.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1400 , ECE 3210 , MATH 3410 , and either MATH 2250 or MATH 2270 .
ECE 5310 - Electromagnetics II Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A study of intermediate electromagnetic issues common to circuits, systems, and communication networks.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3310 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5320 - Antennas and Wave Propagation Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Behavior of radiated electromagnetic waves in atmosphere, space, urban and indoor environments; path, frequency and antenna selection for practical communication systems; propagation prediction.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3310 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5410 - Communication Circuits and Systems Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A study of communication circuits, modulation and decoding theory, spectrum usage, networks, and protocols.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 and MATH 3410 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5420 - Digital Communication Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course provides an in-depth coverage of the theory, analysis, and design of digital communications systems with an emphasis on advanced topics related to wired, wireless data communication and the physical networking layer. Topics include QPSK, QAM, PAM, CSMA/CD, SONET, ADSL, and/or MACAW. Spread spectrum concepts such as FHSS, DSSS, OFDM, MIMO and/or cooperative communication techniques may be included. Students will develop Matlab based models to emulate the concepts. The course will include group projects as well as individual assignments. The course would be beneficial particularly to students who are interested in doing work/research in fields related to communications, networks, and signal processing.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 and MATH 3410 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5510 - Advanced Power Systems Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course will explore advanced power systems concepts.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3510 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5620 - Digital System Testing Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Fundamentals of testing digital circuits and memory devices, including fault modeling, test pattern generation, and test coverage. Introduction to design for test and built-in self-test. Laboratory activities include performing bench and automated testing of digital and memory chips, and generating test patterns for fault detection.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3610 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5710 - Real-Time Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: An advanced course on real-time system design. Topics include task concurrency, scheduling paradigms, synchronization, resource access control, and inter-process communication. Lecture and Lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3710 .
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5750 - Quantum Computer Engineering Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Overview of quantum computer engineering. How quantum computers are fundamentally different from classical computers. Key applications of quantum computers. Topics include qubits, entanglement, EPR paradox, Bell’s theorem, Bloch sphere, single-qubit gates, multi-qubit gates, Shor’s algorithm, Simon’s algorithm. Also covers physical realizations of a quantum computer: photons, polarization, and decoherence.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 2700 , MATH 2250 or (MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 ), PHYS 2220 , and MATH 3410 .
ECE 5800 - Individual Studies Credits: (1-4)
Description: The students will receive credit for approved studies in the Electrical & Computer Engineering programs. A maximum of four credits can count as an elective course in the Electrical & Computer Engineering programs.
May be repeated four times for a maximum of four credit hours.
Note: Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 5900 - Special Topics Credits: (1-4)
Variable Title
Description: A one-time special study course designed to introduce a new relevant topic that is not covered in the Electrical & Computer Engineering programs.
Lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities support the selected course topic.
May be repeated four times for a maximum of four credit hours.
Note: A maximum of four credits can be counted for the Electrical & Computer Engineering programs. Admittance into the Professional Program required.
ECE 6010 - Design Project Credits: (2-6)
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Students are required to complete a substantial engineering design project. Students must demonstrate proficiency in research, design, analysis, project planning, implementation, testing, presentation and documentation. Students receive T (temporary) grades until their final design review, after which these grades are changed retroactively. Students must be enrolled in ECE 6010 at the time of their final design review. This course may be repeated.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
May be repeated 11 times for a maximum of 20 credit hours.
ECE 6020 - Thesis Credits: (2-6)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Students are required to perform original research that results in a thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Students receive T (temporary) grades until their thesis defense, after which these grades are changed retroactively. Students must be enrolled in ECE 6020 at the time of their thesis defense.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
This course may be taken 3 times and up to 9 credits.
ECE 6110 - Digital VLSI Design Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $100.00
Course Fee Purpose: Software licensing and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Introduction to Digital VLSI design. Includes the development of standard cell library of common CMOS circuits. Use of hardware description language and CAD tools for the design and simulation of custom large-scale digital systems. Students will understand the impacts and tradeoffs from speed, power consumption, and thermal properties of large-scale custom ICs.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3110 and ECE 3610 .
ECE 6120 - Analog VLSI Design Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $100.00
Course Fee Purpose: Software licensing and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Design of analog VLSI systems. Course includes design, modeling, and verification of analog circuits in large-scale systems. Students will develop custom analog system designs utilizing CAD programs.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3120 .
ECE 6130 - Advanced Semiconductor Devices Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Introduction to advanced semiconductor physics and devices. Topics include carrier transport theory, energy band diagrams, PN junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions, BJTs and MOSFETs. Study of current semiconductor process technologies and discussion of off-roadmap technologies.
Pre-requisite(s): PHYS 2220 and ECE 3110 .
ECE 6140 - Sensors and Instrumentation Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course introduces a host of sensor technologies from both theoretical and practical perspectives. A study of the electronics for sensor signal conditioning will be complemented by lectures on the principles and operation of various sensor modalities including pressure, thermal, strain, displacement, inertial, magnetic field, optical, coustic, and/or bio-medical. Students will be introduced to precision analog circuit architectures, noise analysis, and signal processing algorithms commonly used in data acquisition systems.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3110 .
ECE 6210 - Digital Signal Processing Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Theory, application, and implementation of digital signal processing (DSP) concepts, from the design and implementation perspective. Topics include: Fast Fourier transforms, adaptive filters, state-space algorithms, random signals, and spectral estimation.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 .
ECE 6220 - Image Processing Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Advanced image processing theory and methods. Topics include digital image formation, transformation, filtering, enhancements, segmentation and morphological processing. Lectures, computer assignments and project (including term paper).
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 .
ECE 6230 - Engineering Applications in Deep Learning Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course covers deep learning architectures with a focus on learning end-to-end models for these tasks, particularly image and signal processing. Students will learn to implement, train and debug their own deep neural networks and gain a detailed understanding of cutting-edge research in this field. Strong emphasis will be placed on real-world applications for both solving engineering problems using these methods as well as practical techniques for training and fine-tuning the networks. Case studies will be drawn from medical imaging, semiconductors, and audio signal processing.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 1400 , ECE 3210 , MATH 3410 , and either MATH 2250 or MATH 2270 .
ECE 6310 - Electromagnetics II Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A study of intermediate electromagnetic issues common to circuits, systems, and communication networks.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3310 .
ECE 6320 - Antennas and Wave Propagation Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $40.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Behavior of radiated electromagnetic waves in atmosphere, space, urban and indoor environments; path, frequency and antenna selection for practical communication systems; propagation prediction.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3310 .
ECE 6410 - Communication Circuits and Systems Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: A study of communication circuits, modulation and decoding theory, spectrum usage, networks, and protocols.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 and MATH 3410 .
ECE 6420 - Digital Communication Credits: (3)
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course provides in-depth coverage of the theory, analysis, and design of digital communications systems with an emphasis on advanced topics related to wired and wireless data communication. Students will develop computer models to emulate the concepts. The course is particularly beneficial to students interested in doing work/research in fields related to communications and networking.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3210 and MATH 3410 .
ECE 6440 - Optical Communication Systems Credits: (3)
Description: This course covers the fundamentals of optical communication. Topics include wave propagation in fiber optics, optical transmitters and receivers, system design and performance, multichannel lightwave systems, optical losses and loss management, fiber dispersion and dispersion management.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3310 .
ECE 6510 - Advanced Power Systems Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: This course will explore advanced power systems concepts.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3510 .
ECE 6620 - Digital System Testing Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Lab related consumables and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: Fundamentals of testing digital circuits and memory devices, including fault modeling, test pattern generation, and test coverage. Introduction to design for test and built-in self-test. Laboratory activities include performing bench and automated testing of digital and memory chips, and generating test patterns for fault detection.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3610 .
ECE 6640 - Model-Based Systems Engineering Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course is an introduction to the use of formal models to describe complex electrical systems. Topics include modeling tools, design, verification and testing of model-based systems, model validation and verification, and the use of state-machines in models.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3610 .
ECE 6710 - Real-Time Systems Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $50.00
Course Fee Purpose: Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Description: An advanced course on real-time system design. Topics include task concurrency, scheduling paradigms, synchronization, resource access control, and inter-process communication. Lecture and Lab combination.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3710 or CS 3100 .
ECE 6750 - Quantum Computer Engineering Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Overview of quantum computer engineering. How quantum computers are fundamentally different from classical computers. Key applications of quantum computers. Topics include qubits, entanglement, EPR paradox, Bell’s theorem, Bloch sphere, single-qubit gates, multi-qubit gates, Shor’s algorithm, Simon’s algorithm. Also covers physical realizations of a quantum computer: photons, polarization, and decoherence.
Pre-requisite(s): ECE 3610 , MATH 2250 or (MATH 2270 and MATH 2280 ), PHYS 2220 , and MATH 3410 .
ECE 6800 - Individual Studies Credits: (1-3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Students taking this course will receive credit for approved, mentored studies in the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE) programs. A maximum of three credits may be counted toward graduation.
Pre-requisite(s): Permission from the department.
ECE 6900 - Special Topics Credits: (1-4)
Variable Title
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: A one-time special study course designed to introduce a new relevant topic that is not covered in the Electrical & Computer Engineering programs. Lecture or lecture and lab combination. Laboratory activities support the selected course topic.
May be repeated 10 times and up to 12 credit hours.
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