Special Topic Courses
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Permanent Course Descriptions and Outlines
Undergraduate Research I
Participation in an individual or group research project under direction of
a faculty member.
a faculty member.
Undergraduate Research II
Participation in an individual or group research project under direction of
a faculty member. Requires a formal research report.
a faculty member. Requires a formal research report.
ECE Culminating Design Project
Team-oriented culminating design project in electrical/computer engineering, incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints. Requires formal reports and group presentations.
ECE Culminating Design Project I
First semester of ECE culminating design sequence. Design tools, financial principles, project management, probabilistic and statistical techniques, team forming. Requires formal reports and group presentations.
ECE Culminating Design Project II
Second semester of ECE culminating design sequence. Team project in ECE incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints. Requires formal reports and group presentations.
Senior Analog Electronics Laboratory
Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of advanced analog electronic circuits using discrete devices (diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs).
Advanced Computer Architecture
Comprehensive coverage of the architecture and system issues that confront
the design of high performance workstation/PC computer architectures with
emphasis on quantitative evaluation. Credit is not allowed for both ECE
4100 and any of the following courses: ECE 6100, CS 4290, CS 6290.
the design of high performance workstation/PC computer architectures with
emphasis on quantitative evaluation. Credit is not allowed for both ECE
4100 and any of the following courses: ECE 6100, CS 4290, CS 6290.
Internetwork Programming
Exploration of internet implementation as a network of embedded computing
systems. Internetworking skills for design and implementation of hardware
and embedded software internet products.
systems. Internetworking skills for design and implementation of hardware
and embedded software internet products.
Internetwork Security
Hands on experimentation and evaluation of Internet Security theory, principles, and practices. Laboratory component involves implementing both defensive and offensive security techniques.
Introduction to Computer Security
Introductory topics in computer security are presented with an emphasis on fundamental security primitives and current security challenges facing society.
Advanced Programming Techniques for Engineering Applications
Course covers a number of programming techniques for distributed and parallel computing and other advanced methods, such as multiprecision arithmetic and nonblocking I/O.
Advanced VLSI Systems
An advanced treatment of VLSI systems analysis, design, and testing with
emphasis on complex systems and how they are incorporated into a silicon
environment. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 4130 and ECE 6130.
emphasis on complex systems and how they are incorporated into a silicon
environment. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 4130 and ECE 6130.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing technologies, computation models, and applications; design methodologies for cloud applications; use of cloud-based languages and tools in developing advanced applications.
Embedded Systems Design
Processors, chipsets, busses, and I/O devices for high-end embedded
systems. Embedded operating systems; device drivers and applications for
embedded systems.
systems. Embedded operating systems; device drivers and applications for
embedded systems.
Embedded Computing Systems
Algorithms and methodologies for the design of real-time, low-power embedded computing systems.
Random Signals and Applications
Introduction to random signals and processes with emphasis on applications in ECE. Includes basic estimation theory, linear prediction, and statistical modeling.
Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing. Sampling Theorem,Discrete-time
Fourier transform,power spectrum,discrete Fourier transform and the FFT
algorithm,z-Transform, digital filter design and implementation.
Fourier transform,power spectrum,discrete Fourier transform and the FFT
algorithm,z-Transform, digital filter design and implementation.
Applications of Digital Signal Processing
Applications of DSP in speech, image processing, radar, pattern
recognition, and adaptive filtering requiring working software
implementations applied to the analysis of real signals.
recognition, and adaptive filtering requiring working software
implementations applied to the analysis of real signals.
Power System Analysis & Control
Introduces basic concepts in electric power generation, distribution,system
control and economic operation.
control and economic operation.
Power System Engineering
To introduce basic concepts of electric power system design, encompassing
protection, stability and control.
protection, stability and control.
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