ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

520.137 (E,Q)

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
(3) Tran   Limit 40 per section   Open to freshman Engineering majors & any Arts & Sciences majors. An introductory course covering the principles of electrical engineering including sinusoidal wave forms, electrical measurements, digital circuits, and applications of electrical and computer engineering. Laboratory exercises, the use of computers, and a design project are included in the course.

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02

MWF 12-12:50

MWF 12-12:50

520.213 (E)

CIRCUITS (4) Weinert Prereq: 110.108-109   Limit 45 per section   An introductory course on electric circuits covers analysis techniques in time and frequency domains, transient and steady state response, and operational amplifiers.

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TTh 1:30-2:45

Th 3-3:50 4:15

Th 4:30-5:20 45

520.219 (E,N)

FIELDS, MATTER & WAVES (3) Westgate   Limit 50 Prereq: 171.101-102, 110.108-109;
Coreq: 110.202   Vector analysis, electrostatic fields in vacuum and material media, stationary currents in conducting media, magnetostatic fields in vacuum and material media. Maxwell's equations and time-dependent electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves and radiation, transmission lines, wave guides, applications.

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MW 3-4:15

520.345 (E)

ECE LABORATORY (3) Kang   Limit 30 per section  This course consists of 11 one-week laboratory experiments intended to provide an introduction to analog and digital circuits commonly used in engineering. Topics include phase and frequency response, transistors, operational amplifiers, filters, and other analog circuits. The experiments are done using computer controlled digital oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies.

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W 2-2:50

Th 1-4

F 1-4

F 9-12

520.349 (E)

MICROPROCESSOR LAB I (3) Glaser    Limit 20 per section  Prereq: 520.142 or equivalent This course introduces the student to the programming of computers at the machine level. General concepts relevant to microcontrollers are presented, including memory access, numerical representations, programming models, and coding techniques.

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Th 8-8:50

Th 10:30-1:30

Th   1:30-4:30

520.353 (E,Q)

CONTROL SYSTEMS (3) Tarraf    Limit 65   Prereq: 520.214 & 110.201 or 550.291   Modeling, analysis, and an introduction to design for feedback control systems. Topics include state equation and transfer function representations, stability, performance measures, root locus methods, and frequency response methods (Nyquist, Bode).

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MWF 10-10:5

520.391 (E)

CAD DESIGN/ DIGITAL VLSI (3) Etienne-Cummings   Limit 10   Juniors Only  Prereq: 520.142, 520.216 or equiv.; Coreq: 600.333, 600.334, 520.349 or 520.372   An introductory course in which students, manually and through computer simulations, design digital CMOS integrated circuits and systems. The design flow covers transistor, physical, and behavioral level descriptions, using SPICE, Layout, and VerilogHD1 VLSI CAD tools. After design computer verification, students can fabricate and test their semester-long class projects.

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MW 5:30-7pm

520.401 (E)

BASIC COMMUNICATION (3) Davidson   Limit 45   Prereq: 520.214   This course covers the principles of modern analog and digital communication systems. Topics include: amplitude modulation formats (DSB, SSC VSB), exponential modulation formats( PM, FM) ,
superheterodyne receivers, digital representation of analog signals, sampling theorem, pulse code modulation formats (PCM, DPCM, DM, spread-spectrum), signals with additive Gaussian noise, maximum likelihood receiver design, matched filtering, and bit error rate analyses of digital communication systems.

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MWF 11-11:50

520.407 (E)

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES (3) Khurgin  Limit 20  This course is designed to develop and enhance the understanding of the basic physical processes taking place in the electronic and optical devices and to prepare students for taking classes in semiconductor devices and circuits, optics, lasers, and microwaves devices, as
well as graduate courses. Both classical and quantum approaches are used. Specific topics include theory of molecular bonding; basics of solid state theory; mechanical, transport, magnetic, and optical properties of the metals; semiconductors; and dielectrics.

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MW 1:30-2:45

520.414 (E)

IMAGE PROCESSING & ANALYSIS (3) Goutsias   Limit 40  Prereq: 520.214  
The course covers fundamental methods for the processing and analysis of images and describes standard and modern techniques for the understanding of images by humans and computers. Topics include elements of visual perception, sampling and quantization, image transforms, image enhancement, color image processing, image restoration, image segmentation, and multiresolution image representation. Laboratory exercises demonstrate key aspects of the course.

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MW 4:30-5:45

520.419 (E,Q)

THEORY AND DESIGN OF ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS (3) Meyer   Prereq: 110.201-202   Limit 20 An introduction to the study of the structure, behavior and design of iterative algorithms. Topics include problem formulations, algorithm description and classification, the deterministic iterative (DI) schema, doubling schema, cluster point sets, periodic points, DI schemas without stop rule, the monotonic DI schema, contractive and affine maps, bounded and Cauchy sequences, asymptotically regular sequences, monotonic sequences.

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MWF 9-9:50

520.424 (E,Q)

FPGA SYNTHESIS LABORATORY (3) Jenkins   Limit 15 per section  
Prereq: 520.142, 520.345, 600.333 or 520.349 or 520.372 Advanced competence in computer systems  Note: Section 02 is for those students with a time conflict. An advanced laboratory course in the application of FPGA technology to information processing, using VHDL synthesis methods for hardware development.  The student will use commercial CAD software for VHDL simulation and synthesis, and implement their systems in programmable XILINX 20,000 gate FPGA devices.  The lab will consist of a series of digital projects demonstrating VHDL design and synthesis methodology, building up to final projects at least the size of an 8-bit RISC computer.  Projects will encompass such things as system clocking, flip-flop registers, state-machine control, and arithmetic. The students will learn VHDL methods as they proceed through the lab projects, and prior experience with VHDL is not a pre-requisite.

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Th 3-4:20

T   3-5:30

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520.427 (E)

PRODUCT DESIGN LABORATORY (3) Vogelstein/Cumming    Limit 30

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Lec. Th 5-5:50 Lab: T 4-7

520.432 (E)

MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS (4) Prince    Limit 50   Prereq: 520.214 An introduction to the physics, instrumentation, and signal processing methods used in general radiography, X-ray computed tomography, ultrasound imaging,
magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear medicine. The primary focus is on the
methods required to reconstruct images within each modality, with emphasis on the resolution, contrast, and signal-to-noise ratio of the resulting images. Co-listed as 580.472

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MWF 10-10:50

520.435 (E)

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (4) Weinert Limit 90   Prereq: 520.214 Methods for processing discrete-time signals. Topics include signal and system representations, z- transforms, sampling, discrete Fourier transforms, fast Fourier transforms, digital filters.

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Disc. Grp.

TTh 10:30-11:45

T 3-3:50

520.445 (E)

INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING (3) Elhilali  Limit 40   Prereq: 520.214 This course gives a foundation in current audio and speech technologies, and covers techniques for sound processing by processing and pattern recognition, acoustics, auditory perception, speech production and synthesis, speech estimation. The course will explore applications of speech and audio processing in human computer interfaces such as speech recognition, speaker identification, coding schemes (e.g. MP3), music analysis, noise reduction.

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TTh 10:30-11:45

520.447 (E,Q)

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING (3) Hermansky Jelinek   Prereq: 550.310 or equivalent   Limit 25  This course will address some basic scientific questions about systems that store or communicate information. Mathematical models will be developed for (1) the process of error-free data compression leading to the notion of entropy, (2) data (e.g. image) compression with slightly degraded reproduction leading to rate-distortion theory and (3) error-free communication of information over noisy channels leading to the notion of channel capacity. It will be shown how these quantitative measures of information have fundamental connections with statistical physics (thermodynamics), computer science (string complexity), economics (optimal portfolios), probability theory (large deviations) and statistics (Fisher information, hypothesis testing). Course canceled 8/21/08

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MWF 3-3:50

520.457 (E)

BASIC QUANTUM MECHANICS (3) Kaplan Limit 10   Basic principles of quantum mechanics for engineers. Topics include the quantum theory of simple systems, in particular atoms and engineered quantum wells, the interaction of radiation and atomic systems, and examples of
application of the quantum theory to lasers and solid-state devices.

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TBA

520.491 (E)

CAD DESIGN OF DIGITAL VLSI SYSTEMS I (3) Cummings  Seniors Only
Limit 10   Prereq: 520.142, 520.216 or equiv.; Coreq: 600.333, 600.334, 520.349 or 520.372     An introductory course in which students, manually and through computer simulations, design digital CMOS integrated circuits and systems. The design flow covers transistor, physical, and behavioral level descriptions, using SPICE, Layout, and VerilogHD1 VLSI CAD tools. After design computer verification, students can fabricate and test their semester-long class projects.

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TW 5:30-7pm

520.495 (E, N)

MICROFABRICATION LAB (4)
Andreou/ Wang   Limit 4 per section
Seniors only or Perm. Req’d. 
This laboratory course is an introduction to the principles of microfabrication for microelectronics, sensors, MEMS, and other synthetic microsystems that have applications in medicine and biology. Course comprises of laboratory work and accompanying lectures that cover silicon oxidation, aluminum evaporation, photoresist deposition, photolithography, plating, etching, packaging, design and analysis CAD tools, and foundry services.
Co-listed as 580.495 & 530.495

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W 1:30-2:20

Th 1-5

Th 5-8pm

F 8-12

F 1-5pm

Th 8-12

520.498 (E)

SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT (3) Prince Limit 10   Capstone design project, in which a team of students engineers a system and evaluates its performance in meeting design criteria and specifications. Example application areas are micro-electronic information processing, image processing, speech recognition, control, communications, and biomedical instrumentation. The design needs to demonstrate creative thinking and experimental skills, and needs to draw upon knowledge in basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences. Interdisciplinary participation, such as by biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science majors, is strongly encouraged.

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TBA

520.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY – FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES   Individual, guided study under the direction of a faculty member in the department. The program of study or research, including the credit to be assigned, must be worked out in advance between the student and the faculty member involved. May be taken either term by freshmen or sophomores.

520.503

INDEPENDENT STUDY - JUNIORS AND SENIORS    Individual, guided study under the direction of a faculty member in the department. The program of study or research, including the credit to be assigned, must be worked out in advance between the student and the faculty member involved. May be taken either term by freshmen or sophomores.

520.545

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH  Independent study or research over the summer under the direction of a faculty member in the department. The program of research, including the credit to be assigned, must be worked out in advance between the student and the faculty member involved.

520.608

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION Prince  Limit 30  This course covers the principles and methods used to reconstruct images from remotely sensed data and to restore images from blurred and noisy observations. General variational and stochastic regularization methods for ill-posed inverse problems are covered. Those specific methods used in imaging problems, where the amount of data is typically huge, are presented in detail. Synthetic aperture radar and X-ray computed tomography serve as motivating examples throughout the course, and specific details for reconstruction and restoration within these applications are covered. Course canceled 07/11/2008

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TTh 10:30-12

520.619

OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS Davidson   Limit 25   Fundamentals of direct and coherent (heterodyne) detection optical communication receivers. Topics include Poisson nature of photon detection; estimation and detection for photon counting receivers; marked, filtered and doubly stochastic Poisson processes; and information theory for the photon communication channel.

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MW 4-5:15

520.636

FEEDBACK CONTROL IN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS Iglesias   Limit 20  Signal transduction pathways in biological systems need to be precisely regulated. This control is done through feedback regulatory loops. In this course we formulate
mathematical models of signaling pathways and analyze their behavior using engineering control theory.

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MT 3-4:15pm

520.651

RANDOM SIGNAL ANALYSIS Khudanpur   Limit 40   A course covering second-order properties of random processes with applications in estimation and detection. A foundation course for further work in stochastic systems, signal processing, and communications. Prerequisites: elementary courses in probability, signals, and linear systems.

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TTh 9-10:15

520.735

SENSORY INFORMATION PROCESSINGAndreou  Course added 8/26/08

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TBA

520.744

SEMINAR IN COMPUTER INTEGRATED SURGERY  Etienne-Cummings/ Kazanzides      Limit 10 Co-listed at 600.745   

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W 1:30-3:50 12-1:15

520.761

SEMINAR ON LARGE SCALE ANALOG COMPUTATION Andreou/Etienne-Cummings  Limit 10Research seminar devoted to current research in the engineering of large-scale integrated analog systems. Topics
include models for vision and auditory processing as well as implementation constraints and limitations. Course canceled 6/25/08

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W 3-5:30

520.771

ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Andreou/Etienne-Cummings  Limit 10 Course added 6/25/08

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W 3-5:30pm

520.773

ADVANCED TOPICS IN FABRICATION AND MICROENGINEERING Andreou      Limit 12  Perm. Req’d.   Graduate-level course on topics that relate to microsystem integration of complex functional units across different physical scales from nano to micro and macro. Topics will include emerging fabrication technologies, micro-electromechanical systems, nanolithography, nanotechnology, soft lithography, self-assembly, and soft materials. Discussion will also include biological systems as models of microsystem integration and functional complexity.

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520.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Individual, guided study under the direction of a faculty member in the department. May be taken either term by graduate students.
Sec. 01 - Staff
Sec. 02 - Andreou
Sec. 03 - Goutsias
Sec. 04 - Tran
Sec. 05 - Etienne-Cummings
Sec. 06 - Miller
Sec. 07 - Iglesias
Sec. 08 - Davidson
Sec. 09 - Kang
Sec. 10 - Khurgin
Sec. 11 - Meyer
Sec. 12 - Prince
Sec. 13 - Khudanpur
Sec. 14 - Osman
Sec. 15 - Geman
Sec. 16 - Fichtinger
Sec. 18 - Jelinek
Sec. 19 - Byrne
Sec. 20 - Cooper
Sec. 21 - Podrazik
Sec. 23 - Winslow
Sec. 24 - West
Sec. 25 - Glaser
Sec. 26 - Stuber
Sec. 27 - Tsui
Sec. 28 - Kaplan
Sec. 29 - Bottomley
Sec. 30 - Thakor
Sec. 31 - Van Zijl
Sec. 32 - Vidal
Sec. 33 -Elhilali
Sec. 34 - Tarraf
Sec. 35 - Hermansky

520.801

DISSERTATION RESEARCH
Sec. 02 - Andreou
Sec. 03 - Khurgin
Sec. 04 - Prince
Sec. 05 - Meyer
Sec. 06 - Iglesias
Sec. 07 - Byrne
Sec. 08 - Tran
Sec. 09 - Kang
Sec. 10 - Etienne-Cummings
Sec. 11 - Cauwenberghs
Sec. 12 - Davidson
Sec. 13 - Westgate
Sec. 14 - Goutsias
Sec. 15 - Khudanpur
Sec. 16 - Jelinek
Sec. 17 - Joseph
Sec. 18 - Sotiriadis
Sec. 19 - Miller
Sec. 20 - Winslow
Sec. 21 - Osman
Sec. 22 - Bottomley
Sec. 23 - Geman
Sec. 24 - Stuber
Sec. 25 - West
Sec. 26 - Thakor
Sec. 27 - Tsui
Sec. 28 - Vidal
Sec. 29 - Elhilali
Sec. 30 - Van Zijl
Sec. 31 - Tarraf
Sec. 32 - Hermansky

520.809

SPECIAL STUDIES
Individual study in an area of mutual interest to a student and a faculty member in the department. Note: See 520.800 for listing