2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

EGEE-3310 Electromagnetics–Sp 3 hours Engineering applications of vector calculus, phasors, and Maxwell’s equations to electrostatic, magnetostatic and time varying fields, transmission lines, Smith Chart, propagation of uniform plane waves, and single-stub matching. Laboratory exercises introduce field-plotting, transmission line concepts using wave guides, single stub-tuning, introduction to the network analyzer, polarization, and radiation fields. Two lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory or recitation period per week. Prerequisites: MATH-2710 Calculus III; EGEE-2010 Circuits. (Fee: $100) EGEE-3330 Communications Theory–Sp 4 hours Introduction to analog and digital communications theory. Topics for random processes are introduced to facilitate noise analysis in modulation techniques. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week; design project required. Prerequisite: EGEE3110 Linear Systems. (Fee: $100) EGEE-3370 3 hours Probability and Random Processes for Engineers–Sp Introduction to sample points, sample spaces, probability, random variables, random vectors, statistical averages, linear transformations, random processes, linear system response to stochastic input, spectral analysis with application of the centrallimit theorem, and Gaussian processes to engineering problems. Prerequisite: EGEE-3110 Linear Systems. EGEE-3510 Power Electronics–Sp 3 hours Introduction to the fundamentals of power electronics, characteristics and application of semiconductor switches, motor control, device applications, and power processing design. Design project required. Prerequisite: EGEE-3210 Electronics I. (odd years) EGEE-3530 Electrical Machines–Fa 3 hours Introduction to the fundamentals of power circuits, the characteristics and analysis of transformers, the four basic types of rotating machine (DC, SM, IM, and VRM), and their control. Two lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: EGEE-2010 Circuits; or EGEE-2050 Circuits and Instrumentation. (Fee: $100) EGEE-3920 Electrical Engineering Internship 1–3 hours An opportunity for an electrical engineering student to work closely with an industrial advisor. Specific attention is given to solving a particular problem(s) in that industry or firm. A faculty advisor assists in supervising and approving the internship, including assessing the number of credit hours. A final report (approximately seven pages per credit hour) describing the experience, including the problem and solution, is required. Must be arranged with faculty sponsor and work supervisor before starting and cannot be used to satisfy elective credit requirements. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior engineering major status; faculty advisor’s permission. EGEE-3950 Topics in Electrical Engineering–Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Selected topics in electrical engineering at the 3000-level that will complement or extend existing 2000- and 3000-level courses or expose students to topics not taught in other courses; may be proposed by the engineering faculty or students. Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. EGEE-3980 1–3 hours Independent Study in Electrical Engineering Opportunity to perform independent research or study in electrical engineering and allied fields of application. A formal proposal for study must be approved by the faculty advisor before registering for this course. Up to three credit hours of engineering electives can be satisfied by an equivalent number of independent-study hours. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior engineering major status and faculty advisor’s permission. EGEE-3990 1–3 hours Project Design in Electrical Engineering–Fa, Sp An elective course for students to get academic credit for extracurricular design work in computer engineering; project may be related to a design competition, ministry, industry, or personal interest. Cannot be used to satisfy engineering elective requirements. Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. EGEE-4110 Digital Signal Processing–Fa 3 hours Introduction to digital signal processing with emphasis on FIR and IIR filter design. Other topics include Z-transforms, Fourier Transforms, discrete-time systems, and finite word-length effects. The implementation of filters in embedded systems is introduced. Design project required. Crosslisted with EGCP. Prerequisites: EGEE-3110 Linear Systems; CS-1210 C++ Programming. EGEE-4120 Digital Image Processing–Sp 3 hours Introduction to digital image processing. Topics include linear filtering in the spatial and frequency domains, morphology, image segmentation, wavelets, image compression, and pattern recognition. Prerequisites: EGEE-3110 Linear Systems. (even years) EGEE-4310 RF Circut Design–Fa 3 hours Introduction to the characteristics of noise and nonlinearity in radio-frequency (RF) circuit, scattering parameters and two-port network model, impedance matching techniques, and the radio transmitter and receiver architecture. Topics of designing the circuit of low noise amplifier, mixers, oscillators, RF filters, and power amplifier will be covered. Student will learn to use the state-of-theart CAD tool and vector network analyzer. Prerequisites: EGEE3220 Electronics II, EGEE-3330 Communications Theory. (Fee: $100) EGEE-4330 3 hours Advanced Communications and Networks–Fa Analysis of the performance of analog and digital communication systems and networks in the presence of noise, M-ary signals, signal space concepts, orthogonal signals, and introduction to communication networks. Prerequisite: EGEE-3330 Communications Theory. Corequisite: EGEE-3370 Probability and Random Processes for Engineers or instructor’s permission. EGEE-4410 Feedback Control Systems–Fa 4 hours Introduction to the analysis and design of analog feedback control systems with emphasis on modeling, transfer functions, root locus, frequency response, Bodé plots, Nyquist Criterion, stability, compensator design for performance and robustness, PID, phase-lead, phase-lag, lead-lag, and performance indices. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory or recitation per week. Design project required. Prerequisite: EGEE-3110 Linear Systems. (Fee: $100) EGEE-4450 Digital Control Systems–Sp 3 hours Introduction to analysis and design of discrete-time sampleddata control systems, signal sampling, A/D and D/A conversion, quantization, application of Z-domain transfer function techniques, transient response, frequency response, stability and performance of computer controlled systems, digital compensation, and controller design. Design project required. Prerequisite: EGEE4410 Feedback Control Systems. EGEE-4510 Power Systems–Sp 3 hours Principles of electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution, three-phase power circuits, power system analysis, load flow, symmetrical components, fault currents, system protection, and stability. Corequisite: EGEE-3310 Electromagnetics. (Fee: $50) (even years) EGEE-4610 Medical Imaging–Sp 3 hours Introduction to the physics, phenomenology, and engineering aspects of major medical imaging modalities: photon radiation, radiography, computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. Matlab will be used to process imagery. Prerequisite: EGEE-3110 Linear Systems. (odd years) Page 248 2024–25 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Course Descriptions EGEE-3310 – EGEE-4610

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