2001-2002 Academic Catalog

ENGR-394 Topics in Electrical Engineering 3 hours Selected topics in electrical engineering at the 300 or 400 level; likely candidates are extensions of present courses such as electro-optics, solid-state devices, microprocessor applications, antenna theory, or others presented by the faculty or requested by engineering students. Prerequisite: il1stmctor 's per111ission. ENGR-395 Topics in Mechanical Engineering 3 homs Selected topics in mechanical engineering at the 300 or 400 level; likely candidates are extensions of present courses such as advanced dynamics, non-linear vibrations, 3-D kinematics, thermodynamics III, continuum mechanics or others. Prerequisite: instrnctor 's permis– sion. ENGR-396 Competition Project-Sp 0 hours Engineering Juniors on an Engineering Department Intercollegiate Design Competition may use this course to provide on their transcript a record of their participation throughout the year. The name of the competition will be designated. ENGR-398 Independent Study in Engineering 1-3 hours Opportunity to perform independent research or study in the various branches of engineering and allied fields of application. A formal proposal for study must be approved by the faculty advisor before registering for this course. Three credit hours of engineering electives can be satisfied by three hours of independent study. Prerequisite: a junior or senior engineering 111ajor and advisor's permission. ENGR-399 Project Design 1-3 hours An elective course for students to get academic credit for extracur– ricular design work related to their ministry or design competitions. Cannot be used to satisfy engineering elective requirements. Prerequisite: instructor's per111issio11. ENGR-411 Finite Difference Methods In Engineering 3 hours Finite-difference approximations for derivatives and differential equations; consistency, stability, and truncation error; introduction to grid generation; applications offinite-differencemethods to engineer– ing problems. Prerequisite: ENGR-250 N11111erical Methods i11 Engineering. ENGR-412 CMOS VLSI Design-Sp 3 homs Fundamentals ofCMOS VLSI design; circuit analysis, modeling, mask layout, simulation, and design verification; theoretical concepts and CAD tools used together for circuit design and verification. Three lectures and one two-hour laborat01y per week. Corequisite: ENGR- 312 Electronics II. (Fee: $15) (even years) We/1-eyuipped /aborntories j(1cilitate professor tu student i11temctio11 d11ri11g experi111e11tatio11. ENGR-416 Computer Architectme and Advanced Microprocessors-Sp 3 hours Inh·oduction to computer architecture and survey of advanced microprocessor architectures; architectural concepts including RISC vs. CISC, pipeline and vector processing, 1/0, and mem01y hierarchy. Students design and implement a microprocessor using the DIGLOG Logic simulator. Prerequisite: ENGR-316Microprocessors. (odd years) ENGR-421 Electrical Design-A 4 hours Introduction to electronic instrument design to meet specific require– ments. The top-down design method, cost, engineering analyses, project management, electronic design tools, prototypemethods, and important electronic considerations are emphasized. Students prepare a senior designproject proposal which outlines the workwhichwill constitute their capstone project inENGR-461 and ENGR-462. Students design prototype electronic subsystems using analog and digital integrated circuits to build aworking instrument in ENGR-422. Prerequisite: ENGR-312 Electronics II; ENGR-316 Microprocessors; ENGR-432 Co11111111nications Theon1; ENGR-322 Electro11ics Laborato1J1 II. (Fee:$15) · · ENGR-422 Electrical Design Laboratory-W 3 hours Design laborat01y for the electrical design course; the top-down design method is used to design, build, and test a working electronic instrument to meet specific requirements within a given time frame and budget; final project and report required. Prerequisite: ENGR-421 Electrical Design. (Fee: $30) ENGR-425 Mechanical Design-A 4 hours Introduction to mechanical component design to achieve a stated objective; load and deformation analysis, reliability, and static and dynamic failure theories. Students prepare a senior design project proposal which outlines their work which will constih1te the capstone project in ENGR-461 and ENGR-462. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of E11gi11eeri11g Materials; ENGR-374 Kinematics and Design of Machines; ENGR-382 Mechm1ical E11gi11eeri11g Labora– tOI)' II. (Fee: $25) ENGR-427 Digital Signal Processing-Sp 3 hours Introduction to digital signal processing, application of Z-transforms and Fourier Transforms, spectral analysis, sampling the01y, sampled spectrums; the01y of, realization of, and frequency response of discrete-time systems; Fast Fourier Transform, properties and design of FIR and IIR filters. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR- 318 Linear Systems; ENGR-221 FORTRAN or ENGR-280 "C" Progra111111ing. (even years) ENGR-432 Communications Theory-W 5 hours Introduction to communications theo~y, modulation techniques, and detection techniques. Probability and random processes are developed and used to analyze noise. Four lechJies and one two-hour laborato1y per week. Design project required. Prerequisite: ENGR-318 Linear Systems. (Fee: $20) ENGR-435 Power Systems-W 3 homs Principles of electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution, three-phase circuits, power system analysis, load flow, fault currents, system protection, and stability. Prerequisite: ENGR- 333 Electro111ag11etics. (Fee: $30) (even years) ENGR-437 Advanced Communications and Networks-Sp 3 hours Introduction to the performance ofanalog and digital communication systems and networks in the presence ofnoise; M-ary signals, signal space concepts, orthogonal signals; introduction to communication networks. Prerequisite: ENGR-432 Co111111w1icatio11s The01y Corequisite: ENGR-320 Probability and Ra11do111 Processes.for Engineers, or i11stmctor's per111issio11. (odd years) ENGR-441 Introduction to Fracture Mechanics 3 hours Introduction to failure modes due to both static and dynamic loading; brittle frachJre criteria, elastic behavior, stress fields around cracks, fatigue failure, stress corrosion cracking, strain hardeningmechanisms. Prerequisite: ENGR-341 Properties of Engineering Materials. ENGR-447 Digital Control Systems-W 3 hours Analysis and design ofdiscrete-time sampled-data control systems, signal sampling, AID and D/Aconversion, quantization, Z-domain transfer f\.mctions, transient response, frequency response, stability and performance of computer controlled systems, controller design. Prerequisite: ENGR-347 Feedback Control Systems.