ECE Courses by TIG

Course NumberCourse Title and Catalog Description

ECE4555

Embedded and Hybrid Control Systems

Modeling, analysis, and design of embedded and hybrid control systems.

ECE6558

Stochastic Systems

Advanced techniques in stochastic analysis with emphasis on stochastic dynamics, nonlinear filtering and detection, stochastic control and stochastic optimization and simulation methods.

ECE6559

Advanced Linear Systems

Study of multivariable linear system theory and robust control design methodologies.

ECE4761

Industrial Controls and Manufacturing

Students are introduced to industrial controls and the fundamentals of manufacturing with hands-on experience based on lab projects using industry software and hardware for communications and control. Crosslisted with TFE 4761.

ECE6551

Digital Control

Techniques for analysis and synthesis of computer-based control systems. Design projects provide an understanding of the application of digital control to physical systems.

ECE6554

Adaptive Control

Methods of parameter estimation and adaptive control for systems with constant or slowly-varying unknown parameters. MATLAB design projects emphasizing applications to physical systems.

ECE6556

Intelligent Control

Principles of intelligent systems and their utility in modeling, identification and control of complex systems; neuro-fuzzy tools applied to supervisory control; hands-on laboratory experience.

ECE6557

Manufacturing Systems Design

Analytic and simulation tools for design, control and optimization of manufacturing systems. Discrete event dynamic systems and optimization.

ECE6560

Advanced Computer Vision & Image Processing using PDEs and Active Contours

Algorithms for computer vision and image processing, emphasizing partial-differential equation and active contour methods. Topics include image smoothing and enhancement, edge detection, morphology, and image reconstruction.

ECE3090

Software Fundamentals for Engineering Systems

Using computer algorithms for solving electrical engineering problems arising in various application domains. Development of effective algorithms and their implementation by object-oriented code.

ECE3084

Signals and Systems

Continuous-time linear systems and signals, their mathematical representations, and computational tools; Fourier and Laplace transforms, convolutions, input-output responses, stability.

ECE4550

Control System Design

Design of control algorithms using state-space methods, microcontroller implementation of control algorithms, and laboratory projects emphasizing motion control applications.

ECE4562

Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in Control

Principles of neural networks and fuzzy systems; the MATLAB Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Toolboxes; examples from system identification, classification and control; laboratory experience.

ECE4563

Game Theory and Multiagent Systems

An introduction to game theory and its application to multiagent systems, including distributed routing, multivehicle control, and networked systems.

ECE6562

Autonomous Control of Robotic Systems

Fundamental issues associated with autonomous robot control. Emphasizes biological perspective that forms the basis of many current developments in robotics.

ECE6553

Optimal Control and Optimization

Optimal control of dynamic systems, numerical optimization techniques and their applications in solving optimal-trajectory problems.

ECE6555

Optimal Estimation

Techniques for signal and state estimation in the presence of measurement and process noise with the emphasis on Wiener and Kalman filtering.

ECE4560

Introduction to Automation and Robotics

Concurrent engineering principles; robotic manipulator kinematics, dynamics and control; applications of robots in industry, medicine and other areas; team projects and hands-on laboratory experience.

ECE4570

System Theory for Communication and Control

Study of the basic concepts in linear system theory and numerical linear algebra with applications to communication, compution, control and signal processing. A unified treatment.

ECE6552

Nonlinear Systems and Control

Classical analysis techniques and stability theory for nonlinear systems. Control design for nonlinear systems, including robotic systems. Design projects.

ECE6561

Computing for Control Systems

Introduction to real-time computing, distributed computing, and software engineering in control systems. The particular requirements of control systems will be presented.

ECE4580

Computatonal Computer Vision

Computational and theoretical aspects of computer vision. Application areas include robotics, autonomous vehicles, tracking, and image-guided surgery. Includes major project.

ECE3550

Feedback Control Systems

Analysis and design of control systems. Laplace transforms, transfer functions, and stability. Feedback systems: tracking and disturbance rejection. Graphical design techniques.

ECE4575

Numerical Methods for Optimization and Optimal Control

Algorithms for numerical optimization and optimal control, Gradient-descent techniques, linear programming, numerical linear system solvers, second-order methods for optimizing performance of dynamical systems.

ECE2036

Engineering Software Design

Object-oriented software methods for engineering applications. Numerical analysis methods; simulations and graphical presentation of simulation results; analysis of numerical precision. Programming projects.

ECE6550

Linear Systems and Controls

Introduction to linear system theory and feedback control. Topics include state space representation, controllability and observability, linear feedback control.

ECE6563

Networked Control and Multiagent Systems

Covers tools and techniques for networked control systems as well as application domains and promising research directions.
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