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ECGR 2156 - Logic and Networks Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Experimental logic design, network measurements, applications, and instrumentations.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2155 .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ECGR 2112 and ECGR 2181 , or permission of department.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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ECGR 2161 - Basic Electrical Engineering I
Credit Hours: (3)
Fundamental concepts and methods of analysis of D.C. and A.C. circuits, elementary operation of electronic devices. Not open to Electrical and Computer Engineering majors.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2102 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 2181 - Logic Systems Design I
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to Boolean algebra; mixed logic; design of combinational circuits; introduction to sequential systems; MSI building blocks; includes laboratory design projects.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1242 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 2252 - Electrical Engineering Design I
Credit Hours: (2)
Introduction to the electrical engineering design process including teamwork, design specifications, conceptual design, detailed design, design integration, cost estimation and market considerations. Product design projects are completed and laboratory prototypes are developed and tested by design teams. Oral presentations and written technical reports on the design projects are required.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2111 and ECGR 2155 or equivalents.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ECGR 2112 and ECGR 2181 or equivalents.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Oral Communication (O)
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ECGR 2255 - Digital Design Laboratory
Credit Hours: (2)
Experiments in Digital Systems Design including the use of Programmable Logic Devices. Upper division engineering courses (3000 level and above) used to satisfy degree requirements within the College of Engineering are restricted to majors and minors of the College of Engineering.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2156 and ECGR 3181 with grades of C or above.
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ECGR 3090 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
Credit Hours: (1-4)
The course builds upon and synthesizes knowledge from the engineering science, mathematics, and physical sciences stem of the core curriculum. The specific topics teach engineering analysis, synthesis, and design, while simultaneously affording an opportunity for the students to investigate an area of specialization. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECGR 3111 - Signals and Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Analysis of continuous-time signal and systems. Input-output relationships of linear time-invariant systems. Transient and steady state analysis. Frequency domain descriptions and Fourier analysis. Analysis and characterization of LTI systems using Laplace transforms.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2112 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3112 - System Analysis II
Credit Hours: (3)
A continuation of ECGR 3111 emphasizing system response characteristics in the frequency domain. Introduction to techniques of analysis of continuous and discrete systems.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3121 - Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields
Credit Hours: (3)
A study of electric and magnetic fields using the vector formulation. Vector analysis. Electrostatics: potential functions, dielectrics, capacitance, energy, and forces associated with electric fields, solution of Laplance’s and Poisson’s equations. Magnetostatics: vector potential functions, Lorentz forces, hysteresis, magnetic polarization and induction, and energy. Gauss’s, Ampere’s, Faraday’s laws, etc., leading to the Maxwell’s equations.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2112 and MATH 2241 with grades of C or above.
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ECGR 3122 - Electromagnetic Waves
Credit Hours: (3)
A study of Maxwell’s equations, transmission line theory, plane waves in media, propagation of electromagnetic waves in various media. The phenomena of reflection and refraction at interfaces of two dissimilar materials. Guided electromagnetic waves in coaxial cables and waveguides.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3123 - Data Communications and Networking
Credit Hours: (3)
An introduction to data communications, including transmission media, signal encoding, link control, and multiplexing. Concepts of networking including protocols, LAN, WAN, and wireless networks.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2111 and ECGR 2181 .
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ECGR 3131 - Fundamentals of Electronics and Semiconductors
Credit Hours: (3)
Study of the fundamental concepts and applications of semiconductor devices. Diode characteristics and applications, including clipping and rectifier circuits. MOS, JFET, and bipolar transistor fundamentals, including D.C. biasing and small-signal analysis of single-stage amplifiers. Operational amplifier fundamentals.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2112 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3132 - Electronics
Credit Hours: (3)
Low and high-frequency analysis of transistor amplifiers. Multistage and feedback amplifier design. Stability and oscillation. Operational amplifier design and applications.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3131 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3133 - Solid State Microelectronics I
Credit Hours: (3)
Simple crystal structures, energy bands, and charge carriers in semiconductors, distribution functions for photons and electrons, optical and electrical properties, carrier diffusion, generation, and recombination.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 and PHYS 3141 , or permission of department.
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ECGR 3142 - Electromagnetic Devices
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of operation and basic design features of electromechanical energy converters. The role of the magnetic field in transformers and electrical machines. Generation of induced voltages. Electromagnetic torque development. Speed control. Circuit models and machine performance.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 3155 - Systems and Electronics Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Systems and signals measurements and applications; electronic circuits.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2112 and ECGR 2156 .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ECGR 3111 and ECGR 3131 , or permission of department.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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ECGR 3156 - Electromagnetic and Electronic Devices Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Measurements and applications of electromagnetic and solid state devices.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3155 .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ECGR 3132 or permission of department.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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ECGR 3157 - Electrical Engineering Design II
Credit Hours: (2)
Application of conceptual design; circuit design; parameter sensitivity analysis; cost-performance tradeoff analysis and interconnection compatibility design. A design project completed in a laboratory setting and a written technical report and oral presentation on the project are required.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2112 , ECGR 2252 , and ECGR 2181 .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ECGR 3111 and ECGR 3131 , or permission of department.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Oral Communication (O)
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ECGR 3159 - Professional Practice
Credit Hours: (2)
Ethics; safety and liability in the manufacturing workplace; product design; product development; cost estimating for nonrecurring engineering work; production planning; Total Quality Management; and effective technical presentation.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in engineering.
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ECGR 3181 - Logic System Design II
Credit Hours: (3)
Digital systems design and test. Top-down design of multi-input based controller systems; programmable logic devices.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2181 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 3182 - Digital Electronics
Credit Hours: (3)
Bipolar and field-effect transistors, switching characteristics, device models, logic families. Memory devices, one-shots, Schmitt triggers, logic gates, drivers. Use of logic analyzers.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3131 and ECGR 3181 with grades of C or above.
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ECGR 3183 - Computer Organization
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to key concepts in computer organization, design, and engineering including the following topics: CPU performance analysis, instruction set design, systems-level view of computer arithmetic, design of the datapath and control for a simple processor using VHDL, pipelining, hierarchial memory, I/O systems.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3181 and ECGR 2103 or ITCS 1213 or permission of instructor.
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ECGR 3253 - Senior Design I
Credit Hours: (2)
A project-oriented course stressing the planning and design of experiments to support the student’s project. Formation of the design problem and specification.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in engineering, ECGR 2155 , ECGR 2156 , ECGR 3111 , and ECGR 3131 , all with grades of C or above.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Oral Communication (O), General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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ECGR 3254 - Senior Design II
Credit Hours: (3)
A continuation of ECGR 3253 consisting of project development and analysis, culminating in written and oral presentations.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3253 with grade of C or above.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Oral Communication (O), General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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ECGR 3695 - Electrical Engineering Cooperative Education Seminar
Credit Hours: (1)
Required for co-op students during semesters immediately following each work assignment for presentation of engineering reports on work done the prior semester. Graded on a Pass/No Credit basis. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 3590 and permission of the ECE department’s co-op advisor.
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ECGR 3890 - Individualized Study
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Supervised individual study within an area of a student’s particular interest which is beyond the scope of existing courses. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECGR 3990 - Undergraduate Research
Credit Hours: (1-4)
This course involves the independent study of theoretical and/or experimental problems in the specialized area of engineering analysis and design. The student can pursue some particular area or problem to a depth much greater than can be undertaken within the scope of existing courses. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECGR 4090 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
Credit Hours: (1-4)
Directed study of current topics of special interest. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECGR 4101 - Embedded Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to designing microcontroller-based embedded computer systems using assembly and C programs. Examination of real-time operating systems and their impact on performance. Computer engineering applications will be emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3183 or ITCS 3182 .
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ECGR 4102 - Engineering Simulation
Credit Hours: (3)
A wide range of simulation related topics are introduced including the theory of simulation, characteristics of simulators, and trade-offs in simulation studies. Continuous and discrete simulation with primary emphasis on application of simulation techniques to engineering problems. Simulation of actual problems based on students’ interest and experience areas.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2103 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4103 - Applied Computer Graphics
Credit Hours: (3)
Interactive graphics; raster, character, vector, graphics, display technologies; rotation, scaling, translating of graphics image; image processing/enhancement; feature extraction; 3-D graphics.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4104 - Computational Methods in Power Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Numerical techniques for analysis, operation, and planning of power systems. Sparse matrix techniques applied to power flow algorithms. Economic operation of power systems. Optimum power flow.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4142 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4111 - Control Systems Theory I
Credit Hours: (3)
Transfer functions, block diagrams, and signal flow graphs. Feedback control system characteristics. The performance and stability of feedback systems using root locus and frequency response methods. Time domain analysis of control systems. The design and compensation of control systems.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3112 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4112 - Control Systems Theory II
Credit Hours: (3)
State space techniques and useful state space methods. System stability. Controllability and observability of linear systems. The formulation of the state equations for discrete-time systems and the analysis of these systems by matrices. Analysis of nonlinear systems. Optimal control systems studies.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4111 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4113 - Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Models and dynamical properties of mechanical, thermal, and fluid systems, utilizing by analogy the properties of electrical circuit theory. Emphasis on the formulation of circuit models and the development of terminal equations of system components. Dynamic response to step, pulse, and sinusoidal driving functions using Laplace transforms. Sinusoidal steady-state and frequency response of systems.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4121 - Antennas
Credit Hours: (3)
Radiation into free space, the point source, thin linear antenna, arrays of linear elements, aperture antennas, impedance, methods of feeding, matching and termination. Antenna systems.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3122 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4122 - Acoustics
Credit Hours: (3)
Vibrations and simple vibrating systems; radiating systems; plane waves of sound, dynamic analogies, microphones and other acoustic transducers; acoustic measurements.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3122 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4123 - Analog and Digital Communication
Credit Hours: (3)
Analysis and transmission of signals, including analog communication systems (amplitude and frequency modulation); digital communications systems (pulse code modulation and data transmission systems).
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4124 - Digital Signal Processing
Credit Hours: (3)
Sampling and signal recovery in linear systems; analysis of sampled systems; discrete and fast Fourier transforms; z-transform; discrete convolution; design of digital FIR and IIR filters.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4125 - Foundation of Optical Engineering
Credit Hours: (3)
The engineering aspects and applications of modern optics, optical communications, optical materials, optical devices, basic optical fiber and integrated optics, optical signals, and optical modulation, multiplexing, and related networks, basic Fourier optics and its application in optical images and information. Credit will not be given for ECGR 5125 where credit has been given for ECGR 4125 .
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 and PHYS 3141 , with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4131 - Linear Integrated Electronics
Credit Hours: (3)
Design of linear integrated circuits utilizing bipolar and MOS devices. Application in linear amplifier design, control, and processing of analog signals.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3132 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4132 - Analog Integrated Circuits Design
Credit Hours: (3)
Topics include: analog MOS modeling, design of current mirrors, references, and operational amplifiers. Both hand analysis and SPICE simulation utilized.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4131 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4134 - Solid State and Semiconductor Microelectronics II
Credit Hours: (3)
PN-junctions and Schottky junctions; bipolar and field effect transistors; optoelectronic and heterojunction devices; lithography and integrated circuits; microwave devices; light emitting devices and detectors; quantum devices using superlattices; quantum wells and quantum dots; material preparation and characterization; and measurement techniques.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3133 with grade of C or above, or permission of department.
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ECGR 4135 - Physical Electronics
Credit Hours: (3)
Dynamics of charged particles; electron motion in electromagnetic fields; types of electron emission; beam focusing; longitudinal and transverse beam waves; microwave generation; plasma parameters.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3122 or PHYS 3181 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4136 - Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Credit Hours: (3)
Direct and indirect bandgap materials; Compound and wide bandgap semiconductors; Electronic properties; Optical properties; Generation and recombination; Junction theory; Light emitting devices; Optical detectors.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3133 with grade of C or above, or permission of department.
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ECGR 4137 - Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits
Credit Hours: (3)
The basic operating principles of electronic devices in integrated circuits are treated. The physical models of these devices are discussed. Graduate students are required to carry out laboratory experimentation.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3132 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4138 - Electronic Thin Film Materials and Devices
Credit Hours: (3)
Applications of thin films in microelectronics/optoelectronics manufacturing processes; vacuum technology, deposition techniques, and the characterization methods relevant to optoelectronic applications; thin film applications such as metallization, silicide formation, light emitting diodes (LED) and lasers, and doping of semiconductors.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3132 or ECGR 3133 with grades of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4139 - Digital Communication Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Topics include: digital data transmission systems, signal and system representation, digital system performance characterization, pulse code modulation, and statistical communications theory.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 2181 and ECGR 3131 .
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ECGR 4140 - Introduction to VLSI Processing
Credit Hours: (3)
Microelectronic fabrication; relevant materials, processes, and tools; fabrication of a simple structure in the VLSI clean room/lab.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECGR 4141 - Power System Analysis I
Credit Hours: (3)
Representation of power system components for analysis studies. Transmission line parameters. Network equations. Load flow analysis and numerical methods.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3142 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4142 - Power System Analysis II
Credit Hours: (3)
Economic operation of power systems. Short circuit studies. Symmetrical components. Transient stability analysis.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4141 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4143 - Electrical Machinery
Credit Hours: (3)
Advanced theory of transformers and rotating. Machines; harmonic and saturation effects on machine performance. Unbalanced operation and transient conditions.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3142 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4144 - Power Electronics I
Credit Hours: (3)
High power solid state circuits. Topics include: power transfer, DC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters, AC/DC rectifiers, gate-drive circuits for linear and switching amplifiers, pulse-width modulators, power semiconductors, control and converter modeling, renewable energy system integration.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3131 with grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4146 - Introduction to VHDL
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) including VHDL-based high-level design of microelectronic systems, VHDL programming, and VHDL synthesis; emphasis on learning and using industry-standard VHDL tools.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3181 with grade of C or above and knowledge of a computer language, or permission of department.
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ECGR 4151 - Solar Cell Fundamentals and Technology
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of operation and basic design features of silicon solar cells. Clean room protocols, processes, and fabrication techniques. Solar cell fabrication, testing, and process modifications to improve performance.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1202 ”E” sections for Electrical and Computer Engineering students with a grade of C or above.
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ECGR 4161 - Introduction to Robotics
Credit Hours: (3)
Modeling of industrial robots including homogeneous transformations, kinematics, velocities, static forces, dynamics, computer animation of dynamic models, motion trajectory planning, and introduction to vision, sensors, and actuators.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
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ECGR 4162 - Control of Robotic Manipulators
Credit Hours: (3)
Control of industrial robots including linear, nonlinear, and adaptive control of robot’s motion plus control of forces and torques exerted by the end-effector. Additional Topics include: computer animation of the controlled behavior of industrial robots, actuator and sensor types, robot vision, and control computer/robot interfacing.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4161 and ECGR 4111 .
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ECGR 4165 - Laser Electronics I
Credit Hours: (2)
Basic principles of quantum electronics, interaction of light with atoms, properties of laser light, and laser applications. Electromagnetic aspects of lasers, Maxwell’s Equations and beam, ray optics, matrix methods for the analysis and synthesis of optical systems. Laser resonator design, oscillation modes, mode frequency and stability.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 and PHYS 3141 , or permission of department.
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ECGR 4166 - Laser Electronics II
Credit Hours: (3)
Interaction of light with atoms. Maxwell-Schrődinger semi-classical analysis. Effects of gain, dispersion, and saturation in the design of laser amplifiers and oscillators.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 and PHYS 3141 , or permission of department.
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ECGR 4171 - Introduction to Energy Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Overview of energy systems: energy types, generation, conversion, storage, transportation/transmission, and utilization. Principles, physical structure, processes, and utilization of fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewables for transportation, thermal, and electrical energy generation are discussed along with associated performance metrics. The course also provides an introduction to environmental impacts of energy production, life-cycle analysis, energy efficiency concepts and metrics, transmission systems, grid reliability, and the impact of smart grid technologies. All topics are presented in the context of industry standards as well as federal and state regulations.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2101 .
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ECGR 4172 - Energy Markets
Credit Hours: (3)
Energy and power systems in regulated and competitive environments and implications on business decisions for firms in these industries. Topics include: mechanism of energy markets; comparative market systems; determination of prices under different market structures; gas, oil, coal, and electricity market architecture; electricity market design; dispatch and new build decisions; smart grid and renewable energy in electricity markets; risk and risk management in energy including demand and price volatility and use of financial derivatives; and the impact of financial market trends and current and proposed policies on the energy industry.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4171 .
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ECGR 4181 - Computer Architecture
Credit Hours: (3)
Latest research and development in the area of computer architecture; multiprocessor architecture, multi-computers, interconnection networks, branch prediction, instruction-level, data-level and thread-level parallelism, and memory hierarchy; high-performance machines and special purpose processors.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3183 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4182 - Digital System Testing
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to VLSI testing, test process and automatic test equipment, test economics and product quality, test economics, fault modeling, logic and fault simulation, testability measures, combinational and sequential circuit test generation, memory test, analog test, delay test, IDDQ test, design for testability, built-in self test, boundary scan, analog test bus, system test and core test.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3181 with grade of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4183 - Network Synthesis
Credit Hours: (3)
The positive real concept, properties and methods of testing. Realizability conditions on driving point functions. Methods of synthesis of one-port. Physical realizability and properties of two-port networks. Transfer function synthesis. Approximation methods.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4113 .
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ECGR 4184 - Device Characterization, Parameterization and Modeling
Credit Hours: (3)
Advance device and circuit analysis; device and circuit simulation using SPICE, ECAP or equivalent. Parametric modeling of active devices. Device characterization and parameterization; temperature effects; thermal cycling. Analysis of device failure modes.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3132 Permission of department.
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ECGR 4185 - Advanced Electromagnetic Field Theory
Credit Hours: (3)
Maxwell’s equations and propagation. Properties of guided and surface waves. Wave properties of light; physical and fiber optics.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3122 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4186 - Optical Communication and Optical Signals
Credit Hours: (3)
The course covers the fundamentals of modern optical networks, optical systems, and protocols. These include transmission, detection, multiplexing/demultiplexing and related prevailing technology.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4125 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4187 - Data Communications and Networking II
Credit Hours: (3)
Principles of data communication networks; computer communications network architecture (layering) with emphasis on the network layer, transport layer, and application layer; local area networks; medium access control; routing; data transport; Internet applications.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3123 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4188 - Advanced VLSI Systems Design
Credit Hours: (3)
A project-oriented course dealing with advanced topics in VLSI systems design and analysis such as circuit design techniques, array structures, performance estimation, automated routing, and device electronics.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4433 .
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ECGR 4190 - Power Generation: Operation and Control
Credit Hours: (3)
Characteristics of power generation units, steam, nuclear reactor and hydroelectric. Economic and thermal system dispatch. Transmission losses, load flow problems. Hydro scheduling, hydro-plant models. Energy production cost models. Interchange evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4142 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4191 - Dynamic and Transient Analysis of Power Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Large-scale systems state descriptions and hierarchical control. State space models, dynamic stability and testing. Stability of simple and multi-machine systems. Transient phenomena in electrical power systems. Transient stability problem.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4142 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4193 - Experiments in Modern Optical Engineering
Credit Hours: (3)
This course offers lectures and laboratory experiments in lasers, optical fiber, optical sensing, and optical signal processing. This course is offered as supplement to ECGR 4125 and ECGR 4165 with emphasis on hands on experiments, measurements, and design.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites ECGR 4125 and ECGR 4165 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4199 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Nuclear Energy: A Contemporary Overview
Credit Hours: (3)
Atomic nucleus, kinematics, cross-section, and energy conversion, essential topics in atomic theory, nuclear theory, radioactive decay, interaction of radiation with matter, neutron physics, neutron transport, nuclear reaction. Principles of fission reactors, the fission process, the controlled chain reaction and the critical conditions. Principles of a nuclear reactor, overview of different reactor types, components of the core, reactor containment, reactor safety systems, steam turbine plant, thermo hydraulic aspects of the core and the fuel elements, loss of coolant, break of steam turbine plant, thermo hydraulic aspects of the core and of the fuel elements, loss of coolant, break of steam generator pipe, nuclear reactors accidents, consequences of core melt, and new topics in nuclear reactor design in III and IV generation of reactors.
Prerequisite(s): Modern physics or permission of department.
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ECGR 4222 - Multidimensional Stochastic Signal Processing
Credit Hours: (3)
Review of probability, univariate and multivariate distribution functions, noise modeling, least-squares estimation, non-linear optimization, Markov chains, Bayes theorem; applications.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4231 - Sensors & Actuators
Credit Hours: (3)
Fundamentals of sensors and actuators, and their applications in smart machines, industry, metrology, and the environment. Materials for sensors, actuators, electronic and optical sensors, electroptics, magnetooptics, and fiber optics sensors, microsensors and actuators, sensors and actuators, signal processing and interfaces.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3121 , ECGR 3132 , or permission of department.
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ECGR 4265 - Microwave Devices and Electronics
Credit Hours: (3)
Microwave transmission line theory, parameters, microwave waveguides, microstrip line and components including resonators, slow-wave structures, tees, rings, couplers, circulators, isolators, and microwave tubes. Microwave solid state electronics, including microwave transistors, tunnel diodes, transferred electron devices, avalanche transittime devices, and mono-lattice microwave integrated circuits.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3122 and PHYS 2102 with grades of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4290 - Science and Technology of Photovoltaics
Credit Hours: (3)
Review of semiconductor properties; junctions and operating principles of solar cells; efficiency limits and losses in solar cells; solar cells and sunlight; fabrication of solar cell and modules; design of high efficiency silicon solar cells; heterojunction, thin film, and other promising solar cells; and photovoltaic systems and applications.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3133 with grade of C or above, or permission of the department.
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ECGR 4299 - Nuclear Reactor Engineering
Credit Hours: (3)
Reactor operation and control, neutron diffusion, distribution, moderation, interaction, and transport, nuclear reactor theory, the time-dependent reactor, heat removal, radiation protection, radiation shielding, radiation damage, IV generation reactors, and advanced topics in nuclear reactor technologies and nuclear applications.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 4199 and PHYS 3141 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4422 - Random Processes and Optimum Filtering
Credit Hours: (3)
Review of probability, univariate and multivariate distribution functions; random processes, discrete and continuous time processes, widesense stationary, ergodicity; timeand frequency-domain analysis; linear systems, optimum filtering, Wiener filters, Kalman filters; application.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3111 and STAT 3128 or permission of department.
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ECGR 4433 - VLSI Systems Design
Credit Hours: (3)
Analysis, design, and synthesis of very large scale integrated circuits. A project-oriented course relying heavily on computeraided design tools for logic, layout design, and simulation.
Prerequisite(s): ECGR 3131 and ECGR 3181 with grades of C or above or permission of department.
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ECGR 4892 - Individualized Study
Credit Hours: (1-6)
Individual investigation and exposition of results. May be repeated for credit.
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ECON 1090 - Topics in Economics
Credit Hours: (1-3)
Consideration of topics from the areas of economic theory, economic development, consumer economics, welfare economics, and current economic problems. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
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ECON 1101 - Economics of Social Issues
Credit Hours: (3)
Economic issues without emphasis on theoretical models. Contemporary economic issues such as pollution control, healthcare, unemployment, and crime are studied. A student is ineligible to take this course if credit has already been received for either ECON 2101 or ECON 2102 .
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ECON 2101 - Principles of Economics - Macro
Credit Hours: (3)
Scope and methodology of economics as a social science, the measurement of national income, the theory of national income determination, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, and international economics.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
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ECON 2102 - Principles of Economics - Micro
Credit Hours: (3)
Pricing mechanism of a market economy, the industrial organization of the U.S. economy, problems of economic concentration, the theory of income distribution, and comparative economic systems.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
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ECON 3090 - Topics in Economics
Credit Hours: (3)
Topics from the areas of economic theory, economic development, consumer economics, welfare economics, and current economic problems. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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ECON 3105 - Industrial Relations
Credit Hours: (3)
Systematic analysis of the sociological, economic, and legal forces affecting the work environment. Emphasis on labor unions and employment law.
Prerequisite(s): Introductory course in economics or permission of instructor.
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ECON 3106 - Labor Economics
Credit Hours: (3)
Economics of labor markets with emphasis on wage and employment theory, collective bargaining, and human capital theory. Historical and legal forces affecting labor markets.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 and ECON 2102 ; MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 ; and STAT 1220 or equivalent.
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ECON 3107 - Employment Law
Credit Hours: (3)
Legal principles and legislation which control employment decisions in union and non-union settings. Topics include: fair employment practices, anti-discrimination law, representation elections, unfair labor practices, and dispute settlement processes.
Cross-listed as: MGMT 3243 .
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ECON 3115 - Money and Banking
Credit Hours: (3)
The characteristics and functions of money in the modern economy, monetary theory and policy, and financial institutions.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 and ECON 2102 ; MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 ; and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above.
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ECON 3122 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Credit Hours: (3)
Microeconomic analysis with emphasis on consumer theory and the theory of production. Resource allocation and the determination of optimum output and pricing by a firm operating under various market structures. Distribution and welfare theories.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2102 , MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 , and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above.
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ECON 3123 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Credit Hours: (3)
Analysis of economic aggregates with inflation, unemployment, and income determination. Keynesian, Classical, Monetarist, and supply side models.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 , MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 , and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above.
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ECON 3125 - Managerial Economics
Credit Hours: (3)
Economic decisions of particular interest to business firms (e.g., demand theory and forecasting; cost analysis, and pricing policies).
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2102 ; MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 ; STAT 1220 or equivalent; and INFO 2130 ; all with grades of C or above.
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ECON 3131 - Economic History of the United States
Credit Hours: (3)
Use of economic models to further understanding of the growth and development of the U.S. economy from colonial times to the Great Depression. Emphasis on the sources and consequences of American growth, with particular emphasis on technological, demographic, and institutional changes.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 ; ECON 2102 ; and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above; or permission of instructor.
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ECON 3141 - Health Economics
Credit Hours: (3)
The application of microeconomic concepts to markets for health/medical care, including issues such as healthcare delivery, financing, regulation, and costs.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 and ECON 2102 ; MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 ; and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above.
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ECON 3151 - Law and Economics
Credit Hours: (3)
The application of microeconomic concepts to the law with an emphasis on examining the impact of laws on resource use, with the goal of using resources efficiently. The emphasis is on property, contract, tort, and criminal law.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2102 with grade of C or above.
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ECON 3161 - Game Theory
Credit Hours: (3)
First course in game theory. The beginning of the course focuses on developing the techniques necessary to solve games. In the latter part of the course, game theoretic analysis is applied to a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, principal agent problems, auctions, and voting. Students see how the tools developed early in the course can be applied to a vast array of problems in economics and related disciplines.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2101 and ECON 2102 ; MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 ; and STAT 1220 or equivalent; all with grades of C or above; or permission of instructor.
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ECON 3170 - Ethics and Global Capitalism
Credit Hours: (3)
The course is a study of ethical arguments supporting and critical of capitalist economic and social systems. Topics to be addressed may include property rights, justice, desert, equality, and sustainable capitalism.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
Cross-listed as: MGMT 3170 .
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