Electrical Engineering Courses [564-699]

[501-531] [532-562] [564-699]

ELEG 564. Communications and Signal Processing Lab. 3 crs. Practical and hands-on experience in fundamental concepts of communications and signal processing geared to help develop tools and techniques for research and practice. Focus on simulation methodologies and techniques, system modeling for design and performance analysis, and use of modern laboratory equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, array processors, personal computers, and related software.

ELEG 591. Engineering Project. 3 crs. Engineering design and analysis investigation at the master’s level. Topic to be decided between the student and adviser and should be relevant to student’s specialty area. The project and the comprehensive examination are to demonstrate the student’s mastery of theory and laboratory skills.  

ELEG 599. Thesis. Credit Varies.

ELEG 603. Control Theory. 3 crs. State variable description of dynamic systems, solutions of differential and difference equations by transition matrix, controllability and observability of linear systems, perturbation for nonlinear systems, stability of nonlinear systems, Liapunov’s direct method, realization of transfer matrices by state equations, state and output feedbacks, pole assignment using state and output feedbacks, reconstruction of state from output.  

ELEG 604. Optimization Theory. 3 crs. Theorems on extremum, applications of the theorems, illustrative problems, theorems on necessary conditions for extremum of functions and functionals. Theorems on sufficient conditions for extremum of functions and functionals, simplex method for solving linear programming problems, dynamic programming and decomposition theorem, iterative method for optimization, interior point methods optimization, application of optimization to engineering problems.

ELEG 605. Optimal Control. 3 crs. An optimal principle, special cases of the optimal principle, illustrative problems, linear regulator and Riccati equation, discrete optimal principle, power spectrum density. Theorem on the necessary and sufficient condition for an optimal filter, design of the optimal filter, illustrative problems.

ELEG 611. Detection Theory. 3 crs. Statistical detection theory, hypothesis testing, Optimum decision rule, Bayes criterion, Neyman-Pearson criterion, minmax testing, multiple observation, Composite hypothesis testing, Sequential detection, Robust and nonparametric detection.

ELEG 612. Estimation and Filtering. 3 crs. Gaussian and Markov processes, stochastic differential equations, single and multiple-observation decision theory, Bayesian estimation theory, maximum likelihood estimation, optimum linear filtering, smoothing and prediction and nonlinear estimation.

ELEG 613. Information and Coding Theory. 3 crs. Measures of information, Shannon theorems for noiseless and noisy channel coding; channel capacity; techniques for block coding and decoding, Hamming codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes and Berlekamp-Massey decoding algorithm.

ELEG 635. Quantum Electronics. 3 crs. Interaction of atomic systems with high frequency radiation fields, utilization of these phenomena for coherent amplification and generation of radiation, nonlinear phenomena involving radiation fields, and principles of operation of lasers and masers.

ELEG 637. Superconductivity and Superconducting Devices. 3 crs. Applied analysis of superconducting devices. Prereq: PHYS 221.

ELEG 680. Special Topics in Power Systems A. 3 crs.

ELEG 681. Special Topics in Power Systems B. 3 crs

ELEG 688. Special Topics in Signal Processing A. 3 crs.

ELEG 689. Special Topics in Signal Processing B. 3 crs.

ELEG 691. Special Topics in Controls A. 3 crs.

ELEG 692. Special Topics in Controls B. 3 crs.

ELEG 693. Special Topics in Communications B. 3 crs.

ELEG 694. Special Topics in Communications B. 3 crs.

ELEG 695. Special Topics in Microwaves A. 3 crs.

ELEG 696. Special Topics in Microwaves B. 3 crs.

ELEG 697. Special Topics in Semiconductors A. 3 crs. Advanced topics in semiconductor materials/characterization Prereq.: ELEG 532.

ELEG 698. Special Topics in Semiconductors B. 3 crs. Advanced topics in devices and circuits. Prereq.: ELEG 532.

ELEG 699. Ph.D. Dissertation.

The following courses which have been excluded from the bulletin (Advanced Digital Networks: ELEG 555, Array Theory: ELEG 527, Stochastic Control: ELEG 606, Radar Systems: ELEG 628, Numerical Techniques for Electromagnetics: ELEG 629, Reliability and Failure Analysis of Semiconductor Devices: ELEG 636) are offered but not on a yearly basis. Graduate student enrollment and the interest of both graduate faculty and students influence the frequency in which these courses are offered.