Electrical Engineering (EEEN)

Introduction to linear network analysis techniques. Phasor analysis and sinusoidal steady-state response. Single-phase and polyphase circuits. Prerequisites: MATH 2414; Corequisites: PHYS 2326/PHYS 2126 and MATH 3320.

Hardware implementation of arithmetic and logical functions, organization and design of digital systems.

Laboratory course to correlate with circuits and electronics. Prerequisite: credit for or registration in EEEN 3325.

Fee: $5.00

Two-port networks, Fourier analysis, time domain response, transient response and Laplace transform techniques. Prerequisites: EEEN 2323 and MATH 3320.

Vector analysis, electrostatics, steady magnetic fields. Maxwell's equations, uniform plane waves, circuit concepts, propagation and radiation. Prerequisites: PHYS 2326/PHYS 2126 and MATH 3320.

Solid state fundamentals. Nonlinear devices and networks. Fabrication of integrated circuits. Two-port models. Prerequisites: EEEN 2323 and PHYS 2326/PHYS 2126.

General network analysis, steady-state AC/DC circuits. Energy conversion and applications. Prerequisite: PHYS 2326/2126.

Signal representation, sampling and quantization, Laplace and z-transforms, transfer functions and frequency response, convolution, stability, Fourier series, Fourier transforms and applications. Prerequisite: EEEN 3321.

Probability, random variables, white noise and band-limited system, narrowband Gaussian process, pseudorandom signals and random signal response of linear systems. Prerequisite: MATH 2414.

Basic computer structure, the instruction set, addressing modes, assembly language programming, assembly language subroutines, arithmetic operations, programming in C, implementation of C procedures, elementary data structures, input and output and a survey of microprocessor design. Prerequisites: EEEN 2340.

Fee: $5.00

Participation in engineering design activity. Prerequisite: EEEN 4252.

Fee: $5.00

Capstone design project development to completion over two semesters in EEEN 4252 and EEEN 4224. The design project will take into account global, societal, environmental and economic constraints to solve or analyze practical electrical engineering problems. Students first research and develop a Capstone Design Project proposal in EEEN 4252 and then complete the design in EEEN 4224. The two-course sequence is normally taken in the final academic year prior to graduation. Prerequisites: EEEN 3212, EEEN 3321, EEEN 3449 and communication elective.

Fee: $5.00

Introduction to design and fabrication of micro-electronic circuits via Very Large Scale Integrated circuitry (VLSI); structured design methods for VLSI systems, use of computer-aided design (CAD) tools and design projects of small to medium scale integrated circuits. Prerequisites: EEEN 3325 and EEEN 2340.

Transmission of information. Probability, stochastic process and spectral analysis. Sampling, quantization, decision theory, coding and decoding. Digital communication system and secure communications. Introduction to DSP. Prerequisites: EEEN 3333 and EEEN 3334.

Individual solution of selected problems in electrical engineering conducted under direct supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated for up to 6 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

One or more topics of electrical engineering. May be repeated when topic changes. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Classical and modern design and analysis methods of power electronic circuits and the feedback control designs of power electronic converters and related laboratory experiments. Topics include diode rectifiers, thyristor converters, DC-DC converters and associated controls, DC/AC inverters, power-factor correction and control, isolated switch-mode power supplies, applications of power electronic converters and related hardware and virtual laboratory experiments. Prerequisite: EEEN 3325 or consent of instructor.

Analysis and design of analog electronic circuits; differential, multistage and power amplifiers; frequency response; feedback and stability. Prerequisite: EEEN 3325.

Design of micro-controller based real-time control systems. Application of theoretical principles in electrical engineering to control small-scale systems, such as a mobile robot incorporating sensors, actuators and intelligence. Controller design; signal conditioning and drive circuits for interfacing with various sensors and actuators; programming and programmable logic controllers. Prerequisites: EEEN 3333 and EEEN 3449.

Basic computer organization, data representation and arithmetic, instruction sets and addressing modes, assembly language, data path and control, memory, input and output and communication. Prerequisites: EEEN 2340 and EEEN 3449.

Analysis and design techniques for linear feedback control systems. Controller functions and compensation, applications to servo and process control problems. Prerequisite: EEEN 3333.

Principles in digital system design and testing, digital integrated circuits, digital system design with PLDS and FPGAS, introduction to an HDL, memory, microprocessors and design for testability. Prerequisites: EEEN 3325 and EEEN 2340.

Fee: $5.00

Foundations of wireless sensor networks, localization, routing, optimization, security, energy-aware systems and algorithms, design/analysis and applications of wireless sensor networks. Prerequisites: Completed General Education natural sciences requirement.

System level embedded design exploring hardware/software co-design, Linux sysfs, bash shell, firmware partitioning, I/O interfaces, IP cores, system specifications to hardware-software implementation and synthesis. Prerequisites: EEEN 3449 and EEEN 4355.

Multidisciplinary development to robotics, combining concepts from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. Topics include sensing, communication, localization, planning and navigation. Prerequisite: MEEN 4355 or consent of instructor.

Introduction to power electronic converters for motor drives and controls, single and three phase transformers, DC motors and generators, feedback control design of DC motor drives, PMAC drives, synchronous generators, induction motor drives, speed and vector control of induction motor drives. Laboratory experiments to identify electric machine parameters and characteristics, and DC/AC motor drive controls, by designing and conducting experiments using digital computers. Prerequisite: EEEN 3321.

Fee: $5.00